I have made the blends fresh every morning and have varied them only a bit. I want to get really familiar with doing this before I vary too far from this recipe. The kefir I use for the base is expensive but extremely nutritious and full of probiotics which I feel are really important for Liam's gut to heal. He does suffer from constipation so I need to get some blends that will help with that, incorporating prunes or prune juice.
This was the variations I used this week:
2 cups Kefir 460 cal
1 jar baby food fruit 70 cal
3 tbs peanut butter 380 cal
2 tbs molasses 120 cal
1/4 cup black beans 55 cal
1/4 cup cooked steal cut oats 170
multivitamin
Grand total of 1255
2 cups Kefir 460 cal
1/4 cups cooked steel cut oats 170 cal
1 oz raisins 90 cal
1 jar baby food fruit 70 cal
1/4 cup black beans 55 cal
3 tbs olive oil 360
2 tbs molasses 120
multivitamin
Grand total 1325 cal
I would like to be able to have a large list of foods at the ready that can be easily blended up and that I can buy based on sale prices like I do the rest of my family. I cook based on what I get on sale each week so I can keep our grocery budget low. Now that we are financing Liam's food it has to be planned into the budget as well and I want to be able to do it as cheaply as I can but still with all the natural ingredients. Since Kefir is so expensive (about $1 a cup) I need to get a better budget base and go from there. I think I'll look at coconut milk next.
