Clean Eating and the Summertime: Park BBQs

Finally we had a few nice sunny days after the week straight blahhh. And when it's sunny I don't about you but I think bbqs, sand, water and FUN! So we hopped in the car and drove to the closest place with those things: Lake Taconic State Park. What a beautiful day and we were lucky to get a cool spot by the water. Chilling by the water thinking and working on biz we noticed a very busy woodpecker in the tree next to us. She flew back and forth gathering bugs from all the surrounding trees for her crying babies in the tree. It was so cute and entertaining. They cried the whole time and the woodpecker working hard to get that food even with the little yellow finch trying to steal her food. It was really amazing to see that. It was a really relaxing and productive day.

SO WHAT'S ON THE BBQ THESE DAYS?
So we have not ate meat since March 24th. Why? The meat from the store we just became sick of it. The taste was not fresh. So we gave it up. Funny I thought that I would miss it but it was easy. We decided that if we wanted meat that we have pay the extra money and buy it fresh from the farm. Eating veggies, fruits, grains, eggs, fresh cheese was fine. Then on Memorial Day we were like we have to grill and it has to be some meat. Quattros Game Farm in Pleasant Valley is known for their fresh chickens and that is were we got our chicken. It was fresh and delicious and funny because I couldn't eat as much of it as I have in the past. A whole chicken lasted a few weeks. We BBQed half on Memorial Day and the other half yesterday. My husband made his own clean bbq sauce. Mmmmmmm and we had mac salad and a whole pineapple. And that was our day at the lake! Came home after the sun went down and had some coconut milk ice cream (guilt free ice cream remember we are counting GOOD INGREDIENTS not CALORIES), with organic strawberries that tasted like candy and a chocolate syrup I made with coconut oil. All these things are good for you.