I think I can, I think I can..

As I continue to do my homework on clean eating for families, I'm finding a lot of the same suggestions. 100% eating clean is very hard to achieve in the beginning, especially for busy families like mine. We've decided to adopt the 80/20 rule. 80% of what we eat will be squeaky clean, where the other 20% will be variable. Until I have extra time on weekends to test out homemade condiment recipes, we'll be eating the best we can find from the store, just keeping it real! Another misconception is that eating clean will magically make people lose weight. WRONG! This is about getting rid of the crap in what we eat. We will not be counting calories or posting portion sizes, that's not what this journey is about for us.

For example, I made a delicious BBQ pulled chicken in the crock-pot for dinner last night with broccoli slaw and served it on wheat Hawaiian rolls. I can't call the entire meal clean because the bread, although made of wheat, was mass produced and has preservatives. (Here's the recipe for the chicken. Deliciously Easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken)