Delicious Liquid Brat Diet

Bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast - Everyone is familiar with this timeless recipe for a feel better solution. Growing up, I hated anything that had to do with the brat diet while being sick. It was full of blah foods that never went well together. Ever since having my daughter, we realized that the traditional brat diet wasn't going to cut it. We came up with a liquid solution that actually tastes really good! 

If you're lucky enough to live near a place that carries this, then you can skip this recipe, although I think ours tastes much better ! 

You'll need

One banana

1/2 cup applesauce

1/2 cup of whole wheat baby cereal

1/2 cup of rice baby cereal

Clear Pedialyte

Strawberry banana juice

Combine everything, using as much liquid as you need to get it to a comfortable consistency. We used equal parts of Pedialyte and juice, which you can also mix these two together and freeze into a delicious ice pop! This brat recipe is great for kids and adults. It tastes like a strawberry banana smoothie! 

Brought to you by our very recent hospital visit....

Neti Pot

I apologize for the severe lack of updates lately. I've been hit with the flu pretty hard and today is one of the first days I have been able to stand for more than 5 minutes at a time. I'm pretty sure my couch has a nice me-shaped indentation in it from this past week.

Instead of a food post, because I haven't eaten anything in roughly 7 days and I don't think I could even look at food right now, I'm going to post about something that has been helping me for years with getting rid of colds (and preventing them).

Most people look at me with a shocked and disgusted face when I recommend these. Even my own boyfriend refused to try it for years until recently when he came down with a sinus infection that he couldn't shake. Within days of using this, it was gone.

What is it? Its a Neti Pot. The neti pot works by sending a warm stream of saline through your nose, into your sinuses, and back out your nose. It works wonders and I don't know how some people live without it.


It can be made out of anything - they all work just as well. I personally use a small plastic one with a handle. You can buy a kit at Walgreens or Cvs that comes with a neti pot and saline packages. You mix 1 pack with 8oz of warm water then pour into your neti pot. Tilt your head to the side, breathe out of your mouth, and let the water pour through your nose! Do both sides to make sure you get everything out.

Basically, this is what you are trying to achieve... (and no, this isn't me - I don't look this good while sick)

Good luck, have fun, and hopefully I will be back next week!