I’m not going to lie. I am cooking all the time. I mean, all the time. Today I made ketchup, for goodness’ sake. This diet may do me in just because it seems like all I am doing is cooking, or thinking about cooking, or cleaning up from cooking, or shopping. It is taking a lot of energy and time, and that is really eating into the laundry time around here. I may need to rethink my priorities.
This morning I made an awesome breakfast. I would order this in a restaurant, no lie. Steam some asparagus, toss it in a frying pan with ghee and sliced prosciutto, add some eggs and stir til almost set. Run it under to broiler so the eggs get puffy and slightly brown and delicious. Don’t forget the salt and pepper. It almost made up for my black coffee.
I’ve started following the @whole30recipes feed on Instagram, and so I decided to make the vegetable curry for lunch today. We ate it with leftover meat (whatever the kids wanted, pork, chicken, some shrimp I pulled out of the freezer), and it got thumbs-up. After this is over, I will definitely make this again but with RICE to soak up all the yummy curry gravy.
Dinner is thanks to NomNomPaleo, Bacon Burgers. I cheated–We are using an all-natural but not whole30-compliant bacon, but I am SO TIRED of worrying about it. And it’s only Day 4. We’re having roasted brussels sprouts with it, and roasted portobello mushrooms that I’m pretty sure no one will touch. And whatever fruit I can scrounge.
Oh, gosh, I said that and I realize that we don’t have any fruit for lunch tomorrow. UGH!
But I’m carrying on. I think the benefits will be there when we get done. Don’t tell the kids, but I think we will be doing good if we get to “Whole10.”
And I’ve decided to order some pre-made meals, too, from this site. It was a recommendation from the Whole30 blog. We’ll see. I think the ease of a few meals is worth the expense. I hope I’m right!