Whole30, day 4

Day off from cooking a lot.  I cooked up a chicken carcass last night and so made the kids chicken noodle soup for dinner.  I had no-oat for breakfast and soup with one of last night's chicken patties for lunch.  Going to snack tonight.  Maybe eat a mango and some no-oat after  I make a fresh batch

Whole30, Day 3

Pretty good day.  Had no-oat oatmeal for breakfast, tomato-basil soup and chicken for lunch, and these chicken patties with asparagus for dinner.  Sam made his dinner into a smiley face!!!!

Whole30, Day 2

Oh no, the program has started and I am back to my old routine of eating!!  Had no-oat oatmeal for breakfast, chicken and carrots at lunch and this Asian beef stir fry for dinner.  Whatever works.....

Whole30, Day 1

Here it is, day 1.  I'm am ready to do this again, just anxious about how I will do everything when I am away.  I bought a big hunk of pork loin at Sam's Club yesterday, so thought about cooking some in the slow cooker.  Going to try putting a recipe together:

2-3 lbs pork
1 Cup of Water
1 whole yellow onion
I cup dried apples
1 tbsp Grey Poupon mustard
Salt and pepper

Put pork in slow cooker.  Cut up apples and onions and add.  Add other ingredients.  Cook on low for 8 hours.

This turned out way better than I hoped for.  The apples and onions cooked down and made a nice sauce.  I made fried okra with it by tossing the cut okra in coconut flour and frying in coconut oil.  I had no-oat oatmeal for breakfast and chicken/carrots/apple for lunch.  We had been at the zoo all day, so packed my lunch.  The key to this program is to PLAN AHEAD!!!

Day 1 down, 29 to go....

Here we go again.....

Yes, for sure, I am doing the Whole30 again.  This time, I have the support of the new group of people that Leeny has gathered to do the program together.  Even though I am eating much better in general, I have slipped so far and I can now see why people do this program more than once.  I suspect I'll be doing it every time Leeny runs it in future!!!!  I went to her seminar yesterday and she did all the measurements etc.  I have lost another 5lbs since I did the program in January, so I have lost 14-15 lbs in total since the beginning of the year.
My goals for this go-around are to drink more water, eat more vegetables and less fruit and to exercise regularly.  It will also be interesting to see how well I can do when I have two trips and a major party planned in the next 30 days.
Roll on tomorrow.....

Slow cooker pork

Making this for dinner tomorrow....

3 to 4 pound boneless pork butt/shoulder roast

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

2-inch piece of ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1 onion, peeled and cut into 8 chunks

1/2 can of coconut milk

Lime wedges for garnish

Coat meat with spices.  Add everything to crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours

Taro chips

I saw a recipe for Taro root chips the other week and I have been looking for it since then. I finally broke down and went to Global Market. I found it masquerading as malanga coco.  I peeled it and then cut it into slices with a mandoline.  They are almost too good looking to eat!!!!!

I sprayed a baking tin with olive oil, spread the taro chips out and sprayed them with oil.  I sprinkled some salt on them and baked at 400 for 10-20 mins.

They came out really well, much better than my attempt at sweet potato chips and I like the taste of the taro better too