Whole30, Day 2

Day 2 went well.  Had no-oat oatmeal for breakfast and broccoli soup for lunch.  Still did not eat enough protein and did not drink enough water.Anne and I did a Sam-designed work out in the basement, so I didn't eat much for dinner.  Just snacked on root vegetable chips, some chicken and grapes.

Whole30, Day 1

This is Day 1 of my 3rd round of Whole30.  Every time I do the program, it seems like I'm starting all over.  I had no-oat oatmeal for breakfast, broccoli soup and chicken for lunch and this beef pot roast for dinner.  I'm trying to drink more water this time.  I also want to try to cut down on fruit and eat more vegetables.  We'll see how it goes.....



Ben has caught the fever and decided that he wants to eat healthy foods.  He wanted me to make a salad for him last night.  I used spinach, celery, carrots, tomatoes, eggs, avocado and bacon.  It looked really yummy when I was done with it.  I gave him some olive oil and Balsamic vinegar to use as the salad dressing and he really liked it

Fish curry with bananas

This might be the best paleo recipe I have ever made......

Ingredients

• 5 medium-sized tilapia fillets;
• 1 cup full-fat coconut milk;
• 1 tbsp red curry paste;
• 1 lemon;
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced (separate the green and the white parts);
• 2 medium sized bananas (under ripe or barely ripe is best) cut in chunks;
• 2 tbsp almonds, slivered;
• ½ cup fresh cilantro chopped;
• 1 lemon, sliced, for serving;
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;

Preparation

1. Start by scraping the zest off of one lemon. Then, cut that lemon in half.
2. Cut the fish into big slices and sprinkle the lemon zest on top.
3. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
4. In a skillet placed over a medium-high heat, combine the coconut milk and the red curry paste and bring to a simmer.
5. Add the fish and the white parts of the greens onions. Cover up the skillet and let it simmer for 3 to 5 min.
6. Add the bananas, 1 tbsp of the almonds and sprinkle half of the cilantro on top.
7. Cover up and cook until the fish is just cooked through and easily forms flakes. Check every 3 to 5 minutes.
8. When the fish looks ready, squeeze the other half of the lemon over the fish, then top it off with the remaining green onions, 1 tbsp of the almonds and the remaining cilantro.
9. Serve on a plate with slices of lemon.

Pumpkin, sweet potato and apple soup

1 chopped onion;

1 minced garlic clove;

1 can pumpkin

2 medium peeled and roughly chopped sweet potatoes

4 cups chicken stock

1 cup full-fat coconut milk Technique

1 apple

1. Heat a large pot, melt the ghee and cook the onion until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another minute, until fragrant.
2. Add the pumpkin and sweet potatoes and cook for several minutes.
3. Add the stock, season with salt and pepper, bring to a boil and let simmer for about 25 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are tender.
4. Stir the coconut milk in and use your blender to blend, in batch, to the consistency of a purée.  Add cut up apple
5. If necessary, put the soup back in the pot to reheat before serving.
6. A dash of nutmeg and cinnamon are nice spices to use in this soup of you have them on hand.
7. Serve with an extra dash of coconut milk or cream swirled on top of each bowl.

Whole30, Round 3 starts today....

It's finally here, Day 1 of my 3rd round of Whole30.  I may not do as well as Round 1, but I'm definitely going to do better than Round 2!!!!  I have Anne doing it with me this time, I think we'll be really good support for each other.  We are determined we are going to stay on track and participate with the group support as much as possible.  We missed Leeny's seminar on Sunday morning, but she said she had about 60 people there.  Over 30 of us are doing the challenge, so we will see how we do.....

Getting ready for Whole30

I've been thinking about this for quite a few weeks now.  Even though the whole family doesn't do Whole30, everyone pretty much gets dragged along because I'm the house cook.  Sam eats well all the time and he always does the program with me for support.  The kids get to eat forbidden fruit every now and again, especially if they have school lunches or I make them a sandwich or grilled cheese every now and again.  It's much easier to do Whole30 when there aren't temptations in the house.  Unfortunately, there's still a lot of candy/sweet stuff left over from Christmas and my answer seems to be to eat it rather than throw away!!!!  I've got to go through the pantry and get rid of temptation this week.....

Here comes 2013.......

Anne and I are determined we are going to make 2013 a success year with respect to eating well and exercising regularly.  We are going back on the paleo diet and hopefully doing the Whole30 with Leeny in January.  I've been trying really hard to stay away from the bad stuff today, but I feel like I am surrounded by chocolate!!!!  I resisted the chocolate and made a yummy 3-egg omelet.  It must be a successful day, I avoided going to Starbucks and got the kids Cicis pizza without having any myself....