Day 9 -Saturday
Fried eggs in the morning are just magic too me. Love love love them! I never grew up with cinnamon, unless it was in a baked good or something. But now I have it daily. Day nine I heated up some left over zucchini sauteed in coconut oil, and drizzled some cinna magic on there, it was great!!! I had a super productive Saturday, worked out (late class at 10:30, yahoo!). Then I made mayo and green sauce and chicken!
Saturdays workout:
10-1 workout (10 of everything, then 9 of everything...etc)
Body squat with weight
Push ups
Straight leg sit up with weight
Medicine ball throw against wall (each side)
Shoulder press with dumbbells
Rope pull down machine
Alternating lunge jumps
Burpees
2 laps on turf
Below is my first homemade mayo! It tastes waaaaay to olive oily to me, so I'm thinking that's why it's suggested to use Light, instead of extra virgin. So I will have to try that for next time. I used the Whole30 recipe here. Everything went very smoothly, I used my second hand ninja for the first time too!
Next I used the cup of mayo I made to make this green sauce here. It's really good! Again, tastes heavy on the olive oil, especially to me since I'm not a huge fan of the taste. I also had limited cerrano pepper knowledge going into this...I somewhat remembered that you weren't supposed to touch your eyes, but that was the extent of it. I used my fingys to scoop out the seed, and went along cooking my seeds. After awhile the burn started...and it lasted about six more hours. I rubbed some olive oil on the my hands for two minutes and then washed it off, which helped a bit. What a lesson learned!
Below I baked some chicken breast, sweet potato and carrots in olive oil. Not sure excited about it, chicken is just not in my heart lately. Which is a blessing in disguise because it's forcing me to cook other types of meats. We will see, hopefully the green sauce will help:)
Not only does Whole30 take effort from me, but it really effects my friends and family too. It's been hard on John, but of course he's super supportive. Going into week 2, he has been really honest and asked for us to make it a priority to still cook together, no matter how bad I feel that the food is "bland". This weekend we learned that we can both still enjoy the food if we put some effort into it, which is so great. Saturday John made Mahi Mahi with green beans and onions. And I brought spring greens and salad. The green sauce was really wonderful on the fish.
Day 10 - Sunday
Again, dem fried eggs though. And grapefruit...mmm makes me happy just thinking about them. On the weekends, I try to always have my water bottle with me, at johns, in the car, etc. I don't drink near as much water at home as I do at work, but I still try.
My spice collection is growing at an alarming rate, and it makes my heart happy. I love learning how to make GOOD STUFF.
A typical Saturday scene. Coffee and recipes.
Getting over my fear of meat, one recipe at a time! This is 2lb of beef and two onions, preparing to go into the crockpot.
My kitchen has become one of my new favorite places, it makes me so happy.
I finally bought some olives that are Whole30 compatible, just pitted olives, water and sea salt. I'm not sure if I will be able to have these in the house, because I want to binge eat them.
John and I took a trip to Trader Joes on Sunday, I was like a kid in a candy store. Holy shit that place is incredible. Whole30 talks about limiting dried fruit intake, and now I totally get why. I picked up this dried pineapple, and I know now that I can never get them again. One of the things I love about Whole30 is how stresed the mental, emotional part of this is. Just because something is Whole30 approved, doesn't mean it's right for you. Because sugar is something that I struggle with the most, I know that these little buggers would totally be a trigger for me, and potentially make these 30 days harder than they need to me. And it was already evident, since as I was cooking meatballs sunday afternoon, I tried some slices, and tried a few more, until the only left side was non-existant. I have barely "snacked" since starting this, and there is no need to start now! So fun to learn about myself like this. It's really empowering for some reason. I think it goes along with that whole "food not controlling me" thing.
These guys are along that same line, far too delicious and resemble chips. But then again, these weren't as addictive as the pineapples, so maybe if I pair them with a meal every once and awhile I could handle it. We'll see!
Unto more cooking! I think I may have overprepared this time around...but since I take advantage of freezing now, I should be able to ration this food alright. Next up is this Sweet Potato Casserole. I left out the bacon. Though certain kinds are technically compliant, bacon would be a trigger for me, and I think I'm just better off without it, at least during Whole30, maybe I can have it for a treat at another point. After making this I put it in the fridge, so not sure how it turned out quite yet.
I also made another batch of meatballs from this recipe, with ground turkey instead of pork.
Again, John has just been a great support through this. Sunday night we had our own non-superbowl party. We made ourselves a great dinner of steak, zuchinni and onions, sweet potato and LaCroix for me. Then we watched our new obsession, Broadchurch. It is SO GOOD. Everytime an episode is done we both sigh in sadness. But anyway, dinner was delicious, and I'm secretly glad I didn't go to a SuperBowl party for the temptations:)
Let's take a minute to look back in the day in the life of Samara, via 2010. Lunch, Salami Sandwhich on wheat bread, green peppers and ranch. Pastaroni with canned greenbeans for dinner. Sometimes a whole Jack's pizza.
If you would have told me 5 years ago, that I would have a weekend like this, cooking, and working out, I never would have believed you. It is beyond exciting. And feels so freaking good.
Party on!
Recipe links:
Meatballs with ground turkey
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