Day 18 and look what's in the slow cooker ...

It's day 18 and I have a big Pork Shoulder joint in the slow cooker.  I am using the Italian Roast Pork Slow roasted recipe again from the blog The Clothes make the girl as it was so amazing last Friday.  I put it on this evening for tomorrow night.  I have it on low for now and then in the morning with turn the heat up to high so that by Friday night it will just fall apart.  Yum.

I had a hair cut today and my hairdresser commented on my skin and hair.  Yay, for Whole30.

Today I had: -

Breakfast

Hard boiled egg
Red pepper
Closed handful of cashews

Lunch

Mackerel
Raw carot
Red pepper
Cucumber
Closed handful of cashews

 Dinner

Bolognese
Roasted sweet potatoes
Sprouts
Carots
Brocolli

I have eaten plenty and I feel satisfied but in truth I am still thinking about tomorrows dinner :)

Day 12, whoop, whoop

I am sat here feeling really happy, stuffed and satisfied.  It's been another great day.  It didn't start too well with an angry and upset Bizzy B but I got him to School on time and furthermore I got to work on time and I had a really lovely time supporting one of my colleagues who was snowed under with work.  That makes me feel satisfied ... knowing that what you have done helps someone considerably.  Anyway I had the slow cooker going all day and it made a really great recipe.  A Friday night treat and the whole family loved it.

The recipe was Italian Roast Pork and from The Clothes Make the Girl Blog.  I am spending a lot of time on that blog in the evenings when I can and I have a list of things I want to try and cook.  I have just ordered her recipe book too as she's written 'Well Fed' and 'Well Fed 2' both of which are best sellers.  I have 'Well Fed 2' on the way because 'Well Fed' was sold out.   I used a Pork Shoulder for my recipe, as recommended, as anything too lean would dry out.  I patted the joint dry with kitchen paper and rubbed herbs all over the outside and infused fresh garlic.  I placed it in the Slowcooker all day.  My joint was an experiment so was smaller than the recipe and therefore instead of cooking it for 16 hours I cooked it just during the day.  I love the aspect of cooking a joint in the slow cooker and using it as a counter top oven.  Genius.

Half way through cooking I poured the juices off and cooled them then just before serving scooped the separated fat on the top off and reheated the remaining jelly which nicely reduced to a delicious gravy.  In the end the meat was so tender and juicy it was falling apart and with the gravy on top was the best pork I have EVER tasted. You can find the recipe here and I recommend you make it.

Yum.

So here's today's food: -

Breakfast

Hard Boiled Egg
Cherry Tomatoes
Cashew nuts
Kiwi

Lunch

Left over chilli
Gem lettuce
Cherry tomatoes
Cucumber

Dinner

Roast Italian Pork
Red Cabbage
Sprouts
Leeks
Carots

Small portion of coconut

So that's my second Friday on the Whole30.  love it.

:)

Day 9

I am still wading through an enormously busy week here but secretly I am (or since I blogged about it I guess I am openly) pleased I am keeping afloat with all of the planning and shopping and all the preparation and cooking time.  Yay me. Next weekend I may have a go and do a 'cook off' as recommended by  The Clothes Make the Girl Blog where you pre plan and prepare base meals.  Sounds good to me.

Anyway, here is today  :-

Breakfast

Hard boiled egg
Half an Avocado
Cherry tomatoes
Kiwi
Raw carot


Lunch

left over chilli
Raw carots
Gem lettuce
Cucumber
Pepper
Cherry tomatoes


Dinner

Roast chicken
Sweet potatoes
Sprouts
Broccoli
Carots

Portion of coconut meat


Tomorrow, to celebrate day 10 ... I think I will try something different ... fish! (I had to stop myself writing something really naff then about pushing the boat out ...)

I went food shopping this evening and I was a lot more confident buying stuff.  Looking forward to trying some of the recipes I have researched.   Yum yum or should I say Nom Nom :)

Day 3

Day 3 and its all good.  Ok so my legs are a little heavy and I am slightly more tired than an average Wednesday but I am not craving the old foods and I feel really, really good.

I had another massively busy day but I still managed to get through another clean day and I even cooked the delicious chilli from The Clothes Make the Girl Blogger and author of 'Well Fed' and 'Well Fed 2' recipe books.  All are fab and the recipe is totally amazing.

So, Day 3 consisted of:

Breakfast

Fried Egg
Cherry tomatoes
Mushrooms

Kiwi

This was obviously taken before I prepared and ate it! Yum


Lunch

Steamed Mackerel
Cherry tomatoes
Gem Lettuce Leaves

Melon

Dinner

Chilli
Sweet potato roasters made with duck fat

Chopped raw carrots

A portion of fresh coconut

Loads and loads of water (I love it).

:)

The coconut is such a treat and thankfully there was no drama trying to crack the coconut tonight as there was plenty left from yesterday, thank goodness.

In hindsight I probably needed more veggies today but I was flat out busy so I will make up for that tomorrow.

I can't believe its day 4 already tomorrow :)