Day 23 the biggest challenge ...

... is actually blogging everyday not the healthy new lifestyle choice ... although that took up a lot of time tonight because I cooked Salmon Fish cakes courtesy of the recipe book 'Well Fed 2'.

Once again though I missed taking the photo at the end, which is typical, but I did manage to get a few during the cooking process.

Here is some of the ingredients weighed and ready

and the completed mix ready to be chilled before forming into patties and cooking brushed with ghee.

They were a hit, especially for my Daughter who had second helpings.

Anyway, the rest of the day (that's Day 23 :) tee hee ) looked like this:

Breakfast

Hard boiled egg
Cherry tomatoes
Kiwi
Closed handful of cashew nuts

Lunch

Steamed Mackerel
Cucumber
Cherry tomatoes
Raw carrot

Dinner

Salmon Fishcakes (homemade)
Roast Sweet Potatoes
Cucumber
Cherry tomatoes

Small portion of coconut meat.


Looks like I scored a hat trick on the cherry tomatoes. 

:)

Day 13

It's the weekend and I was fortunate to have a restful night and lazy morning thanks to my partner who got up with Bizzy B during the night and in the morning.

After breakfast we went on a bit of a shop tour going to all the places collecting the recipe bits I needed to do some batch cooking tomorrow. I also tried to get an egg boiler, the plug in the wall kind, but I couldn't find any in the shops so it's on order now from Amazon.  I want to boil a batch of eggs easily (without supervision I mean) and then leave them in a bowl in the fridge for me and the family to eat.

My 'Well Fed 2' book still hasn't arrived but I am happy using recipes from the internet which is good.  Tonight's recipe was from nom nom paleo website which is an amazing and I also have the 'Nom nom paleo food for humans' book. The recipe is actually Sous Vide crispy chicken thighs but I don't have a Sous Vide (I wish) so I improvised and cooked the thighs in my slow cooker for a few hours and then finished them off in the frying pan with duck fat.  Yummy.  The family approved also.
 
So, today I ate: -

Brunch  

2 Hard boiled egg
Cherry tomatoes
Cucumber
Raw carots
Gem lettuce
Cashew nuts

Dinner

2 Crispy Chicken Thighs
Sweet potatoes
Rocket
Red Peppers
Raw Carrot balons
Cucumber
Sprout crisps

Melon
Small portion of coconut


Happy days still :)










 

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 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 :)