Day Three (of Whole30)

And on the third day...

I've been surprisingly (and also not surprisingly) inspired by all of the recipes out there.  I like being creative with my cooking and trying new things; this diet is just changing the goal of each meal.  Trolling the interwebs, I've found some great ideas and inspiration.  For example, this morning I asked my local barista to create a concoction using only coconut milk and her awesome shots o' caffeine.  She did so and it was really good!  It might be a post-this-diet keeper!  Of course, this was after breakfast...


Day 3: Breakfast
You know the weather is yucky when your 2-year-old says, "Mommy! What happened to the sky? It all gone!"  This is (in part) why I was pulled to get a fancy coffee.  It is also why making a hot, giant breakfast was easy.  I made eggs (shocker!), this time with asparagus (yes, there was a sale), mushrooms, tomatoes, and shallots.  I also had a half of a grapefruit, which was like heaven to this fruit-obsessed freak.  Also, I think I should get extra credit for the fact that I cooked french toast for the kids AND DIDN'T WANT ANY OF IT!  So, the not craving part credit should go to the diet.  But the cooking it and tempting the sugar gods was all me.  I live on the edge.


Day 3: Lunch
Leftovers are my best friend these days.  I made an extra burger for lunch, along with extra cauliflower rice & mash. Tomatoes atop roasted garlic cauliflower mash, atop leftover grilled burger, atop mixed baby kales, atop cauliflower rice!  Tada!

And, for a special treat (oh, how I miss fruit!), apples with almond butter.  It was ok, but I can do without the almond butter here.  I bet it will be good in place of peanut butter in my chicken sate recipe, though...TBD

Still getting headaches at around 2-2:30, but not hungry, so I assume it is my body detoxing, per the book, and not getting enough water.  I drink a ton of water, but I just have to drink more. 

Day 3: Dinner
This is the one I am most proud of because it was a recipe I wanted to try BEFORE the diet.  Slow cooker chicken with 40 cloves of garlic!  The only person who would not like this is my brother, due to his childhood fear of garlic.  Alas, he was not invited to this dinner, so neener neener to him. ;)  I served the rest of the gang rice and gave myself  sauteed brussels sprouts (with onions in broth) and a giant salad.