No workout: planned
Breakfast: Sweet potatoes and sausage with poached eggs, 50/50 OJ, Red chai tea
Lunch: Stew, kale chips red chai tea
Dinner: Pork chops, rainbow chard, red chai tea.
And more red chai tea.
Yes I had 4 bags of it.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Day 18 - Jn
It was a very angry day. That is another way of saying I was working on homework. I got 1 out of 2 homeworks that were due tonight done. Hurray :( I cooked dinner and ate it in under 20 minutes and was on time for class. Proud and sad about that all around.
No workout: planned
Breakfast: Sweet potatoes and sausage with poached eggs, 50/50 OJ, Red chai tea
Lunch: Stew, kale chips red chai tea
Dinner: Pork chops, rainbow chard, red chai tea.
And more red chai tea.
Yes I had 4 bags of it.
No workout: planned
Breakfast: Sweet potatoes and sausage with poached eggs, 50/50 OJ, Red chai tea
Lunch: Stew, kale chips red chai tea
Dinner: Pork chops, rainbow chard, red chai tea.
And more red chai tea.
Yes I had 4 bags of it.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Day 17 - Jn
I am still not accomplishing much. This does not bode well for finals. I was up until 2am doing "important" (= I should have just gone to bed) things...so I didn't set an alarm. I didn't wake up too late but dad and I talked for over an hour and that slowed down progress. By the time I was worked out and showered I had my breakfast for lunch. At least it is super tasty.
Workout: Planned. Not begrudging but it hurt more than Monday and it was harder to do as much :(
Breakfast/Lunch: Sweet potato sausage goodness with 2 poached eggs, 50/50 OJ, red velvet cake tea
Dinner: Stew, green rooibos tea
More food: An apple, 2 handfuls of cashews
Workout: Planned. Not begrudging but it hurt more than Monday and it was harder to do as much :(
Breakfast/Lunch: Sweet potato sausage goodness with 2 poached eggs, 50/50 OJ, red velvet cake tea
Dinner: Stew, green rooibos tea
More food: An apple, 2 handfuls of cashews
The red velvet tea is a really pretty color.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Day 16 - Jn
Got stew in the cooker and set up a veggie broth in the other cooker because my bag of veggie scraps was full. And broth from the store is stupid expensive. Seriously. And I must have been wicked distractable in the morning because I forgot to put onion and garlic in the stew. It was a little...bland. It took me a little to figure out what was wrong with it. I added garlic powder and onion powder and that helped.
And I am so looking forward to a chunk of time without evening lectures. Seriously.
No workout-planned
Breakfast: sweet potato sausage with poached eggs (Not a casserole!), 50/50 OJ, Green Rooibos tea
Lunch: LO fish, broccoli cauliflower carrot salad, hard boiled egg, Red Velvet Cake Tea!
Dinner: Stew, 50/50 vegetable juice (yeah I pretty much water ALL juice down), Rooibos Lavender Tea
During class snack: Fake cookie dough...only it was more like chocolate pudding to me
Rough Recipe: Sweet Potato hash with Sausage and eggs
original idea here: http://theyvegonepaleo.blogspot.com/2012/03/sweet-potato-hash-with-chicken-sausage.html
Chop sweet potato into small cubes. Saute for about 10 minutes in coconut oil. Add chopped red and green pepper and chopped up sausage and saute for another about 10 minutes. Poach or fry eggs for on top.
We used 3 massive sweet potatoes, 2 red and 2 green peppers and 2 12oz packs of fully cooked sausage and that made enough for breakfasts for both of us for a week for sure. We are cooking eggs each day so they are fresh. If you were using uncooked sausage you would want to cook it before you add the sweet potatoes and go from there.
Rough Recipe: "Free" Veggie broth
Original idea here: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-make-vegetable-broth-using-your.html
When you are chopping up veggies for whatever purpose you can save most of the peels and ends and scraps and bits. Think carrot and parsnip ends, carrot and beet peels, onion skins and ends, celery leafies and butts, garlic skins. You want to avoid potato skins and mushrooms and you will obviously want to scrub things well before you start chopping/peeling. Get a gallon sized zipper bag and fill it up while you cut and prep. When you are done stick it in the freezer and pull it out next time. Repeat until it is full. Then dump the contents into a 6qt slow cooker and fill it with water. Maybe add some Italian seasoning and a couple of bay leaves. Cook on low for 9 hours. Strain in to a containers to freeze or use in a few days.
Rough Recipe: Fake cookie dough
Original idea here: http://www.fitnessinanevolutionarydirection.com/2012/01/paleo-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough.html
2 scoops almond butter, 1 spoonful raw cacao, 1 spoonful coconut oil, a sprinkle of chopped hazelnuts a pinch of cinnamon and a couple of drops of vanilla. Stir. Eat. Feel spoiled.
And I am so looking forward to a chunk of time without evening lectures. Seriously.
No workout-planned
Breakfast: sweet potato sausage with poached eggs (Not a casserole!), 50/50 OJ, Green Rooibos tea
Lunch: LO fish, broccoli cauliflower carrot salad, hard boiled egg, Red Velvet Cake Tea!
Dinner: Stew, 50/50 vegetable juice (yeah I pretty much water ALL juice down), Rooibos Lavender Tea
During class snack: Fake cookie dough...only it was more like chocolate pudding to me
Rough Recipe: Sweet Potato hash with Sausage and eggs
original idea here: http://theyvegonepaleo.blogspot.com/2012/03/sweet-potato-hash-with-chicken-sausage.html
Chop sweet potato into small cubes. Saute for about 10 minutes in coconut oil. Add chopped red and green pepper and chopped up sausage and saute for another about 10 minutes. Poach or fry eggs for on top.
We used 3 massive sweet potatoes, 2 red and 2 green peppers and 2 12oz packs of fully cooked sausage and that made enough for breakfasts for both of us for a week for sure. We are cooking eggs each day so they are fresh. If you were using uncooked sausage you would want to cook it before you add the sweet potatoes and go from there.
Rough Recipe: "Free" Veggie broth
Original idea here: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-make-vegetable-broth-using-your.html
When you are chopping up veggies for whatever purpose you can save most of the peels and ends and scraps and bits. Think carrot and parsnip ends, carrot and beet peels, onion skins and ends, celery leafies and butts, garlic skins. You want to avoid potato skins and mushrooms and you will obviously want to scrub things well before you start chopping/peeling. Get a gallon sized zipper bag and fill it up while you cut and prep. When you are done stick it in the freezer and pull it out next time. Repeat until it is full. Then dump the contents into a 6qt slow cooker and fill it with water. Maybe add some Italian seasoning and a couple of bay leaves. Cook on low for 9 hours. Strain in to a containers to freeze or use in a few days.
Rough Recipe: Fake cookie dough
Original idea here: http://www.fitnessinanevolutionarydirection.com/2012/01/paleo-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough.html
2 scoops almond butter, 1 spoonful raw cacao, 1 spoonful coconut oil, a sprinkle of chopped hazelnuts a pinch of cinnamon and a couple of drops of vanilla. Stir. Eat. Feel spoiled.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Day 15 - Jn
It's another food prep day. LT stayed over so we got started earlier. We found coconut aminos and coconut vinegar and the coconut milk that's been out for 3 weeks at the other store and gluten free Matzo at the Wegman's by my house. Super score. We didn't make eggs this time but we did make breakfast and Kale chips and fish and plantain chips and we got stuff ready for a stew today. We need to get shopping lists ready ahead of time not the day of and we could probably move through the store a little faster if our list were better organized. This week helped but I got really easily distracted.
Work put-on planned
Breakfast: last of nasty eggs, grapes, 50/50 OJ
Snack: half an Orange
Lunch: The LT's left over chicken Apple sweet potato skillet, 50/50 grapefruit juice
Snack: Strawberries, Kale chips
Dinner: Fish and chips! tilapia with lemon and Italian seasoning, plantain chips, 50/50 grapefruit juice, broccoli
Rough Recipe: Kale Chips
Remove stems from 1lb bag of kale. Toss kale (in 2 batches) with olive oil, salt and pepper. Lay in single layer on baking sheets. Bake at 325 for 10-15 minutes or until crispy, stirring every 5 minutes.
Rough Recipe: Plantain Chips
Use green plantains for savory chips and yellow plantains for sweet chips. Peel plantains and cut in to quarter inch (ish) slices. Heat oil in a skillet and when hot add plantains. Turn once. You want the color to change ever so slightly but before they start browning remove and place on paper towels to cool slightly. Use the bottom of a glass or mug to smash/flatten the plantains. If you make them too thin they will fall apart. As LT said "This is not a contest to see who can flatten them the most." Fry them again, flipping them once. Remove to paper towels to cool and soak up the oil. Add salt (and whatever...garlic would be nice) to the savory plantains and cinnamon to the sweet ones.
Work put-on planned
Breakfast: last of nasty eggs, grapes, 50/50 OJ
Snack: half an Orange
Lunch: The LT's left over chicken Apple sweet potato skillet, 50/50 grapefruit juice
Snack: Strawberries, Kale chips
Dinner: Fish and chips! tilapia with lemon and Italian seasoning, plantain chips, 50/50 grapefruit juice, broccoli
Rough Recipe: Kale Chips
Remove stems from 1lb bag of kale. Toss kale (in 2 batches) with olive oil, salt and pepper. Lay in single layer on baking sheets. Bake at 325 for 10-15 minutes or until crispy, stirring every 5 minutes.
Rough Recipe: Plantain Chips
Use green plantains for savory chips and yellow plantains for sweet chips. Peel plantains and cut in to quarter inch (ish) slices. Heat oil in a skillet and when hot add plantains. Turn once. You want the color to change ever so slightly but before they start browning remove and place on paper towels to cool slightly. Use the bottom of a glass or mug to smash/flatten the plantains. If you make them too thin they will fall apart. As LT said "This is not a contest to see who can flatten them the most." Fry them again, flipping them once. Remove to paper towels to cool and soak up the oil. Add salt (and whatever...garlic would be nice) to the savory plantains and cinnamon to the sweet ones.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Day 14 - Jn
Two weeks in. And Sunday. The meal theme was salads which you would think meant we could eat everything. Nope. Almost everyone mixed dressing in with their salads ahead of time. :( and lots of pasta and bean salads. Oh well. We survived.
No workout- planned
Breakfast- Choked down eggs, some grapes, 50/50 OJ. Seriously this batch of eggs is nasty :( one more day
Lunch- chicken broccoli and carrots to go
Snack: fruit leather, macadamia nuts, cashews
Dinner- salad with walnuts, broccoli cauliflower salad, berry salad
More food: hard boiled egg, cashews, macadamia nuts
Rough Recipe: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrot Salad
From here: http://www.ruthsrealfood.com/2012/04/colorful-cauliflower-and-broccoli-salad.html
Chop broccoli, cauliflower and carrots in to bite sized pieces. Par boil each separately. They should be tender but still have some bite. Mix together and cool. Toss with homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Mine was 1c olive oil, 1/3c vinegar, 1 sleigh fresh parsley chopped and 2 of tarragon with some mustard powder and garlic powder mixed in. Well shaken.
No workout- planned
Breakfast- Choked down eggs, some grapes, 50/50 OJ. Seriously this batch of eggs is nasty :( one more day
Lunch- chicken broccoli and carrots to go
Snack: fruit leather, macadamia nuts, cashews
Dinner- salad with walnuts, broccoli cauliflower salad, berry salad
More food: hard boiled egg, cashews, macadamia nuts
Rough Recipe: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrot Salad
From here: http://www.ruthsrealfood.com/2012/04/colorful-cauliflower-and-broccoli-salad.html
Chop broccoli, cauliflower and carrots in to bite sized pieces. Par boil each separately. They should be tender but still have some bite. Mix together and cool. Toss with homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Mine was 1c olive oil, 1/3c vinegar, 1 sleigh fresh parsley chopped and 2 of tarragon with some mustard powder and garlic powder mixed in. Well shaken.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Day 13 - Jn
KALE!!! ROLLER DERBY!!!
So I ate well over half a 1lb bag of kale. I made some for breakfast and made kale chips while I was eating breakfast and then tried one. Then ate half of them. And I snuck more later in the day. Mine aren't even good because the oven is wonky and burnt half but didn't get the other half crispy. I will try again.
I also found some "healthy" or at least Whole 30 approved reasonably shelf stable snacks at Target today. I know, dried fruit. I know, like candy. I know, I could make it cheaper. But it is nice to have something that will fit in a purse or glove box for just in case. I already knew I loved the applesauce for road trips cause you can eat it while driving. They handed me a packet when I walked in the store so I bought a big box. Thanks for reminding me that I needed more!
The day was topped off to a trip to the roller derby. Now I very much want to play. I need a job first and health insurance. But it is on my list of things to do before I die. Play roller derby. Very yes.
Mini workout- planned
Late Breakfast: Fried eggs over Kale with a ridiculous amount of Kale chips
Snacks: Macadamia nuts, box o raisins, Blueberry fruit string thingers, more Kale chips.
Early Dinner: Chicken on stirfried broccoli slaw
Late snack: Hard boiled egg and some chicken
Friday, April 13, 2012
Day 12 - Jn
Woke up! That's a good start. Worked out. Got busy. For realz. Unfortunately the homework that I am doing looks like repeatedly running up against a wall. Picture that old windows screen saver with the rat in the maze but you fling headlong in to each corner, turn and try again. It is hard to register that progress is being made.
Work out: planned
Breakfast- Eggs again, strawberries, 50/50 OJ and peppermint tea
Snack- Hard boiled egg
Lunch- LO pepper half, last of LO lamb and some overcooked veggies
Snack-cashews, applesauce, 50/50 OJ
Dinner- Chicken and stir fry.
More foods- Hard boiled Egg, Macadamia nuts
Work out: planned
Breakfast- Eggs again, strawberries, 50/50 OJ and peppermint tea
Snack- Hard boiled egg
Lunch- LO pepper half, last of LO lamb and some overcooked veggies
Snack-cashews, applesauce, 50/50 OJ
Dinner- Chicken and stir fry.
More foods- Hard boiled Egg, Macadamia nuts
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