day 12

of course delicious baby girl slept till 8 on the morning my husband was getting up with her

(she never sleeps that late!)

i still managed to sleep till about 10. love sundays.

woke up and threw some pork in the crockpot. i followed this recipe and it came out really good. can't wait to eat it for leftovers tomorrow morning.

breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs with crispy pancetta and spinach, a few olives, sliced apple with a little sun butter

lunch: tuna salad with salsa and avocado, sliced pickle, a few pistachios

snack: kale chips, freeze dried fruit

dinner: crock pot pulled pork over mashed plantains (yum and yum) with avocado slices and roasted green beans

after dinner: frozen mango, cherries, and blueberries with a little lite coconut milk over it.

pic of dinner:

day 11

woke up early with delicious baby girl and gave her a bottle. then i made my breakfast and hers and we ate together.

tutored in the afternoon and then went to yeah! burger with family. my husband and i got the local grass fed beef burger (protein plate= no bun) with cucumbers, tomatoes, pickle, avocado, grilled onions, and a sunflower pesto dipping sauce (it was yum!)

came home and we all sliced up some apples and heated up a skillet.  added ghee and then all the apples with vanilla and cinnamon. sautéed till soft and added crushed almonds to the top. tasted like apple pie filling!

breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with sautéed pastrami and spinach. sliced strawberries

lunch: leftover pulled pork with salsa and mustard. and finished off left over roasted veggies

snack: almonds. a few dried apricots.

dinner: yeah!burger (description above)

dessert: sautéed apples with crushed almonds on top

pic of my breakfast (and delicious baby girl's breakfast)

and one of delicious baby girl for good measure.

day 10

freezing outside.

had to leave the house early and quickly made some scrambled eggs with left over rotisserie chicken, a few olives, and sliced strawberries.  ate it in the car on my way to drop off delicious baby girl for a few hours.

knocked out an appointment and then quickly went to whole foods and got a few things.  found some uncured pastrami. it is so good and so. expensive. boo. also bought some pickles, salsa, a small thing of pulled pork, and some other misc. stuff.

roasted a spaghetti squash for dinner. sauteed onions and ground turkey and then added tomato sauce that i pureed with an avocado. served that over spaghetti squash for dinner. it was delish.

breakfast: scrambled eggs with left over rotisserie chicken, a few olives, sliced strawberries, water, and a coconut water for the road

lunch: way too many pieces of tasty, expensive pastrami. a pickle. pulled pork with salsa and mustard and left over roasted brussel sprouts, onions and zucchini.

dinner: ground turkey with tomato/avocado sauce over roasted spaghetti squash. frozen blueberries with coconut milk.

pic from dinner:

day 8 and 9

back tracking.  ahh. wed and thursday are a blur. started teaching online at night on wednesday night and life became even busier.

wed. marked one week of the whole30 food project!

can't even remember what i ate for all of these meals but i do know it involved some of the following:

pre-made rotisserie chicken from whole foods
frozen tilapia that i overcooked (whoops)
roasted onions, brussel sprouts, and broccoli
tuna mixed with salsa and avocado
a few lara bars, dried fruit, frozen fruit with coconut milk (whoops, whoops, and whoops) (but all of it CAN be eaten...i just probably ate too much)
green tea
almonds
pistachios

nothing crazy or really great on days 8 and 9. but here is a pic of my tuna salad that i ate with sliced cucumbers.

day 7

knocked out day 7.

ate leftovers for breakfast and lunch.

threw some chicken in the crockpot with bbq spice rubbed on it and a jar of all natural salsa. cooked on high for about 3 1/2 hours and shredded it in the sauce when it was done. it turned out delish.

roasted green beans, portobello mushrooms, and onions too.  also threw some frozen organic burgers on the skillet to make for lunch for tomorrow.

its 9:19 pm and i am exhausted. but otherwise feel good.

breakfast: leftover egg bake, small cup of berries, green tea

lunch: left over crockpot pork roast, olives, 1/4 of an avocado

snack: finished off the smoked salmon on some sliced cucumbers, a few pistachios, a few frozen berries

dinner: crockpot salsa chicken, roasted green beans/mushroom/onion, frozen berries with coconut milk

pic from dinner:

day 6

day 6 went by fast and i felt good.  headache gone and not starving. win and win.

husband let me sleep in and i slept till 9 am. could have slept longer i think.

ate leftovers for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

took delicious baby girl to the aquarium this afternoon for the first time.

we saw a dolphin show and she actually sat and watched the whole thing...for 30 minutes! i think she wants to be a dolphin trainer when she grows up.

came home and made an egg bake for easy breakfast this week.

that is all i cooked today. yay.

breakfast: leftover crockpot pork roast, small cup of blueberries, green tea

lunch: left over roasted shrimp, broccoli, asian meatballs, 1/2 of a baked sweet potato, and a few olives

snack: apple and pistachios (on car ride home from aquarium)

dinner: left over crockpot pork roast, strawberries and a few blueberries with coconut milk poured on top

pic of some strawberries i just sliced up:

day 5

woke up early with delicious baby girl. was starving from not really eating dinner last night so i ate a lara bar while i fed her a bottle (my husband later found the last one and called me out on it...i'm going to try to not buy anymore. tempting!)

i prepped all the ingredients for this crockpot pork stew and threw it all in the crockpot to cook all day (9 1/2 hours to be exact).

then i roasted broccoli. and shrimp.  i tried to make zucchini noodles with the food processor but they came out as short strands.  i also found a recipe for tomato sauce made with avocado blended in so i threw that in the food processor with some fresh cilantro.  the sauce came out delicious.

we had a few friends over to watch the falcons game.  at one point we were all drinking hot herbal tea together instead of alcohol.  it was funny (but also supportive).

successfully made it through the first weekend.

slight headache tonight and really tired the last two days.

cooked a lot and only ate out once for dinner friday night.

plenty of leftovers in the fridge for tomorrow. mama needs a day off from the cooking madness.

breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with spinach, crispy prosciutto, and chives. small bowl of blueberries

lunch: roasted shrimp over zucchini noodles with a tomato/avocado sauce and some roasted broccoli

snack: apple with a little sun butter, olives, herbal tea

dinner: crockpot pork stew (thumbs up. came out awesome)

pic from lunch: