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Monday, June 9, 2014

Whole30 Challenge Day 8

Welcome to Monday! I know a lot of people don't get excited about Monday's, but are they really any worse than any other day? Well, yes, of course they are. That's why we complain about them, right? ;)

One thing we figured out here is that a good way to get the mornings off to a great start is to have breakfast at least partially made in advance. So yesterday, while I was preparing dinner, I was also getting breakfast for today (and tomorrow and Wednesday) put together. A little tip, thanks to Abi, for any of you who may be doing large egg bakes that aren't being completely eaten in one meal: cover the pan with foil before heating in the oven to prevent excess drying of the food.

Let's get right into today's menu:
Breakfast:
Paleo Sweet Potato and Sausage Egg Scramble (we didn't have any sausage, clean or otherwise, so I ended up using about 2/3 pound of ground beef, and I added in a couple of diced mini-sweet peppers, a bit of olive oil to prevent sticking/burning, and some chives and cilantro from our deck garden, and I seasoned everything with a bit of garlic salt, regular salt, ground sage, and paprika) - the picture  might not do this dish justice, but trust me, it's delicious!
Monkey Salad
1 cup cantaloupe

Lunch:
Leftover crockpot chicken and sweet potatoes
Leftover green salad
1 hard-boiled egg
1 apple

Dinner:
Healthy Citrus Chicken Strips over a green salad with Orange Poppyseed Dressing
Parsnips

Dinner was a lot more filling than you might expect with so few items, but that's an amazing thing we're discovering about vegetables. I also think both of us have adapted quite a bit to eating smaller portions, which would explain why the waistlines on some of our outfits don't feel quite so tight, even after only one week.

With meals out of the way, and it being still so nice at almost 7:30 PM, we're going to take a little walk around the neighborhood before putting the necessary items together for tomorrow's meals and then heading off to bed.

Have, or are, you going through a Whole30 of your own? We'd be glad to hear what recipes you're using, what challenges you're facing, and what successes you're seeing.

Until tomorrow...

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