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The Whole 30 Challenge

Day 1

Feeling exhausted, but good. I’m not sure if the bacon used (Publix, low sodium, hickory smoked, no sugar) is 'Whole 30' compliant. I’ll have to look further into this. Dinner seemed to take forever and it was like a bomb went off in the kitchen.  I suspect this was due to a Dobby-like house elf that snuck into the kitchen and destroyed tiny sections one by one so I wouldn’t notice, since it clearly wasn’t me. Well, it worked. I didn’t notice until it was time to clean up, and holy cow! Talk about F-5 tornado zone…jeez. This made me momentarily reconsider the Whole 30. Kidding (sort of). I convinced myself it was so messy because I was making additional meals, as well as dinner. Trying to get ahead of the game, you could say. 

Breakfast: black coffee

Lunch: McIntosh apple

Dinner: Cabbage sautéed with a little olive oil, fresh lemon juice and HI seasoning (garlic, salt, pepper), topped with fresh-from-the-dock shrimp and red peppers.  Heated it all up on the stovetop and it was done in about 15 minutes.  Verdict? YUM! (BF and Hershey also seemed pleased with dinner so I’m going to mark this one a success.)

Breakfast for tomorrow prepared. It’ll be a tasty concoction of cooked up sweet potato homefries with no-sugar bacon (again, add’l research is needed to ensure this is compliant), onion and about 2tbsp bacon fat. Sprinkle with cinnamon and a bit of nutmeg, tossed in the oven for about 15 to add crunchy-ness and voila! Dunzo.

Ready to go snacks…stocked up on raspberries, bananas, apples and avocados. Oh! And, I also learned to make hard boiled eggs! I know, it’s a little ridiculous that I’ve made the ripe ol’ age of 3-4 and haven’t made hard-boiled eggs before. Consider that ‘to-do’ crossed off my bucket list.