Whole30 - The First Days

I am two and half days into the Whole30. For me personally the food has not been that big of a change from what I was eating, just a little bit cleaner, and NO DIET COKE. Which still hurts my heart a little bit, but breaking my diet coke addiction is one of the things I am hoping to accomplish this month. I mentioned in my first Whole30 blog that I would share with your what I was eating. (Let's face it, meal planning can be one of the more difficult aspects of preparing for the program.)

As far as breakfasts and lunches, the plan is to have the same thing each week. I came up with several breakfasts and six or seven lunches and I will repeat them each week. The dinners I am going to try not to repeat more than once or twice each month.

I do have to say that I have cooked more in the last three days than I have in a long time. Everything fresh equals lots of kitchen time. But the meals have been great so far.

 Day one was great. Breakfast was a fried egg with sweet potato and spinach hash, topped with chopped tomatoes and chives. I also had berries on the side. Lunch was Mexican shrimp cocktail. It was amazing! (The recipe is at the bottom, lucky you!)  For dinner, I made marinated skirt steak, green beans, mashed sweet potatoes with ghee, and roasted squash (zucchini and butternut). Everything was great and even better everyone tried something new. Brandon, who usually isn't a big veggie person, even like the mashed sweet potatoes and the zucchini.

On day two I had the same breakfast as the kiddos, so I didn't take a picture of. The frittata I made wasn't fabulous, if I am being honest. I usually make frittatas for myself, but I usually use egg whites instead of whole eggs. I used whole eggs (because that is what Brandon and the boys like) and I couldn't get over the yolk flavor. It was good, just not great. Next week I am going to tweak my recipe. For lunch I made roll ups. These were fabulous. We have these often, but of course usually they have cheese on them. For mine I used roast beef, spinach, bell pepper, apple, bacon, and avocado. These were great and filling. I added two sliced beets to my plate and it was a great lunch. For dinner I made beef stew. This was great and was a hit with Granny, Brandon, and Ezra. I loved it too, but Elisha needs a little more convincing.