Whole Family on Whole30 - Days 17-23

I know this post is a few days late, but perhaps I should have considered just how busy we really are in the summer without trying to overhaul everything in our family's diet and ALSO blog about it. But, better late than never. 

Like I said in my last Whole30 post I am not repeating pictures of things I have already shown you. And we typically have two or three breakfasts we repeat and then six or seven lunches and we repeat those every week. And then there is taco salad. We have had more taco salad this month than ever before (and it was a regular already) but everyone is still digging it and keeps asking for it so I am going to keep making it.

Plus you can sneak A LOT of veggies into taco salad. I will post our recipe in the next few days. 

So here is a break down of what we ate (kids and all) on days 17-23.

Day 17

Breakfast: Mini frittatas and Applegate Little Smokeys, along with avocado and fruit. The kids still don't really avocado but I can't get enough of it. :)

Lunch: We threw together a ten minute meal. I already had meatballs prepared and frozen so we pulled them out, threw a few veggies, olives, and fruit on the side and we were good to go. 

Dinner: Chili over a sweet potato. Still delicious! Still one of my favorite meals. 

Day 18

Breakfast: Mini frittatas, raspberries, roma tomatoes.

Lunch: Chicken chef salad.

Dinner: Grilled Mahi Mahi with roasted okra and potatoes, broccoli, and pineapple salsa, or pineapple on the side for those whose taste buds haven't developed a love for all things spicy. 

 
Day 19
Breakfast: Green eggs and a banana.
Lunch: Zoo Day! Since we were going to the zoo I had to have something portable. Here is what we had:

I had roast beef roll ups with avocado, bacon, tomato, and spinach in the them with leftover roasted okra and a sliced roma tomato. I also threw a package of pistachios and a lemon Larabar just in case I was still hungry but I didn't end up eating them. The boys gladly split both of them between themselves, they can never get enough "snacks".

The boys had roll ups, berries, cut carrots (and ONE piece of zucchini, I keep trying) along with an applesauce, Larabar, and pistachios. We also loaded a bag full of sliced oranges and cantaloupe  to help with the munchies and the boys ate every single piece of fruit by the end of the day. This was August 1st and were were having unseasonably nice weather but even though it wasn't hot, walking all over the zoo is hard work.

Dinner: Taco Salad

Day 20

Breakfast: Green eggs, berries, and avocado. (Bananas for the kids instead of avocado)

Lunch: Leftovers! Yay, any meal where I can get in and out of the kitchen in five minutes is FABULOUS!

 The boys had Applegate hot dogs, salad, carrots, and cantaloupe. I had grilled chicken on top of romaine and spinach with roma tomatoes and homemade Italian dressing.

 Dinner: Grilled chicken with broccoli and cabbage. This was actually the first time Brandon had ever tried cabbage. After trying it he said, "hmm, it's actually pretty good. I always just assumed it tasted like it smelled." We have been having a vegetable battle for the last eleven years of our marriage and it turns out he actually likes a lot of it, he had just never tried it.

Day 21
Breakfast: Mini frittatas, roma tomatoes, and avocado for me. Frittatas with berries and carrots for the boys.

Lunch: Taco Salad

Dinner: Chili with a baked sweet potato.

Day 22
Breakfast: Mini frittatas, clementines, avocado, banana.


Lunch: Roll ups with fresh veggies (cucumbers and tomatoes for me, salad and broccoli for the boys.) Along with apples and cashew butter. I took a picture of this, not because it was new and exciting but because this was the first time ever that my little non-vegetable fan asked for broccoli.






Dinner: This was a fun night. We made the Old School Italian Meat Sauce from Well Fed 2. This was great! I subbed the Italian sausage links for homemade ground Italian sausage and we skipped the meatballs but it was still great. We served it over zucchini noodles along side fresh green beans. The littlest man wasn't too thrilled with the zucchini noodles but he ate the pork chop and green beans. My handsome husband ate everything on his plate, and ENJOYED it. I can't get over how much his tastes are changing.


Day 23
Breakfast: Green eggs, pork sausages, orange. We tried these for the first time and they were pretty good.

Lunch: One more water park picnic! I put grilled chicken bites on toothpicks (because my children will eat almost anything off a toothpick) along side fresh veggies, Italian dressing for dipping, and mixed berries and grapes. They had the usual Larabars, nuts, raisins, and applesauce pouches for snacks. I was so proud of them at this meal. The other family that we went with had a few things that my boys would have loved to eaten in their lunch (Capri Suns, Cheetos, PB&Js on white bread, and Oreos) but they didn't complain about what they were eating and had great attitudes.

Dinner: Thai Basil Stir Fry. I used the sauce recipe from Well Fed 2 and just changed out the veggies for ones that I thought everyone would like better. This wasn't everyone's favorite meal everyone loved the "Chinese noodles" I threw in there. It was broccoli slaw, which is super easy and I will definitely be making again. But the flavors in the sauce weren't really a hit with anyone so next I make stir fry I will be coming up with a different sauce.

So there you have it. We have seven days left, counting today. After much discussion we have already decided that we are adding back in legumes first. My husband loves beans and the boys have decided that beans will be great on their taco salads. This has gone by so fast. I feel like it was just yesterday that we started the Whole30. And why my husband and boys are already thinking about what they want to slowly add back in, I am pondering what foods and food groups we are going to kick out for good.