The Whole30 Days 2-6

What did I tell ya'll? I'm terrible at blogging!! So ya'll will get the short version of days 2-6. Day 2 was much better than day 1. I had no headache and did fine with the food I was eating! Everyday since has been good days. I have had lots of water, fruit (probably more than I should eat), veggies, and chicken, deer, and salmon! The past few days I have made some dishes that were delish and very Whole30-friendly!! I made breakfast muffins (recipe below), which had eggs and sausage, and salt and pepper! I also made spaghetti sauce from scratch (no cans) and put it on spaghetti squash! I made bean-less chili and it was so yummy and it had a little kick! I have had baked salmon with lots of fresh lemon juice too! One thing I made that I am really excited about was "fried" chicken nuggets! I used coconut flour and added lots of spices and I used coconut oil and water to "fry" the nuggets!! They were so good!! Tonight I made fajitas and made mine into a fajita chopped salad with fresh salsa!!

I am having a much easier time saying no to certain things. I am still craving everything though, and I hope that gets better! I find myself planning my first meal when I finish the Whole30!! If I have learned anything it is this: I ate so much random stuff and never really realized it!! And by random, I do not mean random ingredients in things, I mean in everyday life. Remember the cake I mentioned on Day 1? Well it stayed at my work most of the week. If I was not doing this challenge I would have probably eaten a piece everyday it was in the office. I am at the age where a lot of my friends are getting married or having babies, so I feel like I go to a shower every weekend (which the finger foods at these showers are my favorite kind of food). I eat my normal 3 meals a day, but add these things that you forget to count and you wonder why your gaining weight! Now, at this point, I am all about eating the cake, fixing a plate at showers, etc. But my problem with it, was my 3 meals a day were not the healthiest. I am thankful that I am seeing that and I plan to change my 3 meals to being healthier, so I can have a piece of cake every once in a while if I want one.

So I have a confession: I found a Whole30 approved ranch dressing recipe and I wanted to try it! I got all the ingredients and got home ready to make it. It calls for cashews, but not a bunch, like 1/4 of a cup or something like that. So at the grocery store I look at all the ingredients to make sure that there is nothing I can't have, well..I grabbed the wrong can!! So I got home, Brian and I popped it opened and started eating a few. I was telling him about the dressing and ready him the ingredients on the back and then I read PEANUT OIL!!! I could have died!! It was day 2 so I decided to not start over. I am sure I will eat things throughout the month that I will not know it has certain things in it! So I am not going to sweat it, if I don't know, I don't know!!

Week 1 almost done!!

Mini Breakfast Casseroles

Ingredients:

10 eggs
1 lb sausage
pepper
salt

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350. Brown the sausage and drain out any fat. Next crack 10 eggs and mix with the sausage crumbles. Add salt and pepper. Next take a 12 count muffin tin and pour it equally. Pop it in the oven until the eggs in the middle is done!!

Until next time!!
Ansley