Whole30

Yes, it's been almost a year since I've posted here. See my instagram. I've definitely been cooking, but documenting is just not happening lately.

This year, I hope to reduce my sugar addiction. I'm noticing it in small ways like the mid afternoon crash and in bigger ones, like my waistline. I asked on facebook about free sugar detox, and was pointed in the direction of Whole30.

Heck, it's only a month, right?

So I need to plan. I jumped in (as is my way) and planned a whole bunch of Whole30 on Pinterest tagged recipes. This made me realize that jumping in isn't going to work, and I need to take some time to plan, while trying out these recipes (and being willing to say ok, this needs cheese to be ok)...

First up, I need to figure out breakfasts. I'm a carb junkie but I'm also in need of really easy, no brainpower, breakfasts on weekdays and surprisingly, even more so on weekends (I take it so leisurely, I often just forget to eat until I'm too hungry).

So this looks good:

• http://crazytogether.com/easy-delicious-breakfast-saved-whole-30/

It's lucky that the Kitchn is doing a series on Whole30 as I start this, so here's a great post about weekend prep:

• http://www.thekitchn.com/what-i-prep-on-sunday-for-whole30-meals-227075

My goals for 2017 are many, and while there's a lot of criticism of Whole30, and I honestly don't think I have the discipline for it, it's also in line with many of my goals.

So here are some of them:

• Eat more vegetables
• Eat out no more than 3x/month
• Reduce sugar intake
• Exercise 3x/week (once I get this shoe off)
• My son will cook 1 dinner/week
• Drink 64oz of water/day
• 1 meatless meal/week

So far, we've cooked two of the recipes I planned. The first was... a fail. The second was pretty awesome; we added cheese to it (to make it more awesome but not Whole30 ok) but it was a hit for almost the whole family. SCORE!

First intentional #whole30 dinner. I have no confidence I will last for 30 days if I have to cook separate meals for my family. #365project 8/365 #croy36517

A photo posted by Christina Marie (@smallbutfeisty_jersey) on Jan 8, 2017 at 2:28pm PST

This was the first one. It was way too spicy for any of us to eat. It did, though, inspire me to get back to the breakfasts I used to make of roasted sweet potatoes. I'll have to see if I can make a sweet potato hash of some kind. It was awesome to cook it in the crockpot though! Here's the recipe.

Our second #whole30 meal (though this has cheese, I haven't officially started) is also the second meal @b1g1mag1nat1on cooked. #365project 9/365 #croy36517

A photo posted by Christina Marie (@smallbutfeisty_jersey) on Jan 9, 2017 at 3:33pm PST

Yum. Here's the recipe.