Whole 30 Food Diary

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Whole 30 - Day 4 - Lunch

Morning was nuts, so didn’t get a pre-made lunch for myself ready. That was a mistake. Took the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” route and ordered bbq from the office cafeteria. Should have taken a picture before I ate it, as it looks hella disgusting, ha. 

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Whole 30 - Day 4 - Breakfast

Woke up this morning to a sick dog and had to rush off to work for earlier than normal meeting, so I didn’t have time to pack a single thing to eat. 7-11 to the rescue. I maybe squealed when I saw this stocked in their grocery aisle. This spice is the bomb, and I can get it everywhere in my neighborhood (which is 90% hispanic) but rarely see it north of downtown. Tajin has only 3 ingredients: chile powder, salt, and lime. Whole 30 approved! Sprinkled over mango and jicama it’s hits all my favorite flavor: spicy, salty, sweet, and sour. Didn’t pair well with my breakfast coffee though. Ha.   

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Whole30 - Day 3 - Dinner Pork chops in the slow cooker with sweet potatoes and parsnips was pretty meh, but did the job.

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Whole30 - Day 3 - Snack Passion Tea from Starbucks and found this Whole30 approved gem

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Whole 30 - Day 3 - Lunch Yup, no breakfast again today. Must plan better for that next week. Turkey roll ups, almonds w/ dehydrated blueberries, dates, sliced cucumbers

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Whole30 - Day 2 - Dinner Day two and I'm already too lazy to cook. Chipotle is it.

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Whole30 - Day 2 - Lunch Chili from last night was greatly improved with chopped red onions, cilantro, half an avocado, and a shit ton of lime.

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Whole 30 - Day 3 - Breakfast B had another shake (almond milk, banana, dates, and a spoonful of almond butter). I was going to eat the banana w/ a few almonds and freeze dried blueberries for crunch, but just grazed on the almonds and blueberries for 45 minutes in between phone calls and forgot about the banana. Maybe it’ll be a snack for later.

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Whole 30 - Day 2 - Dinner

Already half-eaten bowl of beef chipotle & sweet potato chili* + (not pictured) plantain chips

*Chili: 

- 2lbs 80/20 ground beef (b/c it’s cheap)

- ¾ can of pumpkin puree (leftover from another pumpkin themed dish)

- large white onion, chopped

- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped

- 28oz can of diced tomatoes

- 2+ish T canned chipotles w/ their sauce, chopped

- 3ish T smoked paprika

- 3ish T cumin

- 2ish T tomato paste

- 3 medium sweet potatoes, chopped in ¼ inch pieces

Brown meat and add to slow cooker. Saute onion and garlic until translucent and add to slow cooker. Add seasoning, pumpkin, chipotles, and tomato paste. Mix w/ big spoon. Add sweet potatoes. Mix. Add tomatoes. Mix again. Cook on low for 6ish hours, or until potatoes are cooked through.

It was good, but not spicy enough for me and overall a little flat on the palate. Too much earthiness from the double punch of pumpkin and sweet potatoes. Layered heat would help, cayenne and serranos might be a good start.. Also would have added chili powder if I had any in my pantry, which I didn’t. Quick guac of smashed avocado w/ a shit ton of lime would help w/ palate variety too.

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Whole 30 - Day 2 - Snack

Fulfilled my civic duty by 3pm. Holla. 

almond stuffed dates, lime La Croix w/ splash of 100% black cherry juice

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Whole 30 - Day 2 - Lunch

Jury duty today, and since I live so close to downtown I was able to pop home for lunch during our recess, rather than eat what would have been the world’s most depressing salad in the courthouse commissary. 

Omelet wrap*, plantain chips, apple slices

* 2 beaten eggs, cooked in my larget non-stick skillet until eggs have set, then assembled wrap in this order:

- 2 slices of turkey

- half an avocado, smashed and spread over turkey

- thinly sliced red onions

- thinly sliced apples

- arugula (can you tell I’m trying to finish a bag of this stuff...)

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Whole 30 - Day 2 - Breakfast

Nothing fancy. 

Egg fried in ghee, chicken sausage, arugula, apple slices

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Whole 30 - Day 1 - Dinner

Halibut patty (technically non-compliant b/c of some “dextrose” in the ingredient list, but I had them in the freezer and we needed to eat them before they expired…), arugula, mango salsa (mango, avocado, lime juice, salt, cherry tomatoes, red onions)

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Whole 30 - Day 1 - Lunch

Why yes, day 1 begins with lunch, not breakfast. Already off to a great start. Was able to make B a smoothie (frozen banana, almond milk, small handful of dates) before I dashed off to work, but I had to scavenge the 7-11 in my work’s lobby. Breakfast for me consisted of one absolutely revolting cup of “Pumpkin Spice” black coffee that tasted like cinnamon porporri and a bag of non-complaint (b/c of “whey” something) smoked almonds. 

Turkey rollups (sliced turkey, mustard, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes), plantain chips, sliced cucumber, apple (eaten at 4:30 in the afternoon as a snack), dates, and roasted almonds.