Monday, May 9, 2016

The Start of Whole 30

If you follow me on Insta or we are FB friends, you may have noticed that Jonathan & I started the Whole 30 Challenge last week. If you are not familiar with Whole 30, you can check it out here. Basically it's a short-term nutritional reset; 30 days of no sugar, grains, dairy and legumes.

We started off a little slow .... we were scheduled to have a Hello Fresh box delivered on Monday and didn't want that food to go to waste. Side note, have you tried Hello Fresh yet? That's another post coming soon! Plus, with Mommy & Me Tea and Mother's Day brunch at Rock Springs, let's just say we are off to a much better start this week!

I know the plan sounds a bit intimidating, the hardest part for me is no cheese, but it hasn't been too bad so far. We'll see if I'm still signing the same tune later this week. Jonathan has struggled the most with lunch, which I can totally understand. He doesn't have time to eat since he's serving others lunch and he runs a Jersey Mike's; if I was surrounded by that delicious bread all day, I'd struggle too!

The other hard part is finding food that isn't full of sugar. I guess I never really paid much attention to all the ways companies add sugar to our foods, it's crazy! But, that's another benefit of the Whole 30, it forces you to really pay attention to what you are putting in your body and to how your body response to different foods.

Another plus, it's forcing us to try different meals. Both Jonathan and I love food and cooking but we have been so busy the last few months, we have gotten into a routine of the same meals. One of my favorite places to be is the kitchen and the Whole 30 has brought me back there!

Several of our Insta and FB friends have asked about the foods we have posted pictures of so I thought I'd put together a list of some of our favorites so far with links to the recipes. Even if you aren't looking at doing the Whole 30, these dishes are really good and simple!





We had burgers twice during the week and both times we had Shoestring Sweet Potato Fries and roasted kale, since they were that good and well, burgers and fries just go together!
 The burger on the left is a Jalapeno Turkey Burger topped with a Quail egg and guac. The burger on the right is a Garlic Bacon Avocado Burger
I liked the garlic burger better and Jonathan preferred the jalapeno; both were FULL of flavor and we didn't even miss the bun!


We didn't have a recipe for this Breakfast Hash so it was kinda thrown together. We roasted sweet potato, peppers, and onions and topped it with a poached egg and bacon crumbles. It turned our amazing!

We have planned out our meals for this week and are looking forward to trying some new stuff. I'll be sure to pass it along if it turns out to be good!