Breakfast - breakfast sauage, poached egg and mushrooms
Lunch - pulled pork salad, 2 clementines, 3 dates
Dinner - almond crusted fish with boiled potatoes, carrots and cauliflower
Kids went back to uni today, so back to just cooking for two!
Supper - cup of courgette soup
Saturday, 7 January 2017
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Whole 30 - Day 4
Breakfast - breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms
We fry our mushrooms in ghee which is made of clarified butter
Lunch - pulled pork salad, 2 clementines, 3 dates
Dinner - Citrus pork chops, courgettes and cauliflower
I made the marinade up without the honey to make it Whole 30 compliant
Supper - 1 persimmon
We fry our mushrooms in ghee which is made of clarified butter
Lunch - pulled pork salad, 2 clementines, 3 dates
Dinner - Citrus pork chops, courgettes and cauliflower
I made the marinade up without the honey to make it Whole 30 compliant
Supper - 1 persimmon
Whole 30 - Day 3
Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached eggs and mushrooms
We make the breakfast sausage like a meatloaf and cut it into 12 pieces, so it does us for 6 days
Lunch - Courgette soup with a little pulled pork, 2 clementines
I have a fitness class straight after lunch on Wednesday, so this is a quick meal
Snack - apple with almond butter
Dinner - 'Pasta sauce' made with minced beef, mushrooms, red pepper, onion, tomatoes, courgettes; the family had pasta and I had zoodles (spiralized courgette)
A simple spiralizer means you can add extra vegetables really easily
Supper - 1 persimmon
We make the breakfast sausage like a meatloaf and cut it into 12 pieces, so it does us for 6 days
Lunch - Courgette soup with a little pulled pork, 2 clementines
I have a fitness class straight after lunch on Wednesday, so this is a quick meal
Snack - apple with almond butter
Dinner - 'Pasta sauce' made with minced beef, mushrooms, red pepper, onion, tomatoes, courgettes; the family had pasta and I had zoodles (spiralized courgette)
A simple spiralizer means you can add extra vegetables really easily
Supper - 1 persimmon
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Whole 30 - Day 2
Breakfast - Butternut squash breakfast sausage with poached eggs and mushrooms fried in ghee
Amazingly we did remember how to cook the eggs so they came out just right!
Lunch - Pulled pork salad using some of the meat left from Monday, 2 clementines
We always try and buy a big enough piece to have a few lunches as well as a main meal
Dinner - Chicken in white sauce with carrots and broccoli, 1 persimmon
Supper - cup of courgette soup
Amazingly we did remember how to cook the eggs so they came out just right!
Lunch - Pulled pork salad using some of the meat left from Monday, 2 clementines
We always try and buy a big enough piece to have a few lunches as well as a main meal
Dinner - Chicken in white sauce with carrots and broccoli, 1 persimmon
Supper - cup of courgette soup
Monday, 2 January 2017
Whole 30 - Day 1
The first day, always challenging when there are still a selection of goodies in the house!
Breakfast - onion and mushroom omelette
Normally I would add a pepper, or maybe a bit of chicken, but there wasn't any in the fridge!
Lunch - smoked salmon salad with white wine vinaigrette (bistro salad, grated carrot, spring onion, radish, cucumber, sultanas, pumpkin & sunflower seeds) 1 clementine
I have found that it is quite hard to find smoked salmon that doesn't have sugar in it - I'd been buying it from Aldi for a couple of years, and recently that have changed their recipe so it now has added sugar. However for Christmas, they had big packets of smoked salmon - that didn't have sugar! so I've bought several that have been frozen to be brought out once a week and cut into 4 portions
Dinner - Slow cooked pork shoulder with apples, with carrots, broccoli and Brussell sprouts
We have recently replaced our slow cooker, and this one is definitely cooler, so the joint took longer to cook, however it will provide a few days worth of cold meat for salad
Supper - a cup of Spicy Courgette soup from Mel Joulwan
Easy to make a pot full of soup each week, and then freeze into individual portions
Breakfast - onion and mushroom omelette
Normally I would add a pepper, or maybe a bit of chicken, but there wasn't any in the fridge!
Lunch - smoked salmon salad with white wine vinaigrette (bistro salad, grated carrot, spring onion, radish, cucumber, sultanas, pumpkin & sunflower seeds) 1 clementine
I have found that it is quite hard to find smoked salmon that doesn't have sugar in it - I'd been buying it from Aldi for a couple of years, and recently that have changed their recipe so it now has added sugar. However for Christmas, they had big packets of smoked salmon - that didn't have sugar! so I've bought several that have been frozen to be brought out once a week and cut into 4 portions
Dinner - Slow cooked pork shoulder with apples, with carrots, broccoli and Brussell sprouts
We have recently replaced our slow cooker, and this one is definitely cooler, so the joint took longer to cook, however it will provide a few days worth of cold meat for salad
Supper - a cup of Spicy Courgette soup from Mel Joulwan
Easy to make a pot full of soup each week, and then freeze into individual portions
Menu Planning 2 - 8 January
An interesting week, as we start the week with both the children home from uni, but finish the week without them - slightly challenging finding things that they are happy to eat that are acceptable for me.
Monday - Slow cooked pork with apples from Pip and Ebby
Tuesday - Chicken not pie (chicken in white sauce) from Mrs Paleo
Wednesday - Pasta sauce (I'll have zoodles instead)
Thursday - Citrus pork chops made without honey to keep them acceptable
Friday - Almond crusted fish from A Blossoming Life
Saturday - Freezer diving, as the children will be back at uni, and my husband's out for dinner
Sunday - Spiced kheema from Nom Nom Paleo
Monday - Slow cooked pork with apples from Pip and Ebby
Tuesday - Chicken not pie (chicken in white sauce) from Mrs Paleo
Wednesday - Pasta sauce (I'll have zoodles instead)
Thursday - Citrus pork chops made without honey to keep them acceptable
Friday - Almond crusted fish from A Blossoming Life
Saturday - Freezer diving, as the children will be back at uni, and my husband's out for dinner
Sunday - Spiced kheema from Nom Nom Paleo
Sunday, 1 January 2017
Whole 30 - year 3
I have decided again to start the year on a Whole 30 programme.
In 2016, I did this in full, and then as Easter was early I continued without sugar throughout Lent, so about three months. I know that sugar is my biggest problem, although I also know that although I am not allergic to grains, my body is not particularly happy with them.
The main purpose of the Whole 30 programme is to reset your body, particularly if you have food related allergies.
The plan is that you eat real food - meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, natural fats, nuts and seeds - basically food with few ingredients. You avoid sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes and dairy as well as MSG and sulfites. As well as this you don't have any baked goods, as these are often the items that have caused the problems.
The main plan is to focus on making good food choices. You need 30 days to create the healing cycle from inflammatory foods.
I intend to use this blog to record how the month goes (and get back into regular menu planning), probably not with photos, but as a diary of meals.
In 2016, I did this in full, and then as Easter was early I continued without sugar throughout Lent, so about three months. I know that sugar is my biggest problem, although I also know that although I am not allergic to grains, my body is not particularly happy with them.
The main purpose of the Whole 30 programme is to reset your body, particularly if you have food related allergies.
The plan is that you eat real food - meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, natural fats, nuts and seeds - basically food with few ingredients. You avoid sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes and dairy as well as MSG and sulfites. As well as this you don't have any baked goods, as these are often the items that have caused the problems.
The main plan is to focus on making good food choices. You need 30 days to create the healing cycle from inflammatory foods.
I intend to use this blog to record how the month goes (and get back into regular menu planning), probably not with photos, but as a diary of meals.
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