I NEED TO GO ON A RUN!!! This weather is nothing short of debilitating. I hate it. I really don't mind the cold - or running in the cold - but I can't justify bundling up the kids and then making them ride in the BOB in a windchill of 9 degrees. That seems like minor child abuse, and I would like them to keep their noses. Another school day for Parker yesterday and I was missing my morning run! I had really hoped that we would be able to venture out on Friday for our pre-school run, but I now learn there may be freezing rain! AHHHH! If we ever move to Alaska I don't know what I would do - join a gym I guess!
Yesterday was definitely one of the worst wine craving days I have had. By the time the kids were down I really just wanted some wine, but alas, I stuck with my sparkling water and then tea. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. Of course, the new season of Justified started on Tuesday night, so we have it saved on our DVR. That is one of the few shows Ben and I both truly enjoy together, but we decided we want to watch last season again before we watch the new episode. So down to the basement I went with my cup of tea to watch the first episode of last season with him - to which he so nicely commented that he always told himself he would never watch Justified without a beer. Ha ha! Starting to see more and more the examples of food association behaviors that they talk about in ISWF...Luckily I didn't have to worry about that particular temptation because Ben has a PT test on Friday so he isn't drinking this week either...come the weekend I might have to resort to other measures. But I did enjoy my tea downstairs and I ate a package of the freeze-dried apples from Costco.
Which leads me to what I will now be calling Fabulous Paleo Finds (FPF) - The freeze-dried fruit packs from Costco are lifesavers. I love them for snacks. I don't eat them for meals - I am trying to limit my fruit and so I will only occasionally have fruit with a meal, and when I do it is a regular piece (or half) of fruit. But, when I want something crunchy and sweet these are a lifesaver. I don't really think it is breaking the W30 spirit to have these as a sweet snack, because I honestly can say that before it would have been a piece of chocolate! So, I feel good about the switch and can definitely see myself continuing it post W30.
My other FPF so far is Larabars. I mentioned them in an earlier post. And although I haven't had another one yet, I keep one in my purse in case I am out and can't/don't want to eat what the kids are eating - Like a Chick-Fil-A Day that I see in the near future. They are kinda spendy - all those energy/power bars are - and I don't like the packs available from Amazon. I don't want 16 of the same bar, and the multipacks have bars that are not W30 approved. So, for now I will probably just buy mine at Whole Foods...I may check Trader Joes too...but either way, at least in the store I can check the ingredients.
Breakfast: Eggs over Asparagus and Onions with bacon - I really am going to make some Sweet Potato Egg Cups tomorrow.
Lunch: Avocado Chicken Salad using the chicken from last night. It was really good. I added diced red onion and some garlic salt. I used romaine lettace for wraps and yum!
Dinner: Crock-pot Balsamic Beef - modified from a pinterest recipe. I put about 1 TBS oil in the bottom of my crockpot, added about 1 1/2 TBS minced garlic and 1 sliced onion. Beef round roast on top. Then mixed 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar with 1/4 cup coconut aminos and 1 cup beef broth. Poured that on top and set the temp to low. It cooked for about 7 hours. The flavor was awesome. The meat was a bit tough, but that was because I didn't have the right kind of roast. Next time I will find one with more fat, because those do better for crockpot recipes.
The kids and Ben had white rice and I had another pass at Cauliflower rice. I sauted onions and garlic in olive oil, added chopped snowpeas and some shredded carrot. Sauted it all until soft and then tossed in the cauliflower "rice" and mixed it all a bit to soften added some of the Chef Paul Prudhomme's Magic Seasoning Blend that came from Amazon yesterday. It was very good. I do think next time I will add a little coconut aminos, but the cauliflower rice has redeemed itself.
We also had a salad and I followed up on my experience from Panera the other day and just topped mine with EVOO and Lemon - it was great.
Note: I also used an awesome Pinterest trick for saving my avocados yesterday! I had purchased the bag at Costco with 5 avocados. They were all very ripe yesterday - on the verge of going over the edge. So, I scooped all peeled avocados into a bowl and smashed them with my Pampered Chef Mix'n'Chop (my favorite kitchen too). Then I divided the avocado into 4 FoodSaver bags and vacuum sealed them. They are now hanging in the freezer. I did this once before when Ben brought home some avocados from work (a gift from an avocado lobbyist LOL) and it worked great. Whenever I need some avocado I take out a bag and let it defrost on the counter. The bag of mashed lasts me about 2 days, but I guess I could make smaller bags too. But once it is thawed I mix it with a little lime or lemon juice to keep it from browning and then refrigerate in a tupperware.
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