Day Twenty!

Day 20...a "reflective" day on the calendar. A day I really, reeeeaaallly toyed with the idea of requesting a hall pass and diving into a glass of wine. But...I didn't. "Do you really want to throw away days (20 of them!) for a moment (or in my case a few hours) of emotion?" I could imagine myself calling my teammates and letting them know I was diving in. But again, sheer determination (and fear of my daughter's wrath) kept me on the outside of the wine bottle.


Ok..


BS 136
Breakfast: 2 breakfast muffins topped with salsa and diced avocado. Fresh pineapple. Coffee w/almond milk.
Lunch: Leftover pork stew. Green salad with MPV.
Dinner: Leftover stuffed chicken rolls. Baked sweet potato French fries. Roasted asparagus.




Preparation of sweet potato fries: peel and cut into "French fries" (note, try and get these as uniform as possible and error on the side of the size of "fast fries" not "steak fries."). Put in a colander and sprinkle liberally with sea salt. Let set for about 20 minutes (don't skimp on the time, sometimes less is more, in this case more is better!). Rinse thoroughly, lay out on a fresh towel and roll, and squeeze dry. Lay out on a parchment lined baking sheet (the parchment helps them get crispier). Drizzle with melted coconut oil (this time, I opted for garlic infused olive oil). Season with salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne, chili powder or any combination of these; I just went with salt and pepper. Toss. Spread out. Single layer. NO TOUCHING! Place in the top 1/3 of a 425 degree preheated oven. Bake for about 15 minutes. Stir/flip. Rotate pan. Return to oven to desired brown-ness. Mine took about 30 minutes total. Yum!


For the asparagus, I also drizzled (lightly, ever so lightly...about 1 Tbsp. for 8 spears of asparagus) some garlic olive oil over these and sprinkled sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Pop into the 425 oven for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with fresh squeezed lemon juice. This really does make a difference and you'll never miss the fresh grated parmesan.


It was a good Paleo day. Great, in fact, considering my fragile emotional state. Yay, me!