Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Day 3 - Bring on the Chocolate!

Day 3 went really well. I even made some exciting food discoveries...

Breakfast: egg and spinach casserole, banana, coffee with coconut milk

Lunch: grilled chicken on spinach with peppers, hard-boiled egg, avocado and homemade dressing (balsamic vinegar, spicy brown mustard, salt, pepper, touch of olive oil). The dressing was a total experiment, but was really good and I'll definitely make it again.

Snacks: cashews, apple with almond butter

Dinner: mashed sweet potatoes (with coconut milk, garlic, cumin, salt, pepper and cayenne), steamed green beans and roasted pork loin coated with spicy brown mustard. All turned out well and will be repeats.

Dessert: chocolate pudding

...say what??

Yep, chocolate pudding. Of sorts. A mixture of frozen bananas, cocoa powder, a little coconut milk and a little almond butter (less than 1 T). Throw it in the blender. It looks just like pudding and is really good. Definitely scratches the chocolate/sweet/dessert itch. Change up the proportions, add a little ice, and you could probably have a pretty decent (and healthy!) chocolate shake.


Another AWESOME discovery today was unsweetened almond butter at Sprouts. The ingredients are literally almonds and salt. I was skeptical, but it is really good.


Part of the Whole30 (and Whole9) philosophy is not trying to "paleo-fy" recipes that aren't good for you in the first place (like, don't try to use approved ingredients to make a cupcake, because you shouldn't be relying on cupcakes for your nutrition anyway).


I think I agree with that, but I also know that dessert in our household is a reality. We can skip it for 30 days and bring it back at the end of the challenge, or we can try some different, healthier versions while in the midst of it and probably incorporate the new versions beyond the 30 days.


Besides, for this girl and her sweet tooth, 30 days is a long time to go without some form of dessert.

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