Comfort classics meets Italian favorites kind of day.

Breakfast

2 slices seared pineapple with 1 chicken thigh.

Snack

Found some non-fried no ingredients added apple chips in the impulse checkout retaining area at Marshall’s. Score!

Lunch

1 cup collard greens & a few ounces roast pork from Whole Foods’ prepared foods department.

Dinner

Went out to eat at an Italian restaurant and had two broiled pork chops with cherry peppers and a side of sautéed spinach with roasted garlic. Delicious, easy, and on target.

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Despite letting myself get so hungry I started to get dizzy, a successful day of food.

Breakfast

My favorite green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

A hand full of salted pumpkin seeds as emergency rations, then a continuation of my love affair with Hu Kitchen’s meatballs + a nice slice of their grain and dairy-free vegetarian lasagna.

And a coconut milk iced coffee – the biggest they had.

Dinner

Sliced roast beef (I had a craving for deli meat) + grilled artichoke & peppers from the market.

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Today was a catch up day after a week of making something new and novel for each meal decadence. Friday is traditionally ‘date night’, but since my perma-date was out galavanting with my brother and his perma-date tonight, I stayed in and used up some fridge odds and ends. I know, I live life on the edge.

Breakfast

My favorite green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

Leftover spicy crab cakes with kiwi-pineapple salsa & sriracha aioli + leftover roasted garlic mashed cauliflower. It maybe wasn’t the most cohesive lunch, but it cleared out 3 whole tupperware containers from the fridge, so: bonus.

Dinner

I’m calling this ‘pizza burger’. 1/2 lb. grass fed beef burger patty with a portobello mushroom “bun” sprinkled in shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice mix) and some of that quickie tomato sauce from Thursday’s lunch. Holy crap this was good. Per meal expensive, but yummmmm. Now if only I could have had a nice glass of wine to go with it ….

 

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Another seafood filled day – plus a super quick dish of meatballs & marinara.

Breakfast

My favorite green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

30 minute (!) marinara & grass fed beef meatballs. Recipe to come. Hearty, comforting and fantastic.

Dinner

Shrimp burger with sriracha aioli and sautéed broccolini. Light and delicious.

Snack

1 ounce plain almonds.

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Surf & turf day. Yum.

Breakfast

My favorite green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

Arugula salad with roast carnitas pork from last week, half a mango dusted in chili powder, and some of the parsley/lemon/fish sauce sauce from last night. And Whole30 sriracha. Yum. And now that I’m just about out of pork, I’m bummed that I have no more. Seriously delicious.

Dinner

Spicy crab cakes with chipotle aioli, pineapple kiwi salsa and Broccolini. Recipe coming soon for this. It was excellent.

Snack

The rest of the carnitas, because I needed more protein to hit my nutrient goal for the day.

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Yummmmmmmm … seafood overload.

Breakfast

My favorite green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

Arugula salad with sautéed shrimp, chili powder dusted mango and a creamy avocado dressing made with coconut water and lime juice. Light and tasty.

Snack

1 ounce plain almonds.

Dinner

Pan seared salmon filet with mushrooms sautéed in grass fed butter & coconut oil and a zesty sauce (blend until emulsified: 1/4 c. parsley, 2 Tbsp. tarragon, 4 tsp. Red Boat fish sauce, 6 Tbsp. grapeseed oil, 2 cloves garlic, juice & zest of half a lemon and sprinkle of salt). Yum.

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Today was full of good food. Good food that was easily Whole30.

Breakfast

You’d think having the same green smoothie for breakfast every day would be boring. It’s not. Today I made my very own DH’s green smoothie, minus the banana, and it turned out well. Maybe not quite as kicky as when he makes it, but it was good nonetheless.

 

Lunch

Grass fed sirloin steak salad with 1 c. arugula, 1 seared yellow pepper, 1 scallion, and a vinaigrette made of McClure’s bloody mary mix & grapeseed oil (2 Tbsp.). Yum.

 

Dinner

Holla. Red snapper ceviche (snapper filet, cherry tomatoes, jalapeño, cilantro, shallot, lemon & lime juice) with fried plantain.

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Today started out rocky. The place we went for brunch switched menus last night and had not a single dish I could order strictly off the menu. (and I was all excited about the two dishes I wanted to try)

But I rolled with it, had a great breakfast, and kept the goodness going for the rest of the day.

Breakfast

2 fried eggs, salad with vinaigrette and half an avocado.

Lunch

Coffee with coconut milk – my new love

Dinner

Got to go to my favorite clean foods restaurant – Hu Kitchen. It’s kind of like paleo Shangri-la.

Had the grain free grass fed/grass finished meatballs with tomato sauce and broccoli & kale with cashew cream sauce. Delicious and I’m already craving more meatballs.

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This weekend business isn’t as all-fired scary and frustrating as I was making it out to be in my head. Whole30 takes a little more thought than just ordering what looks good, but it is certainly doable – especially if you stick to an “American” restaurant. I really wanted a Bloody Mary or other cocktail with lunch, but you know what? It’s only a month of my life – and we can always go back.

Breakfast

You guessed it … DH’s green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

Stopped at a bar/pub specializing in local brews and quality food and had a grass fed burger (no bun, no cheese, no chipotle mayo) for lunch with a side field greens salad (subbed for the fries). Delicious and easy.

Snack

Energy flagging, we hit up Starbucks for a caffeine jolt and a seat. I had black iced coffee & then stopped at a bodega for some coconut water to add to it to cut the oppressiveness. Yum.

Later in the afternoon, I had to pee with no public bathrooms in sight – hit up another coffee shop for some unsweetened black tea.

Dinner

Stopped at my favorite market for house made take-and-eat dishes – Westside Market. Grabbed a grilled lemon chicken breast, some steamed asparagus, and roast mushrooms to eat at home. Easy and delicious.

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Today was good. We ate out for dinner, and a few simple swaps made it easy finding something tasty to eat.

Breakfast

You guessed it … DH’s green smoothie, minus the banana.

Lunch

I ate something sorta different than the salad I’ve been obsessed with over the past two days – a sautéed watermelon/roast chicken/pecan/scallion/cherry tomato salad with Whole30 sriracha lime vinaigrette. Yeah, you heard me – sautéed watermelon. It was good, though I’m not sure the heat did much.

Dinner

We made dinner easy on ourselves and went to Bareburger. Bareburger serves all grass fed meats (plus game/exotic meat!!) & organic produce and has a bunch of easy paleo/gluten free options (gluten free buns and lettuce wraps are standard menu items).

I had a Mexican salad (arugula, roasted red pepper, red onion, avocado and cherry tomatoes with cilantro lime vinaigrette) and added a beef burger patty. The only subs needed were to drop the jack cheese & kale tortillas). Dinner was delicious and satisfying.

And for when Whole30 is over – Bareburger now has sweet potato fries (they are fried in vegetable oil – a no-go on Whole30) and they look fantastic. Plus one of my favorite organic ciders.

 

Snack

1 ounce plain unsalted almonds.

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