I feel like I’ve been at this project for days. Oh wait, I have. Batch #1 of pictures to be sent off for digitizing: done.
Arugula & Orange Salad with Pulled Pork and Tomato
This salad came about because, here in January, I couldn’t stand not eating tomato any longer. Enter Fresh Direct. They tempted me with a beefsteak tomato – that while fairly costly, was actually fresh and actually tasted like tomato. Not sure if it was hot house (there was no mention in the description and it certainly didn’t taste like it), magic fairy house, or teleported from somewhere warm – but it was delicious. Just the breath of warm I was craving.
I ate this for lunch on my second day of Whole30 Take 2 – and didn’t feel deprived in the least.
Arugula & Orange Salad with Pulled Pork and Tomato
2 cups arugula
1 tomato – I used a big beefsteak
1 orange – I used a Cava Cava orange, which was delicious – blood orange would also be great here, or clementine — any orange with a lot of taste
2 Tbsp. gremolata
2 tsp. grapeseed oil
4 ounces leftover pulled pork
Supreme (cut off the outer rind and slice out each wedge individually – for video instructions, click here) your orange and cut the pieces into bite-sized chunks.
Cut the tomato into bite-sized chunks.
Warm your pork if needed.
Chuck the arugula, pork, tomato and orange into a big bowl and toss to combine.
Sprinkle with gremolata, the juice from the orange middle, and grapeseed oil.
Serves 1 for lunch.
Whole30 2 – Day 4
Day 4 on Whole30 was good – smooth sailing, despite some hiccups in dinner planning.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Leftover chili from last night. Recipe coming soon.
Dinner
Lemon and brown butter sea bass with baked sweet potato fries. Quick (ish), simple and delicious.
January 16, 2014
A little natural element to disguise the bowl of change sitting in my living room.
January 15, 2014
I know, there’s an app for that. But for shopping lists, I like to kick it old school.
Whole30 2 – Day 3
Day 3 on Whole30 was good, lunch picture failure aside.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
AAh! I’m a blogging failure. I totally forgot to take a picture of lunch. I had an arugula/leftover pulled pork/leftover pineapple mango salsa/gremolata salad and it was delicious.
Dinner
A really tasty slow cooked double beef chili with root vegetables. Yum.
Whole30 2 – Day 2
Day 2 on Whole30 was smoother than Day 1. Still heavy on the pork, but at least there was some variety.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Arugula salad with Cava orange, beefsteak tomato, roast pork, and gremolata.
Dinner
Hot Italian sausage marinara with mushrooms over half a sweet potato.
January 14, 2014
Puppy toes
Whole30 2 – Day 1
Day 1 on Whole30 started out smooth … and then poor planning at lunch set to throw me off balance. All was smooth sailing with a quick gear shift, but I ended up eating pretty much the same thing for dinner as I had for lunch. Not the end of the world, but not exactly how I had planned for my day to go.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Started out a little rocky. I generally pick up a pre-made salad for Monday’s lunch, but Fresh Direct had exactly zero salads that were Whole30 compliant, so I decided to wing it with leftovers.
I settled on the rest of the cauliflower rice from last week + a leftover ‘Big O’ burger patty from the Nom Nom Paleo cookbook. I got my burger patty heated and was just about to put it on my plate when I remembered that the burgers contain bacon. And sugar-free bacon is a no-go on Whole30.
Luckily, I had some leftover roast pork I could toss on top instead – with some of the pineapple mango salsa we’re supposed to have for dinner + some Whole30 sriracha.
Post Lunch Snack
I was still starving after lunch, so I had 1 ounce of lightly sea salted almonds.
Dinner
More leftover slow cooked pork shoulder made into green leaf lettuce tacos. Served with pineapple mango salsa, Whole30 sriracha, and broiled green beans.
January 13, 2014
This package didn’t have far to go.
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