Hiya. It's Sunday and I'm posting earlier than normal. Mostly because I've felt super productive today and I wanted to keep that feeling going before I laze around on the couch for the rest of the night. I was up and out of bed around 8am and to Meijer before 10. The roads were still pretty hairy and I have decided I hate people who drive trucks because they barrel down the road like it isn't snowy and icy and make those of us in toy cars freak out. Stupid trucks. I wish I had one this winter.
Today I spent most of the day working and cooking, cooking and working. I have a lot going on this week and knew that cooking would be pushed to the back burner so I prepared myself. Plus I sucked last week with all my turkey tacos, Freshii, pistachio/coffee meals so I figured I'd throw out some recipes like a good little amateur blogger.
Because I've been cooking all day, I've been sort of snacking on things as they come out of the oven. Ok, not sort of. Definitely. I started off with lunch that consisted of black coffee, a few ounces of leftover steak from last night, and about 5 leftover homemade sweet potato fries. Then I made some homemade salsa and plantain chips. And I ate some. Ooops.
Next, I made some chocolate chili that people on the Whole 30 forums rave about. It's from the Well Fed cookbook and is also up on her website right here. I know the whole unsweetened cocoa powder and chili combo sounds kinda weird but I'm telling you, the chili is amazeballs! I should know, I ate about a quarter cup of it after I let it simmer for about 3.5 hours. Yum!
Next I made Juli Bauer's Pizza Spaghetti Pie. I've been reading good things about this and then after Whitney told me she loved it, I decided it was a perfect meal to have on hand this week. To make mine, I substituted ground pork for the italian sausage as most pre-made sausage has sugar in it. I then seasoned the sausage with oregano, garlic powder, red pepper flakes and italian seasoning. I also added caramelized onions and baby portobellos that I sauteed in bacon fat. I found some organic, sugar free pizza sauce at the store, too! I tried a few bites of this when it came out of the oven too (obvi!) and for realzies, people are right about this one. It's really, really good!
For some easy breakfasts, I made some egg muffins. I took the leftover caramelized onions and mushrooms from the spaghetti pie, cooked up some bacon, and mixed it in with some eggs and coconut milk. Whisk it all together and throw them into muffin tins at 350 degrees and boom! Breakfasts for the week!
To round it all out, I made another batch of DIY ghee from Nom Nom Paleo. And now I'm feeling accomplished, full and ready to relax with some Sunday night tv. Have an amazing week, everyone!
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