Whole30 Day 1: MONDAY. MONDAY. MONDAY!

The day is here. We have started our Whole30. How's it going? Well so far so good actually! I went shopping last night at 9:30pm-11:30pm. I had to go to the Safeway down the road from us instead of our usual Trader Joe's so it took way longer because I couldn't find all the things I wanted. You wouldn't believe how many additives they put in things and how hard it is to find just good old straight up food! But more on that in my shopping post. This is to breakdown Monday.

My breakfast!

Breakfast was delicious! This morning we had Scrambled Eggs topped with Avocado and Open Nature Chicken Apple Sausages. The kids also got apple slices and almond butter. For the scrambled eggs, I used 5 eggs, about 1 diced onion and 1 diced red bell pepper, and about 1 cup of spinach. I sautéd in olive oil until the vegetables were tender then added the 5 scrambled eggs. Daughter 2 really enjoyed the breakfast but she didn't have avocado. Daughter 1 was sick so she didn't eat much of anything all day (Darn stomach bugs!). The toddler took maybe 2 bites and was done. He prefers plain eggs. This meal was very filling and I wasn't even hungry until around 2pm.

Daughter 2's lunch

I forgot to take a photo of my lunch but I had baked chicken salad with carrots, cucumbers, strawberries, and spinach topped with the Moroccan dressing. Yummy! Daughter 2 took carrots and cucumbers for her vegetable with strawberry and grape kabobs. She said she enjoyed it. Finished 2 kabobs and the chicken at school and had the rest for a snack after school.









Dinner was different than planned. At 1pm, I realized that I had planned a 6 hour crockpot meal for dinner. OOPS! So we swapped Tuesday's dinner for tonight. The Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Curry was delicious. I made the following modifications to the recipe:

• I made it in a regular stockpot.
• In loo of the Vindaloo Curry (which I could not find at the store), I used 1tbsp of curry powder.
• I also hadn't planned anything for the rest of the can of diced tomatoes so I simply added the whole thing in. I didn't want it to go to waste. 
• After adding the chicken stock and before adding the tomatoes, I used my immersion blender to blend the cauliflower. My kids aren't big cauliflower fans so I figured this would be a good way of hiding it in the curry. I ended up blending it some more after adding the tomatoes and again once the cauliflower was fully cooked. Next time I will just blend at the end before adding the coconut milk and the sweet potatoes.
• How to roast the sweet potatoes was not included in the recipe, so I just tossed it in rosemary, salt, pepper, and olive oil and roasted at 375F for 25 minutes. YUM!



It may not look good in the picture but it tasted
delicious!

• I added some cubed chicken that was leftover from what I made for lunch. Next time I will add shrimp (hubby's brilliant idea!).
• I didn't garnish it.

Overall today went very well. I was a little hungry before dinner time but nothing unbearable. Also I 

am a little hungry as I am writing this but it is almost bedtime so I can make it. We got a lot of things prepped for the week which I will include in my shopping post. I am looking forward to tomorrow and continuing on this journey.

On a side note, I really need to drink more water. Anyone have any tips on how to drink enough water to stay hydrated? I think I am at a constant state of dehydration. Thoughts?

See you tomorrow!