January. Still meal prepping and some other highlights...

Thought we'd quit prepping didn't ya!!?

Nope, we're still at it.  We took a bit of a break during the holidays but we've been back at it now for a few weeks.  I haven't posted too much about it since we haven't done too many new recipes.

We've changed our ways a bit, starting to just put meals in one container for each dish and have found we prefer that better.  The only downfall is a couple of the weeks I think we made a little too much food.  We cut way back this last week realizing the error of our ways (Don't worry I didn't waste the food!  I shared with others!)  Anywhoo, we've been sticking to repeats of the same recipes but we have added a couple more.  My new favorite is this Sweet Potato Soup.  Seriously it's like the best thing ever.  We've made it a couple of times and I freaking love it!!!!!

Last week we made a Lemon Orzo Soup.  This was quite good but a little too much on the lemony side for me.  It was kind of like Chicken Noodle Soup with a lemon flair!  Another one along the lemon line was this Sheet Pan Chicken.

Another new recipe that I found pretty damn delicious and also made a shit ton was Edamame Quinoa Salad.  It was really good but made ALOT.

Yesterday we threw another couple of new ones in there.  A Chicken & Dumpling soup and another sheet pan Potato recipe.

I'm always surprised how we actually pull this off in my kitchen.  We swap between me and T's place but my place is always a little bit more of a bitch.  At least we solved the issue of my smoke alarm going off every 2 seconds.  Yesterday it was super windy and rainy.  We do have to leave my door open or the smoke alarm will go off, so it was kind of a fun contrast.  T actually used the freezing wind coming in the window to cool down the chicken! ha ha!

I couldn't wait for the week to start to dig into the delicious sweet potato soup!!  Seriously!  So fucking good!!!

The other big highlight was my cousin Erin in town!  Yay!  He always comes down for NAMM.  We had our usual meet up at Lazy Dog.

Yup, he's my favorite cousin.  I didn't make it out to NAMM, but I did meet up with him at a dive bar in Fullerton to see some blues musicians play with Kid Ramos.  It was a fucking great night of music!  The highlight was when Kim Wilson surprised everyone and took the stage.  He's one of my all time faves!  We've seen him at Doheny a couple of times.  I love him!!

We got our 1st girls night of 2016 in as well just this last weekend!

Great night, but we won't be returning to BJ's again.  The place was so friggin loud it was ridiculous!!  But us girls had a lovely evening screaming at each other and commenting on the kids that were obviously on their way to a dance and dressed like mini hookers.  This group of women is pretty awesome!

So January has actually been pretty mellow.  I'm trying to cut back a bit on spending so I can get my Bottlerock weekend all paid off before it comes.  I'm also starting to deal with all my beginning of year medical shit.  Got the lab work done.  MRI is coming.  Met with the Dr.  Get to meet with the specialist.  Blah blah.  This is my least favorite time.  I'm also uber sensitive now with my "Condition" and I'm afraid the MRI will make me sicker than usual.  Ugh.  Fingers crossed all is well.  I will say the one thing good that did come out of my visit with my primary is why I like him so much.  He pretty much practices like this starfish story (One of my favorite stories by the way).  We had some nice conversation and I'm really so happy with him.  Hopefully he'll fix me!

Remember back when I told you my dad is totally into mosaics now? Well - he's taking another class now and the project his teacher gave him was to come up with a different design in each square.  He cut every little piece of glass on this damn thing!  It's so impressive.  When he decided he wanted to give it to me he made the peace sign his last one.  I love it so much!

I'm also seriously considering signing up on E-Harmony for a few months.  I'm waiting until I hopefully get some $$ back from my taxes.  I know I said I never wanted to do the online thing, but it's starting to look like my only option.  We're in my birthday month and turning 40 is making itself heard loud and clear.  I keep hearing good things about it (I actually thought it was religious based but I guess not) and more than a couple of people have said even though you fill out like a zillion questions, you actually learn a lot more about yourself.  I like the sound of that.  If anything maybe I can learn some things about me.  If I actually date - well you'll be reading some funny blogs of my awkwardness I'm sure!

We're about to roll into the year of the Fire Monkey!  Let's hope this means good things yeah?  Happy February Friends!!!

Last Meal Prep for a few weeks...

So we're taking a mini hiatus from Meal Prep since Terri and I just have a bit too much going on the next couple of weeks - but I needed to post about our last prep a couple weeks ago.

Both of us had has late nights the night before but were still up and rearing to go.  Not the best idea.  This was probably one of the hardest preps we've done.  It was hot (STILL!) we were exhausted and Terri had made a bit of a financial error she was worried about.  So -

Terri wanted to give fish another try.  But she had a dry dock place she wanted to purchase the fish.  Not realizing how much fresh halibut apparently costs from a dry dock (Did you people know this?!)  She dropped $67!!  She broke this news to me that morning and I about fell out of the chair.  She went ahead and still bought it.  I blame the shock numbing her.  Here's what $67 of halibut looks like:

Fucking nuts right?!  Terri had picked a recipe and was super nervous about it - I mean who wouldn't be.  You don't want to screw something up you just spent that much money on.  The recipe called for capers which I normally don't care for but was totally willing to eat whatever she wanted to make.  So - this girl - my bestie - did what Terri does best - ROCKED IT!

She studied, read and re-read the recipe.  We prepped pretty much everything else first.  Then she tacked it.  She was quite nervous.  I was no help and just watched in fascination and admiration.

You got this!

Um - let me tell you - the damn fish came out AMAZING!  But, come on, are you surprised?  This girl may have missed her calling as a chef.  She's a great cook and this fish was outstanding!! Even the capers!

So f-ing good!

It flaked perfectly when you took a bite.  I ate my 1st one that night (I just couldn't wait!) then my 2nd one the next day and it was still just as delicious.  The recipe she used you can find here.  Great job T!!!  Sooooo yummy!!!  She won't be dropping that amount of $$$ on fish again, but we've got a damn good recipe!  I was also super stoked to have fish in our prep!

After a very long, frustrating and exhausting hot day we were ready to prep!

Time to separate!

The halibut was the best new dish this week.  We also tried a new Sweet Potato Recipe.  We didn't do rounds, just pieces (we were so tired) but future note - we'd cook it a little longer than it says too.  They would have been better a bit crispy.  All the rest we've done previously - pesto zucchini noodles, boxed couscous, boiled chicken that was shredded with a seasoning, honey garlic chicken, soy sauce green beans and mashed cauliflower.  And of course we're still sticking to our fruit for smoothies and grapes/hard boiled egg snacks.

We'll be back at it in November!

Meal Preps Week 5 and 6...

Holy crap!

I can't believe we've been at this for 6 weeks already!

Terri and I have found we roll into a pretty natural routine now.  We find it thoroughly amusing that we know what's in each others fridge/pantries.  Example a text I received last week - "Pull the bacon out of your freezer, we'll use that for the Brussels recipe..  Is it weird I know what's in your kitchen?"

Hilarious.

Anywhoo - Week 4 was at T's house this week. Our recipes this week were:

 - Honey Garlic Meatballs.  We've done this before, but had some left over.  So I text T to pull them out of her freezer (again we know each others kitchen contents). And I would make half the recipe than last time.  That was my crockpot contribution.
 - Boiled chicken (thigh meat) then seasoned.  Terri then shredded the meat and we rolled up little wheat tortillas to make tacos and wrapped them separately!  (That's what the green cylinders are in the picture)
 - Turkey Meat Sliders.  Well - I made sliders - T just sticks with the patties.  We used Liquid Smoke to make these.  We figured it'd be fun to try and it was delicious!  Just ground turkey meat mixed with egg, breadcrumbs and the Liquid Smoke!
 - Pine Nut Couscous (From a box)
 - Mashed Sweet Potatos
 - Cucumber Salad I wouldn't recommend this again for meal prep.  It uses Greek Yogurt and it just wasn't good after like day one.
 - Apple Coleslaw Also - this one doesn't last as long, but I added it into my chicken tacos and onto my Turkey Sliders and it gave them some good flavor, but by mid week it wasn't that great anymore.
 - Soy Sauce Green Beans.  This was my suggestion.  I thought it would be a nice change up from our normal garlic and green beans.  Boy was it!  Delish!

I don't to seem to be getting better at not injuring myself.  I didn't realize Terri got a new peeler and I almost sliced my thumb off.  I need to make a mental note to always bring more band-aids to Terri's house.

I did pretty good this week with the food, but got burnt out.  I think it's because a couple of the things didn't keep.  I'm not going to lie - I may have found myself devouring an Arby's Roast Beef Sandwich one day because godammit I wanted something not healthy!  But don't worry - if I don't eat some of the food it doesn't go to waste.  It goes to my landlady who is thrilled.  I do eat most of my meals but once in a while a dinner or lunch plan pops up.  This is when Keri lucks out!

We also have been sticking to our smoothie breakfasts and hard boiled egg & grapes for snack.

We bag up greens for the smoothies.  Either Kale or Spinach.  This week was baby kale which actually went bad so I say stick to regular kale and spinach.

Terri likes to freeze her fruit then mix up with coconut water.  Personally I throw in some ice cubes and juice for mine.

I had a bit of a struggle this week.  I think it's partially due to the fact that I'm fighting food burn out.  I mentioned this in my 1st meal prep blog.  It's hard for me to commit to a diet.  I'm sticking to it though and not beating myself up if I have one week not as good as the others.  Terri is really enjoying it and says she notices the difference.  I don't notice a difference but it's certainly a time and money saver.  I also couldn't do my normal work outs (boxing classes) due to my new tattoo which you'll see in my next blog.  So that was part of it I'm sure.  Back on track this week though!!

So - week 5!

Back at my house.  Which is HOT AS BALLS!  I did another crockpot recipe which the link is below and I freaking LOVE IT!  It's so yummy!!!  I'm using it to make little sliders.  Last time I tried to do chicken in the crockpot it didn't really come out right, but this one totally did and it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!  Terri will stick to just the meat but Jami here is a carb girl so sliders for me!  This week:

 - Pulled Chicken
 - Italian Dressing Chicken
 - Sausage Stew - now, I'm not a huge stew fan but the Oregano in this is pretty damn good!
 - Brussel Sprouts
 - Garlic Couscous (from a box)
 - Cauliflower Mash
 - Corn/Bean Salad - this is my favorite!!!  So friggin good!!!  I didn't think I would like it because I'm not a huge bean fan but OMG.  This must be repeated.

I think I've mentioned this but we always go to Smart & Final to get all our crap.  We're in an out of there usually in about a half hour.  We're getting quite good and knowing what to get and where to find it.

The little meat tray on top is our usual go to to snack on while prepping.

This meal prep day actually did not go well even though we got some yummy foods.  We got a bit of a late start.  The f-ing weather was against us again.  And we had our first major fail.

For some reason I just could not get shit together.  I made the Cauliflower Mash but it didn't come out as good as it usually does.  I also thought we could make zucchini fritters.  Terri is getting smart and making me cook more.  If I pick something out she's pretty much like "you cook it!".  I'm like a little kid that doesn't want to learn, but she's right.  I need to do it and get used to it.  So she left me to my own devices for this damn fritter.  Let's just say I royally fucked it up.  I wasted an entire roll of paper towels trying to get the the water out, which I ended up doing wrong (FYI I'm told to purchase some cheese cloths for this type of chore).  Um - you're supposed to salt it and THEN do this water purge thing.  Did you people know this?  Salt brings out the water?  Sigh.  It was a mess.  Then you had to let it sit.  Then you had to refrigerate it.  Jesus why so many steps!!!  "Did you read the recipe?"  Terri asked me annoyed.  Of course I didn't.  I just assumed Terri read it and would make it.  Lesson learned.  She is trying to teach me.  I'm being the stubborn student and not wanting too.  Well it went from bad to worse.  I started trying to cook it - in a cast iron skillet mind you - with oil and I hate oil and it could burn you and FUCK!  So I put on a coat in the zillion degree weather to protect my arms.  Terri of course took a photo of my ridiculousness while laughing at me.

Fuck these fucking fritters!

 Then nothing was working.  My stove is uneven because my shack is sinking so it's already tricky to cook on the damn thing.  Well, they were getting stuck.  I need a metal spatuala.  Borrowed Keri's.  Still f-ed up.  It was horrible and I was getting madder and hotter.  Finally Terri tried to step in more and they just sucked.  I started yelling at them that they looked like shit and weren't cooking.  Terri came over and calmly picked one up and took a bite.  Not a good face.  I took a bite.  WTF?!  They tasted like a weird chemical or something.  I have no freaking clue what went wrong because there was nothing weird in the recipe.  It had zucchini, carrots, potatoes, wheat flour and baking powder.  Nothing weird right?!  But huge fail.  I threw it all out cursing it and deleting it from my Pinterest.  I was so pissed to spend that much time working on something that failed so hard.  Plus we wasted all that food and money (Which of course Terri pointed out teasingly - "Jami that's like $4")  Fuck that one.  I was not happy.

After some reassuring rubs from my cat (she knows when I'm not happy) and some gentle relax remarks from Terri I calmed down and we fell back into the rest. 

Delish!

Sausage Stew Thing

I have to admit - even though I may not be noticing much of a difference physically, I really do enjoy certain things.  Like when I make something in the crockpot that is really friggin good!  I mean this pulled chicken I made is really really good!

I made dis!! 

Plus - I'm lazy when it comes to cooking so having my fridge look like this every Sunday makes me happy.

OCD dream

So we're still at it!  Terri is making me cook more.  I'm learning lessons whether I like them or not.  I'm saving money and eating more balanced.  The best part of all if it is getting to see one of my besties at least once a week!  This Sunday was even lovelier because after the hot ass meal prep and slight meltdown from my cooking fail, we sat out on my deck with the breeze blowing around us softly cooling us down, drinking some fresh brewed iced tea and had some much needed deep conversation.

Meal Prep weeks 3 and 4...

Still at it!  Thought I'd drop in and give an update.

Week Three:

Back at T's place.

This time we decided (per a suggestion from Margaret - Thanks lady!) to each to a Crock Pot dish the day before our prep day.  This way we could get a couple of yummy dishes in the mix and save us from making 2 proteins!  T went for this recipe - Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps.  I decided I'd be safe with meatballs since I haven't had a successful Crockpot dish yet.  I wanted to use fresh ground beef (or ground chix or turkey) but everyone told me to stick to frozen for my 1st attempt out.  Plus all the recipes I saw called for Frozen  - so - frozen it is.  Just found some with not other crap much added.  Here's the recipe I used - Honey Garlic Meatballs.

Sunday 8am there I was with giant bowl of meatballs!  I made a bit too many but I figured I'd just make the whole bag.

This weeks recipes along with our crockpot contraptions were:
 - Honey Garlic Chicken - I picked this out.  Do you see a pattern here with me?
 - Basic Teriyaki Chicken
 - Sauteed Spinach
 - Mashed Cauliflower
 - Vegetable Tian which looks like this:

 - White Rice
 - Zucchini Pesto Noodles

So. Terri bought a Spiralizer.  This thing is RAD!  You can take anything and make a noodle!  She used it to slice up the carrots for her Asian Chix dish and we used it to turn Zucchini into noodles which we lovingly called Zoodles!  Then we made our own Pesto sauce.  Just threw some stuff in a blender and BAM - Pesto.  It was delish!  This cooking day took a bit longer than we anticipated but we both think it was due to the fact that we had more recipe based stuff.  But I have to say - this was my favorite week so far food wise!  Check it out!

Everything was tasty!  I was also surprised how well stuff held up.  I swore the spinach would be nasty after a few days but nope!

We ended up taking a week off since T was traveling so the week off I decided to still make a couple of things for myself.  I have found that I love having food just ready to heat and eat.  So I decided to try this recipe - Slow Cooker Pork.  I also made some mashed cauliflower.  At 1st I didn't think the pork came out well because it didn't fall off the bone like I hoped but actually it tasted really good!  I made sliders for a couple meals but found myself just eating the meat and cauliflower for another and it was fantastic!  So yea me for my little mini meal prep!

And now we are currently on Week 4.  This week was back and my place and we are still having that godamn heat wave.  I have to say - this was the hottest week yet.  I was pouring with sweat.  I mean POURING.  It got so fucking hot in my house that the cats actually peaced out and stayed in the back part.  It was a bit brutal but we powered through!

Neither T or I came very prepared this time (just too much going on with both of us) so we got a bit of a late start since we spent some time figuring out what to make.  We opted for just chicken this week but would make three different recipes of it.  We did three of what we've done in the past so - this week:

 - Teriyaki Chicken
 - Italian Dressing Chicken
 - Honey Garlic Chicken
 - Sauteed Spinach
 - Mashed Cauliflower
 - Green Beans
 - Rice made with chicken broth
 - Zoodles 
 - Sweet Potato Noodles - Another one I had found that sounded pretty good!

I'm in love with the fact that we can make noodle things and I was assigned noodle maker this time.

Oodles of Sweet Potato Noodles

Again - T does most of the actually cooking.  I'm more the side kick.  We always do the same snack and breakfast.  Smoothie makings and the snack being an egg and grapes.  I always cut up the fruit!

Yummy Fruit Prep!

Now I thought I'd share a bit of the random things to expect when doing this.  If we're at my place I lack containers.  As you make all your stuff you need to have things to put them in before you separate.  So we get creative at my pad.  T got a huge kick out of our giant cup 'o chicken.

Tell me she is not adorable

Basically you make everything trying to be strategic, for example - make something that bakes in the oven while you can cook on the stove.  I'm usually cutting and preparing for the next upcoming cooking thing.  We're becoming a pretty good little team.  It's also a good idea (and necessary in my small space) to keep doing dishes as you go.  It's also handy to have more than a few dish towels around.   Once everything is made you pull out all the containers.

Here's just a few of our finished products!

Then we just start mixing and matching and deciding what should go where in 20 plastic containers.

What you can't see here is how drenched with sweat I am

And then you end up with this!

Or as in T's photo all artsy in the fridge:

If you notice the bagged spinach - that also goes in our smoothies.  We do the fruit and spinach (or Kale as we did in week 3).

I'm not as excited for the food this week and am worried I may get sick of chicken by tomorrow but we'll see.  I have to say the Sweet Potato Noodle dish is super yum though!!

So here we are part way through my 4th week and he's what I've learned.

 - I love having food ready to eat.  I throw together my lunch in seconds, make my smoothie in minutes and can eat dinner in a flash.
 - The afternoon snack helps me not be starving by dinner and gives me a bit more energy if I have a work out that night.  (Although make sure you get seedless grapes!  We goofed this week and it sucks!)
 - Unfortunately I'm not noticing much of a difference in my gut. A few have said it could be the fact that I didn't really eat all that unhealthy before.  Others have also mentioned that vegetables can get ya if you're not used to eating them (which I'm so not).  And it also may be the fact that the McCoy's just have temperamental tummies. 
 - I prefer the more flavorful dishes but better be prepared for more time in the kitchen.
 - I'm not burning out on this concept like I was worried I might.
 - Terri is noticing a huge difference.  She doesn't crash in the afternoons anymore and says she's feeling a lot better!
 - I totally love getting to see one of my besties once a week!
 - T and I make a pretty good team, but this comes as no surprise.  Team TJ is still in effect!

This picture was about the time Team TJ was formed

I plan on sticking to this as best I can.  Of course life may throw curve balls but right now this seems to be working out pretty well!  It's also a money saver!  This week T and I only spent a total of about $65 each!  That's meals for 5 days!  I easily will drop $100 or more at the grocery store when I'm shopping for myself.  That's huge for me.  I've got to start cutting where I can.

I think I'll post every few weeks or so with the recipes unless we don't change it up all that much.  I'm digging all the interest from other people!  I'm certainly finding this to be pretty cool so far!

That's what we're doing!

Taking a stab at Meal Preparation...

So one of my besties and I were chatting over drinks one day (Isn't that where all ideas come from) and decided to give this a whirl.

She had been looking into Macro Meal Preps which are supposed to be good for those folks into working out and/or have active lifestyles.  She's looking to get back into shape and lose some weight and I'm looking into eating  more balanced healthy meals.  Hell I'm looking into just eating like a grown up.

We both live alone and it's just a bitch to cook for yourself.  And someone like me - who NEVER WILL NOR CAN cook.  Yes, I've become quite the baker...but only when it's cold.  I'm super new to cooking and the few attempts I've had, have failed epically.   So - here we are.

She's super excited about this and I'm all about playing the support role in this new adventure.  Oh - I should also mention I HATE vegetables.  Unless they are flavored with some delicious  mask I'm going to whine.  I also get bored easily with food so let's see if I can actually succeed in this thing!

We're part way into Week 2 and here's what I've experienced so far:

Terri found Daiso Dollar Store.

It's like Tupperware Haven

We've decided to switch back and forth between her and my place and up 1st was her place.  We have also decided on an 8am Sunday Go Time!  We'll prep for 5 days a week.  I was thinking we were only doing lunches, but nope - T is in for the whole Sha-bang!  Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack and Dinners.

I roll into her place at 8am excited and ready to do this!

We hit up Smart & Final.  Last weeks recipes were:
 - Chicken Breast cut up into pieces and doused with Italian Dressing
 - Chicken Breast with a chicken taco seasoning
 - Turkey Meatballs with onions and parsley
 - Boxed couscous (The garlic kind)
 - Green Beans (with garlic to help me eat them)
 - Asparagus
 - Sweet Potatoes (Terri adds honey and some other delicious flavors and it's fucking awesome!)

These were our main meals - lunch and dinners.

For breakfasts she wanted to do this oat thing.  You basically fill the jars with oats, milk and berries and can eat it cold.  I'm a big smoothie for breakfast person and don't really want to alter that so we also made "prepped fruit" containers.  So brekkie:
 - Not quick oats
 - Blueberries
 - Strawberries
 - Nanas
 - Greens (mostly spinach)
 - Almond for me Coconut for her Milk

Then snacks:
Morning snacks we got almonds and pepitas.

Afternoon snacks:
Hard-boiled eggs and grapes.

I brought a bottle of my really nice white wine to celebrate our kick off and we hit it!  OH MY GOD IT TOOK US ALL DAY.

Now - this was our 1st time.  We also took a lot of breaks.  We also realized we didn't get food to eat the day we cook so I had to run back out and get us sandwiches.  Terri has a great little kitchen but as we were working I realized how much my kitchen lacks.  Uh oh.

We slaved away (Oh by the way  - we're in the middle of a fucking summer heat wave) T doing most of the real cooking and me doing lots of the cutting/peeling/chopping/etc.  I also have a new favorite contraption - a garlic press!!!

After a long, hot day we started to put food into the containers.  I'm not gonna lie - this was my favorite part.  It was so rad to see all our hard work in front of us!  We basically just mixed and matched - shooting for one protein, one starch and one veggie.  Take a look!

So - during the week I did ok.  I had already had 4 scheduled engagements, meaning I would miss 4 meals, so I gave them to my mom.  Share and share alike right!  Week one lessons learned:

 - HOLY SHIT I LIKE GREEN BEANS! (with garlic...more next time)
 - We made a bit too much sweet potatoes.  The helpings in each meal were a bit too much for me.
 - My favorite was the Italian Dressing Chicken pieces.
 - 2 hard boiled eggs are too much for a snack.  We'll go down to 1 next week.
 - I never ate my morning nuts.
 - I just can't like asparagus.
 - I really didn't like the oatmeal thing but T loved it.
 - We needed more veggies (I'd rather not of course but ya....we needed more)
 - I found having an afternoon snack helped me have a bit more energy at my boxing class.
 - The turkey meatballs were too dry for me so I made tacos with them and added BBQ sauce.  Delish!
 - I loved having meals just ready to be made.  My smoothie making in the morning now takes like 2 minutes.  It's also so great to just heat and eat.

So week one - I'd say success!!

So for week two it's at my place.  Now - I was totally anxious about this because I have nothing in my kitchen.  Nor do I have room!  T was perfectly calm and prepared though and brought what we needed.

We hit up my Smart & Final which wasn't as good as T's.  Little disappointed there.  Not as good of produce.  Boo.

So this week - go time was 8am again and we vowed to get done quickly since we both had afternoon plans we wanted to get to.  So - we hammered it out in the gnarly heat (it was hotter and my place is hotter) in four hours and 20 minutes!  BAM!

This week's receipts went like this:

 - The Italian Dressing Chicken Pieces again (We still had half a bottle of dressing from last week)
 - Steak that T improvised with Soy Sauce and Worcester Sauce
 - Salmon.  This recipe - Honey Salmon. (T doesn't like fish but is willing to try it!  This is one of my favorite recipes I found on Pinterest.
 - More green beans than last time (with garlic of course...extra) and we had left over asparagus so we just mixed them together.
 - Same Sweet Potatoes because - Um Delish!
 - Mashed Cauliflower
 - Boxed Rice (an almond flavor)

For brekkie same thing sans oatmeal and we had raspberries & blackberries over blueberries.

Afternoon snacks - same thing just one hard boiled egg.

Shockingly we did ok in my caboose.  It was hot as hell and we had to get a bit creative with spacing and my cats were so good staying out of the way but looking at us like we were nuts but we did it!

Again T did most of the actual cooking, but I cooked my salmon.  Yummy!  

And here you go!

Notice creative use of space

Kinda pretty right?

So I'm just in the beginning of week 2 (It's Tuesday) but it's going good!  I actually ate one of my meals on our prep day for lunch after T left.  But that works out since I have dinner plans tonight with a friend.

We opted out of the morning snack since neither of us really ate them.  I just combined all the nuts and will snack when needed. 


I'm starting to run into my usual Jami Challenge which is - "If I eat healthy too long I start to not like it."  I don't understand that.  I guess since I don't smoke anymore, I don't do drugs anymore I'm now addicted to food.  I fucking love food.  But healthy food bores me.  I know - it's weird - but it's never as flavorful as I like, or maybe not flavors I like.  I'm going to stick to this though dammit and maybe learn some new stuff!  I liked the green beans last week but kind of over them this week.  I'm hungry.  I don't seem to be getting full enough.  I went on Pinterest today and pinned some recipes that seem like they will be delicious. I'm also impatient as hell and want to notice a difference.  I'm making some changes in my life that I'm really hoping I will notice, but we'll blog on that later.

But - so far so good!

I'm eating like an adult!