30 days of clean eatin' starts now!

Luke and I are on day 1 of our 30 day whole-food diet/cleanse thing. It's about cutting out all the things that can be hard on your digestive system, allergens, etc. So basically, it is eating tons of veggies, meat, eggs, a little fruit, and good fats like oils, nuts, and avocados (we still get to have coffee, which is especially delicious with coconut milk instead of creamer). Here, just read about it yourself:

http://whole9life.com/2010/05/whole-30-v2/

Luckily, friends who have gone ahead of me had some great advice on how to be successful. Preparing meals for days at a time is key, as it is difficult to have to cook from scratch for every meal; fast-foods are basically gone from this (toast, yogurt, etc.). I have decided to make soup, salad, taco wraps, and omelets to feed our family for the next several days. If you are interested in eating this way or are bored, then read on!

Omelets: this was a tip that my friend Grace highly recommended, so I did just what she said. I chopped up a large onion, 3 bell peppers, and mixed it in with 18 eggs and cooked it all up. Now each time we eat eggs in the morning we will throw a handful of fresh spinach on top and nuke it for a minute or so. We ate this with fresh tomatoes and avocados on the side today. Mmmmm.........

Taco Wraps: Sandwiches are a staple in our house, especially as a food to pack for Luke's lunches. A friend recently told me that a leaf of lettuce was a great replacement for bread, but I decided to use the lettuce as a tortilla for tacos instead. Organic ground beef, 2 large onions, 3 bell peppers, chili powder, cumin, garlic, and lime juice made the stuffing. I spread homemade guacamole on the lettuce leaf, added a few slices of tomato, and then a serving spoonful of the meat and veggie mixture, and sort of folded the sides up so it's in the shape of a hard-shell taco.

Soup: I thought that soup would be nice to have around in case I felt as though I were eating too many cold veggies; soup can pretend to be my unhealthy food. This soup is going to be pretty basic: meat, veggies, low-sodium broth, maybe some sweet potatoes.

Salad: I have no grand ideas on the salad, but I have lots of yummy ingredients. Romaine, spinach, blueberries, grapes, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, avocado, etc. I think I will throw in whatever sounds good for now, but I will definitely have to look up some good salad recipes next week before I get totally bored eating salad.

Snacks and Desserts: Basically all I snack on is fruit, really. I do have some nice dipping-veggies that I need to make a dip for, too, but our beloved hummus is not allowed during the next 30 days (so sad). Desserts will be fun to mess around with, because coconut milk is a great yummy healthy fatty ingredient that is just calling me to turn it into some sort of milkshake, with blueberries, or bananas. Who knows what fabulous things can be made? Also, coconut oil (especially extra virgin) has amazingly healthy qualities and a slightly sweet flavor. Sliced apples and cinnamon all cooked up in some coconut oil, should surely satisfy our sugar cravings for awhile.

That's it, I hope you enjoyed reading today. Cheers!