Day 2 has been easier so far – but I had a nightmare already about sabotaging myself by eating a cookie! Ridiculous, can’t even go 24 hours without sugar without dreaming about eating some. And I even had a banana yesterday.
Anyway, the left-over yams and chicken thigh made today a breeze. Must cook ahead.
My favorite part of the meal was yam-medallians, spiced with salt, pepper and paprika. Savory yam is my jam, and so simple I wonder why it wasn’t part of my staple diet before. And while I know I’ll get sick of chicken and yams, this is a wonderful reintroduction to real-food. I’ve been eating so decadently for what feels like forever, that I almost forgot how to cook and eat without butter.
Tonight, I plan to make shepherd’s pie, understanding full well that I shouldn’t be substituting a damn thing. But the reddit whole30 seems to be all about it, so I’m taking my queue from there. Also, shep pie is one of my favorite things to eat that I don’t eat that regularly.
Take-away-of-the-day: scrutinize labels. I went to make Yogi’s Nighttime tea and halted as soon as I ran across Stevia-Leaf. Things you wouldn’t think are bad, are in fact bad.