Day #12...Working Hard to form New "Normals"

Another day of up and out the door. We had double basketball games today and Ethan's was at 8:00. So breakfast was another quick "Monkey Salad" (sliced banana, a handful of cashews and a handful of raw coconut). I really enjoy this breakfast and am anxious to keep it in the repertoire once our 30 day "experiment" has concluded! In between basketball games I roasted a half of turkey. If you do not brine your turkey before cooking...you don't know what you are missing, this process makes the turkey so juicy and tender! The turkey cooked much fasted than I anticipated, so we had a big lunch today (before the girls basketball game). I had some tender turkey, mashed cauliflower (with chicken broth and minced garlic) and a great dinner salad with a variety of veggies (of course a drizzle of EVOO and balsamic vinegar).

Off to Ella and Gracie's basketball game to return home for a meeting with some friends to discuss a project that we are working on. This is where the new "normals" start coming into play. The meeting was running long and starting to bleed into dinner time. I am definitely getting hungry at this point and start stressing out over what I am going to make for dinner. One of the key aspects of being successful on Whole30 is a good plan...and I did not have one for dinner time tonight! In addition to having to make dinner for my family, we also had 2 of the girls friends over and I knew that I would need to feed them as well. I started thinking about what I had, and I have a lot of turkey, but I really had no side dishes (I really need groceries). My mind starts to wonder if I could justify just ordering pizza for this kids? What is the big deal? They will be fine and I will make sure to prepare a Whole30 meal for myself. I know it may sound silly, because I am going to order pizza again, but this experience is about so much more than food...it is about routine and habits. So I dug deep, grabbed some bacon out of the freezer, cooked it up, scrambled some eggs and sliced some strawberries! Dinner was served and the kids were completely content! I know that as I make these choices I am paving a way for new Davie "norms" post Whole30 :) I grabbed a piece of no crust quiche (spinach, onion, broccoli and ham) that I had made this morning, a few sliced of bacon and a banana for myself and beat a path out the door to get some groceries. Mission accomplished! ~Jen