KOMBUCHA!!!

I was reading the "Can I Have..." section of the whole 30 website and came across this beauty:

Kombucha: Read your labels

We like the probiotic benefits of ‘booch, and we think it makes a fine addition to your Whole30 menu. Just read your labels carefully—sugar listed in the ingredients generally means that it was added after fermentation, and that’s a no-go.  Some varieties, like GT Dave’s Enlightened flavors, have fruits and fruit juices added, which are just fine.

- See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/06/the-official-can-i-have-guide-to-the-whole30/#sthash.Zyd1lkKW.dpuf

So now I just have to find one that doesn't state it has traces of alcohol in it, phew. I was excited because I sure love me some kombucha.

Day 5 & 6

Breakfast: Pretty much the same every morning, some version of eggs with meat (crab meat or Applegate beef dogs)

Lunch: Spinach salad with berries, grapes, bell peppers, and tessamaes dressing

Dinner: Thrown together, zucchini, asparagus and left over stew

Day 6:

Breakfast: usual

Lunch: Since it was Saturday and we were both out and about with the kids, it was more snacks: almonds and fruit

Dinner: Chicken sauteed in garlic, seasoned with basil and parsley. I made mine into a spinach salad with a bunch of vegetables (radishes, jicama, cucumbers, and celery), Brian wrapped his in lettuce and ate it as a wrap

We are both feeling really good. Brian's puking episode was random and we don't think it was related...I'm considering taking him to the doctor because I think it might be a bigger issue, a colonoscopy might be in his future.

Day 4 and Day 5

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and an apple

Snack: cashews and almonds

Lunch: dinner left overs 

Snack: banana

Dinner: turkey burgers with garlic, jalapeños, onion, oregano, salt and pepper. 

Sweet potatoe "buns". Broiled sweet potatoe sliced and seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper 

Corn

Salad with franks sauce....

Day 5

Breakfast: Apple and Adams peanut butter 

Lunch: dinner left overs 

Snack: assorted nuts 

Dinner: ground turkey sautéed with onions, garlic, and bell peppers over kale

Day 4

Breakfast: sweet potatoes, pears and apples
Lunch: spinach salad wih strawberries, grapes, almonds and tessamaes balsamic dressing, so good.
Dinner: crock pot beef stew that was damn good, and cooked kale
Here is the recipe:

Snacks: apples and carrots

Day 3

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and steak 

Lunch: steak and turkey salad with lemon juice as dressing

Dinner: fiesta chicken (cumin, paprika, chili powder, garlic, salt, pepper) cooked in chicken broth. Served over a baked sweet potato with avocado salsa

Snacks: Apple, mixed nuts, and banana

Day 3

Breakfast: coffee with a teaspoon of ghee and some coconut milk, blended in the magic bullet...comes out like a cappuccino and it was really good. Breakfast: egg, sweet potatoes, chicken dog and some fruit.

Lunch: kale salad loaded with veggies, crushed cashews and a hard boiled egg. I found compliant balsamic vinaigrette freeing and It was delicious! Tessamaes dressing found at Safeway or whole foods. 

Snack: almond butter and apples and kombucha 
Dinner: chicken sautéed in onions and garlic seasoned with salt and pepper, cooked bell peppers, kale, and spinach and added garlic, s&p. 

We are oddly feeling energized, happy and excited. I think we really needed this diet change...

Day 2

Breakfast: black coffee, shit ton of water, two hard boiled eggs and compliant hot dogs (applewood, pretty good, wouldn't call them a hot dog substitute but they are good nonetheless...found them at trader joes). Also had some grapes and pears.

Snack: apples

Lunch: left over ground turkey and added cashews to it...downside to so many leftovers is that I'm kind of sick of it at this point. Drank kombucha to help liven up my lunch which helped.

Dinner: steak, asparagus and sweet potatoes. Delicious, filling, and it felt like a normal meal.

I had tea in the evening but another successful nigh of no snacking which is huge for the holcombs!