Sunday, March 17, 2013

Ethiopian Paleo

This recipe looks awesome, and I plan to try it soon:
http://theprimepursuit.com/2012/03/16/weekend-ethiopian-feast/

Also, having this today, but it's still in the oven:
http://theprimepursuit.com/2012/02/06/who-is-sick-of-eggs-for-breakfast/

Made my own sausage for it (well, bought the ground pork, but used spices from our herb garden). I think I overspiced it, so it may be more to Jason's taste than mine. Live and learn!

Whole 30-ing again

Forgot to hit the post button... this was almost 2 weeks ago, but here it is anyway.

Well, I'm going to be doing Whole 30 again with a friend of mine, and I figured I should probably provide some transition here to talk about what's been going on since the last one.

I decided to pretty much stay paleo with my diet since I finished Whole 30 last November. I've been eating some non-paleo things, like rice, beer and cow's milk, but mostly in my daily eating I've tried to keep away from all the no-no foods including sugar, something I'm rather proud of.

In adding foods back into my diet, I was not nearly scientific enough, and so I wasn't sure what the problem was when the hives came back. Now through a process of experimentation I think I've found that potatoes and tomatoes are the problem. Two things I absolutely love to eat. So for now I'm trying to avoid those completely. Once I'm done with Whole 30 again I hope the hives will have healed and I can at least try tomatoes to see if they cause a recurrence. I'm pretty sure potatoes are a no-go for me from now on.

I have, to date, lost over 20 pounds, two dress sizes, and have had to go scrounging in my attic for the too-small clothes I packed away because I couldn't bear to get rid of them. I'm very happy with that. I'm also happy that I had a pretty healthy winter this year.

So here's hoping this goes well!