Day 3: Ended the day on a high note!

I woke up with the same nagging headache I went to bed with last night. That did not make for a fun morning but it did cause me to get up early, which was nice! I'm sure everyone can guess my breakfast today...Italian Brunch Bake!!! Still yummy but today was the last portion...so there will be variety tomorrow haha!

My headache subsided around 9 am YAY! However, that brought on a wave of cravings that lasted the majority of the day. I was prepared with a great lunch of tarragon cream chicken, salad, and almonds so that helped a lot.

The day up until dinner was mostly uneventful but dinner...ah dinner! Dinner was perfect! Karl grilled chicken and it was awesome! He had forgotten to defrost the chicken so he cooked it to temp from frozen on the grill with our normal prep (which is Kirkland Signature No-Salt seasoning and a coat of oil). It may have been the day or our adjusted taste buds or hopefully cooking from frozen (we will try that again)...I don't really know but it was some of the best chicken we've had! Along with that I made my roasted squash mix which is always a favorite and it's easy to make! We also enjoyed some perfect cantaloupe today with dinner!!!

For the roasted squash mix just cut up assorted squash, zucchini, and onion (I occasionally add bell pepper); add salt, pepper, and garlic; coat them in some oil (I use olive or avocado) then bake them at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes...just till they start to brown on the bottom. Man that is a treat!!!

I also made Tallow this evening!!! I used the recipe linked and it was SUPER easy! We plan to cook with it tomorrow which I am SO excited about! The boys are getting sick of me excitedly screaming "guess what? I made tallow, how cool is that?" I guess it is only totally awesome to me ;)

 

 This is the suet in the crockpot, we let it sit outside all day! Low for 10 hours as Paleo Parents suggested!

Here are the small "cracklins" that cook out. I actually went to buy cheese cloth and filtered one more time to get a few even smaller pieces out. 

 One jar of tallow ready to add flavor, moisture, healthy fat, and for Erik...calories to our Whole30!

I'm hopeful that I'm headed over the withdrawal hump...

There's always something to learn...

L