Day 9: Spice It UP!

Spice-adise... get it?

Today after work I found my new favorite place. The spice aisle at HEB. No I am not talking about
the one with all the little red caps and random Mexican spices. I am talking about the Mecca... well the Mecca of plain 'ol grocery stores. It's really neat because they have all of these fresh and organic spices and some spice mixes in these big jars and you can get baggies and put as much or as little as you want. Okay, now I am sure you all have seen these types of things before and just kind of walked by because it looked expensive. Well it's actually cheaper. And you can control how much you want. I bought like 10 spices (half of the names I couldn't even pronounce) for like $5. 'Twas amazing. One huge plus of Whole30 is that it is forcing me to try new things that I would've never tried before. Like the spice arrowroot. It's in a few of the recipes I am going to try and I still have no idea what it is. My advice to all of you is pick a new recipe with some new and exotic spices! It really does make a difference.

My breakfast was something that I used to eat almost every day with Kev (minus the chicken). Good 'ol spinach and eggs with some garlic powder and basil. They sometimes get a little soggy because of the water in the spinach, so you have to be careful. But it's a great way to get your green veggies and your protein. I put it in this neat little cube thing I got from the Container store. Sistema makes them and I love them. You can also find them at Target and Bed Bath & Beyond. They clip in place so you don't have to worry about them opening in your bag. They carry a bunch of different types and microwavable ones and soup bowls and ya. Check 'em out on Amazon as well. My next investment is going to be in one of their salad containers. They're neat but they're like $15 so yaaaaa.... not really rolling in the dough at the moment.

Colorful, tasty, and healthy

If there was an award for most Ghetto Whole30 dinner tonight's dinner would probably win. I got some of the leftover ground turkey, tomato paste, and green chile sauce and put it all together in the microwave. To me, that is pretty ghetto for some reason. I just didn't feel like cooking tonight. That's one thing that the Whole30 will do to you - force you to cook like a madman. I am constantly cooking and dicing and chopping and stirring and washing and frying and sautéing and sizzling and drizzling and scooping and plopping and freezing and... well yea you get the picture. My hands are so

pruney from washing them that I desperately need some hand salve or some straight up vaseline. Ew. Overall though, I am very pleased with how I feel on Whole30. I definitely have more energy and it's sustained energy. Meaning I don't really feel the 3 o'clock slum. The one complaint I do have (stop reading now if you're a pansy or embarrassed easily) is that my bowel movements are just not as regular as I thought. What is up with that? I eat so many veggies and it's like nuh'in. Ok that's enough TMI for the day. That's all folks...