So, last night I made those fabulous cookies but one batch only made 13 cookies..which is not enough to share with people! So, after my breakfast of the last of the pork carnitas, a hardboiled egg, some fruit and nuts, I made yet another pilgrimage to Whole Foods. They are getting to know me well over there. Whole Foods is the best place I've found pitted dates and they have the dried cherries I like to use (Bare Fruit). So, I rushed home to start baking to get done in time for the noon class at Crossfit Burn.
On my way the gym, I chowed down on another hardboiled egg, some jerky and one of the delicious paleo cookies. Once at the gym, my cookies were very well received. Yay! :-) On to deadlifts..8 sets of 3 for me. I made it to 210, but felt that I should have been able to do more. But after my nearly 3 weeks off in December, I'm guessing it will take some time to get my strength where it was. That of course got me thinking of paleo and what it's doing for me so far and I had a great realization...I haven't felt sore hardly at all. Positive? Yes, I'll take it. As far as benchmarking, maybe I'll try something like Helen soon to see where I'm at. After I was done pondering, it was time for Lunch WOD. Lunch WOD was born a couple months ago with my friends Stephanie, Kathy and Coach Jamie. We all really do love hanging out with each other. Anyways, lunch WOD members have fluctuated throughout the weeks. Today was Jamie, Stephanie, Kristina, Matt, Joe (21st birthday boy) and myself. We head to Jacks a lot in Pleasant Hill because the food is pretty good and they put up with us. Today I ordered a bacon burger (which is consequently also what I was having for dinner sans bacon) with no bread and a side of steamed veggies.
After refueling at jacks and having another cookie, I was back at the gym and did the metcon (400m Run/30 Kettlebell Swings@35lbs/50 Air Squats) in 3:42. Pretty decent but the run is definitely slowing me down...I am no sprinter!
After spending a few hours playing with my kids, they went to clubsport with dad so I could get dinner ready. I started by preheating the oven to 375 (although i might go higher next time) and peeling 3 small sweet potatoes and then slicing them. Of course afterwards I realized I had a mandolin for this...oh well.
Then I moved on to Dusty's burgers:
1 lb Grass Fed Ground Beef
1 tsp chili powder (Dusty and I disagree on this he says 3/4 Tbsp)
1 1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp white pepper
1 Tbsp Green Chili minced
2 Tbsp Onion minced
Mix all ingredients together by hand in a large mixing bowl. Form into 4 burgers.
Ok...then I came back to the sweet potatoes. Get a baking sheet and drizzle it with olive oil. Then crack an egg white into a bowl and start dipping your sweet potatoes in it. Then lay them on the baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil again. Also add whatever spices you like on top (I used smoked paprika). Put in the oven for about 40 minutes - shuffling them around a few times during that time to avoid sticking. Then cook your burgers as you prefer (we did ours on the grill), serve with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, avocado and salsa if you miss ketchup. Enjoy!
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