I had a great night's sleep (10:30-6:15) and woke up to my snugglebug, Aidan, crawling into my bed. Morning as usual except for my breakfast of curry and extras. Spent an hour wandering around and around whole foods procuring ingredients for my lunch, dinner, Howard's paleo cookies and Dusty's burgers. And somehow it only managed to cost me $75. Haha. And no...cost is no excuse....paleo-ites can also shop at lower-priced Safeway or Trader Joe's!
I wasn't working out at Crossfit Burn today but still couldn't stay away! I stopped by to bring goodies from Life As Rx and of course ended up chatting as usual. Then I drove out to Crossfit San Ramon. Before the torture (aka training with Dusty) began, I had several slices of rotisserie chicken, a hard-boiled egg, and an apple with raw almond butter. For some reason I wasn't on my game today (except double unders...I guess the curse of the blue inov8s is over). Redeemed myself a little when it came to back squats...but all in all not a day for the books. But that is totally fine with me...some days are just hard mentally AND physically. I rewarded myself with a little more chicken, another hard-boiled egg and a coffee with a splash of almond milk (much better than an almond milk latte).
I finally took beginning yoga at 5:30 with Ali Laetsch at RCS. It was very pleasant...fairly relaxing except the lighting....and the people talking outside the door. But it was a good experience...I will try this again. :)
Dinner tonight was a lovely wildcaught Alaskan true cod. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. I just dipped the bits in almond flour/meal for a nice coating. Then heat some olive oil (maybe a couple teaspoons) in a frying pan (one you can put in the oven). Once the oil is heated, put the fish in and cook for about 3-4 minutes, then turn it over and put it in the oven until the fish reaches about 140 degrees (approximately 10 minutes). Don't forget to keep the towel/oven mitt on the frying pan handle after you take it out or you might forget it's hot! I served it with mashed cauliflower and steamed green beans. So yummy!!!
As if dinner wasn't enough...I baked some cookies based on the recipe on Howard's blog...except mine had NOOOO sugar and I think they were a little well done...but so tasty and very sweet from the dates. :)
PALEO COOKIES (with a couple changes):
Ingredients:
1/2 cup pitted dates that you chop into chunks
1 cup of mixed nuts (I used equal parts of raw pecans, macadamias, cashew and walnuts)
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1 teaspoon coconut oil (I may have used a little extra because I had trouble getting it off my spoon!)
1 Omega 3 Egg
1/2 cup unsweeted dried cherries (cut in halves)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
How to prepare:
Put nuts, dates, coconut, oil, and cinnamon in the food processor with the S blade on it. Pulse until nuts and dates are broken down and it resembles loose crumbs (I may have done mine a little further than needed)
Pour into mixing bowl and add in egg and dried cherries. Use your hands to mix together.
Use an ice cream scoop or tablespoon to get uniform sized cookies. Form into patties like you would burger meat.
Put on a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet into an oven that you have heated to 350. Space evenly on the cookie sheet.
Bake for about 30 minutes (mine only took 22..but it could be because my mix was ground a little bit finer). You will know they are done when they look golden brown and delicious.
Cool on a wire rack
That's it for today. I had my cookie....now time to sleep!
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