Day 14 of New Year Strict Challenge

The store was out of almond flour, so I made my own.  I like the idea of making my own almond flour.  It's cheaper AND i kind of like the "grainy" texture it adds to things.  I used to it to make a modified version of the banana muffins.  Here is the recipe I am now using:

Banana-Apple Muffins
             Yield 8-10 muffins
1 bananna
1/2 an apple
3 eggs
1/4 cup of coconut oil
1 TBS of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of nutmeg or allspice
1/2 tsp of ginger (optional)
1 vanilla bean or tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 & 1/2 cup of almond flour

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  In a food processor/blender, blend the apple until its in pea size pieces (if you want a chunky batter, you can leave them larger)  Add the banana and blend until creamy.  Add in all of your spices& blend.  (you can taste at this point to see if you want to add more of a particular spice).    Add in eggs & oil.  Blend for a minute.  Add in the almond flour and blend until everything seems mixed well.  Pour into cupcake liners on a muffin pan.  Bake for 20-25 minutes.  Use a toothpick to test for doneness.

Breakfast:  2 bannana-apple muffins &10 slices of bacon

Dinner:  Steak, salad, sauteed onions &  mushrooms, zucchini

Desert:  1/2 apple, tablespoon of almond butter

I miss the summer and farmers markets and veggies.  I feel like all I eat is meat.  I want more veggies & its really frustrating to look at the selection in the stores.

Day 13 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:   Coconut milk blend

Lunch:  3 spare ribs & steamed broccoli (went out for chinese with a co-worker.  after speaking with the owner, I decided on the spare ribs sans sauce & steamed broccoli.  The picture looks like several ribs, but I only ate 3.)

Dinner:  10oz NY Strip, Raw Spinach, Sauteed Mushrooms  & Onions

Movie snack:  1 cup nut mix of pecans, cashews & walnuts, few raisins

Day 12 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  bannana muffin

Lunch: beef brisket, spaghetti squash, bok choy

Dinner:  beef brisket, greens, sauteed mushrooms, roasted zucchini, coconut milk

Dessert:  banana muffin topped w/almond butter

Day 11 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  banana muffin topped with almond butter

Lunch:  beef brisket, salad, 1/2 an apple & almond butter

Dinner:  beef brisket, bok choy, spaghetti squash

I'm not hungry today.  PMS week.  All I want to do is sleep.  I took a 3 hour nap today.  And still didn't feel like eating afterwards.

Day 10 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  Banana Muffin topped with Almond Butter

Lunch:  Cabbage & Italian Sausage, 2 jerk chicken wings

Dinner:  Bok Choy, 4 jerk chicken wings,

Snack:  2 banana muffins, almond butter

Day 9 of New Year Strict Challenge

SNOW DAYYYY!!!  Due to boredom, I found myself eating and snacking and eating and snacking.  All I wanted to do was eat.  At times I knew I was NOT hungry, I was just eating from boredom.  *sigh*


Breakfast:  boiled egg, muffin & almond butter, braised cabbage & italian sausage, coconut milk

Lunch:  muffins & almond butter, braised cabbage & sausage, 4 jerk chicken wings

Dinner:  beef fillet, braised cabbage, salad topped with sauteed mushrooms & onions

Day 8 of New Year Strict Challenge

I'm glad to have finished my first week with no major problems.

Breakfast:  ground beef seasoned for tacos, lettuce, salsa, walnuts & raisins

Lunch @ India Palace:  Chicken wings & sauteed onions, salad, okra (bindi)

Snacking:  Coconut milk, 3 jerk chicken wings, banana muffin, tablepoon of almond butter

At lunch that I realized, I could make bindi with frozen okra.  Their bindi was too salty, but I know thats b/c I haven't been eating a lot of food with salt--especially veggies.