carefree highway

Had what I’ve decided to call “green eggs” for breakfast today - basically just scrambled eggs and spinach. Yum. Remembered the salt & pepper this time!

After breakfast I went down to Central Market to get all the ingredients to make Hungarian Beef Goulash because it sounds delish. I got organic, grass fed beef & bacon as well as a marrow bone to try my hand at beef bone stock (I just need to run to walmart ((ugh)) after work to pick up some jars to store it in…). I was able to get most of my veggies organic, and any I couldn’t find organic I got local. I picked up some broccoli, cauliflower, onions, sweet potatoes, red bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic & an avocado, as well as some cherries to try (never had fresh cherries before, here goes!). The only thing I wasn’t able to find was grass-fed butter and coconut oil. I ended up just getting some local butter, and a guy by the spice stand where I asked about the coconut oil told me to check out a vietnamese grocery nearby. So we’ll see how that goes.

When I got home from the market, I put a box together and went about removing everything from my cupboards that wasn’t Paleo-approved. The only non-paleo things I left in there are my baking supplies, as I do love to bake and someday I’ll see how I can re-incorporate that stuff into my life. There were a few things I wasn’t sure about, so I figured I’d keep them, but not eat them for the first 30 days.

I was able to set up a meeting with the Paleo nutritionist here in Lancaster on Monday. I’m excited to see what she has to say and what she can help me with. After I talk with her, I’m going to let my roommate go through the box of stuff I don’t want to eat, and then I’m taking the rest in to work with a big FREE sign on it in the break room. The way I see it, it’ll make it a whole lot harder to go back to the way I was eating before if I have to buy everything all over again.

This is scary stuff, I’m not gonna lie. I felt great at the market and coming home with all my awesome paleo foods. But after I got the cupboard sorted through, it was a really eye-opening thing. Literally all I have left are my spices, hot sauce, olive oil and canned chicken. That’s it. I had a full cupboard, and now it’s empty.

But that’s why it’s called Doing the Impossible.