Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
Let me know what you think of it! There are a couple of cookbooks I've been considering but I don't need an entire shelf of paleo cookbooks! The funny part is I've avoided cookbooks my entire adult life - preferring just to put things together. While that worked, I am finding that actually using cookbooks encourages me to use different spices and combinations that I wouldn't have considered on my own.
When it was just me, I preferred to make my own way in the kitchen. Now that I cook for me and my husband, I kind of like having someone else's recipe for new things. That way, if it's gross, it's not entirely my fault! Typically, I make a recipe as close to as written as possible the first time and then put my own twist on it for repeats. And I totally agree about the spices. I love trusting that unusual spice combinations in recipes from certain authors I can totally trust to work out even though they seem odd. I've found that with both Melissa Joulwan and with the woman from Everyday Paleo (I can't remember her name).

The Paleo Slow Cooker looks awesome. The writer is Armenian, so there are lots of recipes that really appeal to me (I'm Greek and they share a common palate). And I spent some time reading the back half of Practical Paleo and there are some recipes in there that I'm really excited to try as well. What are your favorites from that one?

Yesterday's evening meal was quite a bit different than I had planned. My parents send my H and I a lobster dinner for two from Legal Seafood for our anniversary. So I ended up eating lobster with drawn butter, roasted veggies and Boston cream pie for desert. 10 year anniversaries only come around once in a lifetime if you are lucky, right? Oy. I did have the foresight to freeze both the crab cakes and the clam chowder that also came with it but there is no denying that I broke my Whole60 for an anniversary desert. And guess what? It was worth every. single. bite.

Today I am back on track:
B: sausage, kale and onion frittata topped with avocado, melon, black coffee
L: lobster, roasted veggies, blueberry sausage, apple
D: eating out but I'm going to order a tomato based meat or seafood sauce over zucchini noodles