What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

I wasn't sure which one, so I gave you the first one

The homemade sunbutter couldn't be easier. First of all, I cheated and bought a large bag of roasted-but-unsalted sunflower seeds from Trader Joe's. You can buy raw and toast them in the oven first if you want.

Turning them into butter couldn't be easier. I tossed roughly 1.5 cups of the sunflower seeds into the small bowl of my food processor. Let it run on low for 5 minutes. stir. 5 more minutes. stir again. 5 more minutes and when I opened it to stir/scrape down the sides I had sun-butter! The consistency was a bit coarse, probably because I was making so little, but it was indeed nut-butter, NOT the moist 'nut-flour' than I had last time.

[Crankin]

Thanks, Catrin. I'll splurge for buying the almond butter since I eat it a lot, but for some reason, I won't for the sun butter.

Today:
B: scrambled eggs with salsa, sliced tomatoes and 1/4 avocado, 2 slices uncured bacon, coffee
L: home made chicken salad, sliced almonds, dried cranberries
3 mile run/walk
S: handful of walnuts and pecans
D: took DIL and son out for DIL's birthday. Had tilapia in green chili sauce and about half a cup of black beans, shared some mini veggie tamales with DH, one beer.

[Crankin]

handful of walnuts and pecans before boot camp
B: egg whites, lox, kale, an orange, coffee
L: chicken salad with almonds and dried ranberries in butter lettuce wraps, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: sweet potato, kale, spinach hash with 2 eggs over easy, salad of avocado and oranges, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

rest day
B:2 chicken legs and some left over sweet potato hash with kale and spinach
L: tuna salad with red pepper, lettuce, avocado, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries, later a Lara Bar. I need to eat a bigger lunch on Tuesdays
D:left over pork chili verde, cauliflower rice, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Pax]

When things with my mom are done, I'm going to start cooking again. I can't remember the last hot meal I made... we subsist on hummus, cheese, crackers, and loads of fresh raw veggies and fruit; all good for us but a hot meal would be nice.