Let's play Catch Up

So, I may have been "off-line" but I haven't fallen off the wagon - entirely anyway!! I have a small confession to get off my chest before I go any further!

I may have consumed some food last week that wasn't exactly "whole", and I definitely consumed something that is on my "Never to have again" list (but it can be a 'whole food' for you, I am just NOT supposed to have it - stupid White Wine, why are you so good, yet so bad for me? I love you but we cannot be together!)Now, I am only confessing that I have not been 100% whole food last week, because a) WOW did I notice a difference in how I felt/am feeling (I'll spare you the details!), and it wasn't good, and b) stuff happens, and in some situations, you can't always get what you want...so you have to deal! I feel a little guilty about it, mainly because I did have options, but I sometimes chose the wrong ones...but I am not beating myself up over it.....the goal here is to change how I am eating MOST of the time...and change the way I am thinking about food and it's contents.

Okay, let's catch up on last week!

I had some house-guests (HI STARR!) last week and they brought me this BEAUTIFUL BOOK! I was pretty excited! I was lamenting having to alter my cake recipes and experiment with stuff, but now I have a GREAT GUIDE - I am so excited!



Not all the recipes are whole (they are all Organic tho'!) so they still use some of the chemical stuff to make the fancy-schmancy icings and stuff, BUT it also has some GREAT recipes that are WHOLE (or can easily be converted to whole)! Fantastic! (Why can't I find whole chocolate chips with unrefined sugar?)

I am looking very forward to trying out a few of the recipes this week! Rest assured, you will be kept up to speed on this!

I was starving one evening last last week (after a super workout!), and I really wanted something quick, easy, and YUMMY for dinner! So I made cheesy bruschetta! With fresh organic Roma and heirloom tomatoes and fresh milk Swiss cheese! Basically, I took 2 tbs of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, 1 or 1.5 tbs of balsamic vinegar (I never measure stuff, I just put stuff in, until it looks like enough)some Italian herbs (dried), whisked that together...chopped up some tomatoes, onion, and fresh parsley, drizzled the evoo mixture, tossed it to coat the tomatoes...then I sliced some of my yummy bread, brushed some oil on it, put the tomatoes on, grated some of the cheese (you can totally use mozzarella, I just had swiss, you can also use a mix with Parmesan)





Then I broiled it in the oven until the cheese melted and the bread was toasty on the outside...YUM!



I had tons of the tomato mixture left so I tossed it with some fresh baby spinach leaves and ate that with a couple of boiled organic eggs (from Wadsons) for LUNCH the next day! YAY! Sooooo good!

I am also now officially addicted to roasted cauliflower...have I told you about that yet??? No, no I haven't, I told a pal about it (HI BERT!!!), but didn't write it here!

Take cauliflower, cut it up into little florets and plop them in a bowl. drizzle with a little bit of evoo, add some crushed garlic, some salt (optional, and you really don't need it for this!) and some pepper....toss to coat the cauliflower then spred out on a cookie sheet (I line mine with foil) and roast at 400 dgrees for approximately 30-40 minutes until done (there will be parts that looked kind of charred, but those are the TASTIEST bits!) when done, plop in a bowl and throw some grated parmesan (or other sharp cheese) on top (you totally do not need a lot!) and ENJOY! I am sure this is meant to be a side dish somewhere but I eat it as the entree! And it is so good you CRAVE it! YUMMY! (and because you're using parmesan, you don't really need any salt!) I'll snap a pic of it next time I make it (if it lasts long enough).

Stuff I believe I will be making this week:

SOUP! Mmmmmm - haven't decided on chicken quinoa or vegetable yet. I really want to try making quinoa!
More BREAD (I am so tempted to make the same bread again, BUT, I probably should try a different kind)
COOKIES - not telling!
OR
I want to try out my FAVORITE pumpkin cake recipe converted to whole food (whole wheat flour? we'll see!)