Bob and I are 1/3 of the way done with Whole 30! Wahoo! I am
feeling pretty good and getting my energy back. I’ve felt strong the last few
days during the WODs. I do have to note, we haven’t run in the last few days,
so that may be why. ;-) The eating part of it all is pretty easy. I am not
really experiencing any urges to eat something non-paleo. We have been having
fun and trying new things to eat as well!
Last night I made a seemingly fancy dinner all by myself! I
had never cooked pork before (besides bacon :-)
). Honestly, I never really liked any pork chop I’ve had before. But Bob likes
pork chops and pork steaks, so I thought I’d give it a try. We picked up the
meat at Seisel's yesterday after we hit up the San Diego Public Market and
Specialty Produce. I decided to try the recipe that was posted on CrossFit
Mission Gorge’s WOD site that day. It seemed easy enough, while the spices and
flavors seemed complex enough for me to want to try it. It actually turned out
great!
My dinner last night
I still think that pork chops are kind of a bland piece of meat, but
similar to chicken if you get enough going on around and on top of it, it can
taste good. The recipe calls for Italian seasoning, but we don’t have that so I
used thyme, rosemary, basil, oregano, and marjoram (which are the spices that
usually make up Italian seasoning). Also, it took a little longer for the
onions to caramelize – about 35 minutes on medium, but other than that I
followed the instructions precisely.
The pork chops are seasoned and ready to go while the onions are cooking
I roasted some broccoli and brussel
sprouts with garlic as a side. In order to have everything done at the same
time, I prepared everything first. I put the vegetables in the oven 10 minutes
after I started cooking the onion jam. And then I started the pork chops 10
minutes after that. Everything finished at the same time. It was beautiful.
Domestic bliss! I couldn’t believe I achieved such a thing! And everyone
finished their plates!
Here's the recipe:http://www.thefoodee.com/recipe/646/.
It only takes about 7 minutes on each side for the pork to get nice and browned
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