Day 9-10 ... I totally got this... Wait, Is that chocolate??

Urgh! The taunting of the luckiest bastards alive is overpowering! These people walking around eating chocolate, drinking soda, eating BREAD... Don't they realize it's so deliciously bad for them. I find myself feeling like a cast member of survivor, sitting with close friends, discussing what I would be eating right now if I could. It changes constantly, a sandwich from the New york Deli down the street to something chocolate and fried, to Chipotle Chips and Guac... What? Chipotle is healthy! It's like eating vegetables. I start bargaining and debating with myself, thinking of eating something bad, but a healthy bad and think it's okay, but before I can go through with it, I just Can't! the guilt of eating one of those sugary deliciousnessesssss or something glutenny... Bread, Chips, Pita, PITA CHIPS... People not on this diet are so dang lucky.

Last night I decided to get Chipotle for dinner, the bad kind... and right before I left I layed down on the floor, face down in the carpet, cats walking on my back and I had a total internal struggle. I had dinner planned for Night 9 and 10, but... Cheese and Sour Cream and those CHIPS! I layed there for 10 minutes and just sprang up and started making dinner... I knew if I had food cooking I couldn't be going ANYWHERE, I took out the lemons and got started.

Things you'll need:
2-3 Lemons
1 # Talapia
Garlic Oil
Salt and Pepper
Lemon Herb Vegan dressing (completely compliant, can find it at whole foods)





                                                         



What you'll do; 
I sliced the lemons thinly and placed half on the bottom on a heavy pan, placed the Talapia on top seasoned generously with salt and pepper and placed remaining lemons on top. Drizzled the fish with some garlic oil and placed it in the oven at 350 Degree's for 20-25 minutes. I served mine with a side of sauteed green beans in some ghee, salt and pepper. 
Once the fish was done, I warmed up some of the lemon dressing and put some on the fish to give it a bit of a sauce and... Voila.

While I was making the fish I prepared this gorgeous Pork roast I got at the Santa Barbara's Saturday market, it's a slow cooker recipe and I like to prepare them the night before, So i took out my Paleo Slow Cooker recipe book and made

Roasted Citrus Pork

Things you'll need
3 tbls coconut oil
3-4 # Pork Roast
4 Whole Cloves
3 Garlic cloves (crushed)
1 tsp orange zest
1 tsp lemon zest
Juice of 1 Lemon
1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup of wine (I kjnow not really whole 30 approved but it cooked down for 6 hours)
1/2 tsp thyme (Fresh)
Salt and Pepper

What you'll do;
Melt some coconut oil in a heavy bottom pan on medium-high heat and brown the pork on all sides.
Turn the heat down to medium, while the pan cools down, cut four hole in the top of the roast and place whole garlic cloves in the cuts, transfer to slow cooker
Saute the garlic in the remaining coconut oil until fragrant being careful not to burn the garlic or the coconut oil, transfer to slow cooker
Combine the zests, juices, white wine and thyme, pour over the roast and cook on low for 6 hours.
Add salt and pepper at the end and serve.

 


 
















The potatoes I roasted and the salad had a compliant dressing and some avocado. I like all food but this pork was just... AMAZING, it was really something special. As my husband is inhaling it asking to have this for the remainder of the time on the whole 30 (like he does during most meals), I smiled and enjoyed the amazing sweetness of the orange and tanginess of the lemon. Even after 6 hours of cooking the flavors were so vibrant! I cooked the roast last night, placed it in the slow cooker and into the fridge, got the rest ready in a bowl and when I came home for lunch today I threw it all together and cooked it for 6 hours. Was perfection.

And now for an other evening of fighting sweet tooth cravings... No fruit left... DAMM YOU Ben and Jerry's a 2 minute walk from my front door.... DAMN YOU!
Heading to Becky's to fight the urge!