After spending most of last summer and the beginning of our dating relationship at different restaurant tables, My Man and I decided to do a lot more cooking and meal planning as we got settled into ourselves.
I'm lucky that he's so supportive of my efforts with this Nutrient Dense Challenge. He even reminded me earlier today that I had already been moving to eat this way, but that I just didn't have the guidelines. But it's great that he's been so helpful about shopping, meal planning, and even putting up with what I'm sure will be multiple cranky sessions.
Today, I decided to make some sweet potato chip treats for the both of us. After doing a bit of searching around, I found several recipes that I wanted to try: a great all-around simple Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) and Sea Salt style, a cinnamon style, and a chili lime style. My only concern with all the different recipes was that none of them seemed to have the same oven temperature or time in the oven. Well, I figured that if I wanted them to be more crispy, that I should leave it in the oven for the longer range.
I was wrong.
Some came out not crispy at all, some had great crisp but were a little more burnt tasting, and some were straight out burnt.
I'm honestly bummed about it. But, at least I know that the seasoning choices I made were quite tasty.
With My Man's help, we made a delicious Cottage Pie. This was the first time I've ever eaten so much cauliflower. After this meal, I was pretty convinced that the cauliflower was mashed potato, and I'm certain I'll enjoy it as rice substitute. The recipe was a combination of the Shepherd's Pie recipes in the Well-Fed cookbook and Elana's Pantry.
I don't think I've ever had Shepherd's Pie or Cottage Pie before in my life. This recipe took much longer than we anticipated. There are multiple steps that need to be prepped before putting it all together. It definitely help to have two of us.
Day 2 on the Nutrient Dense Challenge has reminded me to be okay with making mistakes and that I don't have to do it alone.
I'm lucky that he's so supportive of my efforts with this Nutrient Dense Challenge. He even reminded me earlier today that I had already been moving to eat this way, but that I just didn't have the guidelines. But it's great that he's been so helpful about shopping, meal planning, and even putting up with what I'm sure will be multiple cranky sessions.
Today, I decided to make some sweet potato chip treats for the both of us. After doing a bit of searching around, I found several recipes that I wanted to try: a great all-around simple Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) and Sea Salt style, a cinnamon style, and a chili lime style. My only concern with all the different recipes was that none of them seemed to have the same oven temperature or time in the oven. Well, I figured that if I wanted them to be more crispy, that I should leave it in the oven for the longer range.
I was wrong.
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| Chili Lime, Cinnamon, EVOO and Sea Salt A little delicious, a little burnt... |
I'm honestly bummed about it. But, at least I know that the seasoning choices I made were quite tasty.
With My Man's help, we made a delicious Cottage Pie. This was the first time I've ever eaten so much cauliflower. After this meal, I was pretty convinced that the cauliflower was mashed potato, and I'm certain I'll enjoy it as rice substitute. The recipe was a combination of the Shepherd's Pie recipes in the Well-Fed cookbook and Elana's Pantry.
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| Cottage Pie with It Starts With Food, Well-Fed Mashed Cauliflower recipe, and bacon on the Griddler while Cauliflower cooks. |
Day 2 on the Nutrient Dense Challenge has reminded me to be okay with making mistakes and that I don't have to do it alone.
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