NoMoreCrunchyCravings

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Oh gosh, there are so many people on these forums who have done multiple Whole 30s or long Whole-120s or whatever. We all do it for different reasons, and recognize for ourselves when it's time for a restart. For me, I realize it's time for a restart when I can't stop thinking about diving head-first into a swimming pool filled with pasta products and paddling around with my mouth open for lap after glorious lap, consuming the noodles much like a baleen whale consumes volumes and volumes of tiny prey organisms from the ocean. It sounds extreme, but that's really how I feel sometimes... and it's a really easy way for me to know when I need to reign in my game a bit more.

This is a good reminder. I usually just use my mayo plain as a dip for proteins and veggies because the flavor is so amazing with the fresh lemon juice, cracked black pepper and sea salt. I recently bought a ton of spices online though, so thank you for the reminder to add them to my mayo to kick up the flavors of my dips!

Wow! It's been a long time since I posted. I'm planning on doing a big cook-up on Wednesday, and hopefully will have lots of beautiful foods to post photographs of what I make.

Not very much or it can be overpowering! Did you try it??

This is a beautiful thread.

I use less expensive oil -- Bertoli or Filipo Berio light tasting olive oil mostly, sometimes cut with some avocado oil if I have it on hand, all cost between $8-$16 per quart depending on sales, which fits solidly into my budget-- none are nearly as expensive as your sunflower or MCT oils. But despite the lower cost, I still balked the first time my mayo failed. I use my immersion blender which had worked as my trusty little mayomachine churning (immersing?) out batch after batch perfectly for six months before I failed a mayo. When the first batch (a double as I usually make) failed I wondered what I had forgotten or done wrong... but saved the liquid in the fridge for cooking with, cleaned off the blender, mentally reviewed the proscess and prepared to have another go at it. Which also failed. All two cups of it... GAH! So I stashed that batch in the fridge to use later on as well. After four cups of ruined mayo I decided not to make any more attempts until I'd used up the four cups of liquid in the fridge (they make a lovely marinade for poultry and fish and cooking fat for everything I cooked as it turns out) and thought to myself that it must have been the barometric pressure that ruined my mayo, it had been quite cold and dry after all. And then, after three very sad mayoless weeks when I finally had the courage to try my hand at mayomaking again (only one cup this time!), it came out perfectly. And just like that I was back in business. Same package of eggs (I buy them 7-dozen at a time), same containers of oil, same bag of lemons, more trepidation for sure. I'm just glad it worked.

Such a good thread.

https://smile.amazon.com/Living-Nutritionals-All-Natural-Liquid-Smoke/dp/B00R3SUZDO/ref=sr_1_3?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1491839730&sr=1-3&keywords=liquid+smoke#customerReviews I just bought this - ingredients list only liquid smoke, making it Whole 30 compliant (please advise if I'm wrong, moderators!)... I can't wait to try this recipe!

I've had quite a few off-the-rails weeks (months?) but have continued to enjoy cooking Whole 30 foods and starting each day as if it's going to be another w30 day, regardless of whether or not it ends that way. Here's what I ate for breakfast today: Two little hamburgers, one fried egg (I broke the yolk-- the horror!), a pile of sautéed broccoli and asparagus, and one and a half crash potatoes, all topped with some mayo. IMG_5106[1] by NoMore CrunchyCravings, on Flickr

What about rosemary roasted potatoes, roast whole chicken, steamed asparagus, sautéed Brussels sprouts, grilled onions. My normal foods all seem like they might be good for a family meal, holiday or not.

Olive oil always does it for me. Lots and lots of olive oil. Cauliflower and carrots roasted in lots of it (I mean poured onto the pan quite freely, not measured by the tablespoonful) and eaten generously, potatoes sautéed in it and eaten liberally, salads drizzled in it and eaten gluttonously. Oils help things slide right on through the system. Good luck!

Probably due to the high levels of beta carotene you're consuming, but I'd be sure to check with the pediatrician sooner than later. You don't want it to be jaundice or something else, and have missed it thinking it might just be from your veggie intake.

Start doing what-- Googling your questions or eating eggs for every meal of every day?! Just kidding (sort of)... I couldn't resist!

This meal looks delicious!!!