RandiW Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Hi Whole30ers. I'm doing my second attempt at R4 after giving up on Day 10 (shame!) back in February. How come I eat a W30 compliant dinner 4 nights a week or more, and then when I'm actually doing a W30, I can never think of dinner ideas that are not complicated and require my slow cooker? Anyone else have this problem? Is it anxiety? How many whole30 breakfasts have I made in the last 2.5 years? A MILLION! But day 1 of a W30 and I forget what to eat... It's cold and rainy here in Philly - what's everyone eating for dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchrodingersCat Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 We're having lamb chops with pistachio dukkah, baked sweet potato with ghee, sauteed carrots and green beans and steamed broccolini. Did you keep a log of your first 3 rounds? I've been going back to my round 1 log to see what I was eating, and it's really helpful! Even if you didn't, cruise some of the logs in the log section, you might get some great ideas! We're all about the meat/veg/starch at our place, I can't be bothered doing more than that on a weeknight. Grill or bake some meat (steak, chops, pork chops, beef patties, chicken thighs), add some seasoning, grill/bake/mash some root veggies, add some sauteed or steamed veg and voila. I make things more interesting with a range of spice blends or dukkah, or I make chimmichurri, lemon tahini dressing, mayo and/or ranch as part of my food prep for the week. I'm never organised enough to use my slow cooker on weeknights. I know I should, but I just don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_juggles Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Honestly, the slow cooker is great, but I often think it takes *more* work than cooking other ways. Grill a piece of meat, sautee or steam some veg, slap on some mayo or avocado or whatever. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchrodingersCat Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 8 hours ago, laura_juggles said: Honestly, the slow cooker is great, but I often think it takes *more* work than cooking other ways. Grill a piece of meat, sautee or steam some veg, slap on some mayo or avocado or whatever. Done. Agreed! That's how I roll! Though between now and Monday, I have no cook top, so I'm limited to oven, microwave, multicooker, convection oven (air fryer, essentially). I know that's not THAT limited, but it's amazing how much I use the cook top. I have some lamb shanks, might have to make the slow cooker effort after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 My dinner plan for this week (I'm on D24 today): Monday: NNP's Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas w/avocado crema Tuesday: Tacos (I had mine mixed with cauliflower rice in a sweet potato "burrito"--basically just mostly hollowed it out and stuffed the goodies inside.) Wednesday: Chicken salads w/creamy cilantro lime dressing (CSA in May=ALL THE GREENS) Thursday: Brinner Friday: Takeout of some kind--probably Five Guys supplemented with whatever veggies I've still got floating around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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