Meal Planning

But first, Coffee!

Coffee frothed with Butter and Stevia

I must admit, when I first heard about adding butter to my coffee I thought, No Freaking Way!  It just sounded gross.  I did not try it for a long time.  Then one day my sister, Cindy mentioned it.  She actually liked it.  So, against my better judgement, I decided to give it a try.  Another game changer;  it really is good!   (Although, I do not add butter to every cup because it does add calories and fat.)

Before you try it, I suggest you get a frother.  You can get them on Amazon for about 10 bucks.  They also have self-stirring coffee cups with built in frothers!  I am not that fancy though.  I just have the $10 version.  (Actually, I just looked and my $10 frother is now about $13.)   We use it in my coffee for frothing butter, heavy whipping cream and even the protein shake.

Anyway, back to meal planning.  When Ed first took over in the kitchen his biggest complaint was that  he didn't know what to fix.  So I started making a list for him to pick from.  I actually like to plan for more than we need, just to give him more options.   I'm off work today and tomorrow, work on Thursday and Friday and I expect to get hit with overtime on either Saturday or Sunday.   So today I'll plan meals to get us through Sunday.  

  

This dry erase board lives on our refrigerator
 and he erases the meals as he fixes them.  

    

Planning meals out like this helps to keep us on track.  We don't end up ordering pizza because we don't know what to fix or we don't have anything to fix. We will have everything we need to make these items for this week.  Of course, it's not carved in stone.  Sometimes he'll make an executive decision and pick up some steaks or the fixings to make something other than what's on this list while he's out and about.  That's one of the perks of being the chef!

I think I have probably already shared most of these recipes with you, but if you see something you want the recipe for, let me know.  I will say the 3 meat combo Mexican Dish is actually a no-name dish at the moment.  This is one of my favorite things to order when we eat Mexican.  Ed and Rachel have been working on re-creating the dish.   We have been having it about once a week here lately, while he's tweaking it.  Once he's 100% satisfied with his creation we will be sure to share that recipe!  Hopefully he gives it a better name than 3 Meat Combo Mexican Dish. 😉

a work in progress; Chicken, Steak and Chorizo over riced cauliflower.

Closing thoughts.  I am thrilled to say Ed has climbed back on the Keto Wagon with me.  It is so much easier for me to stay on track when he is staying on track, too.  (I can't steal a fry or 2 if he doesn't have them on his plate) 

And also, this morning I am actually able to say that I have finally gotten the rest of that 10 pounds back off that I gained while on vacation in January.   I even pulled my parachute pants on again this morning just to make sure I could.