Who said healthy food can’t be fun!?
I’m on day four of my Whole 30 program and things are good so far! I won’t bore you all with a ton of sad details of how I’m managing without grains, sugar, dairy, or alcohol. But I will say that so far it’s been absolutely manageable and actually enjoyable. Although, I definitely feel the absence of apple cider donuts right now. Like… in my soul. Anyway, I was initially so worried that my festive food creations would come to a screeching halt for the duration of this experience. But I’m happy to say I found a way to turn a Whole 30 recipe into a Halloween themed meal. Details below!
There are a lot of great recipes in the Whole 30 book, something that really surprised me at first. They don’t have huge grocery lists and the recipes aren’t complicated, but they yield much more interesting results than a variety of salads and roasted vegetables. Mark and I actually decided we’d cross off as many recipes from the book as possible, since we’ve been trying to cook healthier & more interesting meals together anyway. One that immediately caught my eye was this stuffed pepper recipe. It calls for ground turkey, tomato paste, onions, garlic, kale, and peppers. So simple! We picked up five orange bell peppers that looked so much like little baby pumpkins that we decided to carve jack-o-lanterns into them before stuffing them. Just like that, our dinner had a fun Halloween twist to it! 🙂
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So fun!
Thinking of fall foods that you can eat on this diet – I recently jumped on the delicata squash train, I still love all things butternut and acorn squash, but it was amazing to me the different flavor of the delicata — AND bonus you can be lazy about prep because you can eat the peel/rind whatever its called — WIN! Literally just chopped it and roasted with S/P and olive oil.
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That sounds amazing! Trying to do a LOT of squash on this program because it’s all allowed and the only way I’ll actually feel like I’m eating the season.
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