(Just a heads up, this post is 2842 words long.)
Healthy living is a journey. (Shocking, I know.)
photo credit: The Internet
This image is such a great reminder that progress toward any goal or habit change you’re working on is not going to be linear. You’re not a failure when you hit some bumps along the way and are not getting it exactly right. Ups and downs are totally normal and to be expected, we just have to keep on keepin’ on.
At the beginning of the year I wrote about one my favorite snacks, Chocolate Crunchy Coconut Cups. Today I’m here to tell you that not only are we still loving these, but I’ve perfected my technique to make them in less time with less effort and less mess.
Thanks in part to this silicone mold,
and in other part to my realizing that I should be mixing the ingredients right in a pour-able, heat safe vessel.
(As opposed to combining everything into a mixing bowl and then ladling out into tippy, paper cupcake wrappers.)
The books and websites I’ve rambled on about lately, (see reading list at the end of this post) from Paleo to cholesterol to brain health, have all been pointing to the same general idea –> following a low carbohydrate diet.
I’m just “a random lady on the internet” (i.e., not a doctor or health professional) so please remember this post is not intended to be used as medical advice. But if you were my friend and wanted to know more about why I’m loving a low carb diet, this post is full of the stuff I would tell you!
Since reading Cholesterol Clarity, I’ve been rocking out with the Low Carb/High Fat way of eating. (I’ve been trying to do this for a nearly year now and have finally figured it out… more details to come in an upcoming post.) I found my way to this salad when I was looking to swap my usual yogurt and fruit combo with something a little lower in sugar and carbs.
Let me cut right to the chase: I’m still a little shocked at how much I love this salad. This is officially My New Favorite Lunch, I’ve eaten more days in a row than I can count.
Zak is going strong with his 40 Day Paleo Challenge (although exceptions were made this weekend for his birthday!) and I’ve been keeping busy stocking the fridge with Paleo friendly meals and snacks.
I’m calling this a “Fall Favorite” because 1.) well, it’s fall – and 2.) I’ve made this for dinner once a week for the past three weeks in a row. It’s on the dinner agenda this week again too. It think it’s safe to call this turkey marinara and spaghetti squash a new favorite.
This dinner was so unexpectedly delicious, I’m not sure how to best relay just how much we loved this coconut lime crusted cod. Here goes nothing.
Zak and I both had the same thought while eating this: this doesn’t taste like fish, it tastes like a cookie! A warm, coconutty, limey fish cookie!
(If seafood and coconut are your thing, you’ll love this fish cookie, I promise.)
This recipe came about because I was in the mood to do something a little more interesting than my usual approach to baking fish – i.e., sprinkling with salt and pepper. I like cod, but it’s kind of a boring fish. And I like my fish like I like my relationships: interesting, but not complicated.
“Ceviche” is a relatively new word to me. Wikipedia says ceviche is a seafood dish marinaded in citrus juices – and I’m with ya so far.
But Google Chrome and it’s squiggly red line under the word Ceviche is suggesting I use the word “Crevice”, which is not especially helpful because until just a few moments ago, I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce “ceviche”. Now I’m going to go to a fancy party some day and say “May I please have the Shrimp Crevice?” and people are going choke on their caviar and/or snort Cristal out their nose. Thanks for nothing, Google Chrome.
Cholesterol Clarity was written by Jimmy Moore of Livin’ La Vida Low Carb (nice!) and was co-authored by Dr. Eric Westman, MD at Duke University, as well as a long list of contributing experts.
Let me start by saying that I don’t have concerns about my cholesterol, but I have a couple of family members who do and are on statin medications to bring their cholesterol levels down. One of those family members would be my loving father who I cherish and adore. He and I talk about nutrition a lot and I’m very grateful that he’s open minded and is willing to listen to his Bossy Pants Nutrition Nut daughter who will happily rattle on and on about what I’m currently reading, how I’m eating and what I think he should be eating too.
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