Thursday, October 24, 2013

Day 9- A Better Day Ahead

Hmmmmmm....I certainly didn't do a good job of presenting myself yesterday. I guess all I can say is that at least it was honest lol.  Everyone has a bad day, and I'll take that one as mine. 

I slept in this morning a bit, and let the hubby do the whole kids-off-to-school routine. When I got up, I wanted those pancakes again lol. It satisfies the craving for carbs and sugar. You don't realize that it is gf flour, and my homemade real maple syrup def gives me the sweet factor. I didn't need much, and it was great.....great enough that I made a double batch and ate them for lunch too!! 

No work today, I ended taking my oldest gal to the hospital just to get her foot that she injured a week ago looked at. We didn't have it done sooner because it had been feeling better, then she did her dance class and it has gotten progressively worse over the last few days. Turns out it is her tendons, and all she can do is take it easy and work through it. So a morning in the city, came home, got a call from my dentist to go right in and have my mouth looked at where they pulled the tooth. The pain changed and hasn't been going away and I was worried it might be infected. It's not, yay! But she said it is "dry socket", so she packed it in with a clove and eucalyptus mix and I feel sooo much better! Then by the time I got home, it was suppertime, then had to get hubby and my son out the door for basketball practice. Haven't had time to do the Shred that I missed yesterday, and honestly, I have been batting back and forth the idea to just skip it again. But I won't. I am going to do it right after I am done here. 

For supper tonight, I did  roasted veggies with pork chops. Super duper easy. 

  • 4 --1" thick pork chops
  • 2-3 large carrots
  • 2 parsnips
  • 1 med apple
  • 2 leeks, light green and white, halved length wise and then halved again
  • Evoo
  • Salt and pepper
  • Fresh rosemary
Chop up all the veggies into bite sized pieces, slice apples (leave skin on). Put in roaster, drizzle oil over, season with salt and pepper, mix well. Add a few sprigs of fresh rosemary.  Season pork chops with salt and pepper, Nestle in the veggies. Add a couple more sprigs of rosemary on top of the pork.

Cover and cook on 400 for 45 mins or until veggies are done and meat cooked through:
Then just dish up and serve. No muss, no fuss. You can switch out the meat for chicken, and also add rice along side if you like. 




And just an FYI, all these veggies are from my garden, even the rosemary :) That's super satisfying in itself!!


Ok, that's it for Day 9. I am off to tuck in my girls and hit the Shred, and kick back for the rest of the evening till my boys come home. It's been a better day :)



 

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