Day Seven

I bought a candy bar today. I let my boyfriend talk me into stopping at the store on the way home, when I was really hungry. I pulled it out of the bag on the way out the door and was ready to tear into it. I could almost taste the dark chocolate and sea salt. Then, I thought, "Well, let me see how bad this is before I do this." I looked at the ingredients -- the first of which was sugar followed by a bunch of other really bad things -- there was not really all that much chocolate or sea salt in it. I turned around and handed to my boyfriend and said, "Don't let me eat this." Then I came home and made this instead:

Burgers and Fries at a whole new level.  For my side, I sliced up a sweet potato in fries, tossed it with salt, rosemary, and olive oil, spread it on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven at 395f. Next, I mashed a pack of blackberries with about a tablespoon of water and a tablespoon of coconut oil and simmered over medium heat until it was reduced and thick. While those were cooking, I diced some carrots and zucchini really small and sauteed them. After draining them well, I mixed them into some grass fed beef, along with some Italian herbs and sea salt. After cooking the burger, I wrapped it with green leaf lettuce, cucumber slices, sprouts, and some of the blackberry compote. I also used a bit of the compote as a dip for the fries. This was actually one of my favorite dinners so far.

Made it through one more day and it's almost the weekend. Yay!