Almost losing Jack!

I don't even know where to begin.  I have been having such a hard time emotionally this last week.  My big dawg Jack and Stryker have been not getting along.  After a lot of talking we have decided it is best to re-home Jack.  Stryker has been here for over 8 years and it's just not fair that he live in fear in his own home.  We have had Jack for almost 2 years and he has been a great dog to me.

I began writing this a couple days ago and I haven't been consistent in posting which I am going to remedy!  I need to be doing this on a daily basis, because it not only helps me but could also help anyone that could come across this and be going through something similar, or maybe not and they just find my rants amusing!

Anyhow, I have been so emotional all week I couldn't even mediate without crying almost the whole time (apparently it's what I needed).  I've been pushing hard weights at the gym but not falling back into old patterns where I would over exercise to get out all my frustrations!

To begin again.... Jack and Stryker are staying in the same home.  We have some issues to work on with them.  Stryker needs more confidence and Jack needs to stop being so territorial in the living room and the bedroom.  We need them both on neutral territory.  I don't like that we have to separate them both during the day.  I am home more so I know I can work with each or with the trainer to ease this.

I just want the above!  Okay maybe not trying to get my food!  But being next to each other, confident and happy!

Have you experienced bad dog behavior and what have you done?

Continuing on, Ayurveda and Getting Rid of Plastics!

My digestion has been really weird lately.  

For instance, today after the gym I went to Plum Market to pick up a few things and grab some lunch.  I typically grab a mix of things from the hot bar/salad bar that are gluten and dairy free.  It's several different meats and veggies, some sauce (various) but no starchy carbs.  

Today was nothing different from what I typically get and I had so much intestinal distress about 30 minutes after, it was just crazy! (Broccoli maybe?)  It's so hard to say because right now things I use to eat are causing me issues.  Unless I ate one food each meal not sure if I can figure it out.  But will be trying something soon!

It was good it was just me and the dogs!  D would have been utterly disgusted!

I was listening to Meg Doll and Shawn Mynar's Podcast - The Nourished Podcast today and they were talk to Sahara Rose who is an ayurvedic practitioner and it so intrigued me.  Way back I was following an Ayurvedic protocol and  it helped me so much.  I'm planning on implementing some of those practices based on my dosha balance.  Check out her website and see if anything resonates with you.  I bet you will find some interesting tendencies and practices that have you eat with the seasons to help balance your doshas.  I bought her book today since I can't find my old book, probably got rid of it.  Oops!  But, she stated that she has modernized the approach.  I'll be interested in what has changed.

I'm all over the place lately with everything I have been doing to get healthy!  I have been walking still and just posted some sights on my walk today on Instagram.  Check it out if you haven't!  It was chilly but good.  Half way through I stopped for a light mocha decaf coconut milk mocha.  My hands were frozen when I got back home despite holding that mocha for a while.  I have increased my meditation time to 20 minutes and even sat in silence today for it using a timer on YouTube.  I have even ventured out for different classes all over.  I'm loving the experiences.

To get back on track, this week I got rid of all my plastic containers and replaced them with glass.  I got a really good deal and typically don't store much for leftovers so the $30 for 12 containers was pretty good.  There are a lot of good reasons to not use plastic any longer.  A big one for me is hormones!  Chris Kresser wrote an article here.  Here is a good site, one that I need to look at too, to get started on living a plastic free life!

I've stopped styrofoam and now plastics.  I think it's a good practice for everyone.  No more water bottles, etc.  I have insulated bottles that I can use either hot or cold.

So what have you changed to better improve your life?  Or is there something you have been debating but haven't taken the steps yet?

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Yoga, Breakfast and Updates!

I'm trying to get out of my "day to day" routine. All I do is either work, bake or go to the gym. Well, I do yoga too, but at home. So I ventured out! I went downtown Detroit to do Sproga with Yoga Dan! What is this you say? Well, it is yoga and much more. Here is description from the website.

"Join Yoga Dan, founder of Yoga Training Club, for the launch of his newest class, Sproga™.  Start with a strong pull of espresso from our Anthology Coffee barista, then begin an all levels yoga Vinyasa flow. Follow with a restorative rejuvenating foam roll, using HyperIce technology, finishing the class in seated meditation."

It was held at the Detroit Foundation Hotel, which is opposite of Cobo Hall and just a gorgeous 

hotel. The picture I took was in The Apparatus Room as I arrived early so I could enjoy my 

espresso.

It was so beautiful there.  As I arrived
they were opening the large wooden
doors/shutters to reveal the large
floor to ceiling windows.

A wonderful espresso curtesy of
Anthology Coffee at 6:30am.














The view from the event room was more beautiful than this picture shows.

I came home to let the pups out and headed to Toast Birmingham for breakfast.  It's my
favorite meal!

 First up was decaf coffee, just black!

I got the Petoskey omelette.  Brie,
caramelized onions, bacon, and
dried cherries.

On the side - rosemary red skins















It really was a great breakfast but now hours later I know that the potatoes were not the best
idea.  I have been playing with different starchy carbs and timing but still get hungry after,
not immediately but under 2 hours later.  It seems that these carbs just don't work for me.
After talking to my functional med doctor (Dr. Brett Allen) I will be focusing on non
starchy carbs.  Working on more fats and proteins on days I'm training and more veggie and
fats on days I'm not.  I think this balance will work well for me.  Also, making sure I am
limiting extra sugars that have creeped into my diet and making sure if I have dairy it is rare.
So no brie on that Petosky omelette!  Haha!

I do have stage 2 Adrenal Fatigue.  But I will talk more about that in the next post, which
will come soon!

I wanted a cupcake so I made them

I use to watch Cupcake Wars A LOT!  I mean serious that was all I ever watched.  I never went out to eat a bunch of them either.  So why did I really want cupcakes today?  Did I want to feel like I fit in?  Fit in what?!  I didn't recently go to a party where I couldn't have anything.  I bake gluten free things at work and yet I don't eat them.  I've been thinking about a gluten free cupcake for a month at least.

I wanted the right one - I kept looking at Yummy Cupcakes which is just 3 miles down the road to see what the daily flavor was.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

Tonight, D wanted a cupcake and I wanted to bake cupcakes and make frosting.  I had Pamela's Gluten Free Vanilla Cake Mix in the cupboard and I went on Pinterest for a chocolate buttercream frosting.

Not mine, but looked identical.

So, now I have had a cupcake and frosting with the things I shouldn't have had because I gave into a craving.  How do I feel?

Honestly?

I feel slight guilt -  I wasn't even hungry but it sounded good.  I didn't eat much today but I have been trying to just eat when I am hungry.  Also, I have a candida problem and sugar is the last thing I need.

I'm not stressing about it!!  That's the last thing I need.  I ate it and despite there being more of them in the refrigerator, I don't want another.  I would be more inclined to eat all the frosting, but it has far too much sugar and dairy.  I actually plan to write on the container to not touch it - LMAO!  I don't really need to do that.  I can leave it but it certainly will be funny!

My next one will be in about a month for my birthday! Bawahahaha!  I will make it a good one and only have one.  No leftovers!  I will have to be very specific with my cupcake request!

So there it is.  Was this a confession? I guess it could have been.  My food is not bad at all.  I eat pretty clean and quite boring at times.  I'm changing that though.  I'm cooking more and I certainly don't need the treats.  This could have been a build up of stress finally coming out.  Either way, I feel kinda bloated and disgusting.  

Moving on to clean eating!  Maybe a little fasting in the morning.  I can't see how I will be hungry when I wake in the morning.

I gave up my FitBit and my recent functional appointment

So much has happened not only today but in the last week (-ish)!

Just today alone - I was able to sleep in until 7!  Woot!  I did wake up a few times but made myself fall back to sleep because I so needed it.

I made a "regular" breakfast of maple bacon sausage, broccoli and avocado.  On days I am off I am eating a "normal" meal, which is my protein mix and yogurt, sometimes I do avocado mixed in and coconut butter.  I know I shouldn't need to apply "" but I figured these to be emphasized since what is normal to me is not what is normal to others.

I had my Skype appointment with Dr. Allen.  Immediately he stated how tired I sounded.  True that!  I worked 4 days straight and that normally doesn't fly well for me.  Plus Labor day was super busy.  My lab work is worse than ever!  My liver values are back up again, my thyroid is all over the place, my cholesterol is up and do you want to know why?!  Nope, my diet is pretty damn good despite the few chocolate chips I eat once a week.  STRESS!

I like to think this is how I am on the inside and on the outside I am completely fooling myself.  Stress has been the one component I just can't keep in check.  It's suspected that I am in adrenal fatigue.  I'm guessing stage 3, but could be 2....

BUT, I am committed to meditation and talking with a health coach.  I figure I need to learn what it takes to be able to help others and I can't do that unless I help myself.  Makes sense right?!  So I am going to talk with Stephanie after I get my labs done.  Dr. Allen told me that she has hashi's and had adrenal fatigue (there was something else too that I forgot) and she got them under control.  I know it can take a long time to manage it, but it didn't take me overnight to get here either.  I have also spent money on supplements that didn't make my numbers budge because I didn't have stress managed.

As I write this I have made the commitment to meditate daily.  I have done it twice today, for 15 minutes each.  Easy enough.  I went on Youtube and search for 15 minute meditation and boom done!  I opted for just music.  I want to avoid any guided meditation and once I get into the grove I will drop the music and just sit and be still like I use to do.

I did some baking for work and was then told I was over on hours.... so I need to manage that time a little better.  I went to the gym and half way through I just wasn't feeling it at all.  I was feeling week and tiring quickly, so I chose to stop and headed to the store to pick up a few items.  But, prior to that I sent an email about a class I was going to be teaching and informed her that due to my health that I just cannot teach it.  As soon as I sent it I felt immediately better.  I know I probably shouldn't have taken the class on.  I know it's only one hour, plus drive time, of my life.  It was causing a huge amount of stress, but that I could feel and had the dread I didn't want to do it.

I came home and finished up a few things and made an easy dinner - prepared chicken kabobs that I just needed to cook and extra veggies.  We had to stop at the store after that and then home for more meditation.

I'm feeling better already.  Which brings me to the other point of this post.  I've dropped my Fitbit for a while.  I was being super obsessive about it.  I was listening to Jason Sieb on the AltShift podcast and him and Erica were talking about getting rid of the tracker for awhile once you already know how many steps you get in.  I can say I don't get enough at times on my days off but I more than make up for it when I am working.  For now it is put away.  I'm sure I will put it back on again, but not for awhile.

I think I am going to leave this for now.... maybe next will be about carbs.  I'm finding I want all the chips all the time (avocado oil chips, fyi).

Bye bye nut butters..... and what else I have been up to

Yeah, I can't believe I am writing these words or that I posted it on social media, but I did.  Yes my blog name is in peanut butter.... and yet here I am giving up the one thing that I love so much.  Why am I doing it, you may ask.  Well, it was Thursday and customary brekkie for dinner night.  I made pancakes and had peanut butter and felt ill.  Now, mind you I had eaten bananas, more nut type things (maybe a bite) and felt fine up until that grand finally.  I just don't want to feel that way any longer.  

I went thought my cupboards for all the nut based things and packed in up in 2 boxes to send to my oldest sister and niece.  Even D is having a hard time with nuts.  He was eating nuts a few times a day - mixed nuts with chocolate and Lara bars.  His favorite was Peanut Butter Cookie.  So there it is.... bye bye nuts!  Also, banana are out as well, my throats feels off - not quite like a closing up feeling but almost.  I guess it's hard to describe.

Here are some other things that have been going on....

This is y walk to work.  The first one is actually very early morning.  The other I think I was walking to an appointment.  If I can walk there then I certainly will - unless I have to carry a ton of things, then I may drive.

Below are a few of the things I do at work (Birmingham Roast) - mainly cooking and baking.  LOVE the baking - even if it isn't gluten free I still love to do it.

Breakfast Bagel

Pumpkin donut muffin

Pastry case - looks a bit different now since more than half the things in there currently I am making.

Jack After Surgery

My big dawg had surgery recently - nothing major just some tumors removed but it was the day my mom came up from Florida for her birthday.

My mom - we were at my sisters getting ready to head up to Traverse City for the weekend to celebrate and go wine tasting.

We went to many wineries (can't even remember them all).  We stopped at the Jolly Pumpkin for lunch on Thursday when we first got to TC and had lunch.  It was wonderful and found out it was even haunted.  We had commented that no one looked particularly happy there, maybe that was why!  LOL.  Ciconne Vineyard & Winery was our last stop and OMG it was the worst wine ever!  No one was walking out there with a bottle.  YUK - and they kept getting worse!  My sister and I got a flight of 5 to try and only managed to get to 4 - we just couldn't do it.  One friend of mine mentioned that the wine there was good and another comment how bad it was.

My quest was for the perfect latte with coconut milk!  The above was a stop in Sutton's Bay after we had gone to Morsel's in TC and they changed up their alternative milk selection to oat and soy..... really?!?  Oat and soy!!  Most people I know that drink alt milks go with almond first.  They said the owners decided it was a better choice.  Well, not in my book!  I don't tolerate either of those.  Oh well!  Too bad for them because every time D and I went to TC we stopped there at least twice a week.

My favorite overall was Good Harbor coffee.  The best coconut milk latte!

Best latte in TC!

Our room in TC was right on the beach (Sugar Beach Waterfront Resort) but unfortunately it rained both Thursday and Friday.  The temp on Friday was 64!  There was no way we were going into the bay that day.  Of course wouldn't you know it, Saturday was sunny and 85.  The day we had to be in the car!  We had a few incidents that I won't mention but the hotel took care of us, so we really had no complaints.

Our room was decent, but the exercise room lacked.  But my sister made the best of it and we did a few youtube videos and walked/ran the TART trail.

TART Trail about 2 miles outside of downtown Traverse City

Of course, we had to go to the local sweet shop called Sweet Tartlette for a birthday treat.  I got a blueberry macaron and a gluten free peanut butter cookie.

Top is GF PB Cookie with sea salt and bottom is the Blueberry Macaron.

Sweet Tartlette

We then headed to Muskegon on Saturday so we could be at the Fine Arts Camp to pick up my nephew early morning on Sunday and hear his concert.  He plays violin and so well!  He also plays football, basketball, loves baseball right now.  His does archery, gymnastics and who knows what else but my sister and her husband makes sure the kids get to try anything and everything they want.

One thing everyone was so kind to do for me while we were there was go to a local restaurant called The Boar's Belly.  I was so excited.  Unfortunately it was just ok.

Front of the menu, didn't take one of the back!

PB&J Burger

The view from our room was excellent, as well as the exercise room.

The view from our room at the Shoreline Inn

It was a good trip - a lot of driving but great to spend time with family.  So that's what I have been up to for the last couple of weeks.  I am gearing up to start teaching mat pilates soon and classes through the NTP.  So between work and those things I feel I will be pretty busy and I'm trying to plan ahead and get my classes all mapped out so I don't have to think about what I am teaching a few hours before.  

I will be on Skype with my functional md soon.  Was suppose to be tomorrow but he hasn't received my lab results yet, so he wants to hold off.  I'm hoping my Candida is under control!  I will be posting after that visit.

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What did my protocol look like then and now

I can't give out too much information about my particular protocol but I can give you some kind of clue as to what my version of AIP looked like for a few months of starting my protocol.

First, my decision to seek out a functional medicine doctor was the best choice I made.  I had come to a point in my life that seemed to be hopeless (how I felt mentally and physically).  It also came at the loss of a job that I truly loved.  At the time I couldn't pin point what was happening.  I felt stupid.  I was reading but couldn't grasp anything that I had just read.  I would read a number thinking it was right but one little thing was off.  I was devastated.  I thought I was making great food choices because we were eating deli every day and I would eat paleo.  I mean how bad can lunch meat, mayo and vegetables be?!  Well, the deli meat is what destroyed my brain and my physical well being.  January was rough.  I was out of a job, I had horrible brain fog and felt ill daily.  I would start the day off feeling okay and would just progressively get worse as the day went.

Don't be sad though!  I look at everything in life as a place were I need to be at that particular moment.  Everything happens for a reason.  A series of events whether they are good or bad always lead us to where we are suppose to be.  Life is a journey and we need to pay attention at the series laid out before us.

So, I seemed out 2 functional medicine doctors.  I met with them both and chose Dr. Brett Allen.  Not only was he more reasonable, but I also didn't have to drive 45 minutes away to sit in a office.  My appointments were in the comfort of my own home via Skype.  How convenient and comforting that when your appointment was scheduled it was kept!

After my initial phone conversation with him, I scheduled the remaining blood tests I needed - which wasn't much for me since I had ordered a bunch of tests in January.  I also received a food allergy panel.  For this the phlebotomist came to my home.  The rest of the labs I went down the street from my house to Quest.  So convenient!  Are you seeing a pattern here?!  Great care and it was easy!

I should mention that while I was waiting for my results and speaking to him again I jumped into AIP - textbook style.  I eliminated everything except for coffee.

My results came back and I had a severe candida overgrowth, leaky gut etc.  The first four weeks of the protocol were of course strict, but then each week I was able to introduce new foods.  I have to mention the food intolerances since they are not true allergies.  Eggs, dairy, bananas are the top 3 I want to mention.  My scores were 1 & 2.  Since they still scored it is advised that I keep them in my rotation but only eat them a maximum of 3 times per week.  I have mentioned before that when I do go over board that my face breaks out.  I don't have a problem with nuts, BUT that being said that if I do eat them more than 3 times per week my face shows it.  It's the only thing that I try to do once per week and sometimes twice since I am baking and recipe testing and everything has almonds in them.

Now I am quite comfortable as to where my breaking points with certain foods are, so to speak.  Right now I'm staying clear of fruits - but mostly bananas.  I could eat them everyday!  Zero dairy now too.  Which reminds me, I came across cauliflower cheese and OMG what a life changer!  I have omitted the nutritional yeast and garlic from the recipe but it is awesome!  It shreds and melts. Awesome!!  

Here is a few meals I have put together recently.

I made mention to my friend Kari that my food is not very pretty, so I will be working on that.  But this was the cauliflower cheese on the side with ground turkey and a mix of cauliflower and spinach topped with a fried egg and hot sauce.  Not AIP for all, but my own reintroductions.

Tonight I made cassava flour tortilla's from Urban Poser.  I need to work on these more.  I ended up combining dough balls so I could make larger tortillas.  So I got 4 large and 2 small tortillas.  I ate one of the small ones plain to test it out - so good!  I would have hoped to get them thinner but they kept ripping on me.  A work in progress.  On this tortilla I had lime cauliflower rice, shredded purple cabbage and carrots and hiding under that is a piece of salmon.  I was so filled from this meal.  It was nice.  I ate better today then what I have been.  Usually at work I am doing so much I don't feel like it much so I typically will have a bar.  They usually have nuts so I try to avoid them, but they are easy when I am busy.  But when I get home I eat all night since I feel so hungry.

So there it is so far.  Always a work in progress and always try to define what works best for me.  Everyone is different and my AIP is not everyone else's AIP.

Protocol Check In!

How is my version of AIP going?!  What have I learned and what new steps have I taken or leeways I have done?!

I'm week 3 into my new job.  I drink an au lait with almond milk (unsweetened) 4 days out of the week I am there.  I drink water the rest of the time since it is very hot in the kitchen.  I think I get in close to 64 ounces while there.  On days I work I get up and do 30 minutes of yoga to myself warmed up for the day.  I'm standing for 9 hours and walking a mile there and back.  I was reflecting to when I worked at the bakery and would run 8 miles before even going to the gym or going to the gym after work.  That was less then a year ago and so much has changed with me physically and mentally.  I think it's all for the better!

The head chef/manager at Birmingham Roast (new job) makes a gluten free banana bread using a gluten free baking mix that I know has rice flour in in.  Everything that I have seen and read state that grains are just a no go when you have an autoimmune disease.   But, when this banana bread gets sliced I eat the small ends.

OMG!  It is so good!  

YES - that good!

 Two things to note here.  First is the extra bit of banana I am getting 4 days a week.  We go through so many loaves and I am addicted to it!  I seriously need to buy a slice that is in the middle cause if the ends are the shit then the middle has to be even better!  That brings me to the second part which is the rice flour.  Grain, arch nemesis of an autoimmune condition, which I just mentioned.  I can't say I have noticed any problems with the small amount of grain.  My protein powder has rice flour in it and my functional MD swears that it's ok.  I'm certainly not going to go out and eat a bunch of rice.  It just doesn't appeal to me at all.  When I did have more grain (gf oatmeal) I was super foggy, so I don't even want to go there.

I have been really tired on days that I work so I have been trying to take it easy when I get home.  No heavy lifting, maybe a little more yoga to wind down.  I'm leaving my heavy lifting to days that I'm off and doing all the other things and walking everywhere I can.

This past week they have let me put almond butter blondies on the menu and I bake up a storm there!  They are selling like crazy a good problem to have!

In less than a week I have baked 10 pans.  If you are in the area please stop by and pick one up.  So worth it since they are paleo, gluten free and vegan.

  The almond butter we use there is so incredibly good.

I have never seen it around here and heard it needs to be special ordered.  I know it would be spectacular on the banana bread!  I may have to splurge one day (eventually!).  Hahaha!  I do make sure not to have any dairy still.  I think it's working better, my skin is still clear.

As far as bloating is concerned - zero!  I got rid of brussel sprouts despite my epic love of them.  They turned out to be the cause since that was the only thing I cut out and bloating went away.

For the next 2 weeks (-ish) (when my mom comes up from Florida) I'm cutting out fruit, nut butters and milks.  Since I've been snacking on nut butters and milks daily as I mentioned I have noticed that my skin is breaking out.  My digestion seems to be the same though.  I've kept my egg consumption to 2 - 3 times per week, so I don't believe that is a problem.  I don't think coffee has caused me any issues, but will see since I am leaving that in and taking the rest out.  Oh, I almost forgot another symptom of me eating too much of something.  I get sores in my nose.  I have been off from the above and it is already healing up quickly.  It's odd, but I know what works and what doesn't work for me.  

I'm curious if the new candida protocol is working.  I am 30 days in today and have another 30 days to go.  I don't feel any different, at least I don't think I do.  Not sure when the next testing will be but my fingers will be crossed that I am back in a normal range!

I don't think there is anything I forgot but I will keep track of my progress with my skin and if it's healing quickly from not being so addicted to certain foods I know I can get carried away with.

What other issues can I talk about coming up?  The wheels will turn!

New job and things to come!

This week called for some changes.  My last job ended and a new job began just as quick and I am loving it.  I've headed back a foodie job!  Not back to Plum, but to Birmingham Roast where I am working the back of the house.  I'm cooking and hopefully creating.  I get to make food with organic and gluten free ingredients (not everything is gluten free) and I've jumped completely in.

One thing that makes me very happy about this company is that they try to be sustainable.  We recycle everything we can.  Unlike the last job which was all about waste.  Nothing was about being compostable or biodegradable.  Can we talk about how good the coffee is?!

I HIGHLY suggest the Kuppa Joy or the Almond Joy - OMG!  SO good.  Probably not the best place to work when you consider yourself a coffee snob! I did get decaf though.  I certainly don't need any caffeine.  I do have to mention that I have been purely wiped out when I get home.  I mean total crash!  I haven't worked a manual job like this in 10 months, so I really didn't think I would have such a hard time with it.

I have taken naps and meditating as well as doing yoga.  On days off I will be lifting, so as of right now I do have 3 days off so it works perfectly with my schedule and I walk to work.

My stress level has for sure peaked, so I need to do everything I can to keep it in check.

  So mediation, walking, yoga.  This is mental and physical stress and I can appreciate both.  The most stressful thing about this is the hit in pay.  It's so dramatic that I have to pinch every penny I possibly can and only spend on things I really need to and push back the wants for needs.

On the positive side it frees up my time to teach some classes (yoga and kick boxing in September) and I will have more time to study for NTC and try to build my Beautycounter business.  If you haven't looked into it yet please do so!  The products are the best.  I haven't found one thing I didn't like and all the products are clean.  WHA?!?  Beautycounter.com/heathermattice.

As a side note to all this, my sister called me and wanted to talk to me about being happy and finding a job I love.  She said cold calling is not my thing and I have to agree.  I think that is the one thing that can freak me out.  Almost every job required some form of cold calling.  I mean I will certainly do it and if I believe in what I am calling about I am all in.  It was the same when I was at Plum Market.  If I believed in the product I could sell it like nothing.  Do you find that you are happy with your job?  Or are you the type that believes no one likes their job and should be miserable?!  I have heard the later fear too much recently and I don't believe that should be true.  I don't mind hard work at all and if is mine the hours put in around the clock make it all worth it.  So, where do you fall?

I thought I would add some recent eats too.  I have been playing around with my morning smoothie bowl when I came across this coconut yogurt from GT's.

I go back and forth between mixing my protein powder with yogurt or an avocado.  This morning I just had the yogurt mixed with it and maca and I was so hungry later that I snacked on grass fed ground beef, coconut butter and finished the bag of Siete Tortilla chips.  Lessen learned!  I need more fat!

Then you know I am all about one skillet cooking, so nothing has changed there!

They all look the same I know.  I need to branch out and really start creating!