Happy Saturday!!! Can you believe we are at the end of May already!? This year is flying by!! We are going to blink and it's going to be 2027!!
We started May by kicking off the Beast Mode Challenge, here we are 30 days later. Let's do some reflection before we set some June goals. Before you talk about any setbacks or places you got stuck (we'll do that tomorrow), today let's focus on what went Well this month!!
What was the best thing that happened in May? Any wins to celebrate or any improvements you had this month?
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday!! We have some company over today so we are going to have some wagyu picanha steaks for lunch. They are my favorite but we haven't had them for a while, they got too popular so Costco raised the prices. These are from my freezer stash when the price was a lot lower (before Costco realized how popular they would be). I've been rationing the ones we have left. 😂😂.
Do you have a freezer stockpile? What is the most random thing in your freezer currently?
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Welp, it's always something at our house. 🤦🏼♀️ Penelope broke another finger yesterday at jiu jitsu. We thought it might just be jammed but got an X-ray just in case, and in fact it was broken. She only needs a splint for now, but they are going to check it in a week to make sure it's healing properly. But no piano, jiu jitsu, or sports for 6+ weeks again, and it's her right hand this time.
If you know of any good book series that are appropriate for an almost 13 year old we would love the suggestions. She's read all the Harry Potter, Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Hunger Games, Wingfeather Saga, and a lot of the other classics.
Celebrated my Moms 80th birthday today!! 💓💓 This is me, my mom next to me and my older sister. We went to an amazing restaurant called Arrowhead Grill. I had lamb shanks and a truffle fondue dipping sauce. The fondue probably wasn’t the best for me but I only had a little. The lamb was exquisite 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
