Happy Thursday, and happy first day of October. I am so proud of everything you have accomplished in Sept, even if the month wasn't perfect, you showed up and are still pressing forward. October is a crucial month, it's the start of temptations and holidays fast approaching. Be very specific in the non-negotiable you choose this month. Pick something very simple and attainable that can give you a daily win and keep you on track. It's okay to have other goals but pick one non-negotiable goal that you can focus on to stick to no matter what!!
After thinking through all of our reflection from the last few days and looking at your month ahead and possible temptations that might arise, what is your non-negotiable for 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?
We made it home!! 😂🙌🏼🙌🏼 Thankfully we were able to make it home yesterday evening, about 24 hours later than we planned but all safe, and we got to sleep in our own beds.
Thankfully as well our dog sitter was able to keep Angus an extra day so we are going to pick him up this morning. Today we are going to check and just getting settled at home and ready to jump in to the week ahead.
How has your weekend been? What have you been up to?
I am assuming you saw the news yesterday about the full nationwide groundstop. The result of which for our family means we are still in Mexico. We were stuck at the airport for another 7 hours but then were able to get a hotel for the night thankfully. Now just praying we can get home today. Do you know anyone flying? Sending prayers to everyone for safety.
Had a very good weekend canning:) I am excited to do meat for myself more so for convenience. In the pictures is meatloaf, roast beef, rice, lentils and chicken. My daughter isn't carnivore but lower carb. She does the rice and lentils. We got a couple rotisserie chickens for dinner and didn't eat it all. So of course why not can it haha Taylor had a great idea to use bone broth (I made a few weeks ago) with the chicken and rice. Truth is though I never canned meat before. I have no idea if I will like it. We will see however I think it be so cool to can different meats even deer meat. I just think freezing it is great, but we have had a freezer shut off on us before and we lost everything. Canning seems like a better way. Now I just need some more meat hahaha Might be worth driving 90 mins to a Costco 😀
On a personal note I been feeling amazing and the food noise is gone. I am so glad. I think on the weekend if I am canning that will help me out a lot to stay busy over the ...
