Day 9 and Taco Tuesday

Day 9 brought us to a Tuesday. Every other Tuesday just happens to be Taco Tuesday in our house. That means rice. I love rice. I love my Vigo yellow rice. I love my black beans and rice. I love rice pudding. I. LOVE. RICE.

Whole30 means no rice. Rice is generally my go to starch side so making Spanish styled rice for the first time since starting this challenge was super hard. It was sooooo hard to not just scoop rice right out of the pot and shovel it in when dinner was over. Since it ended up being just D and I for dinner there was so much left. I some how got though it and managed to put all that rice in a Ziplock and into the freezer for another nights side. I didn't even lick my fingers. It may not seem like much to you, but that was a huge inner battle for me.

To go with the super evil rice, I made Skinnytaste's Cuban Picadillo. My plan was to make her Instant Pot version, but I had Venison Stew going on in the Instant Pot (hiding mushrooms again). So instead, I just made it on the stove. It got D's approval so it is absolutely our new Taco Tuesday Recipe! Yay! I ate mine wrapped in lettuce instead of tortillas, and used leftover "thousand island" dressing instead of sour cream, compliant salsa, sliced avocado and added my homemade pickled jalapeños.

Starting next week, I will be putting together meal plans that are Whole30 compliant and family/picky eater friendly to share. I find that one of my biggest struggles is taking food we are used to eating, and recipes that we love and making them compliant for me. I want the core of the meal to be compliant and then I have no problem adding a side for them that isn't compliant. So as recipes get approval from the boys, I will add them to a weekly plan and hope to have it up by Friday of that week. I usually get my shopping done by Saturday and prep for the week on Sundays so that's my rationale for having it to you for Friday. Most recipe's are from other bloggers, but I have adapted some of their recipes and where I have done that, I will note any changes I made.

I'm still so excited that I took on this Challenge and hope others will join me on this journey!