Challenge Day 6

Our 17 cubit foot freezer filled with chicken meat, broth, 

vegetables, and fruit from our garden.

Breakfast:
This morning I had two eggs, over-easy with a side of cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.  I eat eggs a lot, even during "normal" weeks when I'm not doing a challenge. However, I'm starting to get a bit tired of them. Now, if I had bacon to go with those eggs, I could eat them every day!

Breakfast of two eggs, over-easy with cucumbers 

and cherry tomatoes on the side.

Lunch:

I had a quick lunch of leftover chicken soup and a hard-boiled egg today.  It was nice to have a meal ready to go without needing any extra prep work.  Hard-boiled eggs are a staple item in our house. I always have them in the refrigerator as a quick snack for my husband and me. I also use them in my girls' school lunches.

I have a ton of vegetables from my garden that really need to be preserved.  I spent most of the morning freezing green beans, peppers, and corn. I just love seeing my freezer fill up with healthy garden food for the winter.  Last year, our preserved vegetables lasted us until early spring. We have even more this year and my goal is to get us through until next year's garden is producing again.

Today I par-boiled green beans before I vacuum sealed them to put in the freezer.

Snacks:

I am trying very hard to find a way to enjoy eggplant. For whatever reason, it grows beautifully in our garden.  Unfortunately, none of us really love it. A few weeks ago, I tried dehydrating sliced eggplant. I salted the eggplant before dehydrating it so that I could eat these instead of a less healthy option, like chips. Today, I really felt like snacking on something and I thought I'd give my dehydrated eggplant a try.  It was actually very good and it satisfied my urge to snack!

Dehydrated eggplant with salt made a great snack.

Dinner:

Since we finished up all of the chicken leftovers this week, I needed to cook another one to continue using in my meals.  In addition to the chicken, I also sauteed potatoes and onion in chicken fat. Sadly, I burned the onions, but the potatoes were still delicious! I rounded out the meal with a small salad of mixed greens, orange peppers, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. I skipped the dressing because I didn't feel I needed it.

Summary:

I'm feeling so great this week.  I am eating big meals and I have plenty of snacks whenever I want them.  I don't feel deprived at all. I've been sleeping very well and looking forward to daily exercise. I have been giving a lot of thought about what happens after this one week challenge because I want to keep this healthy, clean-eating momentum going for myself and my family!