Day 5

We cooked up a storm on Day 5. We started the day with more paleo pancakes. Topped with that decadent maple cream. We cooked some homemade spaghetti sauce, thanks to Kaitlin! It was absolutely the best spaghetti sauce ever! We baked a spaghetti squash to use for spaghetti noodles. It was very interesting...still squash, just shredded to look like noodles. The homemade sauce redeemed the strangeness of the spaghetti squash. That spaghetti meal was satisfying; it was nice to have a familiar-ish meal.

We also began a batch of venison jerky. I'm so excited that my parents let us use their dehydrator! I'm having visions of yummy dehydrated foods!! Venison jerky, apples, oranges, pineapple and fruit jerky...

It's been five whole days since I had chocolate and I was going crazy without it. So Chad and I went shopping. We were like two kids at Christmastime when we found that natural foods aisle. We bought some almond flour, organic pumpkin, potato flour, rice noodles, and 100% chocolate. We went home and baked some delicious pumpkin muffins. Well, they are lacking sweetness...but we like to spread our maple cream on top and then....heavenly!! We also made a batch of chocolate chip cookies, using the almond and potato flours and the special 100% chocolate. By the way, that chocolate has no sweetener, so it was really bitter. I ended up melting the chocolate and adding a bunch of honey to it. Then we made our own chocolate chips. The cookies are okay. Very dry. Kinda good. But I think it's just the chocolate. I'll post the recipes for our treats on the recipes page.

Another all natural treat we've discovered is apple cider!! We bought a jug from the farmer's market and have been enjoying it since. So much flavor!

Breakfast: Paleo pancakes
Lunch: Almond chicken leftovers
Supper: Spaghetti squash with homemade sauce
Snacks: Apple cider, watermelon, pumpkin muffins, cookies...