Tuesday I made a SUPER yummy crock pot chicken with carrots and purple potatoes. I found some vegetable broth that was compliant and sorta made a stew with it. I used a whole chicken and I think that was my first time doing a whole chicken in the crock pot. It turned out great and I pulled all the bones out and left the cooker on low after we ate some of it to keep the leftovers. (If you think that's gross, then so be it.)
Wednesday morning I made an omelette with some leftover chicken. I was planning on feeding Curtis and myself leftovers for dinner and letting the kids off the hook and feeding them chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese (Annie's Organic). Yeah, I don't force the Whole30 on my kids. They had two compliant dinners in a row and then I usually give them a break if it's been a struggle to get them to eat it. And, let me frank here, getting my children to sit down and eat without a billion distractions is a miracle. Sometimes I need a little help from my friend mac 'n' cheese. (Since I can't get any help from my friend Prosecco right now.) They eat a well rounded diet and it includes dairy and bread. Though neither of them are big on bread. They're protein and fruit/some veggie eaters. And fruit snacks. They eat fruit snacks.
Sometime during the afternoon, Curtis threw some garlic cloves into the crock pot since he knew the kids weren't eating it. He loves garlic. He insists on putting it into and onto everything remotely savory that I make. He ate mushrooms and garlic cloves (fresh ones he peeled himself) sauteed in olive oil by themselves "as a snack" yesterday while I went to pick up Gage from school. I just asked him to not kiss me immediately after a meal like that.
What he did not realize was that the jar of peeled garlic cloves in the fridge (read: I am too lazy to peel all the garlic this man requires) apparently had moldy garlic in it! And it's not even past its freshness date. And those are the ones he put in the crock pot. Very annoying. Shockingly, he refused to eat the moldy stew he made, so that was ruined. I ordered pizza, took a shower and cried, and then ate the pizza with my family when it arrived 30 minutes later. FAIL!
I reset and told my accountability group about it and started over on Thursday. I am now on Day 3 and I took my kids to the grocery store to get toilet paper and dog food and whatever other crap we needed. What you need to know is, I am pretty chill about the grocery store. When babies cry and your kid is throwing a tantrum, I am SO NOT judging you. And, I am the mom who will soldier on with my kids who might be a little obnoxious or wound up. They're kids. They are going to ask for crap and whine when I say no. As long as there is no Stage 5, DefCon-1 meltdown happening, I AM GETTING MY GROCERIES.
So, we're getting bananas and chicken and I stop at the "healthy frozen" foods section and I am looking for Applegate sausages, trying to figure out if they're compliant (the frozen ones are a NO GO). And, the boys are hanging on the cart as they had been riding along when I was pushing it. All of a sudden, I hear it: THEY DUMPED THE CART, GUYS! My 3.5 & 6 year old sons tipped a grocery cart full of groceries on its side in the smack dab middle of the front of Kroger. I have never been embarrassed at the grocery store until now. Obviously, I checked the kids (they were both unharmed) and picked up the cart and put stuff back while hissing and whispering threats of beatings when we get home. You can imagine it was sorta like this, only no bags containing the groceries. Great memories being made here.
We had two more items to grab, so we did and we left. And I promised my kids they wouldn't be grocery shopping with me again until they're 10. When we got home, I gave them each a spanking for acting too wild at the grocery store and sent them to their rooms. I fed them some lunch, then made them take a nap. They're still napping and I am wishing I had wine. I get why cavemen were fond of using clubs. Whole30 is like Paleo on steroids. Paleo is the "caveman diet". And, no sugar, wine, bread or dairy makes me wanna club someone too.
Have any grocery store horror stories or any tasty recipes? Comment and let me know!
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