Angela's Food Log: June 24th, 2010

So tired--third night of 6 hours of sleep or less.

• 1 grande *$s coffee with 1/4C cream
• 2 Handfuls of trail mix
• 1/4 C baked/refried potatoes left over from the other night
• banana
• 2-3 handfuls of trail mix
• 1C "baby" carrots
• 1T almond butter and 1/2 T coconut oil
• 6oz (?) sirloin tip steak (finally, food!)
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1.5 C Primal Apple Something*

So... I forgot the most important part of my lunch: the meat. Hence the lack of meat until dinner.

I tried making a primal dessert, even though I am firmly in the camp of "don't try to make perverted substitutions of former favorite foods". I peeled, cored and sliced 6 or 7 medium Fuji apples, tossed them in a bowl with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and a few drops of lemon juice, dumped them into a 9" round pie dish lightly oiled with coconut oil, and baked uncovered at 350F for 30mins. While that was cooking, I mixed 2C almond meal, 1T raw local honey, and 1T pure vanilla extract to make a topping of sorts. After the apples had baked for 30mins, I took them out of the oven, added about 1/2C water to the dish and sprinkled the almond mixture on top. I then put it back in the oven for about 15 minutes.

First impression: it was ok. The almond topping wasn't very exciting, and the apples weren't cooked to that delightful mushy stage that you get in real, good apple pies. If I had included chopped nuts in the topping, that might have helped. Next time, I will try that as well as covering the apples while they are baking with aluminum foil (we are currently out of foil). MC seems fairly unimpressed with this, so I suspect I'll be finishing the rest myself :S