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Anyway, I have done a lot of soul searching since my last post, not even necessarily about the cleanse. Assuming that I make it through with no problems (very safe assumption – one thing I DO have is willpower), I would like to share my success with anyone and everyone. I decided to put together a cookbook with one challenge in mind – 30 recipes in 30 days. I will prepare a different dish every day and formulate the recipe utilizing only the ingredients that are “YES foods” and without using the “NO foods”. The portions will be exactly what is recommended for the diet and I will use the freshest and best ingredients I can find. I am fortunate enough to have made a very large organic garden at my home, so many of the ingredients will actually be home grown, which is sorta fun for me.

In reviewing the “YES foods” list, one thing stood out to me…Ezekiel Bread. Yep – I never heard of it either. So, I made the trek to Trader Joe’s and bought a loaf to try before I kicked this thing off. Probably like you, I expected a tasteless, cardboardy, dry bread that will grow mold in my pantry over the next month because I will never touch it again. Well, while it is certainly more dense than traditional bread, and not quite as moist as “normal” bread, I actually really enjoyed it. I spread some almond butter on it at first – not bad. Then I grabbed some homemade lox (I love making lox) and tried it with capers and onions – really great. Then I tried it toasted and the possibilities began running through my head. So I decided to showcase this new friend on the menu for the first dinner – I will make slow roasted Rosemary Bison Meatballs (using Ezekiel Bread Crumbs) with a salad of mixed greens, peppers, onion, cucumber and tomato with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing and garlic Ezekiel Toast Points. I’ll post a pic with the day one entry 🙂

Excited to get started – the “goods” arrived today and I am going through the box as we speak..well…type…