Yom Kipper, Canoeing and Cookies

This weekend was a little bit of a challenge for the paleo diet. However, rather than rise to the occasion, I flew too close to the sun and got burned. Friday night was Yom Kipper and Mary made an awesome chicken soup. I made the salad to round out the meal (salad recipe below). Then the fast...

Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, I fasted. Overall the fast was not too bad. for break fast, we had leftover soup. The soup was even more delicious than the night before. I will attribute the tastiness of the soup to the flavors marrying together in the stock pot overnight and overlook the 24 hours of not consuming food or drink. I am sure the soup would be just as good if I'd been eating normally.

That night Mary and I went out and I thought I would be ok. I resisted the tempting temptation of pizza. But it would have been rude to decline a homemade cookies so I had one. Overall not the worst lapse in diet judgment.

Today I went canoeing. It was a solid workout. Four hours of paddling and I am pretty beat. I ate right before leaving and thought I would be good until I came home. How shortsighted I was... When the allure of cookies came my way again, I succumbed. Again, not the worst error in judgment, but not the best decision. Not always the easiest thing to decline sugary sweets but a little slip here and there shouldn't ruin a good thing. I am moving on and learned I need to plan better.

As promised, here is the salad recipe. I am intentionally leaving out the measurements as I did not measure anything for this one. Use your judgment. Assemble the salad and drizzle the dressing on top. Enjoy!

Fresh Salad with Lemon dressing:

Mixed Green
Cucumber, sliced
Carrots, julienned
Broccoli stems, cleaned and julienned
Dried Plums, rough chop
Avocado, sliced
Hard Boiled Egg, sliced

Dressing
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Lemon Juice
Lemon Zest
Salt and Pepper