3 months. 22 days.

Update: We are finally starting to feel settled in both upstairs and the downstairs portions of our little 2 bedroom/2.5 bath home (pictures to come). It's taken me a while to adjust to being a full-time working woman and a full-time wife. Jake has been very patient with me. Amidst the learning curve, we just started up again with our middle school small groups for the Fall that meet once a week, are starting our own community group with other newly-weds, and are attempting to lose 10 lbs and complete a triathlon. Just FYI the 10 lbs is "a piece" not "collective."

This is harder for us than many because we love to eat. For about a month now we have been slowly tweaking our diet to include more real foods, more natural foods and more local foods. We love how we feel. So here's our dinner tonight which we thoroughly enjoyed - no processed foods, no sugar, no butter, no creams. Just plain old good food.

Dinner: Our main dish was straight off one of my favorite foodie blogs (theclothesmakethegirl.com) - Moroccan Pork Chops. I paired it with a side that I adapted from her Cauliflower Rice Pilaf recipe.

Moroccan Pork Chops (found here)

1 lb. pork chops

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp coriander

salt and pepper

Cauliflower Mushroom Rice/Risotto

1 head of cauliflower (riced in a food processor)

1 tbs minced garlic

2-4 tbs coconut oil

1/2 sweet onion

1 c mushrooms chopped finely

salt and pepper

I sauteed the onions, mushrooms and garlic in the coconut oil and let them simmer. Then I added the cauliflower and tossed for about 5 minutes to soften. In hindsight I would add more mushrooms to the rice and possibly some coconut cream or olive oil to create a richer/creamier texture. I'll have to tweak it and try again because it was delicious and has a lot of potential.

And who wants to skip dessert? 

Fresh Strawberries, Greek yogurt and cashews


Not to mention the view...

Flowers from Jake...just because :).

That's all for Monday! Have a great week. Tomorrow night we are having our good friends Allyssa and Eric over for dinner and serving up some lettuce wrap burgers with a twist!