Somewhere in the course of the night, I forgot to post about my day. It was a pretty eventful day too! I dropped Linda off at the airport EARLY in the morning and then hung around the house until it was time for work. I had a great day at work, which is ironic because I decided to quit my job that morning. I was at the marina location for work and then drove up to the main store to put in my notice. It was hard, but I know I made the right decision. It was great to hear how upset they were about me leaving because they thought I was such a great worker. It made me feel guilty for a second, but I got over that quickly. I do love my job the majority of the time, but my manager just sucks at life and I got tired of dealing with her bullshit. There are some possible opportunities in my field so that also helped me make this decision. I am done in a week and am so happy. I will be getting a lot done around the house and spending time with Dave while he is on holiday leave :)
I found a good crock pot recipe for pork chops that I tried out last night. I have never really been a fan of pork chops, but recently I have realized this is because my parents cooked the shit out of them. I was also wanting to give sauerkraut a try. I remember is always being on the table at my grandparent's house, but I would quickly pass the bowl and hold my nose. Well I am happy to report that the dinner was successful and Dave and I like sauerkraut!
I have decided that I cant live without bacon so we are going to make our own! The selection of bacon on the island is limited to commercial, big name brands that I cant eat (and at this point don't really want to eat). I found pork belly in the grocery store that is even already cut into super thick strips. I found some good recipes for Whole30 approved and am super excited. We are also going to get a counter clamp meat grinder so we can make our own sausages. I have always had a hard time finding sausages that were gluten free that I could eat. Now that I am looking even harder at the nutrition labels, none of the brands on island are okay to eat. I am excited about making our own products. They are going to taste better and be cheaper!! I am sure I will bore you with all the goodness we will be making soon. This means that I will learn how to use the smoker since Dave will be underway a lot and I don't want to depend on him.
Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Apples
http://blog.stuffimakemyhusband.com/2012/09/slow-cooker-pork-chops-with-apples.html
Homemade Bacon
http://jensgonepaleo.blogspot.com/2011/11/homemade-bacon.html
I am not sure if I am going to follow all of the spices in this recipe, but I am going to follow the rest of the recipe. There are a ton of other sites that have spice blends that sound amazing!!
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