My Whole30 experience is going well so far, but it has been a little difficult. I have gone throw the detox period over the last couple of days. I've been experiencing some minor headaches and fatigue, but I think the worst is behind me. It's only day 4 for me, but I do feel better today than I did yesterday.
The hardest part of my Whole30 so far has been letting go of my raw honey. On Paleo you're allowed to have raw honey and I usually put a tsp of it in my tea in the morning. Drinking my tea black just isn't my thing. I've pretty much decided to give up my tea until July 1st. The other difficult thing has been trying to find some sugar-free things. Most importantly sugar-free bacon and sugar-free BBQ sauce. Now this is not your conventional "sugar-free" where they use artificial sweeteners instead. This is really SUGAR FREE. I'm having a terrible time finding sugar-free bacon, but someone on a Whole30 forum might have helped me. She said that if you go to the grass fed meat section at Whole Foods and ask the butcher in the back for sugar-free bacon, that he will give it to you. She thinks its called "Sunny Side Up Bacon". I will call Whole Foods and ask before venturing back. If I really can't find it then I will have to resort to making my own which I am kind of excited to try. My husband asked for pulled pork and ribs for dinner this week and I bought them without realizing that I don't have a sugar-free BBQ sauce recipe. I've never made BBQ sauce before and my organic bottle stuff from the grocery store contains organic raw sugar. Obviously, that's a no no while doing Whole30. I searched through some Whole30 forums and Googled a few recipes and I came up with this one. It is sort of a mix between Civilized Caveman's Beasty BBQ Sauce recipe and Nom Nom Paleo's Cherry BBQ Sauce recipe.
Whole30 Approved Bacon BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 1 medium-large white onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 6 ounce can of organic tomato paste (sugar-free)
- 1/2 cup organic beef stock
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp bacon fat or ghee
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp sweet paprika
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp cayenne
- 8-14 Mejool dates (pits removed)
- 3-4 slices of bacon (cut up into small pieces)
Directions
Combine all ingredients (except bacon) in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour mixture and bacon into a large sauce pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 60 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool before jarring and storing in the refrigerator.
