Bacon Explosion and Fennel Gratin

Ground Beef wrapped in a weave of BACON!!!!!!

I found this on a Paleo Blog, Son of Grok. But this is MY version.

It's suppose to have bacon within the ground beef as well but mine does not. before

after

Yummy goodness. In the beef, I put onion, garlic, green pepper, mushrooms and love.

Fennel Gratin- This came from an old chef friend, Ken Harper. Another YUM!

Fennel Gratin

2 large fennel bulbs cleaned and sliced into wedges
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
2 tbsp ground roasted hazelnuts
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tbsp unsalted butter
Salt & pepper

Blanch fennel in simmering salted water for 5 minutes
Place in baking dish and cover with cream, nutmeg, butter, cheese& salt and pepper
Bake at 350 F for about 1/2 an hour or until golden on top 

While I did not have all these items on hand, hard to believe eh? I changed things... no hazelnuts, put toasted pecans. Dislike nutmeg, I didn't replace it. I used Romano instead of Parm.

All this aside... I am still in the same damn spot. I've cut the chocolate out. Minimal nuts. Cheese is still divine. Discouraged but okay at the same time. I've eaten some items... snickerdoodles, chips, flour less peanut butter cookies and the cherry on top, 3/4 a container of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Imagine. I believe this is the biggest pig out I've had.

The cookies and ice cream were in one day. While it did go down better than usual, my tastes have changed... for the 'worse', I paid a big price the next day. Bagged. You could have lifted me up and I would have crumbled to the floor. I don't know if it was the sugar but wow, I felt awful. A hangover.  Those damn snickerdoodles.... a simple and hard to NOT eat a couple. 

Where the hell did my will power go? I was going so friggin' well. The letters that pack a punch.... P....M....S.... It's a struggle every month but this month has been the most challenging. Ah well, this too will pass.

Still working on getting out for walks. Twice and a half this week. Hum ha... 

It'll come, it'll come.

Off I go.