Are you doing the challenge? Tears flowing cause I am.

Have you heard of the 100 Day Real Food Challenge? Probably.

I'm jumping on the bandwagon.

side note - I just googled bandwagon. Literally a wagon that would carry band members to various events. Why were random humans allowed to jump on these wagons? weirdos.

I told myself, "Mel, this will be a breeze. You are a food rockstar. You are the embodiment of health. Except when you're at work. But you'll get through that. Easy peasy girlfriend."

Do you lie to yourself? Yeah, well I do.

Some history. I knew I was a grown up the first time I grocery shopped for my very own apartment and was able to buy whatever cereal I wanted. Hello Lucky Charms. I love you Smacks. We should take professional pics together Kix. We had a special thing going. Cereal does not equal real food. I don't get it. I never feel better than when I'm alone with a bowl of General Mills produced happiness.

I also had to say peace out to my Wheat Thins and throw away my marshmallows. Tough stuff.

Because I'm still a grown up and can still make my own rules, I'm going to give my self 10 or 15 passes. Haven't decided on an exact number yet. I can cash them in if Jared decides he wants to sweep me off my feet and take me to a yummy restaurant or if I need, NEED, Chinese one night.

Day one we kept it simple. I think that's the whole point but whatevs. Kebabs it was.
Turns out we have no skewers. Mr. Internet told me that a good alternative was to soak thyme in water for ten minutes and string it up. Perfect. The 20 square feet of thyme Jared planted in our front yard is finally good for something.



Have you always wanted to try an awkward pose with woody herbs and raw chicken but didn't know if it was worth it? Tried it. It is. You're welcome.



Served over wild rice and bam, food genius.


We used this recipe.


Did I mention warm donuts show up like magic every week in my office, sometimes twice? Every single week.