I’m never sure that canning days are really rest days. I started the chopping for the salsa about 9:30am and took the last of the items out of the sterilizer just before 4pm. I ended up with exactly 21 pint jars of salsa. We’ll crack a jar on Saturday night as we’re having company for dinner. My food was all over the map today. Other than breakfast and dinner I don’t think I ate anything I had planned. The chopping/prep stage took longer than I thought so I just grabbed a piece of the zucchini snack cake for my morning snack… about 1pm. I realised that the dizziness was either food or water related so I just grabbed something handy. Lunch was supposed to be a pizza, but I just wasn’t into anything with tomatoes at that point. The afternoon snack was to include a drink but I thought if I did I would just fall asleep, so I went for more baked goods. It’s a good thing that the macros on them are good. Although I still had to add in a big protein shake as the evening snack to keep the protein levels up.

Since I had a few tomatoes left I made a small batch of a recipe my mother was interested in. It came out the local paper and it’s called Tomato Jam. It’s a combination of tomatoes, sugar, lime juice and spices. I don’t know… not something I would ever take, although I worked out the macros and it’s lower cal than jam. It’s meant to be a savory spread on bread or an condiment for meat and/or fish. I ended up making it into 4 x 1/2-cup jars and sterilized them as well.

Other than a little laundry and a swim I think that was it for the day. Tomorrow I’m really trying for a true rest day. A little organization and I might colour my hair. It’s probably pushing it as I should wait a few days but it seems like a good time to get it done.

Food for the day:

Total: 1991 (30% fat, 32% carbs, 35% protein)

Breakfast: two fried eggs, zucchini bread, jam, peach (359)
AM Snack: zucchini snack cake (92)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, mustard, smoked turkey, cheese, nectarine (447)
PM Snack: zucchini snack cake(2), fruit & nut square (257)
Dinner: roasted onions/tomatoes/cauliflower, parmesan cheese, smoked chicken & turkey sausages, salad w/dressing (552)
Late Snack: protein shake with frozen blackberries (284)