I love when I have a morning where I can make a nice breakfast that I get to eat off of a plate instead of a glass dish at my desk. To celebrate MLK Day, I did just that:
Scrambled eggs, cranberry orange muffins, grapefruit & oranges, and coffee with almond milk.
I just love a holiday!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Eating Paleo While Sick
So I don't know about you, but when I am sick, my food preferences change dramatically. Sometimes all I want is comfort food, sometimes all I want is fast food, sometimes I don't want to eat at all. This past week I was fighting off a cold of some sort and decided to tackle the cold head on. I ate a TON of citrus and made two soups.
My meals looked like this:
Breakfast: eggs and grapefruit and oranges
Lunch: beef curry stew
Dinner: chicken taco soup with avocado
By making these dishes over the weekend, they were convenient and ready to go when I was packing my lunch or coming home from work. I wasn't even tempted to stop and buy a less healthy (and more expensive) alternative.
Below is the recipie for the taco soup, it's easy and delicious!
My meals looked like this:
Breakfast: eggs and grapefruit and oranges
Lunch: beef curry stew
Dinner: chicken taco soup with avocado
By making these dishes over the weekend, they were convenient and ready to go when I was packing my lunch or coming home from work. I wasn't even tempted to stop and buy a less healthy (and more expensive) alternative.
Below is the recipie for the taco soup, it's easy and delicious!
Chicken Taco Soup
1 lb chicken breast (cut into small chunks)
2 16oz cans diced tomatoes
1 ½ cups chicken broth
1 bag frozen chopped peppers & onions (equivalent of 2-3 peppers and 1/2 large onion)
1 T hot sauce
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp dill
Salt & pepper
Combine all ingredients in a large stock pot. Bring to a boil then reduce heat. Simmer for an hour. Serve with avocado slices on top.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Cranberry Orange Muffins
One of the holiday recipes I developed was cranberry orange muffins. My mom makes a wonderful wheat bran version--the inspiration--but obviously those are out on paleo. But I love the muffins so much I just had to try to make a paleo version. Below is the result...they are amazing!!! (if I do say so myself)
Cranberry Orange Muffins
1 1/3 cups almond flour
1 T + 1 tsp coconut flour
½ cup orange juice
½ cup (heaping) cranberries (then cut the measured in halves)
½ tsp baking soda
2 eggs + 1 egg white
3 T melted coconut oil
2-3 T agave
1 T orange zest (optional)
Using a mixer, combine all ingredients except cranberries. Once combined, fold in cranberries. Grease a muffin tin with coconut oil. Fill cups and bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.
Christmas...it came and went
So the holidays distracted me from the blog, but I'm back in the swing of things with the new year. I'll make this post short and sweet. Below are some pics of meals I had over the holidays.
Paleo spaghetti and meatballs
Coconut flour pancakes with maple syrup
Pollo Con Salsa Roja from Everyday Paleo
Steak with caramelized onion sweet potatoes
Stay tuned...more to come...
Paleo spaghetti and meatballs
Coconut flour pancakes with maple syrup
Pollo Con Salsa Roja from Everyday Paleo
Steak with caramelized onion sweet potatoes
Stay tuned...more to come...
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