Whole 30 Day 26

Today was the day of my daughters 3rd birthday party.  I was fairly busy throughout most of the day trying to get the house and food ready for the afternoon party and my eating was pretty minimal because I just didn't have time to stop and make something to eat.  I did keep to my word and I didn't have a single piece of her adorable birthday cake.  I was however, even more pleased with myself because I kept the menu pretty paleo (with the exception of a couple of things) aside from the food that guests brought.  The best part is the "anti paleo" folks gobbled up the paleo food without even realizing what they were doing.  If people only took down the wall and realized that this is just another way of eating a healthy way of eating and it isn't so bad. 

Breakfast:
Left over sausage from previous nights "pizza"
1 scrambled egg


Lunch:
Didn't eat but snacked on the veggies while I was prepping them


Dinner:
Lettuce wrapped hamburger
No side


Dessert:
As I mentioned above I did not eat cake.  When I began to feel this overwhelming urge to eat a piece I grabbed my blender a can of coconut milk and the strawberries and bananas that had cut and frozen for an occasion like this and make a coconut milk shake.  Delicious and it curbed that sweet craving that I was having.

Party Menu:
Costco hotdogs which are surprisingly gluten free, preservative free, and no high fructose corn syrup added
Spice rubbed hamburgers with lettuce tomato and onions
Veggie platter w/carrots, sliced cucumbers, sliced red and yellow bell peppers
Roasted red pepper and cilantro dip
Salsa from the Everyday Paleo book
Gluten free tortilla chips (I ate none of these)
I did provide buns for the hotdogs and hamburgers
Birthday cake
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Whole 30 Day 25

Wow, 5 days left.  I've been considering about doing another 30 days; we'll see.


Breakfast
2 small paleo pancakes
2 scrambled eggs


Lunch
Fish "sticks" which were really salmon cakes that I shaped into a "stick" shape.  My kids love them!


Dinner
Paleo Pizza crust from the Everyday Paleo book.  Added gluten free marinara sauce, sausage, crooked necked squash and green onions to the top.  It was beyond good!

Whole 30 Day 24

Breakfast
3 Eggs scrambled
2 pieces bacon
coffee black

Lunch
Leftover meatloaf
Avocado

Snack
Handful almonds

Dinner
Crockpot salsa chicken
green salad with creamy roasted red pepper dressing

Whole 30 Day 23

This week will be the true test.  My daughter's birthday is on Friday and let me just put this out there I love cake.  There I said it but this year I will not partake in the cake eating.  I've been feeling so good lately that I just don't want to ruin it and being in the homestretch of the Whole 30 it would make the last 20+ days seem like such a waste.  My plan for her party on Saturday is this:  I bought a cake that should just be big enough to serve the guests and if there are any leftover they will either go home with someone else or right to the trash can-outside.  I will make a Whole 30 Paleo dessert for me.  Maybe some coconut milk and frozen fruit blended into a type of smoothie. 

As far as today's eats here we go:

Breakfast:
Leftover meatloaf

Lunch:
Chicken salad with mayo dressing.  I remade the dressing that I made earlier this week.

Dinner:
BBQ chicken.  Garlic and onion powders.  Smoked paprika, ground coriander with a little olive oil drizzled over the top. 
Green salad with chopped strawberries and radishes same dressing as lunch.

Whole 30 Day 22

Breakfast
Leftover meatloaf


Lunch
Steak salad from Logans Roadhouse
Used sliced lemons for dressing and had them leave the cheese off.  It was a pretty basic salad with grilled steak and I'm quite certain was probably cooked in peanut oil, tomatoes, bacon and hardboiled egg.  I decided that the high probablity of the meat being cooked in peanut oil far out weight the other options that were available on the menu. 


Dinner
Rotersserie chicken salad with 2 sliced strawberries and chopped red onion
Use the dressing from yesterday's salmon cakes.

Whole 30 Day 21

Breakfast
2 pieces of bacon
12 oz coffee black
I just did not have an appetite this morning.  I awoke in the middle of the night not feeling well and it seem to carry over into the morning.  Thankfully by lunch time I was feeling better because I made a yummy lunch for the kids and I.

Lunch:
Salmon cakes ( I told the kids they were homemade fish sticks)
2 can of wild Alaskan salmon
2 eggs
2 tbsp red onion minced
1 clove garlic minced
1 tbsp sundried tomato minced
1 tbsp cilantro minced
juice of 1 lemon
pinch of sea salt
Mix the ingredients well and form into small patties.  Cook over medium heat in coconut oil for 4-5 minutes per side. 

I made a paleo mayo and was inspired to get a little creative with my normal mayo thanks to Everyday Paleo.  I added a small amount of roasted red peppers, a clove of garlic and some fresh cilantro.  The added ingredients were made into a paste like consistency in the food processor prior to mixing with the mayo.

Seriously, all 3 kids LOVED these and the evidence was the completely clean lunch plates and that my friends hardly every happens in my house at lunch.  It seems that someone is always unhappy with something on their plate.  In fact my 7 year old ate 3 patties and asked if I could make these again tomorrow.  I told him I had to work so he asked if I could write it down and leave it for Daddy.  Too funny!

Dinner
Meatloaf
Green salad w/tomatoes and radishes used the left over dressing from the salmon cakes at lunch.

Whole 30 Day 20

Happy Fathers Day!!!


Breakfast:
1 paleo pancake
2 pieces of bacon


Lunch:
Left over chicken, and pork chop with left over broccoli slaw


Dinner:
Hamburgers w/lettuce wraps
sweet potato fries