Paleo Weekend

PALEO: DAYS 9 & 10

Well, let's see, the weekend started off pretty good, a nice chill Saturday morning.  Breakfast at home of veggie/bacon scramble (yes, again) with some fruit.  I made extra bacon for Sunday's Egg Cupcakes. The family trekked over to the Danville Farmers Market to visit Prather Ranch.  Expensive but it turned out to be worth it.  I bought two bone-in pasture raised pork chops (for about $17!!), some grass fed ground beef (I must have asked the guy about 20 times if it was grass fed because it isn't really labeled as such...he really liked me..haha), and I also got some grass fed hot dogs for my daughter which she has reported that they are very tasty.

For lunch my husband had a hot dog in a lettuce wrap and I had a big salad with roasted chicken and veggies with my simple balsamic dressing (3 parts olive oil, 2 parts balsamic, ground black pepper...and shake it up..and save it in the fridge).  After that we got to drop the kids at my parents for a little while and my husband and I went on an 8 mile run.  I was definitely scared I wouldn't make it at 1st (since my once thriving running hobby has taken a serious downturn since I hurt my leg on Easter Day 2010), but it felt really good once I was out there.

Dinner was the delicious pastured raised pork chops barbecued (just seasoned with pepper) with steamed broccoli and carrots, and cauliflower mash.  Every single thing on that plate was from the farmers market!

Sunday was a little crazier...my daughter was going to a party that I needed to get balloons for.  You try fitting 16 balloons in a BMW 3 series with a kid in it!  Prior to that we had a fun morning of making Egg Cupcakes! You can put whatever you want in these, I did 1 zucchini, 6 slices cooked bacon, 2 green onions, 1/4 cup each of red, orange and green peppers and 3 handfuls of spinach chopped...everything either finely chopped by hand or in the food processor.  I baked mine 20 minutes because I didn't want them overcooked!



Lunch was a bit of a disaster.  We have found out that husband despises salad.  He complained and complained about this for hours and hours after...I think he's still talking about it.  Wraps only for him from now on!  It was just a simple chicken and veggie salad with almonds.

I decided to prepare my meat sauce for Monday's dinner (Paleo Spaghetti) while prepping for Sunday's dinner.  A grass fed New York Steak (rubbed with olive oil and pepper) served with Baby Bok Choy (steamed in foil on the grill with grated ginger, chili, garlic and a little tamari soy sauce), and Grilled Yellow Squash (just rubbed with a little olive oil and pepper like the steaks). Served with blueberries, cashews and walnuts.  So yummy!!

And that concluded my paleo weekend!