Liz
First off, Happy Father’s Day to all you amazing Dads!! And secondly, the title of this post is totally true — our very own Mr. Not So Paleo has gone paleo.
Are you as shocked as I am — Our {former} die-hard grain eater, I love pizza and bread and all things breaded went and is Paleo! For me first came the shock of the news and then of course I eeked and immediately did a happy dance and decided to go grocery shopping {what?! I love all kinds shopping!}
Let’s put it this way — He’s gone so paleo that at yesterday’s wedding he walked away from not only homemade tortilla chips but Bacon Mac N’ Cheese, and instead opted for extra salad with his steak tips — if that’s not dedication and total commitment I don’t know what is!
How’s he feeling you ask? He says he’s feeling amazing — he has more energy, his allergies aren’t nearly as bad and he doesn’t feel like he’s starving a half hour after every meal. The man is basically feeling superhuman!
And before you ask — I am the worlds HAPPIEST CAMPER. When we go grocery shopping there’s no more bread, there’s no more cookies, there’s none of it! It’s all totally good, fresh foods. So the money that used to go to the English Muffins or the pita bread or the cookies is now going to things like Applegate deli meat {we only buy their turkey because it doesn’t have any sugar}, bacon and lots of cucumbers, peppers and carrots! And if he decides he wants cookies, well I just make him some Paleo friendly ones {like the ones in the up-coming book!} and he’s an extremely happy man!
So here’s the fun part of this post — if you have a question for the ever-so-lovely former Mr. Not So Paleo about going paleo, leave them in the comments {or email me} and we’ll do a Q & A post in the next week or so!
I’ll also do a really big, lots of pictures post detailing the lunches I make for him that he takes to work! But for now I just wanted to break the news to you guys {because I’ve been waiting to for like two weeks and it was killing me!}
Now I’ve also got to decide what I’m going to call him from now on — we can call him “Mr.” “Mr. Paleo” or “Mr. POAB” not to sure yet — have a suggestion? You can leave that in the comments too!
Happy Sunday!!
{Week of 06/11/13}
| Meal** | |
| Tuesday | Kale + Tomato{ish} Soup |
| Wednesday | Chicken Salad |
| Thursday | Sweet Potato Rounds + Burgers {with Caramelized Onions} |
| Friday | Wedding! |
| Saturday | Wedding! |
| Sunday | No Chopping Required |
| Monday | Chicken + Onions w/ Rice |
** We don’t plan breakfasts and lunches…generally just do leftovers from the night before or eggs for breakfast {or lunch}. Mr. Not-So Paleo has plenty of snack food / other stuff he likes that he makes himself if he gets hungry too!
{Linking up with Organizing Junkie}
{Week of 06/04/13}
| Meal** | |
| Tuesday | Steak with Sweet Potato Chips {Sweet Potato Chip Recipe Coming soon} |
| Wednesday | Pork w/ Apples + Onions and Kale Chips {Kale Chip Recipe Coming soon} |
| Thursday | Ground Beef w/ onions + Cauliflower, Sausage Salad {Cauliflower, Sausage Salad Recipe in The Book} |
| Friday | Easy Chicken & Spinach {with rice for the Mr.} |
| Saturday | Visiting my Parents! |
| Sunday | Cube Steak + Eggs |
| Monday | No Chopping Dinner {With Rice for the Mr.} |
** We don’t plan breakfasts and lunches…generally just do leftovers from the night before or eggs for breakfast {or lunch}. Mr. Not-So Paleo has plenty of snack food / other stuff he likes that he makes himself if he gets hungry too!
{Linking up with Organizing Junkie}
I love banana bread / banana muffins — I always have, they’re yummy and sweet and filling without being overly anything. The odd thing? I don’t like bananas as is! Never really have, but yet I could eat a whole batches of these little beauties!
These are a great on the go snack, breakfast or heck you could serve them as dessert with some fresh fruit! Talk about a versatile little recipe! My favorite part? You literally just add everything into the bowl, mix it up, add to a muffin pan and then bake — I mean these are literally fool proof! So if you’re not a baker or you’ve never walked down the road of Paleo Muffins, don’t worry you cannot mess these up!
I’m pretty excited, this is the first dish I’ve cooked & blogged about in my new place — and let me tell you the lighting here is SO much better for photos! I’m eeking over this whole new place thing still. Next week I’ll have a photo-tour of my new kitchen up for you guys! That way you can take a peak and see what some of my essentials are, what my fridge looks like when it’s stocked and what I keep on hand in my cabinets 
But in the mean time — enjoy this new yummy side dish / light lunch. I love this dish. You can easily roast the mushrooms in the oven {like I’ve done here} or you can grill them when you’re making dinner!
And if you’re looking to make this more of a full-meal than a side dish, just add some chicken into the salad and boom, insta dinner! I like to serve 1 per person if it’s a side dish and if it’s lunch I like to serve 2 of them!
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