tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59505673455528648702024-03-05T05:18:40.919-07:00coffee beans and jet fuelLeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-5131702438562042322015-02-10T14:36:00.000-07:002015-02-10T14:37:02.467-07:00Sammy WestObviously we haven't been into blogging lately (perhaps years) but I figured our third child should probably be mentioned here for posterity's sake. Presenting Samuel West Grissom, born April 14th (yes ten months ago). He's the happiest most patient smiley baby in history, a true joy and blessing. 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Sorry we'll try to do better. I thought I'd start by posting some picture from our last camera import, which happens to span Christmas to Easter. Speaking of Jesus' holidays, Maddie was so intrigued by the Christmas story that ever since she heard it, she has been referring to herself as "Maddie Mary," I'm "Joseph Jeff," she calls our dogs her "sheep," and she has a teddy bear that is her "baby teddy Jesus." It's cute, but we're getting tired of her introducing herself to strangers as Maddie Mary. Here are those pics, hopefully we're back with more soon.
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10685132988410591608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-48994911688326414752012-09-10T11:07:00.001-06:002012-09-10T11:07:49.488-06:00A Tale of Two BirthdaysThis year Maddie got to celebrate her third birthday twice, once with my family while were in Boise and once on her actual birthday here in Montana. Of course she was spoiled by all her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents and she loved every minute of it. Thanks everyone for making our little girl feel special. She's growing up so fast!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10685132988410591608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-39816350255007608342012-07-03T18:52:00.000-06:002012-07-03T18:52:56.933-06:00Glacier 2012Last week we road tripped over to Kalispell to meet up with my brother and his family. Of course, no trip to the Kalispell area is complete without reveling in the glory of Glacier National Park, which we did for four days straight. LeeAnn and I also took advantage of the free babysitting services of an eager aunt, uncle and cousins and spent an evening together in Whitefish for sushi and pie. It was a great week. Here are some pics. If you've never been to Glacier you absolutely must put it on your bucket list!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We purchased a twin bed for Maddie and she is ecstatic about her "big girl bed"! Our little girl is growing up and it is so much fun to watch.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-16225419629055878442012-02-08T13:36:00.000-07:002012-02-08T13:36:52.670-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PnKLUPTXF4/TzLUc8mbdJI/AAAAAAAABlY/14TYc8tcwpM/s1600/IMG_5173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PnKLUPTXF4/TzLUc8mbdJI/AAAAAAAABlY/14TYc8tcwpM/s200/IMG_5173.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Breakfast was inspired, once again, by Pinterest. The inspiration showed an avocado cut in half with an egg baked inside of it but our avocados are huge right now and I did not want that much. I cut up about a quarter of an avocado into a ramekin, seasoned it with a little salt and pepper, cracked an egg on top and baked it at 425 until the egg was cooked but the yoke was still runny. I added a little salsa and also ate half a grapefruit. Lunch was just random things, a Larabar, a handful of nuts, the last meatball leftover from a few days ago... and I do not even remember what else :)<br />
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Dinner was <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chicken-chili-recipe/index.html">Ina Garten's Chicken Chili</a>. This is a recipe that I have been making for years and is great just the way it is written but this time I used braised chicken thighs instead of breast meat. We garnished with chopped avocado, it was delicious. Also, I just make half of the recipe for my family and we still have some left over.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-73220121387586382392012-02-07T17:33:00.000-07:002012-02-07T17:33:40.239-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nQ6CbCpJmzE/TzG7qcH74II/AAAAAAAABlA/QK2Mg92vc8c/s1600/IMG_5169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="134" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nQ6CbCpJmzE/TzG7qcH74II/AAAAAAAABlA/QK2Mg92vc8c/s200/IMG_5169.jpg" /></a></div><br />
We ate these <a href="http://wellnessmama.com/2354/fast-coconut-flour-pancakes/">Fast Coconut Flour Pancakes</a> for breakfast. I added a sliced banana to the batter and topped them off with leftover mango pineapple sauce from our buffalo wings. Maddie had a little bit of maple syrup on hers, she ate every bite including seconds. These were really good, there is still a little bit of an off texture but over all a great pancake!<br />
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The concept of cucumber being the bread for mini sandwiches was on Pinterest so I made these for lunch with tomato, bacon and mashed avocado which I seasoned with lemon juice, salt and garlic powder. I will make these again!<br />
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Dinner needed to be quick because the kids and I had to pick up Jeff from work. I just sauteed onions and bell peppers with leftover pork from Sunday and made it into an egg scramble. Sorry, no picture of dinner.<br />
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Another day done, only 7 to go. I am not anxiously counting down to day 30, Jeff and I are feeling good but there are a couple of small things we are really looking forward to, such as cream in our coffee. For the most part we are really enjoying eating this way!LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-60153652550190715382012-02-06T16:28:00.000-07:002012-02-06T16:28:42.790-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 19-22I know I have been absent from sharing our 30 day challenge for a few days, I apologize. We have kept up the challenge but only have photos of a few meals. I have spent some of my blogging time on pinterest and some as a few extra minutes of quality time with my family but today I will catch up on the highlights of what we have been eating.<br />
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The supreme egg loaf lasted 3 mornings which I really enjoyed. Outside of that our breakfasts have been pretty simple, scrambles and a little bit of fruit. Lunches have mostly been leftovers, I do not think I have any epiphanies to share in that area right now :)<br />
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This was crock pot meatballs along with a chunky tomato sauce and spaghetti squash. I enjoyed this but I think the texture of the meatballs would have been better if I had seared them off and let them cook in some of the tomato sauce on the stovetop instead of using the crock pot. <a href="http://paleopot.com/2011/05/paleopot-pine-nut-meatballs-with-assorted-veggies-and-spinach-crock-pot-slow-cooker-recipe/">Here</a> is the meatball recipe. I love all the veggies that went into the meat but be warned that this recipe leaves out good old salt and pepper. I seasoned the eggs before adding the veggies and I seasoned the meat before combining it all together.<br />
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I do not have a picture of our next dinner but the website's picture looks almost exactly like ours, I am sure you would rather see my sweet babies anyway ;) I made breakfast for dinner. Coconut flour biscuits, recipe found <a href="http://wellnessmama.com/2233/coconut-flour-biscuits/">here</a>, along with homemade turkey sausage and eggs over easy. I also rehydrated some preservative free prunes so that we could have "jam" with our biscuits. I have to say these biscuits were much better with the sweet than the savory. I look forward to trying them again when we can add honey into the batter.<br />
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One of the meals I planned was "fish with veggies"... I ended up buying Dover Sole, not a fish I am familiar with but it was caught wild instead of farmed so that is what I bought. It is a mild flavored white fish, I seasoned it with salt and pepper, pan-fried it in a little olive oil and finished it with lemon juice. I served it with blanched asparagus and oven roasted cauliflower. By the way, oven roasted cauliflower is AMAZING!!<br />
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Shopping off list is what brought this meal about. I try not to shop off list but the pork sirloin was buy one get one free so I decided not to pass it up. Jeff grilled off the steaks and cut up a salad of tomato, avocado and cucumber. I made another round of chipotle dressing, I am going to post this recipe because it is so so so good! I used a couple tablespoons of homemade mayo, but I am sure store bought would be good as well, to that I add lemon juice, adobo (from a can of chipotle peppers), salt and oil (salad oil of your choice, I used grapeseed). One of the things that has made it easy for Jeff to eat so much salad!<br />
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For our dinner on Super Bowl Sunday I chose to make "super bowl" food. These are chicken wings, recipe found <a href="http://paleopot.com/2012/02/pineapple-mango-sweet-heat-chicken-wings/">here</a>. I served them with sliced veggies and baked sweet potato fries. I think this meal gave us our "fix" of finger foods without breaking any rules.<br />
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Finally caught up! Hoping to keep up with it from here on out. Only 8 days to go!LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-36943975755749018012012-02-02T09:32:00.000-07:002012-02-02T09:32:13.840-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 18We ate our supreme egg loaf again for breakfast. I made another batch of mayonaise and used it in some tuna salad that I ate with cucumber and tomato for lunch. Dinner was another batch of crock pot curry but this time I used shrimp instead of chicken. I did the veggies just like they were done the first day and I added the shrimp for the last 20 minutes leaving the lid off so that they would not over cook and get rubbery. It was just as good with the shrimp! Sorry I do not have one picture from our food, it was a super busy day and all of this is already on this blog somewhere so I did not want to be too repetitive. Hope to have something to show you for day 19, we are having meatballs out of the crock pot.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-41025084454635604842012-02-02T09:26:00.000-07:002012-02-02T09:26:03.088-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lPN3zgcWto/TymUN51R3dI/AAAAAAAABjs/ECc0rTBkmfk/s1600/IMG_5152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lPN3zgcWto/TymUN51R3dI/AAAAAAAABjs/ECc0rTBkmfk/s200/IMG_5152.JPG" /></a></div><br />
I am always looking for recipes that help Jeff be able to eat quickly before leaving for work at 4:45 a.m. and this looked like a good one.It is a supreme egg loaf, recipe found <a href="http://freerangecrossfit.com/2012/supreme-egg-loaf/">here</a>, and it is meant to be like eating a supreme pizza. I made sausage out of a pound of ground turkey and left out the mushrooms this time, but other than that I added everything that they have on the recipe. You really can taylor this any way you want and dipping it in the marinara makes it feel a lot like eating pizza. Lunch was chicken vegetable soup that I made last week out of the freezer.<br />
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Dinner was rosemary garlic roasted chicken breasts drizzled with reduced balsamic vinegar, pureed cauliflower (so much like mashed potatoes!) and sauteed spinach.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-48792718475848838352012-01-31T12:40:00.000-07:002012-01-31T12:40:11.042-07:00Si is getting so big!Our baby boy is growing up! He is sitting up on his own these days and is almost stable enough that he will not need a pillow behind him soon. He enjoys being on his tummy for longer periods all the time and has even scooted himself around a few times. He is constantly jabbering, trying to find his voice. It is all happening so fast and I am both thrilled at his progress and a little sad to see him leave some baby phases behind.<br />
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Here are some pictures, he took his first bath with Maddie yesterday where they were really playing and he sat up the whole time without having to be held up :)<br />
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Lunch was most definitely a product of watching a lot of cooking shows. I've been wanting to make a salad with an egg over easy or a poached egg for a while but just have not done it yet. Here it is, fresh spinach, cucumber, celery, tomato, crispy hot dogs, chipotle salad dressing and a fried egg with a wonderfully gooey yoke. I know, you think I am crazy but it was really good, if I still had all the ingredients it would probably be my lunch again today. By the way, Applegate is the brand that makes our bacon and hot dogs. Really good stuff, if you see it you should try some.<br />
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Dinner was grilled grass fed sirloin, asparagus sauteed with olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice and baked acorn squash.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-77581704886592497432012-01-30T13:47:00.000-07:002012-01-30T13:47:55.833-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 15Jeff and I were talking this morning about how exactly we are suppose to fit everything we are needing/wanting to do into our daily routine. We are eating well but it takes more prep and more shopping than it did before we began this challenge. We are both working out 5 or 6 times per week which we cannot not seem to do at the same time due to our 8 month old and our 2 year old :) Laundry has not been getting done every day which is bad with a family of four... we have somewhat of an embarrassing pile in front of our washer and dryer. I could go on for awhile with some of our other goals and having quality time as a family/couple on a regular basis. These are things we are working through right now. God is first and most important, we want to line everything else up so that we are honoring Him and we believe these current goals of learning how to be healthy are a part of that but it has been hard to figure out how to make it all fit into our 24 hour day. Just thinking out loud, we hope to find the balance soon :)<br />
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Breakfast is always super rushed on Sundays, we have a difficult time getting out the door for church even though we do not have to leave the house until 9:45. We all had different egg scrambles and I ate half a grapefruit again. Lunch was very similar to our fajita salad night but the meat was seasoned ground turkey instead of the sirloin. Dinner (pictured above) was stir fry, it turned out really good! I just used 2 chicken breasts, a ton of vegetables including a large amount of cabbage so that it would have some noodle like texture. The sauce was cashew butter, lemon juice, coconut aminos, fresh garlic and chicken broth and we topped it off with toasted cashews. All of us cleaned our plates and there was nothing left over!LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-16260780776408148502012-01-29T15:00:00.001-07:002012-01-29T15:20:01.394-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0H1XPKsNLs/TyTmrIf__tI/AAAAAAAABh0/hloIplqUdtw/s1600/IMG_5099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0H1XPKsNLs/TyTmrIf__tI/AAAAAAAABh0/hloIplqUdtw/s200/IMG_5099.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Breakfast was a spinach, green onion and mushroom egg scramble with a slice of bacon and half a grapefruit. I am really loving grapefruit right now!<br />
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Lunch was another fun salad and hot dogs :) The bacon we have been getting is great and the same company also makes hot dogs with all approved ingredients. After shopping at Costco the other day Jeff and I were craving a hot dog so I thought they were worth a try and they are really good.<br />
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For dinner we used our himalayan salt plate again :) This time we heated it in the oven instead of on the gas range and brought it to the table to cook our meat. We had used our fajita marinade on a sirloin and sliced it to cook on the block, success! Tasted great and it was a lot of fun to cook at the table. We served it as a fajita salad with salad greens, grilled onions and bell peppers, diced tomatoes, avocado and homemade chipotle dressing. This was Jeff's favorite meal since we began this challenge.<br />
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As promised yesterday, here is my attempt at dessert last night. I sauteed apples in coconut oil with a little cinnamon and some raisins. Right when they were almost done I added some coconut milk letting it heat through and coat all the fruit. I topped it with unsweetened flaked coconut mixed with sea salt, coated with coconut oil and toasted in the oven at 350 degrees. It really felt like dessert, especially after not having dessert for so long! Next time we will add pecans or walnuts because it really did need some texture. Just so I do not take too much credit for this, go to <a href="http://everydaypaleo.com/">Everyday Paleo's</a> blog to find these recipes.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-19206475504468198352012-01-27T21:37:00.000-07:002012-01-27T21:37:30.360-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 13This morning was another egg scramble, we've been doing different veggies in these every day so I have not gotten tired of them yet. We are going through 4 dozen eggs per week... this is amazing to me! Lunch was leftovers and munching on various fruits and veggies along with some cashew butter.<br />
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Eating this much produce means a weekly shopping trip, we just do not have enough space to keep things fresh any longer. I am used to shopping every 10 to 14 days so this is taking some getting used to.<br />
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Dinner was simple but really good and filling! I made mini burgers and topped them with a slice of tomato, caramelized onions, guacamole and bacon. I know we were missing bread but I really did not miss it all that much tonight. I also baked some acorn squash and finished it under the broiler with coconut oil, salt and a little cinnamon.<br />
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We are really missing dessert these days so tomorrow I am going to try something... will let you know how it works :)LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-59956156440318398582012-01-27T21:21:00.001-07:002012-01-27T21:22:38.368-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vPFuPEYOjcI/TyN2RsXFo2I/AAAAAAAABhc/p-YApMO0Fvo/s1600/IMG_5088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vPFuPEYOjcI/TyN2RsXFo2I/AAAAAAAABhc/p-YApMO0Fvo/s200/IMG_5088.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Jeff made another tasty egg scramble for breakfast. Lunch was the last of our squid sauteed in coconut oil with garlic, coconut aminos, salt and crushed red pepper (photo was our lunch). We ate it with spaghetti squash and the rest of our sauce from day 11.<br />
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Dinner was beef and sweet potato stew found on my friends blog <a href="http://www.raneytraditions.com/blog/2012/01/whole30-menu-day-2/">here</a>. We loved this stew and will be making it again!<br />
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Sorry for a short boring post...LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-68408729203939071922012-01-25T21:21:00.000-07:002012-01-25T21:21:05.082-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 11Breakfast this morning needed to be quick so I just made scrambled eggs with salsa and ate a banana. Lunch was chicken vegetable soup and a spinach salad. I am so glad that my dear friend Tyne taught me that salads can be as interesting as you want to be creative :) I added cucumber, apple, celery, toasted pecans and homemade citrus vinaigrette, simple but good. I stocked up on Larabars today when I found a decent price so that was my snack and Jeff requested cashew butter so I made that again.<br />
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Dinner was stuffed braised calamari, spaghetti squash and sauteed swiss chard. For the squid I used Alton Brown's recipe to stuff it, found <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/squid-stuffed-squid-recipe/index.html">here</a> and Anne Burrell's recipe for the sauce to braise it in found <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/braised-calamari-stuffed-with-shrimp-spinach-and-herbs-recipe/index.html">here</a>. Per Whole30 we did not use breadcrumbs in the stuffing or wine in the sauce. I used chicken broth in place of the wine and just left the breadcrumbs out completely. We plan on making this one again!LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-43306510233230680372012-01-24T23:10:00.000-07:002012-01-24T23:10:25.377-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 10One third of the way through, woohoo! I think the last couple of days have been the most Jeff and I have talked about wanting things that are not allowed. For the most part this has not been terribly difficult for us. In fact, it has made us get out of the rut we were cooking in and make things interesting. Right now we are trying to figure out if we feel better. I have not noticed a ton of difference in the way I feel but I do know that my clothes are getting looser and I wore a pair of pants on Sunday that I have not worn since before Maddie. Jeff really thinks that he will be watching his grain intake the most after all of this, he thinks that may be something that really affects how he feels.<br />
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I think this was my favorite breakfast so far. A little on the heavy side, so definitely not a daily breakfast but dinner tonight was really light so it made up the difference. We ate sweet potato latkes with eggs over easy, bacon and grapes. Recipe found <a href="http://everydaypaleo.com/2011/12/22/sweet-potato-latkes/">here</a>. I did not add the cinnamon but it would be good either way.<br />
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After a big breakfast I was not hungry for a long time but I did have a small bowl of chicken vegetable soup and then finished off the grain free granola with almond milk.<br />
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Dinner was Squid Ceviche with jicama fries and jicama chips. Ceviche is one of Jeff's favorite meals so when we saw squid at Costco there was no getting around making our own. Jeff used Alton Brown's recipe for <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/catfish-ceviche-recipe/index.html">Catfish Ceviche</a> replacing the catfish with blanched squid. This was excellent! Our one note for you is that a whole red onion is a bit much, at least for us. The jicama was raw, cut into fries and seasoned with lime juice, chile powder and kosher salt. The jicama chips are just thin slices of raw jicama, great for eating salsa, ceviche etc.LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-3107398310478033272012-01-24T17:20:00.000-07:002012-01-24T17:20:07.333-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 9We ate another delicious egg scramble made by Jeff along with half of a grapefruit for breakfast. We both ate various leftovers a for lunch.<br />
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Our snack was homemade cashew butter eaten with apples and celery. So, very, good!! Just chop cashews in a food processor until almost a powder. Add oil while the food processor is running until it is the consistency you want it to be, we used walnut oil, then add salt to taste. We used raw cashews this time but will roast them next time to see which way we prefer.<br />
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Dinner was scallops grilled on the himalayan salt plate, roasted butternut squash and brussel sprouts.<br />
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I also made a pot of chicken vegetable soup so that I would have something easy for lunch this week. I have about half of it in the fridge and about half frozen for later. I am learning that this way of eating does not have many quick and easy options and, while I love to cook, some other things in my home are suffering for the sake of scratch made food. You will see some lower maintenance meals and leftovers this week :)LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-61272840664637991892012-01-22T20:18:00.000-07:002012-01-22T20:18:56.400-07:0030 Day Challenge, Day 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAHGZAOePPcIsm80RmzdyapHMOZM2lYYqNZQ3xFgy696hLfI_TRC_DJ6aDd08KXklaEUO7WxpCTrNTDXfDe53_n4ha_CCqq7DGaQUGFNIIgxXqPawpOiwJw39WzyKEDm-ehj-BCQ0Wcau/s1600/IMG_5060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="214" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAHGZAOePPcIsm80RmzdyapHMOZM2lYYqNZQ3xFgy696hLfI_TRC_DJ6aDd08KXklaEUO7WxpCTrNTDXfDe53_n4ha_CCqq7DGaQUGFNIIgxXqPawpOiwJw39WzyKEDm-ehj-BCQ0Wcau/s320/IMG_5060.JPG" /></a></div><br />
My sweet husband made breakfast this morning :) It was an egg scramble with the last of our pulled pork and some portabella mushrooms served on top of raw spinach garnished with crumbled bacon, tomato and avocado... I felt spoiled!<br />
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Lunch was leftover chicken curry from last night but I did make some cauliflower rice to pour it over. I like it both ways, the "rice" gave the broth some body and texture but did not really affect the flavor. I would say that if you would rather eat it like a soup to leave the "rice" off but if you want eat it like a saucy stir fry, make the rice.<br />
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For dinner we ate spaghetti squash with chunky tomato sauce and a spinach salad. <br />
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Chunky Tomato Sauce<br />
I warmed some olive oil in the bottom of a pan and added chopped onion and bell pepper with some salt. I let the veggies sweat with for a few minutes until the onions were just starting to look translucent. I added a few sprinkles of crushed red pepper, 1 can of diced tomatoes, 1 can of tomato sauce and fresh crushed garlic (3 cloves). It was a little thick at this point and I knew I wanted it to cook down a little to develop flavor so I added about 1/2 a cup of chicken stock... just eyeball it so that the sauce thins enough to cook down and thicken up again. Bring it to a boil, reduce to a simmer for about 20-25 minutes. Add 1 lb of browned ground beef and salt to taste.<br />
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Maddie cleaned her plate! Success :)LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950567345552864870.post-71910689006776232002012-01-22T13:42:00.002-07:002012-01-22T13:48:20.568-07:00Snow + a Hill + Sled = Maddie's MirthYesterday ended up being the perfect day for sledding, not too cold, not so warm that it was slushy and lots of fresh snow. So, we decided to take Maddie out to a hill just outside Jeff's office. We had the hill to ourselves and were able to leave Si in the truck just a few feet away so that he could sleep straight through the whole experience.<br />
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On her first trip down the hill Maddie's hat fell over her eyes and I do not think she was really ready for what we were doing. <br />
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As soon as we talked her into trying one more time, she could not go enough and ended up having a blast!!<br />
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Si's adventure was spent dreaming away in the nice warm truck.<br />
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On to Day 7's menu:<br />
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I attempted a waffle recipe that fits within our guidelines. It was a failure... looks good in the picture though :) I will not even be sharing the recipe here, they were dense, they did not crisp up like a waffle should and they did not have much flavor. We wanted butter and syrup desperately! The topping was good, it was bananas browned in a little coconut oil with a toasted walnuts. The bacon was, of course, delicious.<br />
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For lunch we ate the pulled pork with barbecue sauce but this time we sliced an avocado on top and then squeezed some lime juice over it as well... the best version of the pork so far in my opinion.<br />
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For dinner we ate Chicken Curry, recipe found <a href="http://paleopot.com/2011/12/easy-paleo-crock-pot-chicken-curry-with-peppers-and-cabbage/">here</a>. I really like curry, a lot. This was super simple and did not disappoint. I think the red curry paste we used was far spicier than the one in the recipe which suited me just fine. We garnished with green onion, fresh cilantro and fresh lime juice. I have a can of green curry paste in my pantry that screaming at me to make this again soon!LeeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328313041138128985noreply@blogger.com0