Becoming Strict with Paleo!

I've made the choice to become stricter with Paleo and while doing that I find myself actually not wanting to eat. Not because I am striking food but because I'm not hungry. That's new for me. Well not exactly new, this happens every few years. I've gone ahead and ordered some products to help my transition back into strict Paleo.

Check out Primal Kitchen! One of my close friends swears by the Chipotle mayo so that was purchased haha.

I ordered all my products through Thrive Market and I saved $40 and got TWO free gifts! Two mustards by Sir Kensington that we've wanted to try so I'm excited!

Also in the mail is Siete's Tortillas. I see them all over other blogs so I took that plunge and bought a case so I can freeze them and enjoy them this summer.

Pretty excited about my purchases! When I get them, I'll do some reviewing for you!

Until then, enjoy Thursday!

Cooking the perfect steak

I have perfected the perfect medium rare steak.

First, get the skillet or pan hot while the pan gets hot, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Take the steak and put it in the pan on medium-low heat. Cook without disturbing for 5 minutes then flip. After both sides have cooked, season--I'm using Primal Palate's meat and potato seasoning. Cook for another 5 minutes on each side in butter (or ghee). Then stick the steak in a pan in the oven for 15 minutes (flip in between). Let rest for another 5 minutes and voila! Perfect medium rare steak. 

Under the steak is organic jasmine rice from trader joe's. I did eat the ENTIRE plate of food and feel so good. Perfect meal in just one hour.

Enjoy!

Easy peasie frittata

This morning I was uninterested in standing over the stove to cook eggs, sausage and sweet potatoes. All the things I need post work-out. So I did a quick pinterest search and in a matter of 45 minutes, start to finish, I had this amazing egg frittata (or what I'm calling a frittata).  I cut up a whole sweet potato, one bunch of scallions(green onions), and 2 chicken apple sausage. I used 6 eggs and some almond milk. I seasoned it all with primalpalate 's Adobe seasoning. It was in the oven for 35 minutes at 350 and there you have it! Perfect breakfast on the go! It was so yummy. I ate it pretty fast. I cut it into 4 pieces and will eat it for breakfast the next few days. So for me the serving would be about 4, maybe 5. If you are feeding more people, just add more eggs and use a larger dish. This wasn't terribly hard and you can even prep the night before. Or cook the night before to be re-heated in the morning! It's really tasty and in my opinion the best alternative to standing in front of the stove for 30 minutes in the morning...yes, it takes sweet potatoes a long time to cook. The only downfall is I had to leave dishes in the sink which means I go home to more dishes than I'd like to do.

Body by butter

Today I experimented with Cassava flour. It honestly was the best idea I've ever had.  I've never had such delicious cinnamon rolls, well I did when I was eating gluten ;) These are the best gluten free cinnamon rolls I've had in 3 years. They were delicious! It took a while to get the dough right but in the end they were well worth it! I topped them with some melted butter, coconut sugar, Primal Palate's cinnamon sugar cookie spice (which I got for Christmas thanks to my sweetie!) and they were to die for. I'm very pleased! I smell like butter. My original plan was to make ham and biscuits and sweet potatoes. But the movie we went to was long so we threw away the plan and went to get Korean bbq! I really love that we do our own thing and make Christmas our own. 

Don't those cinnamon rolls look incredible?! It took 45 minutes start to finish!

Food fun!!!

Cooking is fun! It's so much fun, slicing and dicing things. Its fun trying new recipes and experimenting with food.

Yesterday, we decided to buy some meat and scallops to make dinner. I pan seared the scallops, which I had NEVER made before. They were perfect. The best part of Paleo is you can cook with butter and not feel guilty. The scallops were cooked with butter. Delicious!

The steak was made with coconut oil, pan seared then broiled. Perfect.

And kale chips. Kale?! Who knew I could cook kale.

If you are thinking of starting Paleo, get "Fast Paleo" app for iphone, $.99 and it has TONS of easy and yummy Paleo dishes!


Today, E said she was bored of eggs. So I pulled out my phone and tried to find a recipe for something new. I'm currently making a breakfast pie, sort of. Bacon on the bottom, egg, sauteed veggies and some ham. I'm so excited for it to be done!!!! 

This morning I am drinking Zen Tea with almond milk. Seriously, who am I?

But I will tell you I weighed myself last weekend and I was 155 and today I'm 153. Might not be huge to you but it's huge to me. I'm excited. And I have so much energy. I walked the dog and played and just enjoyed the morning. This whole having energy thing is so new to me that I'm not sure what to do with it all!!!!!

I'll keep you posted on other meals!

Thanks for reading!