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WhatIEat#15

Harvest Soup(see previous WhatIEat posts for ingredients), with these yummy GF crackers. Love that Costco carries a large bag of these for a great price. They go great with cheese; I missed cheese and crackers so much over last couple years!                          

These delicious pancakes were made using a recipe from Danielle Walker's Paleo Celebrations cookbook. My mom gave it to me for Christmas, and I've made these pancakes a few times already. Yum.
I made like 15 baked potatoes last Saturday to bring to my parent's house for Sunday lunch, and then the kids got sick and we didn't go, so we've been eating them all week. Nice having them ready to go though. Brian loves loaded baked potatoes, so he's been eating them cold in his lunches like that. I fried the ones pictured here with some bacon, and then threw on some broccoli and cheese, green onions, and bit of sour cream for a fast dinner.
Lunch for me and Sophie and Nathaniel...tuna sandwiches, with "baby oranges", green apple slices and a few Kettle potato chips. I put avocado on my sandwich too.
I have a couple goals for February; drink 12 smoothies and do 14 workouts for a minimum of 20min each.
The ingredients in this smoothie are on the paper in the pic....I've been experimenting, and maybe getting a bit carried away, with adding  as many healthy ingredients into one smoothie as possible. I figure I might as well....I don't care for the taste still but I make myself do it, and it is a pretty easy way to get in 4-5 servings of fruit/veg into breakfast. Plus, running the raw foods through the food processor makes them more digestible. Win!
Breakfast for me and the kids: scrambled eggs, GF toast, strawberries, smoothie, and tea.
Oh this cheese...soft, creamy, amazing. I got some on sale this week at Haggens and then went back and got more! Reminds me of those little plastic trays of cheese and crackers, with the tiny, red plastic scraper I would sometimes get in my lunch as a kid, only this is healthy, grass-fed cheese, and gluten free crackers. Mm mmmm.
Quick lunch of a salad with some leftover salmon and roasted potatoes thrown on, and some honey mustard dressing. Side of cheese and crackers....yes, again.
Breakfast- sautéed zucchini and spinach, topped with fried eggs. Pumpkin muffin with Kerrygold butter. Tea.
I've been experimenting on a new, not-too-sweet, pumpkin muffin recipe...stay tuned for that!
Quick soup for dinner, using those baked potatoes, leftover broccoli, and ham.
Tomato soup (from a box) with a "tuna mountain" and some Darigold sharp cheddar. We were out of bread, but I do this sometimes for myself when the kids have grilled cheese sandwiches, to cut out extra carbs. The only reason I do that is so I can eat brownies later though, ha!

Homemade, Paleo waffles. The kids had theirs topped with almond butter, strawberries and bananas. I just ate mine with Kerrygold butter.
Breakfast of cauliflower purée and tea.
This ugly but delicious "soup" is the result of my craving enchiladas for dinner but not having enough time or ingredients to actually make real enchiladas. I sautéed a little onion and green pepper, threw in some chicken breast strips, and when those were cooked, I added refried beans, leftover rice, leftover enchilada sauce and some spices. Voilà! Top with lettuce and guacamole and serve with tortillas or chips if desired. (Always!) :)
Dinner of salmon, cauliflower purée, and roasted rainbow baby potatoes. I like topping salmon with either honey mustard or garlic and onion powder and dried dill and parsley.
Chicken breast strips, fried and then tossed in Trader Joe's sweet chili sauce. White rice and broccoli.
Dessert! We had Brian's parents over for dessert own evening to celebrate Sophie's 6th birthday. Served Brownies, Butter cookies, and Chocolate rice crispy treats. The ones shaped like dog bones were leftover from the dachshund themed party we had a few days earlier. Served with strawberries and Kirkland vanilla ice cream.
Breakfast- fried egg, fried leftover smashed purple potatoes, spinach, cauliflower purée, and tea. Eat those veggies and protein for breakfast!
Kids breakfast- cheese omelet, GF toast with peanut butter and honey, and green apple. I had the omelet and a smoothie.
Cheese omelet with green onions.
Dinner out! We went to Applebee's for Sophie's birthday. This is what I usually get when we go out: steak, broccoli and sweet potato fries.
Yummy burger from Zane Burger. I got it "naked" with a GF bun because I had to grab a quick dinner in town after a NAET treatment, and couldn't have anything "healthy". (Avoiding veggies, fruit, dairy...) Even though it was plain, it was so good, and I can't wait to go back to get a " fully dressed" burger.

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