Amazon Prime and More Randomness

I know I've been slacking on blog posts. It's so much easier to instagram... Seriously. Do any of you feel that way?  I get so caught up in posting on there that I forget about this little thing I have going... called MY BLOG.  I've been eating a lot of good stuff lately and I've found some really cool things!  If you follow me on instagram some of these pictures might be a repeat.

First of all... Honeyville almond flour.


I've heard so many bloggers recommend it but I never thought it would be worth spending $40 for.  I mean come on... Almond flour is almond flour.  Bob's Red Mill is JUST fine... right?  Not so much.

It's $40 for pretty much a lifetime supply in my house.  5lbs is a lot!  Plus it really does make all the difference in the world.


Texture.  It's not grainy.  It's not coarse.  It's so close to real flour.  It took my paleo pancakes to an all new level.


Let me put it this way.  I made a batch of the almond flour pancakes just for myself for dinner the other night because the rest of my family usually doesn't like them.  My husband and kids were begging for them.  They were that good... and it's all because of that flour!

Speaking of Honeyville almond flour... Amazon prime!

The only place I can find sugar free sunflower seed butter here in Monterey is Whole Foods... and it's $8.99 a jar.  I got a 6 pack on Amazon for $39!  I'll do the math for you.  That's $6.50 a jar.  Needless to say I'm an Amazon prime addict these days.

And let me talk a little bit about this guy.


I'm not usually a fan of larabars.  I like to make my own.  I'm so in love with this bar.

Of course it's seasonal and my Whole Foods is out of them.

Maybe that's a good thing...?

Have you tried anything new lately?

Seasonal Eating

I think all of this sunshine has the chemicals in my body all confused.  I'm originally from Ohio and I moved to North Carolina when I was 16. Although NC is warmer than Ohio it does have seasons… to some extent. It at least it has gloomy days. I need a gloomy day. I'm just not used to all of these perfect, warm, sunny days… think 70 and bright sun every single day.  What a terrible thing to complain about.  Seriously.

You can definitely tell I feeling the need for a season change by my food.  I'm feeling like some fall foods.  I have turkey and mashed sweet potatoes on the menu this week… and this is just a sample of what I've been eating the past few days.

Eggs and greens of course for breakfast.  Alongside some bacon or fruit.


Brussels, pork, and kale leftovers for lunch.


Thanksgiving meatballs and butternut squash soup for dinner.

See I told ya I'm wanting it to be fall.

and I've been LOVING this little snack.  Dried dates stuff with pistachios.


Does the weather affect your moods?

Munchkin Meals: Gluten Free Pancakes

I'm on a gluten free pancake hunt. I really like the idea of oat flour instead of all the other random flours (rice, tapioca, potato). Squirrel doesn't eat eggs so I'm having a really hard time figuring out what to give her for breakfast! Any ideas? She isn't into my paleo pancakes either… Too eggy.

My kids have been eating oat flour pancakes from Food Prepper for breakfast lately.  This recipe was good… but a little dry.  I'm still searching for the one.

I made sun butter sandwiches out of them and served them with pear and Applegate sausage.


I've noticed that people here in Monterey like to eat outside.  So we've been doing a lot of picnics!

This lunch included:  A treat of olive oil potato chips (just potatoes, olive oil, and salt), a homemade gluten free granola bar, strawberries, Applegate pepperoni, Kerrygold cheese, and cheesy kale chips.

We tried something new this week for dinner.

Ground pastured pork, kale chips (we can't get enough of them!), and mashed sweet potatoes made with maple syrup and grass fed butter.  The mashed sweet potatoes were the new thing and neither liked them.  If I were eating them it would taste like dessert!

We are working on them… we are slowly taking tiny steps in the paleo direction.

Let me know if you have any good egg free/paleo breakfast ideas!  Paleo muffins?  Gluten free banana bread?  Anything!

Pizza, Popcorn, and Movie Night

The one thing I've missed while doing a Whole30 is having pizza and popcorn on Friday night with my kids.

Well last night I figured out how to do it.

Pizza


and popcorn!


Juli from paleOMG's pizza pie is going crazy on instagram.  I just had to try it.

Instead of using pizza sauce I used Raos marinara.  I just added some extra italian seasoning to it.


I also added green peppers...


and a whole pack of pepperoni.


This is as amazing as everyone says it is!  We made real pizza for the kids last night and LB actually pushed his plate away and took mine.


As for the popcorn… I actually made this recipe for cheesy kale chips the other night for dinner and my family couldn't get enough of them.

I might need to alter my kale chip recipe because baking them at 200 degrees was the way to go!

What special treats do you let yourself have?

No Whining

I am cranky today. I can think of several reasons why.

I was woken up at 4:30 this morning by a text message.  I forgot to put my phone on silent.  It was a  good one but it made me lose an hour of sleep. I've got a nagging pain in my left shoulder. Every single time I do push press… and I don't even lift that heavy. I've been mentally terrorized by a three year old all day. As much as I love my kids I can only take so much whining/neediness in a day. I'm maxed out.  

I am happy that I get to share with you my meals from yesterday.  I've been eating some good stuff lately!  Do you follow me on instagram?  You should because I've been posting a lot of what I eat daily on there.

So here goes.

Breakfast

Y'all I really eat the same thing for breakfast every morning.  Sometimes I might eat what the hubs is making but I just like my eggs, greens, and ghee.  This time it was kale.

Lunch

Now that I've figured out how to wrap my burgers I want burgers all the time!  This was just grass fed beef, ketchup, mustard, pickle, and onion wrapped in an iceberg lettuce leaf.  Plus sweet potatoes on the side.

Dinner

Paleo mexican meatballs.  If try any of my recipes try this one.  It's simple and SO good in guacamole.  We had them over cauliflower rice.

Have you eaten anything exciting lately?