Fri, Oct 29

I've been researching Paleo recipes, still positive I will make it through this 30-day challenge. Like everyone else, I want stuff that tastes good, is easy to make, and doesn't cost me a fortune. That's not too much to ask for, is it?? I found some interesting recipes & had to go on the hunt for some of the ingredients. I went to Central Market, but only found about half of my list:

Coconut flour, coconut/pineapple juice, walnut oil, almond meal, & pecan meal

I also ran into these neat looking squash and had to share on here. Cool. 

FOOD

BF = fruit/spinach smoothie, 2 sausages out of sausage rolls (rolls were discarded), almonds

Lunch = roasted chicken, fruit/spinach smoothie

Snack = applesauce

Dinner =  6 almond banana pancakes (PALEO!)

Ok, so as you can see I tested out a paleo pancake recipe. On a scale from 1-10 with 10 being most excellent, I'd give these pancakes an 8. They were surprisingly good AND easy to make with only 4 ingredients (bananas, eggs, almond butter, cinnamon)! Two thumbs up, and there will be a repeat.

The next experiment was a batch of paleo cookies. They too, turned out surprisingly well. Although I'd give them a 9 + 2 thumbs up. Very tasty. The only problem with both of these recipes is that I found myself craving a huge glass of milk as I was demolishing the prized bakeries. The cookies had 4 ingredients as well (almond meal, finely chopped walnuts & dark cherries, and honey). The lack of numerous ingredients makes me feel like I'm a genius for concocting something so wondermous out of so little variables.

Fresh out of the oven!

I believe I will have to purchase the dry container for our VitaMix so I can start making my own almond flour/meal. Central Market sells it, but I bet I can make it for much cheaper. I found a YouTube video online that showed how to do it using the VitaMix or the Ninja, as it seems those are the two preferred blenders of choice. Now to find a stainless steel sifter...

Once Owen is introduced and acclimated to all these nuts, I'm fairly certain he'll scarf these down like there's no tomorrow.

WOD

Another off day. Ryan wanted to pitter around after work, which left me as single mom. I got busy experimenting in the kitchen after putting Owen to bed, lost track of time, and then was too lazy to do a wod at home alone. Will get to one tomorrow. Good night, sleep tight.