Day 9 - Macadamia Nut Mahi with mango, pineapple, avocado salsa

Breakfast: scrambled eggs, avocado
Lunch:  leftover stir fry, meatballs
Snacks: trail mix

Dinner:  Mahi Mahi with macadamia nuts and mango, avocado, pineapple salsa

Grilled Mahi (from Costco) topped with:

Mango Salsa

• mango
• pineapple
• red onion
• jalapeno
• cilantro
• lime juice

Day 8 - Chicken Tortilla Soup and Stir Fry

Sunday.

Lunch:  Chicken tortilla soup (without the tortilla chips).

I had purchased a roasted chicken from Costco on Friday and used a little for my cob salad lunch.  After my lunch on Friday put away the leftover chicken and made stock with the carcass.  So, today I scraped the fat off the top of the stock and used it for the base of my tortilla chicken soup.  It turned out really good.

Saute onions and garlic in butter and olive oil

add green chilies, cumin, chili powder, etc.

Pour in chicken stock and leftover chicken (shredded) from one roasted Costco chicken

Add roasted tomatoes, and salsa verde from Trader Joes

Serve with avocado and cilantro

Got some prep done for the week.  Made some hard boiled eggs, grated carrots, sliced pineapple.

Day 7 - Chickpea, Leeks, and Kale Saute

For lunch, a salmon burger with grilled yam chips ... and, avocado, of course. I am up to almost 2 avocados a day, is this too much? For dinner I made a recipe from Dandelion Organic's recipes with leeks, kale and chickpeas (WLC approved, not paleo). It was so filling and great with my filet and salad. I think I will put the leftovers in the food processor and make hummus. Chickpea, Leeks and Kale Saute

Day 6 - Cobb Salad

Day 6

Day 5 - Kale Chips

I made a small batch of kale chips today.  The girls loved them!  They are a pretty great snack, especially if you are craving something salty.

Baked Kale Chips

I used the above link as a guide, but used olive oil and salt and that's pretty much it.  A hit!

Day 4 - Huckleberry smoothie

Smoothie for Ruby

Smoothie for Ruby:

• frozen banana (cut into pieces before freezing)
• frozen huckleberries (any berry will work, but huckleberries are the best!)
• coconut milk (I used quite a bit)

Blend all together - I used my margarita machine!  (:  Ruby and I both loved our frozen treat.  I froze the leftovers for "ice cream".

Day 3 - Paleo pancakes

Paleo pancakes

I found this blog/app and it has some recipes that look really good and some nice features for planning your week. I tried the almond flour pancakes this morning. They were good, but rich. I could only eat a little of it. A bit dry, but the berries on top helped. I read some of the reviews and maybe next time I will try some coconut flour and almond flour mixed. Almond Flour Pancakes

Day 2 - Stuffed red peppers

Made Paleo stuffed peppers the other night for dinner. The flavor was great, but it was the texture of the cauliflower "rice" that I wasn't a big fan of. Had the leftovers for lunch today and it was better. Maybe because the cauliflower cooked more it wasn't as noticeable. Here is a link to the recipe: Paleo Stuffed Peppers

Oh, and I used half grass fed ground beef and half chicken sausage instead of just sausage.

Day 1 - Salmon with kale avocado salad

Saturday, September 16, 2013

Baseline workout
800m run
50 sit ups
75 squats
100 push ups
as many burpees as possible

in 11 minutes

I got through 45 push ups!

Food:

For breakfast I made scrambled eggs with avocado and bacon.  It kept me full through the baseline workout!

Lunch was quinoa with shredded chicken mixed with mango salsa, pineapple, tomatoes, jalapenos and cilantro.

Dinner was grilled salmon with quinoa (mixed with cucumbers and tomatoes) and a kale mixed salad (from TJs) with avocado, tomatoes, and almonds.