Day 16 - Dinner out at The Fork

Today a few of us that are doing the challenge met to make some food to share for the week ahead and share other recipes that have been a success.  I will share the recipes that we made this week.   They all look really good and I am excited to have some "easy" meals ready.

My cousin is in town, so for dinner tonight we went to The Fork for dinner.  They had a couple of dishes on their menu that I think are pretty close to WLC approved.  I didn't ask for specifics because I am doing intermediate, so a small amount of unapproved in a prepared dish is ok with me.  I wish I would have remembered to take a photo of the entree's, but here is a description of them.  If you get a chance go out and try them.  So good!


ZINFANDEL BRAISED SHORT RIBS
CAULIFLOWER PUREE, BRAISED KALE, 
CHANTERELLES, NATURAL JUS 28.


GARAM MASALA BONE-IN PORK CHOP
MILK BRINE, SWEET POTATO-BRUSSELS SPROUT
HASH, TANGERINE-PEAR CHUTNEY 26.

Day 15 - Stir Fry

Day 15 - Saturday

Two weeks down!  I am feeling great and loving finding and making these great new recipes. 

Stir Fry

Here is what I did for mine ... adjust as needed to what you have and what you like.

1.  Season chicken with salt and pepper and grill

While chicken is cooking:

2.  Saute carrot "noodles" in sesame oil.  To make the noodles I simply grated the carrots length wise.  Remove from pan and place in separate bowl.

3.  In the same pan saute:

sesame oil

garlic

red onions

celery

red bell pepper

red pepper flakes (for heat)

4.  Add:

tamari

fish sauce

hoisin sauce?

chili sauce?

ginger

carrots (I added the carrot, broccoli slaw from TJs)

bamboo shoots

bean sprouts

snap peas

5.  Last minute add:

kale

Cabbage (I used a kale, cabbage, spout mix from Costco)

broccoli (and broccoli florets that I had steamed - added at the end)

6.  Take chicken off grill, rest and then slice.  Serve over the stir fry veggies.

7.  Top with:

cilantro or maybe Thai basil

green onions

sesame seeds (I used black too for presentation)

Looks like it is really and long and difficult, but mostly just having the ingredients ready to go - it cooks quick.

Day 14 - Traveling on the challenge

We are away from home today.  We drove down last night to Seattle to spend the night with Richard.  He has been working down here all week.  Sticking to the challenge was a little difficult while on the road and I forgot to take pictures of everything.  But, dinner last night I order chicken skewer with salad.  This morning for breakfast I had a veggie omelet (no cheese) and some fruit.  My lunch today was a Thai chicken salad.  It was really good.

Day 13 - Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I made some paleo cookies today.  They aren't Whole Life Challange approved because of the honey and chocolate chunks, but I figured if I was going to cheat a little than at least I could feel a little better about my cheat and still maintain at least gluten free.  I followed the recipe exactly (I even had a vanilla bean) and they turned out great.  Here is a link to the recipe on PaleOMG: Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Day 12 - Grilled Mahi burger with mango salsa salad

For lunch the last couple of days I have used the rest of my mango, pineapple, avocado salsa on a mahi burger (from Trader Joes) on top of a spinach salad.  I added some macadamia nuts and fresh tomatoes.

Day 11 - Grilled Salmon with Sweet Potatoes and Strawberry Kale Salad

Dinner tonight was for Lisa's birthday ... grilled salmon with baked sweet potatoes (and yams) and a sesame strawberry kale salad.

The salmon was seasoned with salt and lemon pepper and grilled.   We started the sweet potatoes and yams in the microwave to soften and then put them on the grill whole with the salmon.

The kale salad was so good.  We used a kale salad mix from Fred Meyer and added strawberries, red onion, rosemary almonds and avocado.

Day 10 - Paleo Pancakes

I made paleo pancakes for breakfast.  Both girls gobbled them up right away.  Jewel noticed the banana taste in hers about half way through and decided she didn't really love that in her pancake.  Ruby had a couple though - the first with bananas on top and then huckleberries.  Jewel had hers with peanut butter.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 banana
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup almond butter