These coconut flour biscuits have helped me in the moments where I have craved something biscuit-or-bread-like. In living the paleo life, you really just occasionally want to pair a meal with something like a biscuit, but NOT a biscuit, because you know how it would make you feel afterwards! It all started the night I made roasted tomato & basil soup, which is SO good. But, the craving for a grilled cheese sandwich to pair with it, was slightly overwhelming, so I set out to make something that would stand in it’s place… and these coconut flour biscuits did the trick!

Here’s how you make em… 

Let me know if you try them, and tell me what you think!

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I made these delicious paleo apple streusel egg muffins for brunch on Saturday morning. packed-with-protein (they have 9 eggs, 9!!). I love that they are grain free, dairy free, gluten free, sugar free, and all-around paleo approved!

The muffins are very egg-y (is that a word? is now!) so if you don’t like egg – to the 9th degree then you probably will not like these. Here is my picture story board of my cooking shenanigans.

Oh and just so we’re clear… I do not have any kind of amazing state-of-the-art large kitchen. I have a tiny kitchen. Tiny.  Liam is playing in the sink in this photo…. and the madness is behind him, this is how we cook because counter space is rare. We have no choice right now. But hey, Love Will Save the Day!

and the finished product. MMMM. 

And now, for the recipe! 

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This week I am attempting emeals paleo plan that I got for a mega deal from Groupon. ($5 for an entire year – due to some groupon bucks I had! score for a deal!)

I have so much fun posting pictures as I learn to cook and eat differently. We’ve (my fam and me) have been eating Paleo for about a month now and needed some fresh ideas for meals and emeals really supplied that with their paleo plan (grocery list included, score!) Sometimes, I found, branching out means failed meal attempts…

This week there were two of those. 

Lemony Tuna Salad – which was just not my speed – Jer ate it and was fine with it!

Curried Pulled Pork – was ick. I really don’t like pork and I think that was my issue, not the recipe

BUT — I tried! So, two failed recipes that won’t be featured in my kitchen ever again. I’ll get back on track posting pictures and recipes as soon as I pick one that I love and want to share with you!

If you need some ideas for meal planning, check out emeals, they have all kinds of plans and some of them include budgets, and specific stores with prices! It just doesn’t get easier!

If you’re wondering what paleo is check out this post: what is paleo? 

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Paleo Meal Plan this week:

monday- grilled dry-rub bbq chicken thighs (on sale at HT this week!) , sautéed kale (so cheap, 1 pound is less than $2!) (we ate this outside on our back patio!)

tuesday- lemony tuna salad (on sale at HT), slow roasted plum tomatoes (already on hand)(this was not my fave, at all – but i’m not really a fan of tuna, go figure!)

wednesday- curried pulled pork (on sale at HT), roasted cabbage (also, not my fave, the roasted cabbage however, is delicious!)

thursday- chicken sausage (costco), peppers (costco – so cheap there!), onions (costco) stir fry with coconut oil (costco)

friday- out to eat! – it’s always good to get out of the house on a friday night

saturday- lettuce fajitas – i will use pepper’s and onions from thursday night’s meal with chicken – this will be my first time sans flour tortillas, wish us luck!

sunday- taco salad – using ground turkey

snacks:

kale chips

paleo energy bars {nut butter, pepitas, dark chocolate, dates, ground almonds} – these are SO good!

apple streusel egg muffins

So, as you can see I did have some ingredients on hand and this helps a great deal with the weekly budget. Since we buy in bulk lots of times, I will have lots leftover for the next week, and the next. Other than that I bought a lot of things I needed at harris teeter, and one or two things at Trader Joe’s! This meal plan was based on the emeals plan that I subscribe to, check it out!

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My friend, Ashley, is writing her grocery plan on $100 a week, she has an additional child than we do, so that certainly accounts for that $25 difference. Check out her blog for some great ideas and encouragement for eating on $100 a week!

Since I am brand new to Paleo, and I think maybe some of you might be new to embrace it too! Because of that, I am excited to share with you our meal plan each week and occasionally post some pictures of my meals.

We shop at Costco and Harris Teeter – we buy some select things at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, but I might up my purchasing of produce there until farmer’s market season.

Our plan:

We budget $300 a month for groceries, which breaks down to $75 a week. We are able to eat with real food (I buy organic and local when I can) for this amount. I plan for only dinners and usually lunchtime is leftovers or something simple. I make one or two snacks as well each week. Other than that we snack on almonds, cranberries, snap pea crisps (which does have grain), veggie straws (grain also), and/ or strawberries.

We usually take a family trip to Costco as is customary and we just love it there! I usually buy organic meats, almond milk, and some produce here (staple items).

Then, I sit down on Sunday nights with my computer and emeals – and start going through the list. I then order online from Harris Teeter (it’s also great if I forget something, I just call and they’ll add it to my order!) for order pick up – believe me, this is the best way for me to stay on track and not impulse buy. The amount of money I spend on the monthly pickup is way less than what I would spend impulse buying.

I then place the order, pick it up on Monday to be ready to cook dinner. When I meal plan I take into account the week ahead, I look at our schedule and see what we have going on at nights and plan accordingly. Sometimes on those nights I’ll plan easy meals or just left overs. I also look at the weather and I plan soups/chilis for colder nights.

I would love to start posting my meals in hopes to inspire you as others have done for me! If you decide to join in, let me know!

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I started changing the way I eat.

Remember my 7 journey I started in January? If you don’t I’ll give you the short version -the goal was to eat only 7 foods for one month. It challenged me to my core, it ripped my little cheez-it & diet coke loving heart to shreds, why? well because it helped me to start thinking about food differently. Not only that, but when whole-wheat bread was one of my foods and my stomach was in knots every night… I knew something was off. As soon as I elimanated the whole wheat bread/gluten I felt much better. Way better.

There are so many food buzz words these days

clean eating, gluten free, paleo, low-carb, low-fat. All of these can be a confusing mix when you are just trying to figure out how to eat healthy. Which is where I found myself 3 months ago.

Once my diet was gluten free – I was still noticing the reality that I needed to go a step further to feel even better. That was when I moved into Paleo.

Paleo is this:

Veggies

Meats

Oils, Nuts & Seeds

Some Fruits (Berries)

Avoiding:

Dairy

Sugar

Wheat/Grain

paleo infographic

There is a much more detailed description here  But these are the main points if you’re thinking about hopping on board. My paleo pinterest board is full of lots of great recipes & infographics.

If you have more questions – please ask, as I’m learning too!

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One of the great things about eating paleo is that I’m rediscovering foods in a new way. Before, I probably never would have thought of roasting cabbage, but now I am forced to think differently about the foods that I am consuming.

We enjoyed our roasted cabbage as an alternative to the corned beef and cabbage combo on St. Patrick’s day!

Check out the recipe after the jump!

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These bad boys are super easy to make, which makes them taste better I think!

Check out the recipe after the jump!

yummmmmmm. If you try these let me know what you think!

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I love that they are made with three ingredients. Kale, Olive Oil, and Sea Salt.

The most beautiful thing of all is that littles LOVED the Kale chips!

I was so proud of him for snackin’ on kale! Big win if you ask me!

So the recipe…

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Tonight, (because the chicken planned to use for dinner had not yet completely defrosted) it was time for plan B!

…and I had a hankering for pizza! Since we went wheat free in January, life has not been the same. I think long & hard now before I meal plan. Back in my wheat days we would make pizzas, chicken pot pie, cupcakes, pasta, soups with pasta, and life was just dandy and full of flour. But now, life is different – meal planning takes a bit longer, groceries are more expensive, but we feel good about the decisions we are making for our health. Nutrition doesn’t have to be so confusing. Eating foods that come from the ground is the way to go. I haven’t crossed the barrier to officially paleo yet, but slowly but surely. I got a bunch of recipes for this week’s meal plan from Nom Nom Paleo – I can’t wait to try the Damn Fine Chicken (her title, not mine).

I tried making cauliflower crust pizza a few days ago, and while it was good, it was not quite for me. I was amazed at how the cauliflower took on the likeness of dough after the water was squeezed out… but I still think cauliflower’s taste is a bit too strong to fully replace some type of flour base – be it gluten free, or not. I am planning on blogging the recipe and the results later.

But for now, tonight’s delicious gluten-free pizza, recipe after the jump!

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