Day 28

Day 28

Woke up to no power still, thankfully it came on around 9am.  I really felt like a cup of coffee, which I haven't had since December 31st, so I had one with the kid's cow milk.  Since power wasn't on, I boiled some water on the stove - thank god for gas!  So today I was a bit lacto-paleo.

Today's eats!

Breakfast:
I tried to have some chocolate mousse but it just didn't taste right to me.  It was ok to everyone else, just not to me, I had a couple of spoonfuls and then gave it to Elf Man to finish off.

I didn't know what I wanted after that - I felt a bit sick - so I was desperately craving vegemite on toast, but I didn't have it - I had two peaches instead - which was basically my morning tea as well by that time.

Lunch:

A ham "roll' - spinach and grated carrot in a roll of ham.  An egg that I turned into curried eggs (with organic dijon and curry powder), the other part of the carrot and a small handful of grapes.

Afternoon tea:
An overly ripe banana

Dinner:
Moroccan Beef and cauliflower rice

Dessert:
Leftover fruity dream

Supper:
No supper.  By the time we got the kids to bed, and had dessert, it was nearly bed time.

Well unfortunately this will be my last entry here for a while.  Something has come up (health wise) and I can't continue, however much I feel like a failure for not being able to see it through.  I will still be clean eating and making my own things, but I won't be a strict Paleo, so I feel to continue writing on this blog, well, it would make me a bit of a fraud.

I'll definitely be back though to finish what I started - even having to start back at day 1!

Day 27

Windy and rainy day here in the Boo - kids are going a bit stir crazy because they're not allowed to play outside!

Today's eats!

Breakfast:
Grain free cereal with natural Coyo and blueberries.

Morning tea:
Boiled egg

Lunch:
Pork chop and vegies.

Then, after lunch, we all shared hot chocolates from HERE.  Deeeeelicious!  We then went for a walk in the rain, and came home and all had hot showers/baths.

Afternoon tea:
A banana

Dinner:
Coconut chicken nuggets again and vegies.

Dessert:
Fruity dream (again)

Supper:
None. Power was out so we went to bed early.

Day 26

Happy Australia Day!  Unfortunately this year there won't be any beer drinkin' in this aussie home.

Today's eats!

Breakfast:
A slice of the banana bread I made yesterday, toasted and then with nut butter on it.  It was ok.  Plus a small bowl of grain free cereal and Coyo on the top. My attempt at my own coconut yoghurt didn't work at ALL.  It was separated and still runny.  Think I'll just buy it when we can afford it!

Morning tea:
Skipped it.  Didn't even have my cup of tea!

Lunch:
So felt like corn chips.  That's all I have been craving lately.  So had some carb heavy stuff instead - oven baked sweet potato, pumpkin and carrot.  With some pan fried ham.  And some grapes before while it was cooking because I was pretty hungry by that time.

Afternoon tea:
A banana.  A small plum.

Dinner:
Pizza!!!  With the crust taken from HERE and I didn't have any meat to put on it (or raw cheese) so we used a tomato sauce base we made ourselves (passata, paste and mixed herbs) and then I put thinly sliced sweet potato, onion, red capsicum and drizzled egg on it in place of the cheese.

Dessert:
We didn't have any ice cream/sorbet/fruity dream left, so I cut up a banana and had the rest of the mixed berry Coyo on top of it - with some cacao nibs.

Supper:
Power went out so no cup of tea. So we had water with my homemade chocolate - cherry ripe style (made with fresh cherries and shredded coconut). I'm doing this from my phone so will link the recipe tomorrow.
ETA - here is the recipe!  Yummy yummy chocolate

Day 25

Feel a bit weak today, and totally out of energy.  Plus this morning I had a big pain down my leg, from my butt to my calf - bloody sciatic pain!  Drives me crazy.

Anyhoo - today's eats!

Breakfast:
Didn't have anything planned from the night before, so we decided to defrost some bacon and just have some with eggs.  Elf Man cooked this morning, was great!  Eggs were really nice and fluffy.

Morning tea:
I was out shopping until after 11am so I had a banana when I got back home.  Got lots of paleo treats at the shops, Woolworths stock some really good ones now, bars made from dates, nuts and cacao with nothing else added!  Fanbloodytastic.

Lunch:
Salad with beef strips.  Spinach, lettuce, grated carrot, black grapes and cashews.

Afternoon tea:
Paleo banana bread from HERE
I didn't quite cook it long enough, even though my tester skewer came out clean and I poked it about a dozen times!  And it got stuck in the bottom of my pan so next time I'm using baking paper.  It was definitely one of the nicer baking goods made with coconut flour (which has a texture that I'm not really all that fond of!)  All the kids ate some too.

Dinner:
I found some grassfed beef mince at Aldi today - wasn't overly expensive (around $8 for 800g) so I got that and made cheeseburgers for the kids, and rissole type things for us.  Served it with vegies and some organic dijon.  (I added a grated carrot, garlic powder and onion powder to the mince before making into patties).

This is what the kids dinner looked like:

I've noticed that there is a definite difference between grass fed meat and grain fed meat - the smell of the raw meat!!  At first I thought it was a bit off because it smelled a bit funny, but then we worked out it was because it was grass fed meat.  The 2kg of grass fed sirloin I got the other day was the same as well. It just smells more.. meaty - funnily enough LOL

Dessert:
Leftover fruity dream from last night.

Supper:
One of the bars I found at Woolies and a cup of tea.

I'm also attempting to make my own coconut yoghurt tonight, so we will see in the morning how it turns out.  This is made with my own homemade coconut milk based on the recipe in this post HERE and the coconut yoghurt made from this recipe HERE.  Hopefully it works because I really like coconut yoghurt but at $9.40 for 400ml its slightly out of reach of our budget!

Speaking of food costs - I spent about $300 all up this week, which isn't too bad (including stuff around the house too) - however because I stocked up on meat in the first week, I'm using a bit of chicken from our stock pile, so I only had to buy two lots of meat this week instead of lots of meat.  Will see how we go next week!

Day 24

Day 24!

I can't believe I have made it this far, still a LONG way to go, but hopefully I'll knock these cravings on the head soon.  Today it was for maccas again.  I miss it! Crazy isn't it.  Some days I wish I was a normal person who could eat normal things and not worry about the damage its doing to my health.

Anyhoo - today's eats:

Breakfast:
Grain free cereal I made last night (with currants and cranberries), coconut milk and some fresh blueberries.

Morning tea:
Whoops, skipped it!  Had a tea with my lovely friend Anita who came over so I didn't bother eating.

Lunch:
We hardly have any food at the moment, so I went searching in the freezer for any leftovers that were paleo.  Thankfully I had put two servings of shepherd's pie away in the freezer, so I heated those up, put some dollops of BBQ sauce on it, and had it with sweet potato and carrots.

Afternoon tea:
Our local health food shop had 20% off today, so I saved some money on a huge container of coconut oil.  So I got some Coyo to try - OMG - SO FREAKING NICE!!!!!!  But oh so expensive - 400g cost me $9.40 - ouch!  So I just had a little bit of it, but wanted to lick my cup it was in after I couldn't get any more out with my spoon.  I'll have to attempt to make my own coconut yoghurt, it will work out a little bit cheaper anyway if I'm successful!

Dinner:
Tuna Bacon cakes from HERE with some sweet potato chips and broccoli.

Dessert:
Elf Man made up some fruity dream from the thermomix book, but omitted the sugar - we had a mixture of plum and strawberry.  Definitely tell there was no sugar in it.

Supper:
Piece of brownie and a fruit leather.  And a cup of tea with almond milk.

Day 23

Today's eats!  (and I don't want to mention my craving for maccas and corn chips haven't gone away yet)

Breakfast:
Green smoothie.  With frozen strawberries instead of the usual blueberries. Yum.

Morning tea:
We went to Coo's kindy orientation this morning, so I had to take it "to go". So we had a small piece of brownie that we made yesterday and a small handful of cherries.

Lunch:
We got home at lunchtime starving, and I just wanted something quick and I wasn't craving anything in particular (that I could have!) so I had two eggs, scrambled, and some carrot sticks.

Afternoon tea:
Zucchini Hommus and carrot sticks.

Dinner:
Salmon and vegies.  Need more broccoli!

Dessert:
Leftover sorbet

Supper:
Cup of tea, brownie and fruit leather.

Day 22

So I was visiting the toilet a few times last night, and this morning.  So something I had upset my belly, I'm wondering if it was the mince in dinner last night - I think it was more fatty than what I am used to, usually I get extra lean mince.

Today's eats:

Breakfast:
The chia muesli again with banana instead of apple, and some blackberries and blueberries.  Plus almond milk - Elf Man had coconut milk.

Morning tea:
I didn't skip it today, I had a boiled egg.

Lunch:
Ham and shallot  omelette and some sweet potato chips.

Afternoon tea:
An apricot and a banana.

Dinner:
Sausages and vegies (and BBQ sauce from the other night - its still going!)

Dessert:
Sorbet

Supper:
Brownie from HERE and cup of tea. I think my piece was a bit too big but I ate it anyway!