What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

B:2 eggs over easy, 2 slices uncured bacon, bowl of blueberries and oranges, coffee, 4 oz. almond milk

L: tuna in oil over red lettuce, yellow grape tomatoes, avocado, chocolate vinegar, an apple
S: 1/4 cup of nuts and cranberries, 1/2 cup of blueberries

D: taco salad made with ground turkey, chipolte sauce, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, on lettuce and splashed with buffalo sauce
2 squares dark chocolate

I am fighting an illness... not terrible, just a full head, and some achy feelings. I was starving this morning, but not so hungry in the afternoon. Hopefully, I'll feel better in the AM, as I am planning on going on a hike with my cycling group, who I have seen once since last year at this time

[GLC1968]

I'm joining in again. I just found out some potentially bad news about my back and I know that a squeaky clean diet will be very important as I try to recover from whatever this turns out to be...

B: sweet potato, jalapeno and sausage hash topped with a fried egg, fresh blueberries, black coffee
L: left over chicken wings (cooked in BBQ seasoning and bacon fat), guacamole, plantain chips
S: mixed raw nuts (cashews, macadamia, almonds and pistachios)
D: orange roughy in an Asian inspired marinade, sauteed veggies or greens (depending on mood) and a baked sweet potato.

[solobiker]

Hope everything turns out okay with your back GLC.

I have not posted here in a little while. I am still eating paleo with a few stray meals here and there. I do feel my best when I keep on track.

GLC, your breakfast sounds great!!

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat, milk, coffee
snack: 1 banana
L: ham and swiss sammy on wheat bread
D: spagetti with meat/tomato sauce, salad, with vinaigrette dressing, 1 glass red wine

[Catrin]

Today:

B: eggs scrambled with kale, uncured side pork, coffee with cream
1 hour group workout
L: citrus carnitas, baby spinach and watercress
S: chili, sauteed bok choy, tiny pear

[GLC1968]

Wednesday

B: eggs scrambled with sausage, rutabaga and onions, clementine, black coffee
L: banana, 1/2 pear, beef jerky (grass-fed/sugar free), mixed nuts
D: big huge salad topped with chicken (need my veggies for the day!!)

Lunch was unplanned since I ended up having to make a bunch of calls and couldn't even get away to heat up what I'd brought with me!

[Catrin]

I need to learn how to tolerate coffee without my little bit of heavy cream....

I've considered trying rutabaga but so far haven't done so. What do you do with it, roast it?

[Crankin]

B: reading GLC's breakfast made me crave hash... see lunch; for breakfast I had 3 turkey sausages, and 4 slices of lox stuffed with a very small amount of veggie cream cheese. If anyone can think of a non-dairy filling, let me know. I am having enough trouble not having a whole wheat bagel once a week! Had a small bowl of blueberries and strawberries
I went to the store and bought a few things.
L: one sweet potato, mixed up with 3 slices turkey breast, kale, and egg whites, with an orange
S: handful of walnuts
D: lamb meatballs over zucchini, with mint pesto and a salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, green onion, vinaigrette

[Blueberry]

B: reading GLC's breakfast made me crave hash... see lunch; for breakfast I had 3 turkey sausages, and 4 slices of lox stuffed with a very small amount of veggie cream cheese. If anyone can think of a non-dairy filling, let me know. I am having enough trouble not having a whole wheat bagel once a week! Had a small bowl of blueberries and strawberries
I went to the store and bought a few things.
L: one sweet potato, mixed up with 3 slices turkey breast, kale, and egg whites, with an orange
S: handful of walnuts
D: lamb meatballs over zucchini, with mint pesto and a salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, green onion, vinaigrette

Vegan Goat Cheese? http://www.cestlavegan.com/2009/10/p...w-goat-cheese/ If you're avoiding canola, I bet it would be good with just about any oil - perhaps a nut oil? It comes out lemony - which might be nice for salmon. Maybe with some dill?

[GLC1968]

Catrin - for the rutabega - I shredded it and then browned it in a pan of bacon fat with finely diced onions...kind of like hash browns. It was the leftovers that I tossed into the eggs. Yum! I got the idea from here:
http://paleomg.com/rutabaga-egg-nests/
I started drinking my coffee black by putting it in a travel mug with a lid so that I couldn't see it. And you want good quality, strong coffee, too. Once I did that for 30 days, I stopped liking cream in it. I also know of a lot of people who love coconut milk in their coffee. I never did, but maybe that's an option for you?

Crankin - I've heard of vegans making cheese and spreads and stuff out of cashews. I've never done it but I'm going to attempt a 'cheesecake' as my birthday treat for this weekend: http://mynewroots.org/site/2011/01/r...w-dreamcake-2/
Perhaps there is a good 'cream cheese' recipe out there somewhere?

[Crankin]

I will look at the ingredients in the vegan cream cheese. If it's full of soy or weird additives, I am fine with using a small amount of cream cheese. Just being realistic for myself.
Wow, I have always been a black coffee drinker. I can barely taste the coffee with more than a drip of milk or cream in there. A few years ago, I got DH to stop pouring sugar and a ton of milk in his coffee. He lost 10 lbs.

[Blueberry]

The one I posted (vegan goat cheese) is made from raw cashews, canola oil (I'm sure you could sub this), lemon juice, water, salt and pepper. Pretty straightforward, nothing weird - and very tasty. My entire family enjoyed it over the holidays (made it for an appetizer for a cheese allergic family member).

[spokewench]

B: huge breakfast two eggs, pork green chili sauce, hashbrowns, beans, tortilla - ate about 1/2 and it was still huge!
L: none
While playing tennis a few bites of a cliff bar
D: beef stroganoff, egg noodles, asparagus, biscuit, 1 glass red wine
2 chocolate chip cookies

[GLC1968]

The one I posted (vegan goat cheese) is made from raw cashews, canola oil (I'm sure you could sub this), lemon juice, water, salt and pepper. Pretty straightforward, nothing weird - and very tasty. My entire family enjoyed it over the holidays (made it for an appetizer for a cheese allergic family member).

I didn't look at the recipe you posted until today, but I'm totally trying that! AND the almond feta she made as well. I don't really miss cheese at all, but it adds such a depth of flavor to salads that I'd like to have an option available. I used to just use a little of the real stuff, but if this is good enough, I won't need to. Thanks for posting it!!

[Catrin]

Thanks for the link GLC, I need to try rutabaga. I'd forgotten about coconut milk, I DO like it but prefer cream. I do use good quality coffee, but will likely need to make it less strong if I am going to back off of cream for a month. I don't put sugar in it so that isn't an issue.