01/30/14 LUNCH

We were out on the road today and stopped at Chipotle. As far as fast food goes, Chipotle is one of the best IMO as far as being healthy and responsible. Not perfect but better than most. We brought our own avocado to help save us a little cash.

Gianna had a carnitas quesadilla with a little sour creme.

Gina had a carnitas burrito bowl with no rice, no beans, and no dairy. She added the fajita peppers and lettuce. She added our own avocado.

I also had a burrito bowl. I chose the grilled chicken and also asked for no beans, rice, or dairy but added the fajita peppers, lettuce, and our avocado.

CAVEAT: The tortilla and sour creme on Gianna's quesadilla.

01/30/14 LUNCH / DINNER

I made something similar to last night...

I browned 1 lb of grass fed ground beef. In another pan, I cooked broccoli and bell pepper. And in another pan I cooked 1/2 lb of bacon. Then I drained the meats, chopped the bacon, and mixed everything together. I saved the grease from the meat because I want to try to make some glycerin soap later. I put the food in a glass casserole dish (instead of plastic), covered it with foil, and put it in the fridge.

We may or may not eat this for our dinner tonight. Whether we do or don't, it will be available for us if we need to grab something quick.

01/30/14 BREAKFAST

Gina left before I could fix her anything.

Gianna ate 2 eggs (only one yolk). She is taking the leftover beef goulash from last night's dinner for her snack today.

I cleaned out the fridge. I killed some sweet potato fries from a few nights ago and the rest of the brussel sprouts that I made at breakfast time yesterday.

01/29/14 DINNER

I made a goulash using 1 pound of grass fed ground beef browned in it's own skillet. Seasoned with some worcestershire sauce, oregano,and lemon pepper. While that was browning, I chopped up some broccoli and red pepper and put them in a large skillet with some coconut oil. When the beef was cooked, I drained it and added it to the veggies. Then I crumbled some goat cheese over the whole thing and mixed it all in.

CAVEAT: The goat cheese. I used a very small amount but it's still not strict.

01/29/14 LUNCH

Me and Gianna split a banana and some grapes.
Then I made some tuna salad.

2 cans of tuna:

A little mayo, a little relish

A little olive oil

Mix it all up in a bowl. Spooned some in a bowl for Gianna, added half an avocado, and a few stalks of broccoli from dinner the other night then mixed it all up again.

As for me, I had a salad. Started with a handful of leafy greens, added the rest of the tuna salad, and one red pepper:

One and a half avocados and some homemade salad dressing. I make my salad dressing from the olive oil and vinegar shown above. Super simple and tasty. 2 parts olive oil, one part vinegar.

CAVEATS:
Canned tuna isn't the best way to eat fish so, we don't do it too often. We don't eat more than a couple cans of tuna per month. The mayo has soybean oil it it. Soy is bad. Again, we only eat mayo once in a great while. I need to FINALLY make some homemade mayo.

01/29/14 BREAKFAST

I woke up late and wasn't able to make breakfast for Gina. She will get food at the cafeteria at work. They actually have a lot of good choices there including a well stocked and diverse salad bar which actually includes several proteins and fats.

For Gianna, I made 1 full egg and 2 whites and 3 pieces of low sodium bacon.

For myself, I made 5 eggs with only 1 yolk.

I put the rest of the package of bacon in a skillet and got it started to make another batch of brussel sprouts. I ate some for breakfast, took some to a friend at Gianna's school, and put some away in the fridge.

Sent Gianna to school with a banana for her snack.

01/28/14 DINNER

We cheated tonight for dinner. There was a lot going on today and I didn't have time to cook. Also, we had to go to a curriculum meeting at my daughter's school right after we ate. So, we had fish sticks and steamed broccoli and I killed the last of the lemon pepper chicken from last night. These are the fish sticks that we ate:

These taste pretty good. Better than most frozen fish fillets and, they are wild caught which is important. Unfortunately, the batter contains some things that aren't on the diet... Corn starch, soybean oil, wheat flour, corn flower, etc, etc. While those ingredients make up a small percentage of the whole fillet, they are still there which makes this a cheat.

01/28/14 LUNCH

I made my wife a quick salad to take to work for lunch. A handful of this:

Some red pepper left over from the breakfast eggs:

Some chopped up turkey breast and one avocado:

So, that took care of my wife's lunch. My daughter had leftover breakfast eggs and a banana. I ate leftover breakfast eggs and leftover lemon pepper chicken from last night's dinner. My daughter and I also snacked on cashews and grapes today.

01/28/14 BREAKFAST

PART 1 : "CEREAL"

I diced 1 fuji apple:

 Added a little from each of these:

Mix it up and eat with a spoon.

Put some in tupperware for my wife to take to work and gave some in a bowl to my 5yo daughter. I ate the rest.

PART 2: EGGS

Dice up one and a half red peppers, and a couple handfulls of broccoli.

Throw them in a skillet with some coconut oil on medium heat and cover it. While that is cooking, crack 7 eggs getting rid of 5 of the yolks into a tall mixing cup and use the immersion blender to whip them until they "grow". Throw in some chopped turkey breast. Then, pour the egg mixture slowly all over the veggie/turkey breast mixture. Cover it all again, and let it cook for a few minutes. Then use a spatula to flip the whole mixture so both sides gets cooked. Top with avocado.

I ate a large bowl of this, my 5YO daughter had a good sized bowl, I packed some for her to take to school for lunch, and I was able to put some away in the fridge for later.

Bacon, Cranberry, Brussel Sprouts

I made this the other day. We've been perfecting the recipe slowly over time... I cook the bacon 'til it's a little on the crunchy/dry side (it will soak up some moisture from the other ingredients later) then take it off and put it on a paper towel to drain. Then I roughly chop the sprouts, put them in a pan with some coconut oil and a little chicken broth. Cover them and let them cook/steam for a while. While they are cooking, I chop up the bacon and the turkey breast then throw them in there. Then crumble up the walnuts and add them along with the cranberries. Turn off the heat and let everything steam a little. Done... so, so good... I don't measure anything, just do it by sight. Next time, I'd like to try a little bit of spicy mustard. I think it would compliment the flavor of the sprouts nicely.

01/27/14 Lemon Pepper Chicken Dinner and smoothies

Tonight Gina made lemon pepper chicken pan fried in coconut oil. Super easy and they were grubbin'! Normally, we would steam some broccoli to go with this dinner but we had a lot going on but, I made a smoothie for us to drink.

Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Heat some coconut oil in a pan on medium heat
- Put in a few thawed thighs
- Sprinkle the lemon pepper
- Flip after 5-10 minutes
- Sprinkle with lemon pepper
- Make sure they are cooked all the way through

Smoothie
- Couple tablespoons of dried Goji berries
- Handful of leafy greens
- Handful of frozen berries
- Handful of frozen pineapple chunks
- Pour in coconut water until half of the ingredients are covered
- Pour in cold water until reaches top of ingredients

This amount of water in the smoothie makes it easier to drink as a beverage instead of being a thick smoothie.