A few weeks into the new year, and I am finally getting back on track. I completely went off the deep end in terms of being totally unhealthy. I wasn't exercising. I was eating everything I shouldn't have been eating. And I've got the tighter pants and the enhanced chest area to prove it.
Hubs and I finally got our act together and went grocery shopping to get back to making our weekly meals. I do have to admit that this week's menu is not as Paleo as it could be, but I found these recipes on Oprah.com, and had to try them. I definitely tweaked to make them as Paleo as possible, but there were some things that I wasn't confident trying off-recipe to make them truly Paleo.
For breakfast:
Lemon-Pear Breakfast Bread
These were the substitutions that I made:
- 1/2 cup canola oil (I subbed olive oil for this)
- 1/2 cup honey (I subbed raw agave nectar for this)
- 1 cup purchased pear puree (I subbed pear baby food for this)
Results: It looked a little like meatloaf. Not golden like the picture, but my concoctions never end up like the picture. But the taste was not bad. A little dense, but definitely a filler in the morning.
For lunch, my usual sweet potato chicken corn chowder, except without the corn and the onion. I was such a space case at the store that I completely forgot the frozen corn and onion. It was so crowded, I just wanted to get the heck out of dodge.
For dinner:
Chicken, mushroom, spinach lasagna
My substitutions:
- 1 1/2 lbs mushroom, brushed clean and sliced (I cheated and just got the pre-sliced, pre-washed mushroom carton)
- 2 medium heads radicchio (I changed this out for spinach. Not a big fan of radicchio. Always get more spinach that you think you need, it always wilts down into almost nothing).
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh sage leaves (I left this out. Sage is always so overpowering to me).\
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour (I subbed the whole-wheat flour for this).
- 4 cups 2% milk (I subbed 3 cups of chicken stock and 1 cup of whole milk for this)
- 1 container part-skim ricotta cheese (I subbed cottage cheese).
Results: I am going to have to play around with the sauce. But not bad for the first time out with so many changes.
So, if you're trying to also get your act together and be healthier, at least until February, what are some of your go-to recipes?
