Spicy Quick Pickled Radishes

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Avocado Coconut Popsicles

These creamy popsicles are a real treat! Made with just 4 ingredients – nutrient dense avocados, coconut-almond milk, raw sugar and sweetened coconut flakes. They are also dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free.
It’s no secret, I’m pretty avocado obsessed! I grew up eating avocados all my life and I usually incorporate them into a meal just about every day! In fact, I love them so much I created an entire Pinterest Board devoted to avocados. But I usually eat them in some type of savory dish such as guacamole, BLT, egg salad, in my salad dressings, with my soups and more.
But the fact is, in Brazil where my Dad lived for many years, avocados were never eaten with salt; instead they were treated as the fruit that they are and were often sweetened with sugar. My dad used to make a smoothie years ago with avocados, milk and sugar which he called Vitamina. Because I love coconut, I took his smoothie idea and added coconut flakes and loved it! And since avocados are so nutrient dense, you’re also getting a good dose of healthy fats, vitamins and minerals to boot!

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PALEO Weekly Menu

Good morning! Good evening.

It took me over 2 hours to write this menu plan (and another post for later) because I got interrupted a bazillion times. There was some yelling involved…. Not sure if this post is entirely coherent, but here ya go

My favorite season it here! I enjoy all the seasons, but summer is my favorite because there are so many fun things to do… and I don’t know about you, but I usually feel healthier in the summer, too. I realize sometimes the heat can get to us and make us grouchy, but I think that’s a sign to just slow the heck down and relax.

Feeling anxious, overwhelmed? Along the lines of AA’s (or my grandma’s) mantra, “One day at a time”, I like this one from coach Chip Kelly: “Win the day.” I think it is helpful for when you are making difficult changes. You can’t do everything at once, and you might (you will) lose some battles along the way. But if you do your best with each decision you make, and pick up and keep going when you fall, striving to make each day a step further in the right direction, focusing on conquering what is right in front of you… well, it feels pretty good to know that when you lay your head on your pillow at night. Win the day.

So the light in this new kitchen is not so great… especially at sunset. On the left: $30 at Price Chopper. Beef, blueberries, and grapes were on sale. On the right: $26 at Whole Foods – just condiments and coconut and tapioca flours. I wanted some Tessemae’s salad dressing (because I sometimes get tired of making my own), but I couldn’t find any I’ll swing by Aldi for some other stuff today, too.

I’m back to packing lunches on camp days for my children. Things to make today or tomorrow to prep for the week:

roasted chicken thighs (for chicken salad and broccoli salad)
salad dressing
stupid easy paleo tortillas (going to experiment and try making these in the waffle iron because I could make 4 at once and I hate standing over the stove and am sloppy at flipping things… we’ll see if it is a success or royal mess).

Here’s the plan for the week.

Breakfasts:
eggs
homemade turkey sausage
avocado
blueberries (or coconut flour blueberry dutch babies*)
coffee
cream

Lunches:
deli roll-ups or chicken salad in tortillas (if they turn out)
chipotle deviled eggs
dill pickles
carrots or other veggies
fruit

Dinners:
Monday – BBQ chicken, salad greens, dressing, root veggie chips
Tuesday – salmon with mango salsa, roasted green beans
Wednesday – 2 ingredient slow cooker roast beef, salad greens, dressing, sweet potatoes
Thursday – broccoli salad with chicken
Friday – burgers and sweet potato fries
Saturday – TBD

*My kids usually request a “special” breakfast (i.e. not eggs) on days we stay home, and I try to oblige.

3 unrelated things:

This might be the year I start coloring my hair
I wrote something snarky here and decided to delete it.
I was just thinking… I used to only “cook” dinner every other night. Because we had enough leftovers for a second night’s meal when my kids were babies… Not anymore. An average of 2 lbs. of meat gets demolished at each dinner. And the kids are still little. Yikes.

Gotta go. Good night.
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Pistachio, Salted Caramel, and Oreo Dark Chocolate Bark

About six months ago I fell in love with pistachios. I was eating so many that my thumb got a blister on it from shelling so many. Note to self, buy the unshelled. But that seems like cheating. Unless you dump the pistachios onto melted dark chocolate along with caramels, Oreos, and sea salt. I love […]
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Pepper Jack Stuffed Poblano Peppers

Black beans and pepper jack cheese make a hearty, delicious filling for these stuffed poblano peppers. And if you have leftovers, well that’s perfect, because they’re even better the second time around!
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Pineapple Ginger Mojitos

Last week, when I was talking about the whole buying a condo ordeal, I said, “There will be a celebration and sit-on-the-beach-drink-mojitos vacation in order when all of this is done.” Mojitos got bumped way up after the end of the week sort of went to hell. I won’t get into too much detail because it […]
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