What my "Paleo" diet has consisted of + Polly Pics!

After my Pancake Meltdown a while back, I was determined to have a good, positive experience with this Paleo shin-digger.

I quickly started googling things like, "Paleo Pancakes." Which typically come up with some random ingredients I never knew existed:

• Macadamia Nut Oil (SERIOUSLY?!  What is this... like $30 for 4oz?  Nope, no thanks.)
• Tapioca Flour (actually, I know you can get this from Winco)
• Ground Pumpkin Seeds (I want to know who had enough time on their hands to think to do this)
• A splash of water from the fountain of youth (might as well)

Cooking is fun, but not when my cupboard is full of exotic ingredients that you have to special order online because the local grocery store doesn't carry it.

So I found some easy pancakes that are only made with 2 eggs and 1 banana!!  No joke - I was skepticle but they're actually pretty decent!  They need something else and I haven't refined it yet, but I at least got my pancake-fix in.

So with that out of the way, here are some things I've been eating:

• Paleo Pancakes
• Paleo Chili
• Crustless-Quiche
• Almond Milk Protein Shakes
• Almond Butter mixed with Honey (MY NEW FAVORITE SNACK!)
• Salad Salad Salad
• Turkey Jerky
• Sweet Potatoes
• Mom's Brisket with Green Beans
• Paleo meatballs
• Carne Asada

This week was a little easier than when I first started and I'm finding I just have to plan more in order to make sure I have options.

Also - I'm not 100% crazy Paleo.  Here are the things boyfriend and I don't abide by:

• Grass Fed Beef - I can't justify spending 2x what I usually spend on meat just because it ate grass and was massaged in a cow-spa.
• Corn - Tortillas, Chips, Corn, I'm keeping it - I eat eggs with a corn tortilla.  I refuse to give these up.
• Beans - but really only Black Beans, because bf is a black bean fanatic.  Although when I made my chili I also threw in Kidney Beans.  Shhhh
• Quinoa - GASP!  It's a grain - I KNOW.  But boyfriend and I love quinoa and have decided to keep this superfood in our diet

Overall, our deciding factor is "If it's gluten free, it's negotiable."  Beans, Corn, Quinoa, etc - it's all gluten free.  So we are doing more of a "modified" Paleo plan.  It works for us and it keep me from whining.

Also, because no blog post is complete without a picture - here's a shot of Ibo trying to give kisses to Polly after we got her home on Tuesday!

 

And here's a picture of how I found Polly the next morning:

The little stinker.  It took me a good 5-10 minutes to get it off of her, and she puked twice during the entire process.  Poor baby.