Nothing Like the Smell of 409...

Well I've been up since 7 this morning and it's been a productive day for sure!

Got up early since we wanted to get an early breakfast so Rothberg could make it to class on time. Had a steak and eggs with the eggs over easy. Came home and got to work on cleaning up the house. Today I attacked the kitchen. I had so much food laying around, both expired and just stuff I can't eat anymore. I ended up throwing out 2 garbage bags of food. Cleaned up the counters a little, but didn't go crazy because I knew I'd be cooking. Washed and put away a lot of dishes and cleaned the inside of the fridge. Got several loads of laundry done and tidied up my bedroom/bathroom a little bit. I think I'll save those two for tomorrow.

Went food shopping and got everything I needed. I ended up grabbing some pork chops and chicken drumsticks just to have on hand if I want to go simple at any point this week. After that Baker came over so he could make some matzo ball soup. Although it's not paleo, I tried some and it was delicious!

I didn't end up beasting through food prep as much as I thought I was going to but I got some things all set. I made zucchini fritters, and I tried my hand at real pancakes! And for once they turned out ok!

Two Ingredient Pancakes
2 ripe bananas
4 eggs
Vanilla Extract
Cinnamon

Puree the bananas in a food processor. Add the eggs, vanilla and cinnamon and process until fully mixed.

They ended up very banana-y...I know, shocking since the base ingredient is bananas. But it's not so overpowering that you feel sick after eating one.

I also baked the pork chops with various seasonings.

Lastly I made a Creamy Clam Chowder:
2 cans of clams
1 head of cauliflower
1/2 cup cut up carrots
1/2 cup cut up celery
1 small onion
2 small sweet potatoes
12 oz. coconut milk
1/2 cup chicken broth
Bacon (~ 1/4 of a pound)
Garlic powder (or you can use real garlic)
Salt/pepper
Italian seasoning

Boil the cauliflower and sweet potatoes until they are tender. Set aside the sweet potatoes. After draining the cauliflower, put it back in the pot with the carrots, celery, onion, coconut milk, chicken broth and seasonings. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. While doing that, cook the bacon until crispy. Put the cauliflower mixture through a food processor until fully mixed and thick (if you like a thicker soup, add some of the sweet potato while mixing). Put the cauliflower mixture back in the pot, and add the remainder of the sweet potatoes, along with the clams and the diced up bacon. Add extra seasonings as needed.

I ended up adding in the sweet potato to the cauliflower because I like thicker soups. It kind of has the consistency and the color of baby food, but it's good I swear. I'm still getting used to these paleo soups. I'm not quite sure how I entirely feel about them just yet.

I think tomorrow I'll tackle the shepherd's pie, the meatballs, and maybe the chicken casserole. I'm also thinking of making another batch of lara balls and maybe one of the veggie sides. It'll be another busy day!

Shorter post tonight since my "exercise" today was elbowing my way through the grocery store and hauling bags to the car. I just hate how I eat like crap on days that I go food shopping. I start off well in the morning but usually a food shopping day means I'm running around on top of doing other errands so my lunch gets delayed and by then I may as well just have a snack so I don't ruin dinner. Can't wait to have more of those pancakes tomorrow though!

Have a good night all!