Turns out that I'm better at meal planning than blogging! So here is a post with all the recipes that we used. Dan did a FABULOUS job sticking with it. Even when we got unexpectedly stuck in town (because of a really bad accident blocking the ONLY road home), he managed to find appropriate food at the restaurant.
I'm posting these recipes in the order I made them, so if it seems random that's because it is! For most recipes, I made large batches and froze individual servings to send with him to work later in the month. Main dishes he had 3-4 times during the 30 days. Secondary proteins (see Day One to understand our system) showed up much more frequently. Many morning meals consisted of egg and veggie scrambles (which is what we usually do even when not doing Whole 30.) Each of the last two weeks, Dan grilled up a TON of compliant brats, sausages, pork chops, steaks, burgers and chicken. So that was pretty much what we ate for the second half.
Buffalo Chicken - Combine 1 cup Frank's hot sauce and 6 Tbsp coconut oil, mix it with shredded chicken
Scotch Eggs - boil eggs, peel, encase in homemade sausage, bake at 350 for 20 minutes or see linked recipe
Homemade sausage patties
Tuna Salad*
Asian Meatballs
Rosemary Turkey - Whole turkey, rub dried rosemary, salt and pepper UNDER the skin, rub coconut oil ON the skin, then roasted turkey as normal
Broiled Sesame Cod - remember to use ghee or coconut oil in place of butter!
Pot Roast - did my own thing but here is a Whole 30 compliant recipe
Egg Salad*
Chicken Curry - curry paste, coconut milk, lots of veggies: green beans, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, etc (no peas!)
Deviled Eggs*
Turkey Salad* - http://paleoperiodical.com/2011/11/03/recipe-chicken-salad-w-pecans-and-grapes/
Taco Lettuce Wraps - taco seasoned (check for sugar! I had to make my own!) hamburger, chopped tomatoes, onions, red pepper, etc served in romaine lettuce leaves (sorry, no cheese or sour cream!)
Zucchini Pizza Boats
Coconut Chicken - cook bite size pieces of chicken in a skillet, then add unsweetened coconut (I get mine from Amazon) and salt. Let the extra coconut in the skillet brown up but be careful, as it quickly goes from perfect to burnt!
Garlic Chicken - cook bite size pieces of chicken in a skillet, then add minced garlic (I use pre-minced and pour in some of the juice, too.)
Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti - use the spaghetti squash as the noodles and make sure your sauce doesn't have sugar
Grilled meats (Applewood Bratwurst, pork chops, steaks, burgers, Aidell Chicken and Apple Sausage)
*used homemade mayo made with avocado oil and kombucha vinegar, using this method
We loaded up on both fresh and frozen fruits and veggies at Costco, so he would have a variety. Think outside of your usual veggies! We splurged on things like snap peas and Japanese cucumbers, even though they were more than we would usually pay. You want foods that will keep you from getting bored. There were even some fruit cups that didn't have sugar (look for ones packed in ONLY fruit juice.) And we had several types of nuts (just NO PEANUTS, as they are a legume.) Some "easy day" foods we purchased were the sausages and brats. MOST BRANDS HAVE SUGAR! Applewood and Aidell both have options without sugar but make sure you are also getting ones without cheese while you are doing Whole 30. Another easy option was smoked salmon but, again, check for sugar! Costco had 3 brands and only one didn't have sugar.
Another recipe I really wanted to try but never quite got to was Sausage and Spinach Breakfast Casserole.
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