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After a week of the flu, it was nice to get back to normal life this week. Including getting back to my weekly Tuesday Facebook Live segments! Read this week's digest to see some Costco finds, what we ate this week, and me almost burning my kitchen down during my live segment. Scroll to the bottom to see the video 😉
We don't go through most things at Costco quickly enough for our small family, but my kids are fruit crazy, so I stock up on fruit and paper products a couple of times a month. I also grabbed some organic seaweed snacks, coconut water, honey, and Oprah's new cookbook!
Some mornings a comforting bowl of soup just sounds so good. The is my Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Soup but I didn't have all of the ingredients so I just loosely followed the recipe!
This was my salad from True Foods Kitchen. It was grass-fed steak, kale, cabbage, avocado, grapefruit, cashews and basil. I omitted the pickled radish for it to be Whole30 compliant.
I was so excited to find these at the store! The plantain chips may be my new favorite, but I didn't care for the Jicachips as much. I love that the plantain chips are made with coconut oil and they are the crispiest plantain chips I've ever bought.
Baby girl is growing right along! I'm telling you, 3 babies in less than 3 years means you pop a whole lot quicker!
And doesn't everyone keep alcohol in their closet? It's the only place there's space that's high enough to keep out of reach of the kids! ?
Here's the smoothie I was drinking on my Instagram Stories the other day. I've been adding spinach and a couple of tablespoons of collagen powder when I've needed a little snack mid afternoon (and craving something chocolatey!). The fat from the avocado gives it such a thick and creamy texture, and it's perfect to get me through to dinner.
Here's the collagen powder I use!
I had an amazing Whole30 lunch at True Food Kitchen the other day. So much of the menu was already Whole30 compliant, but thanks to Chef Scott for slightly modifying a few things for me! This roasted cauliflower was so delicious It was roasted in a harissa tahini sauce and had dates, dill and mint. So good.
A lot of people asked about my jacket during my Facebook live segment the other day, so here's the details for you!
The top and jeans are really old, sorry!
I've rounded up all of my favorite game day recipes for your Super Bowl menu planning!
This was my emergency lunch. I planned on eating at home but I got so sick and dizzy all of a sudden while running errands and this was the only thing that sounded appetizing and not nausea? inducing!
I asked the deli at Whole Foods to lettuce wrap a sandwich using their fresh roasted chicken and it was just what I needed! Most packaged deli meat isn't Whole30 compliant or paleo, but some you can find fresh sliced behind the deli counter are, and even better when they roast chicken or turkey in house! They were kind enough to change their gloves and equipment.
When you don't know what you're making for dinner at 4:30, frozen grass-fed ground beef and my Shortcut Spaghetti Meat Sauce from Meals Made Simple to the rescue!
Do you have a copy of Meals Made Simple? If you're looking for more easy weeknight meals, it's the book for you. Plus there's a ton of Whole30 recipes in it if you're diong one.
This meal, or something very similar, has been on repeat for our Whole30. I may have a slight obsession with these Applegate Chicken Apple Sausages. They're just so convenient and easy when I don't feel like cooking. I just love Hannah sweet potatoes. I coat them in a little ghee or bacon fat and roast them and then we put some ghee and bacon inside with a drizzle of my dairy-free ranch dressing from Celebrations!
I haven't posted as many of our Whole30 meals as I'd hoped because most days it's either as simple and un-photogenic as this with fruit and a leftover piece of meat from dinner or soup, or complete repeats that's you've already seen! Eggs of some sort, either scrambled, poached, or fried are pretty much a daily thing!
I was so happy to have this slow cooker Mexican Chicken Soup (page 88 of Meals Made Simple) in the freezer for after we all got through the flu.
See a similar version that is done in the Instantpot here.
This BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad (pg 108 #MealsMadeSimple) was lunch for a few days in a row. I chopped up all of the ingredients ahead of time and kept them in the fridge in individual containers so I could just throw it together quickly each day. I used this Whole30 compliant BBQ sauce instead.
And lastly, the moment where I lit a kitchen towel on fire on live video!! I cooked a Whole30 Shrimp Stir-Fry for my weekly Tuesday Facebook live and got a little distracted. Live tv or pregnancy brain?
Click here or the photo above to watch 🙂
Nicole Starr
Hi Danielle, I love that you’re doing a Whole30 while pregnant! I’m finally expecting for the first time in my life and I really wanted to do a Whole30 this month….. but the morning sickness and a few mild food aversions I’ve got from the baby has really prevented me from being able to do it. I’ve found I NEED starchy carbs or else I’ll lose it. How do you manage?! I know every pregnancy is different for every woman, but wow! I’m hoping that maybe next month I can do a Whole28. Hehe!
Stacey
Hi! I just wanted to ask about almond flours- Trader Joe’s came out with a blanched almond flour and bobs red mill has adjusted theirs and now distinguishes between flour and meal. They’re both very fluffy and fine from what I can tell. Have you tried the new ones? Curious to know if they’ll work out well. Thanks!
Danielle
I haven’t tried them yet!
Stacey
Ah okay. I got the honeyville farms one This week so I’ll see if the zucchini bread turns out the same or different and I’ll let you know!
Stacey
Okay I made the zucchini bread with the honeyville farms and it did turn out better- I was using the wrong size loaf pan the first two times (with the other flours) so I’m not sure if that affected the texture of the bread at all but I did notice that the bread was a lot “wetter” the first two times than it was in the correct size pan with the honeyville farms flour.
Danielle
Good! Glad to hear it:)
Stacey
Question! Fish sauce is used a lot- is there a substitute? Allergies. ?
Stacey
I don’t see the thread where you asked, but you’d wanted to know (other than mac and cheese) what we’d love to see you re-create… chicken and dumplings please!!
Stefanie
What do you eat when you are sick? I have a problem of not producing enough antibodies. I get IVIG every month. For a few days afterward I feel like I have the flu, which is normal I’m told. Chicken stock, chicken soup, etc, make me feel more sick. I get cravings for crackers and toast. Toast is easy, thanks to your blender bread. But plain, good tasting, Paleo crackers are hard to come by. I do great on the diet. My autoimmune diseases are in remission. But, the only thing I want to eat are crackers for a few days after IVIG. Any ideas?
Danielle Walker
If you can tolerate Cassava flour, try the Simple Mills crackers! They’re great.