Get Out!

Had an awesome day out in the beautiful sun...first hiked around and over Tubbs Hill with Jarod and my mom, then got home and loaded up the bikes and headed off to ride the trails of the Coeur d'Alene. It was about a 15 mile ride or so, and it was sooo gorgeous! 

Breakfast: curried cashews & blackberries

Lunch: Blackened ahi salad (from the beacon)

Dinner: Italian meatball salad (from chaio mambo)

I am on a total salad kick, last night was the rasberry vinegarette (from moontime) been eating out more than usual because my mom is in town, and we've been out and about. Try these salads if you go to any of these restaurants, they are really tasty! NO CROUTONS THOUGH!

Congrats to Luis for getting some on his first marathon in LA!! A smoking time of 3:34 too! 

daily intake

Breakfast: Berry&Protein Smoothie

Snack:Trail mix

Lunch: Bacon wrapped filet steak with pepperchinis

Dinner: Steamed artichoke w/ garlic, onion powder, and lemon..served w/ cajun chicken breast

Desert: 2 primal almond cookies (will be posting that recipe soon because WOW)

Gotta Love It

Indian Almonds

1/2 tsp: cumin, chile powder, curry powder, garlic powder

1/4 tsp: cayenne, ginger powder, cinnamon

1 tbsp sea salt

2 tbsp olive oil

In a skillet, heat oil/spice mix on low for 3 minutes. Toss with 2 cups raw almonds and spread on baking sheet. Bake at 300 for 15 minutes, shaking pan every 5 minutes. Let cool a couple hours.

May 18

In loving memory of the most wonderful grandma ever on her birthday. She will be greatly missed. Not a day goes by where I don't thank God for the blessing of knowing her. She enriched the lives of all who came to know her, and her legacy of love will endure forever. 

Primal Pizza

Golden Flax Crust:

2/3 cup flax meal, 1/3 cup almond meal, 1-1.5 tsp baking powder, salt to taste, 3 tsp olive oil (or coconut oil/butter)  2 eggs, water (enough to pour batter). I added a tsp of thyme, oregano, and pepper to the batter

Double these ingredients if you want a larger pizza

-Preheat oven 375

-Mix contents well to form dough

-oil pan or pizza stone, and form dough into shape(thinner on inside, and thicker around the edges)

-Cook for about 15 minutes or until golden brown

-Meanwhile heat a can of pizza sauce stove top on low, precook/sautee any meat/toppings you'd like. 

-Take out of oven, spread sauce over crust, then top with cheese of your choice (I used fresh mozerella)

-Then put on toppings and cook another 15 minutes or so....

This is a really easy recipe, and you can also just make the flax bread to use for sandwiches, or if you want something sweet, instead of adding the spices to the batter, add some honey or agave, cinnamon, and some fruit!

Let me know your thoughts or suggestions :D 

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Got the Fingers!

Check out the new kicks! An early b-day present from Jarod :) As close to barefoot as shoes get....Vibram 5 Fingers 

Mother's Day

Had a great Mother's day...here is a pic of what we brought over to dinner last night.

Chop Salad

-2 heads romaine

-1 cucumber

-6 radishes

-1 red onion

-1 small can chopped olives

-crumbled blue cheese

-cherry tomatoes

-pine nuts

-cilantro

-avocado

and....the dinosaur droppings, served with berries. Jarod just gave me the idea of dipping some strawberries into the melted chocolate before putting them in the fridge to harden....sounds good to me :D 

Dinosaur Droppings AKA Paleo Fudge

For those instances when you have a sweet tooth, (like me...alllll the time) I found this recipe from Son of Grok

Ingredients:
- 1 bar ghirardelli 100% cocoa baking chocolate
- 1/2 can or 7oz of coconut milk
- 2 tblspns coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 tblspoons egg white powder. I am not entirely sure about the necessity of this ingredient but i used it and it worked so I am keeping it in here.
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup almond butter. This is where I really failed keeping track. I just spooned it right into the pan.
- Crushed walnuts (or another nut you would like to use.
-(Optional) Add in some stevia or sweetener if you need it sweeter. I don’t think it needs additional sweetening at all.

Directions:
1. Slowly warm coconut milk in a saucepan on low to medium heat.
2. Add in almond butter and stir until smooth. Keep pan on low-medium heat.
3. Add chocolate bar. It will melt easier if you break it into its section. Stir on low-medium heat until smooth.
4. Add coconut oil and once again stir while keeping mixture on low-medium heat.
5. Stir in egg white powder and vanilla.
6. Once all stirred and melted. Remove from heat.
7. Stir in crushed walnuts (or other nut) and allow mixture to cool enough to handle. You can do this in the freezer or refrigerator to speed it up.
8. After sufficiently cooled, use your hands to roll the mixture into whatever size fudgeballs you would like.
9. Cool the fudgeballs in the freezer or refrigerator.
10. Once cooled and hardened… enjoy! Store in refrigerator.

"The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be "What the hell you mean we're out of missiles?" 

-Glenn Beck

10 Pounds

Breakfast:egg, bacon, mixed berries

Snack: sliced cucumber w/ cream cheese and smoked salmon

Lunch:small slice spinach bread (100% paleo) with chicken cilantro sausage, tomato, avocado, & onion.

Dinner: I will be having left over spicy sweet potato fries, and salmon salad.

Weighed in at 128 this morning, that's 10 lbs I've lost in just over a month...with just eating primally. Now, I am excited to see with my working out what will happen. I am signed up for Race the River triathlon in July, hopefully I will stomp my last years time. 

"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general."
-Mark Rippetoe

Crockpotin Artichokes

4-6 artichokes-washed and trimmed

1 1-1/2 tsp salt

2 cloves of garlic-minced

2 cups hot water 

2 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 cup melted butter

1/2 tsp garlic powder

juice from a fresh lemon

Stand artichokes upright in crockpot, they may be stacked. Add garlic, water, and lemon juice. Cook on low 6-8 hours. YUM! If you go to costco, they have 4 packs of artichokes pretty cheap :)