Recipes! Paleo Chicken Strips

After an exhausting day I looked at the chicken I had laid out to thaw and was faced with the decision of what to do with it... Chicken Strips!!! (I'm really excited about these I do all my best cooking late at night)

Ingredients:

2 large chicken breast

2-3eggs

1 Cup Almond meal flour

1Tbls Flaxseed meal

1Tsp Paprika

1Tsp Onion flakes

1/2Tsp Garlic powder

1/2Tsp Parsley

1/2Tsp Salt

1/2Tsp White pepper

Olive or coconut oil 

Directions

1. Set oven to 425 degrees

2. Cut chicken breast into strips

3. Whisk eggs in a bowl

4. Mix Almond flour, flax, paprika, onion flakes, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and white pepper together with a fork. And lay out in parchment paper.

5. Generously grease 2 pans with oil.

6. Blot chicken with a paper towel and dip in the egg. Then lay it in the breading mixture and flip it over so its covered all over.

7. Bake chicken for 9 minutes then flip over and bake for 8 more minutes.

Tuh duh! Way easy, WAY YUMMY!

Warning: it may be hard to stop eating these delicious chicken strips.

Side note:

I love Penzey Spices and recommend you see if there's a shop near you. They have everything you've never heard of as well as yummy must haves. They're real quality. Also I've lately been obsessed with White Pepper. I have never really been a black pepper person so since discovering white pepper I use it all the time. I used it on stake, omelets, in soup... Endless possibilities. 

The Weakness In Me... CRAVINGS!

Just so those of you reading this that are trying to be Paleo don't think that I'm perfect and get annoyed with me I feel I need to share that I do have non-Paleo moments. I love focusing on the positives about living this way but right now I'm talking about the negatives, CRAVINGS! Let me just say, lately I've been craving pizza. Now, I have been gluten-free for over a year so cravings like that are easier to manage. (I have had pizza once in the last year!) Anyway, being Paleo is a whole other story. For example if I'm being totally honest, I just grabbed a handful of my moms potato chips and inhaled them... Not proud of that but it happened. So maybe if I write out all the foods I miss it will be therapeutic? Anyway I feel ya'lls pain so here it goes:

Foods Anna Misses the Most:
Cheese
Cheesy Pizza
Cheese Quesadilla's
Macaroni and Cheese
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (yes there is a pattern here)
Sour Cream
BBQ Potato Chips
Strawberry Milk
Donuts
Peanut Butter Cookies
French Fries
Sour Patch Kids
Mint Truffles
Oreos
Costco Chocolate Muffins
Corn on the Cob
Chicken Nuggets
RANCH DRESSING!!!
Soft Served Ice Cream
Movie Theater Extra Buttery Popcorn
Baja Mt. Dew
Taco Soft Tacos
Apple Pie
Olive Garden Breadsticks
Great Harvest Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls

I think everyone's cravings are so unique, what are your cravings? These are what I think about when I have a weak moment, I try very hard not to indulge and am successful for the most part but every once in a while... I think it's best to just avoid your weaknesses, like alcoholics shouldn't hang out at a bar and all that... Remember these foods damage your body! Stay strong! It's worth it!
 


The Benefits I've noticed the most in my life:
Balanced Energy
Anti-Inflammation
Improved Sleep

What has Paleo changed for you?

Outdoors

So if I haven't made it clear I'm on a journey to improve my health and heal my body and as I make more positive changes I'm able to do more and more things so this weekend I went on a 2 hour bike ride around the city and yesterday I went on an easy but amazing hike near Mt. Hood.

The hike started off a little rocky, my roommate and I originally planned on going on a different hike but I realized I missed the turn about 20 miles after I missed it... so we regrouped and found a different hike closer to where we were. Mirror Lake! It's a little workout going uphill for 30 minutes and then you reach an amazing view!

That's me!

We leisurely walked around the lake enjoying our time up there with the crisp, clean, mountain air! 

It doesn't take a huge long hike to feel great and enjoy nature. Baby steps people. Get out there even if it only lasts an hour!