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?

Leftover omelet: spaghetti

Every morning one of the first things I do when I wake is make myself an omelet. I use one whole egg and 3-4 egg whites. Mmmmm protein! Because it's morning and I don't want to put a lot of work into it I normally just stuff the thing with leftovers so here's this mornings creation:

Spaghetti Meat Omelet

Spaghetti

Here's an easy recipe for paleo "spaghetti"!

3 zucchini (or 1 giant zucchini like in my last post)

1 jar of tomato sauce -make sure no corn or sugar is in it! (they like to sneak that in there)-

2 pounds ground meat

2tbls olive oil

1 garlic clove

A couple leaves of fresh basil

Step 1:

Chop or slice if you have the patience your zucchini.

Step 2: 

fry up that meat and add the sauce. Let simmer for a bit then keep on warm while your cooking the zucchini.

Step 3: 

In a large pot add zucchini, olive oil, chopped garlic cloves, and chopped basil. Turn stove up about halve way and keep stirring the zucchini so it cooks evenly. I like my zucchini a little crunch so I don't cook it all the way. Feel free to experiment!

It will look something like this yummyness!

My Most Recent "Awakening"

Every once in a while I go start something and it becomes an obsession. I research it and experiment with it to the point beyond obsession but I find that the knowledge I acquire during this initial enthusiasm is like awakening a new part of yourself!
In the past few years these "awakenings" have included: knitting, painting, pinterest (an obsession about my obsessions), fashion, cat videos and more. My most rewarding obsession has been my obsession with what I put in my body. About 15 months ago I went gluten and dairy free and last month I took it one step further diving into the Paleo lifestyle. Changing the way you eat and think about food really is a lifestyle change, it changes the way you socialize, takes over your free time, and is 100% worth it.

I am going to share my journey with you; what led me to do this, how I searched out answers, and some recipes! I'll probably also go off on little tangents about my latest awakenings which today included researching bikes for about 5 hours... So if any of you out there have any tips for beginning bikers please share! I'm looking to get a road bike... on a budget. (To bad managing my expenses hasn't been my most recent obsession)

I want this to be me!