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Recipe: Paleo Pancakes

By on Jan 27, 2013 in Paleo Recipes | 1 comment

People think that by adapting a Paleo way of eating that they have to give up all the foods that they used to love.  Well, that’s just NOT TRUE!  Of course, you have to find ways to adjust recipes to make them healthy, but it can be done with most things.  I’ve made banana ice cream, buffalo chicken and now pancakes…all Paleo and delicious! I’m not clever enough to create all of my own recipes.  I just don’t have the time to experiment like others.  But I love to try the new things that I find on Pinterest and this particular recipe originally came from Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations.  It had ingredients that I had on hand and his stuff always sounds good so I tried it.  I found a few other pancake recipes to try, too and I’ll link them here in case you want to check them out. Coconut Flour Pancakes from Fare to Remember Easy Peasy Pancakes by...

Growth Means Change

By on Jan 26, 2013 in Mommy Time | 5 comments

I don’t talk a lot about my job here.  You know, the actual work I do outside of the house, besides parenting and blogging and housekeeping.  The part of my day that I absolutely LOVE.  I work with adults who have various disabilities and I assist them with learning community and independent living skills.  My day basically consists of going shopping, going to the movies, picnic’s, hiking and museums.  Yeah, it’s a really rough job. Unfortunately, any kind of social services job in California gets the bottom of the pay scale in wages.  The state just has cut budgets so much, that the people working the hardest, the ones in direct care, get the least amount of pay.  I’ve been going to school (taking online classes in addition to working, parenting, housekeeping and blogging) so that I can improve my life by moving up into better paying social services positions. ...

Project 365 – Week 3

By on Jan 22, 2013 in Pictures | 18 comments

Jan 15:   Nate (the goober) and Gabe (the serious) Jan 16:  Wicked flat tire.  Good times. Jan 17:  Gabe’s “chicken birthday hat” that he made for grandma Jan 18:  Me playing with the camera, admiring my $6 thrift store jeans Jan 19:  Grandma sporting her new chicken birthday hat Jan 20:  Anthony at the tide pools Jan 21:  Nate making sand angles at Mission Beach  

Project 365 – Week 2

By on Jan 14, 2013 in Pictures | 1 comment

My PicCollage ap put these completely out of date order….I was too lazy to fix it.  oops.  So top to bottom/left to right: Jan 14:  My “office.”  I have such a great job! Jan 11:  Found this on Pinterest and it made me LOL Jan 10:  Another day at work.  My new job site has these fun full-size Star Wars cardboard cutouts.  Be prepared to see Darth and C3PO in the future. Jan 9:  My Gabriel <3 Jan 13:  I made some kick-ass roasted chicken!  If you’re lucky I’ll get around to posting the recipe. Jan 12:  My friends gave me some home-grown duck eggs to try!  They didn’t kill me.  *bonus* Jan 14:  Just me (again) being silly....

A Week in the Life – Week 1

By on Jan 7, 2013 in Pictures | 0 comments

I’ve decided (once again) to try and accomplish a Project 365.  You know, where you vow to take one picture each day for an entire year.  I think I’ve tried doing it for three years or so now and I usually only make it a couple weeks tops.  But this year I’ve decided that instead of trying to post a picture each day, I will only post once a week.  Now that my iPhone has a fancy collage ap, it will be super easy (at least in theory).  I’m doing the whole project with my phone, taking photos, editing and collaging (is that a word?).  Hopefully I’ll follow through. Week One – Project 365 Jan 1:  My loves celebrating New Years Day at grandmas (next door). Jan 2:  Chicken Curry (I can’t help it…I take pictures of food). Jan 3:  Breakfast of eggs, spinach and bacon (lots of food pics). Jan 4:  (yet another food pic) That was bacon wrapped...

Paleo No-Bean Chili Recipe

By on Jan 6, 2013 in Paleo Living, Paleo Recipes | 3 comments

I LOVE CHILI!  It’s one of my very favorite foods, especially during the winter.  It warm, comforting goodness just makes my heart happy.   Add in a dollop of sour cream and some cheddar cheese and my heart swoons. I know I’m weird.  Go with it. Anyhow, chili is one of those recipes I hadn’t attempted to paleofy….until now.  It seemed wrong to have a big pot of chili with no beans, but honestly, it’s just as delicious bean-free and so much more healthy for you.  To make up for what was “missing,” I added in a ton of extra veggies.  One of my favorite things about tomato sauce based recipes is that they are super easy to sneak other vegetables in because they just blend right in and are unsuspecting to finicky children. Ingredients 2-3 stalks celery 1 large purple onion couple handful’s of baby carrots (or 2-3 full size carrots) 2 lbs...

A New Year – A New Detox

By on Jan 1, 2013 in Fat Flinging Friday, Sugar Detox | 8 comments

Funny what a difference a year makes. Exactly 365 days ago I did a little New Years Resolution post and my first goal was to lose 75 pounds.   Actually….I said 100 pounds but quickly doubted myself and changed it to 75.  Still a lofty goal but seemingly more attainable than my first hope.  Here I am, a year later and I can say I DID IT!  Not only did I do it, but I blew past that measly 75 pound mark and landed at 95 pounds lost for the year. CRAZY! I mentioned to my friend, Kathleen that I never in a million years thought I would actually lose this weight.  I didn’t figure I would even lose 20 pounds.  I had been desperately trying to get approval for weight loss surgery because I thought it was hopeless to try and lose it on my own.  It is shocking to me, really.  But then one day, I decided I had had enough.  I was so fat!  I couldn’t live like that anymore. I made...

Happy Holidays!

By on Dec 26, 2012 in Paleo Living | 3 comments

How was everyone’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, Boxing Day, Yule and Winter Solstice (any any other Winter holiday I might have missed!)??  My Christmas was fabulous! The holiday’s are always stressful for so many reasons, and this year was no exception.  But it all ended up good, Santa made my boys happy and it was a lovely day filled with family and happiness. Like many people around the world, I used the entire time since Thanksgiving to put aside my strict Paleo Lifestyle diet and just enjoy myself.  I enjoyed baking (and eating) good old-fashioned sugar cookies, fudge, apple muffins, etc etc.  I tried to stick to my Paleo plan as much as possible but did not beat myself up over enjoying good food and family time.  I stuck with good breakfasts (usually eggs and veggies) and most lunches were healthy(ish).  But dinner and weekends and shopping…oh my! ...