Simply Norma

Here are a couple more new paleo dinners that we’ve recently tried.

This crustless quiche was very good! It had asparagus in it which I’m not usually fond of but it was complimented with other veggies so tasted great. I had leftovers for breakfast and it heated through just fine.

The quiche was a side dish to this very delicious cod.

The next recipe we tried was an Ethiopian Chicken in a red pepper paste. Although this looked a little odd with the eggs in it, it actually tasted very good.

The chicken was served with a Kale, Sesame and Ginger salad which was not my favorite. Perhaps it was the kale or too much sesame oil. The flavors just didn’t seem to flow right in my mouth so we’ll have to work on tweaking this recipe if we want to use it again.

The chicken was quite moist and very flavorful.

It’s really not too hard to eat paleo. I’d be interested in hearing if anyone has tried any of the recipes and tweaked them some to make them better.

Did you watch the Superbowl game yesterday? I was rooting for the underdog all the way — the Ravens. And … they won (she says gleefully). It was quite a close game though. A real nail biter!

While waiting for the game to start, we had an appetizer that included julienned carrots with Baba Ganoush.  It was really good and even though it was made with eggplants it tasted very much like hummus (a Middle Eastern dip).

For dinner we had chicken drummettes  that were brushed with paleo barbecue sauce, baked sweet potato fries and mango avocado fruit salad.

I should have really enjoyed the fruit salad but it had a little too much lime sprinkled on it and made my mouth pucker quite a bit. Next time we’ll use less lime.

The paleo barbecue sauce was actually pretty good as long as you didn’t slather it on the chicken — pretty much the same as with regular barbecue sauce.

Overall … a very complete and filling meal.

Yum! Yum! and Yum!

After returning from a cruise where we were tempted with every kind of food under the sun (well, okay, don’t take that too literally), I decided to weigh myself to see what kind of damage had been done after a week of moderate restraint.

Arriving in the bathroom, I looked at the scale and scowled at it. Yes, I had eaten bread on the cruise although not a lot … Yes, I had had some desserts (one being a cheesecake that was simply too sweet for me to finish) … Yes, I had had hot chocolate … (You wouldn’t expect anything less from a chocoholic, would you?)

But it was time to weigh in. One thing I learned about weighing yourself is that you have to be as light as possible so empty the bowel and remove all clothing for a true weight. lol

Our scale is one where you have to touch it with your toe then wait for it to show “0.00” before getting on.

I know no one cares about my scale.  I’m just procrastinating in letting you know my weight gain, uh, loss?

Naw — I gained 2 pounds and  was quite pleased as that’s exactly what I thought I had gained.

Now we’re back on the Paleolithic Diet full time instead of part-time. Since I’ve already had day-by-day postings of a lot of  paleolithic meals I decided to post a few new recipes on one post that we’ve tried this week. (Hope that works for you all.) Breakfast and lunch continue to be quite simple since I tend to eat leftovers most of the time although we did have a new tuna salad recipe (see below).

This tuna salad was quite good and since my son made a lot of it, I had some for breakfast one morning and some for lunch twice. Regular mayonnaise was used in this salad although you could make a paleo mayo that is more friendly to this diet.

Next we had a really really really delicious soup. Don’t let the name “Mulligatawny Soup” deter you from trying this soup. Totally delicious!

The soup was served with an orange cranberry bread. It was “okay.” We need to work on tweaking it a little I believe. The crust was semi-burnt but the bread was quite moist.

Another day we had roasted chicken which was also delicious. It was served with mashed potatoes.

Oh … are you wondering about the mashed potatoes when we’re not eating potatoes on this diet? Doesn’t it look delicious?

Actually, this recipe is called truffled cauliflower mash and it tasted very good. I’m not sure I would have noticed they weren’t potatoes except that it has a wee bit of a different taste to them. It doesn’t taste like cauliflower though.

And here’s what the actual dish looked like …

Can we all say yummmm???? (laughing)

I’ll be posting more pictures and recipes as time goes on although I think we’ll be making some of these recipes over again so there may not be as many new ones as I’ve previously posted.

The paleolithic diet is not about losing weight for me but about eating more healthy. Weight loss is a bonus.

Since I was a vegetarian for over 20 years, it does feel like I’m eating a lot of meat.  Once I start cooking on my own, I’ll try to incorporate more veggie type dinners.

Have a fun day!