Day 8: Back on the plan and enjoying it

Breakfast

Jolene's Good Morning Juice
1 bunch green kale
6 carrots
6 apples
1/2 head celery
2 pears

Serves 2.5 people.

Snack
Bacon Wrapped Dates from Paleo Plan.

The perfect blend of salty and sweet, this delightful treat will be a repeat in my house. Easy to make and an epic level of deliciousness. A++ grade in my house!

Lunch
Sweet Tomatoes for lunch today. Easy to stay within the Paleo guidelines when it's an open salad bar. Yes, it was hard to stay away from the other offerings (foccacia and blueberry muffins, two of my favorites), but the salad I made really hit the spot. The disastrous experience with stepping back into grains from the night before was fresh in my mind, so staying away was a little easier than it might have been previously.

Snack
Envy Apple

Dinner
Just Plain Chili from Paleo Plan

This is exactly as advertised: It's chili. I used ground Angus beef and I was very liberal with the spices. I like my chili with kick and this chili is mild. Served over Paleo Cornbread from Kelly at A Girl Worth Saving.

A recipe so nice we tried it twice! We don't have butter in my house (dairy-free, ya'll), but it's good drizzled with raw honey. 

Day One: Recipes

Lunch:
Chicken breast grilled with red onions, red bell peppers, and green bell peppers. Sauteed spinach with Himalayan salt, black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder.

Snack:
Paleo Lemon Bars from Kara at The Primal Home

These are very lemony and very good. My daughter became fully supportive of the Paleo diet after this delightful snack.

Dinner:
Pork roast, onions, carrots, and celery in the crock pot for 8 hours.
Paleo Cornbread from Kelly at A Girl Worth Saving

The Paleo Cornbread is perfect. We slathered the slices in raw honey and it couldn't have been better. Delicious, moist, and the caraway added something delightful. This will be a repeat recipe in my house.

What a successful first day in the Paleo diet.

Dessert
Paleo Hot Chocolate from Jennie at Easy Paleo

Modifications to this one: Instead of 3T cocoa powder, I used 1/2C vegan carob chips.