Sweet Potato Soup with Fire Roasted Red Pepper Sausage

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Bowl of sweet potato and sausage soup

Yesterday proved to be a bit of a challenge for me. I had to work at a Julia Child themed event at work and well let’s just say the menu was filled with stuff that I couldn’t touch. Funnily enough a lot of it was also laden with sugar so you would think I wouldn’t think anything of it, let alone all the dairy and grains involved.

I think my downfall was the fact that I hadn’t eaten a proper lunch before going so I was EXTREMELY hungry by the end of the class. At one point one of the other girls asked me if I wanted to try something out and I politely declined, I thought that would be it but she asked me why I wasn’t eating anything, I told her that I’m currently doing this program called Whole30 and I’m not able to eat any sugar, dairy, grains or legumes.

She looked at me with a puzzled look and then said “oh so you’re on the Paleo diet?” …… uhhh yeh like I’ve said here before I don’t like the use of the word diet and I wouldn’t call going Paleo a ‘diet’ since it’s not something people do (well the people I know) just for a certain period of time. I just looked at her and said “yeh something like that.” I was too hungry and tired to get into details with her so I just left it.

Luckily I had dinner waiting for me when I got back home. I had whipped up a quick sweet potato and sausage soup before heading to work and couldn’t wait to get home and EAT! [Read more…]

Rosemary & Thyme Lamb with Raw Kale Salad

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Rosemary and thyme lamb with raw kale salad

It seems that ever since I passed the halfway mark of Whole30 the days have been going by reaaallllllyyyy slowly! Right now I feel as if these next 12 days are never going to end!

Last night I felt like making something different, something that I’ve probably only ever made once or twice before, in fact I can’t even remember the last time I made these myself. The main part of the recipes comes courtesy of Balanced Bites with a few minor adjustments in the recipe. I have been following this blog recently and am eager to get my hands on the Practical Paleo cookbook which from what I’ve heard is choc full of great easy and delicious Paleo recipes.

I paired the main part of this dish, which is lamb chops with an easy but delicious raw kale salad. I absolutely LOVE kale! It is packed full of goodness with things like fiber, iron, calcium, vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, antioxidants and it is also an anti-inflammatory food. [Read more…]

Almond Banana Smoothie

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Glass of almond banana smoothie

I just made this smoothie – Actually I’m drinking it while typing this post.

It’s been a while since I made a Green Smoothie, notice how I left the green part out of the title (aka the spinach). I didn’t want to scare you away with the word spinach, although you can’t taste it at all, it just gives the smoothie its pretty green colour. 🙂

Almond Banana Smoothie

Almond banana smoothie

Ingredients:
  • Handful of banana (I used frozen banana pieces that I had in the freezer).
  • Handful of spinach (you can use frozen or fresh).
  • 1.5 cups almond milk (or milk of your choice).
  • 5 dates (I used medjool – make sure you pit).
  • 1 tsp cinnamon.
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract.
  • 1 Tbsp chia seeds.
Method:

Place all ingredients into a high powered blender, starting off with the milk and blend!

There’s something about green smoothies – They really give you a big hit of energy just when you need it!

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