Hi, Ma.
May 23, 2015
Hi, Ma.
Month: May 2015
Paleo Shrimp Scampi
This is a great quick dinner to dress up a Monday that needs a little oomph. The spaghetti squash can be made ahead, and the rest comes together in 10 minutes or so.
Gluten-free, paleo
Paleo Shrimp Scampi
1 spaghetti squash
1 lb. shrimp, peeled and cleaned
3 cloves garlic
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 c. stock or white wine
1/4 c. chopped parsley
2 Tbsp. grass fed butter
Salt, black pepper & red pepper flakes
Sheep pecorino (optional)
Halve your spaghetti squash lengthwise and place face-down in a shallow dish or two bowls. Add a Tablespoon of water to the dish and prick the backs of the squash with a fork a few times. Cover tightly with saran wrap and microwave on High 20 minutes (or until soft). Remove and unwrap to cool.
While your squash is cooling, clean and peel the shrimp if you haven’t already; chop the garlic and chop the parsley.
Add the butter to a large pan over medium heat and melt. Add the shrimp, a couple big pinches kosher salt, a pinch red pepper flakes and a few grinds black pepper and sautee until just starting to turn pink. Add the lemon juice and stock/wine and keep cooking until the shrimp is pink through and the liquid has reduced a bit. Hit with salt, pepper and red pepper again if needed.
When the squash is cool enough to handle, shred with the tines of a fork to form noodles and dump into the pan with the shrimp. Toss to combine. Taste and add more salt/red pepper/black pepper if needed. Add the parsley and toss again.
Serve sprinkled with cheese if you are eating cheese.
Serves 2 for dinner + 1 for lunch
May 22, 2015
What does she mean by stay there and don’t attack her with kisses? WHATDOESTHATEVENMEAN? Am I in trouble? Look. I’m too little to yell at. See?
May 21, 2015
Krakens, krakens everywhere.
Even on the bed when it’s rapidly getting dark and I have yet to take my POD.
May 20, 2015
Who’s a cute little Borg?
Locutus’s a cute little Borg.
May 19, 2015
Dinner tonight (pulled pork with collard greens) couldn’t be much more Southern if it tried.
May 18, 2015
Dog selfie: Picture Of The Day plan B.
Adventures In Budget Paleo Cooking – Week of May 11 – 17
This Week’s Menu
Monday
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Pulled pork with pineapple rhubarb salsa and coleslaw mix
Dinner: Paleo shrimp scampi
Tuesday
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Pulled pork with pineapple rhubarb salsa and coleslaw mix
Dinner: Roasted chicken with poblanos and potatoes
Wednesday
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Leftover egg drop soup + leftover paleo shrimp scampi
Dinner: Ate out
Thursday
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Leftover roasted chicken with poblanos and potatoes + green olives
Dinner: Roasted chicken with citrus herbed jicama
Friday
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Leftover chicken with green olives & grapes
Dinner: Race fuel – ground beef with a tiny bit of rice (purchased mid-week, ~ $10)
Sunday
Breakfast: Out
Lunch: Out
Dinner: Out
This Week’s Grocery List
Pimento stuffed green olives, 0.60 lb. ($3.59 @ Fresh Direct)
Lemons, 2 ($1.78 @ Fresh Direct)
Epicurean Farms local heritage no-antibiotic whole chicken, 3.28 lbs. ($9.81 @ Fresh Direct)
Goya coconut milk, 13.5 oz. ($2.19 @ Fresh Direct)
Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin, 15 oz. ($2.29 @ Fresh Direct)
Sir Kensington’s all natural mayo, 10 oz. ($5.99@ Fresh Direct)
Pat LaFrieda dry aged beef burgers, 4pk., 1.50 lb. ($13.49 @ Fresh Direct)
Blue Foot fresh cleaned shrimp, 1.03 lb. ($16.47 @ Fresh Direct)
Organic carrots, 1 lb. ($1.99 @ Fresh Direct)
Diced jicama, 8 oz. ($2.99 @ Fresh Direct)
Garlic, 2 heads ($0.88 @ Fresh Direct)
Yellow onion, 0.79 lb. ($0.78 @ Fresh Direct)
Poblano pepper, 0.27 lb. ($0.94 @ Fresh Direct)
Rosemary ($1.99 @ Fresh Direct)
White cauliflower ($5.49 @ Fresh Direct)
Smoothie Supplies
Ginger, 6 oz. ($2.99 @ Fresh Direct)
4 Apples ($3.99 @ Fresh Direct)
Limes, 6 ($3.00 @ Fresh Direct)
2 Avocados ($4.00 @ Fresh Direct)
Satur Farms cut mixed kale, 1 lb. ($5.99 @ Fresh Direct)
Earthbound Farm organic baby spinach, 5 oz. ($3.99 @ Fresh Direct)
Totals
Fresh Direct: $100.80 (with delivery)
Budget Breakout
This week, I spent $100.80; .80 over budget. Boo overages. I need to have another cheap week soon!
Leftovers From This Week
At the end of the week, I have some limp broccolini, a red pepper, a pound of carrots, hand full of jicama, a few leeks, and 2 dinners’ worth of burgers left over. I need to incorporate these items into my menu for next week.
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Think eating healthfully is too expensive for you? Think again. According to the USDA, to ensure a nutritious diet as of December 2014, a family of two aged 19-59 years should spend between $388.90 and $776.10 on food per month, or $89.80 – $179.30 per week. Source
For my family of two adults, I spend roughly $400 a month on groceries or $100 a week – and we eat well. Not caviar and lobster well, but I do manage to serve a predominately paleo diet with little to no processed foods, and I get to throw in a few luxuries here and there (like expensive snacks for the hubbs and the occasional ridiculously expensive bag of coffee). We even manage to buy “good” meat (grass fed beef and free-range chicken) most of the time – and I make this budget work even on the weeks we pay for convenience by getting delivery groceries. I make: 10 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 10 dinners a week – plus enough snacks to satisfy and fuel two active adults.
I’m hoping that this series will help shed a little light on the day-to-day things a “paleo” person really eats — and how that way of eating can work on a budget. I want to nudge anyone sitting on the fence right over the edge by showing that it *can* be done and that you don’t just eat meat, meat, meat and more meat.
May 17, 2015
Ooh. Pretty architecture.
May 16, 2015
Weekend fun.
Gastography 