Day 2 Down

Day two of paleo down, and here were our meals today:

Breakfast: Eggs and fried apples. These apples were delicious!

Lunch: Leftover pot roast with potatoes

Dinner: Skipped, but dd had some cheese with an apple. I made paleo friendly apple cinnamon muffins using a can of applesauce from a prior food pantry haul.


So far dd is good. I expect more issues to start in the coming days as she weans off sugar though. Right now she still has sugar in small amounts as I work to eliminate it.

Food Pantry Haul and Day 1 of Paleo for All

Because of my increasing joint pain & health issues from eating conventional food, we decided to move up the start date for going Paleo to Saturday 11-19. DD wasn't entirely willing, but agreed after seeing how badly I was hurting from eating wheat.

Our day started off early, as we had registered for a Thanksgiving box from Hope and had to go pick it up early. It was an smaller box than usual - I think they had people show up who weren't registered and were trying to stretch the items a bit farther. But overall it was an okay box - 1 12lb turkey, a bag of instant potatoes, 6 oranges, 2 cans of green beans, 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, a loaf of bread and 2 small bottles of soda. The soda, bread and soup will all be traded as we can't eat them now on paleo. But I'm very happy to get the turkey, as that makes 2-3 meals plus turkey bone broth. Also I have noticed that a lot of the items I've been getting lately from the food pantry are Deseret Industries brand AKA LDS Church. I like them as they seem to be better quality than some of the other brands.

Here was our meal plan for Saturday:

Breakfast: DD had an apple {tossed in the bag as we left} and we both shared hardboiled eggs

Snack: DD had another apple {she loves apples} and I had a few dates to tide me over until we got home from errands

Late Lunch: Leftover potato soup {I did put canned milk in this, but I am allowing milk for DD and occasionally for me}

Dinner: Beef roast done in the crockpot until fork tender, served with mashed potatoes and green beans {from the morning's box}

All good, all paleo, and all delicious!

Revamping and reviving this blog, Starting November 25

I haven't been posting here much, and with a decent reason - I haven't been doing as many pantry hauls lately! But, as usual our finances have taken a nose-dive so I'm back in line at the pantry. BUT now with an added bit that will make pantry visits even more interesting. Starting in August I went Paleo with tweaks. I've known for years that I had a problem with grains - eat too much of them and I felt like crud, my pain levels skyrocketed and I turn hangry constantly. My doctor has been suggesting for years that I try cutting out wheat, but I couldn't see doing it with our budget. In August I had a bit extra come in so I tried it - and WOW. Within 2 weeks 80% of my joint problems disappeared. The brain fog left. The constantly being hungry left. And my mood issues improved. I went off it for October, and bam issues back. So 99% sure paleo is the way to go for me. Now, I debated just me doing paleo, but decided for my daughter to do it as well because 1. She already is showing early signs of the same issues as I have, 2. She is a carb addict, and with our native ancestry that is a recipe for things like diabetes and 3. I hope to teach her a healthier more traditional way of eating.

So - Starting Black Friday 2016, this house is going paleo, which means this blog is as well. Now I do tweak a bit - I allow white potatoes {I'm allergic to sweet potatoes}, and the occasional white rice meal. We don't do as much meat as recommended either because gosh darn it meat is expensive! And I'll allow DD dairy as well since she is growing and I feel needs the calcium for bones {I would allow it for myself as well but I don't tolerate it well}.

Now - what will that mean for pantry visits? Quite a bit actually. In looking at what we get in any given pantry trip, anywhere from 50% to 90% of the items we get will no longer be allowed on this new diet. So - depending on what the items are, they will either turn into chicken feed {gotta love Chickens!} or be passed to other families that can use them. I have a list of some pantries that give out produce more often, and we will attempt to go there more. Also I will try to go to more client choice type pantries where I can best choose things we can eat.