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Paleo French Toast

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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But when you do a Whole30 or live a mostly Paleo lifestyle, breakfasts can get boring.

I mean you can only have eggs so many ways before you get tired of them.

Enter Paleo French Toast.

I’ve been trying all different kinds of grain free breads. Last week, it was Simple Mills Artisan Bread. This week I made Against All Grain’s Blender Bread.

So I whipped up a batch of French Toast.

Sometimes you just need a little sweetness to start your day.

What are your favorite Paleo inspired breakfast items?

Finding Food Freedom

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I’ve successfully completed the Whole30 program three times, but I’ve never keep up my good habits longer than a couple weeks.

This time it’s different, and I can feel it.

It’s been 15 days since we completed the September Whole30. And I’ve kept the spirit of Whole30 alive while making “worth it choices.”

I love The Fold. It’s one of my favorite restaurants in Little Rock.

I like it because I can make good choices. If I want tacos, I get corn tortillas. The salads are huge and delicious. And they allow you to substitute or eliminate problem foods. For me, that is gluten and dairy.

Knowing those foods create problems for me is so freeing. Knowing I can still eat them from time to time and not feel guilty is even more freeing.

The Whole30 is not about depriving yourself for 30 days so you can “eat whatever you want.” It’s about learning your body and how it reacts to certain foods. It’s about understanding your habits toward emotional eating. It’s about stopping the binge eating of “foods with no breaks.”

Take control of your relationship wth food. Try the Whole30. It could be your saving grace.

Steak Kabobs

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When your local farmers market has filet mignon kabob meat, you get it.

Because life is too short for ordinary kabobs.

This is so easy.

Just be sure to not stab yourself with the bamboo skewers like I did. Twice.

What you need:

  • Filet mignon kabob meat
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Onion, cut into big chunks
  • Green bell pepper, cut into big chunks
  • Avocado oil
  • Fennel and Fire After Grill Steak Seasoning
  • Fennel and Fire Sriracha Sea Salt

Heat the grill to 350 degrees. Soak the bamboo skewers in water for at least 10 minutes.

Prep the veggies and meat. Coat the steak with a little avocado oil and steak seasoning.

Put each ingredient on the skewer until all are gone.

Grill for about 10 minutes. The steak pieces are small, and you don’t want to overcook them. Turn the skewers a couple times to get good grill marks.

I plated mine with a side of cauliflower rice.

Very filling. A pretty dinner.

What are your favorite things to kabob?

The Art of the Weekend

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Sundays are my favorite day.

I usually take Sundays slowly, but the past couple weekends I’ve been ramping up my activities to set the tone for the week.

And I enjoy it.

Today I got up and had my coffee on the porch. I sat outside reading and drinking coffee. I finished reading The Miracle Morning, which I highly recommend.

Then, I made a small breakfast and a loaf of gluten free bread.

I’ve been putting off painting our bathroom doors. So I broke out the paint and spent a couple hours finishing up the master bathroom.

I went to my favorite farmers market, and I came home and moved really heavy rocks from the middle of the yard to a covered spot under the barn.

Now, Annie and I are snuggled up watching Netflix.

And I may or may not have ate the majority of this bag of delicious chips.

The plan for the rest of the day is to prep for dinner and get ready to start my Miracle Morning routine.

I need to figure out what time to get up so I can have ample time to prepare for S.A.V.E.R.S.

On a different note, I got my first bottle of Beautycounter’s Countermatch Adaptive Moisture Lotion in the mail yesterday.

This stuff is legit.

It smells amazing. And while I was working outside in the hottest October heat, my face felt cool and fabulous (even though I was completely drenched in sweat).

I will sample it out to anyone interested. Visit the Contact Me page and let me know. I’ll send one your way.