Becoming Crunchy

These past few weeks have been insane. And amazing. I am loving the whole experience of October Unprocessed so far – we have been eating such awesome food and feeling so great (and really noticing it the few times we’ve slipped). It’s also all been a lot easier and more positive than I thought it would be.

There are so many keys to this – the support on Facebook. Knowing that so many others are committed to the challenge this month. Having the husband be so on board. The changes I’ve already noticed in my body and attitude.

Of course, it’s not all been easy. I’ve had to give things up to make the time to cook all this food. I’ve been tired and stressed and seriously tempted to order pizza. But overall it’s been totally worth it.

I didn’t post a meal plan last week, but we did stick with the program – just did a lot of basic meals that were fast and easy. It’s been surprising to me this month how many of those kinds of meals there are within the realm of real food. If I have a weakness as a cook it’s something of a tendency to make things complicated. And it’s that weakness that makes me get home at 5PM after working all day and absolutely not want do anything about dinner but head through a drive through.

So I’ve been super excited about the simple, easy, tasty meals I’ve been able to throw together on weeknights and find that they are just as good as the most elaborate of meals. In my search to come across these kinds of recipes, I was thrilled to come across Amber Beam’s cookbook, Weeknight Paleo, which promises healthy, unprocessed recipes in 30 minutes or less.

This week all of our weeknight dinners will be coming out of that cookbook, and I’m looking forward to reporting back on the experience on Friday – along with sharing a giveaway of 2 copies of Weeknight Paleo! There is so much about this cookbook that I already adore, though I’ll wait until Friday to share more – here is our week’s meal plan in the meantime.

Monday

• Breakfast: Eggs & Peameal Bacon
• Lunch: Sandwiches, Cottage Cheese & Jicama Sticks
• Dinner: Perfectly seared Surf & Turf w/Creamy Cauliflower Puree

Tuesday

• Breakfast: Oatmeal & boiled Egg
• Lunch: Sandwich, Cottage Cheese & Carrot Sticks
• Dinner: Spicy Steak Stir Fry

Wednesday

• Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs
• Lunch: Sandwich, Cottage Cheese & Cucumber slices
• Dinner: Asian Chicken Soup w/Napa Cabbage & Bok Choy

Thursday

• Breakfast: Oatmeal & boiled Egg
• Lunch: Sandwich, leftover soup
• Dinner: Macadamia Crusted Mahi Mahi w/Green Bean Salad

Friday

• Breakfast: Scrambled eggs
• Lunch: Sandwich, Green Beans
• Dinner: Meatloaf & Steamed Carrots

Saturday

• Breakfast: Apple Crisp
• Lunch: Baked Potato & steamed Broccoli
• Dinner: Chicken & Salad

Sunday

• Breakfast: Cheese & Fruit
• Lunch: Chicken & Salad
• Dinner: Crock Pot Carnitas

What are some of your favourite healthy, fast recipes?

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