Paleo Breakfast Banana Split

I was in the mood for a treat on Sunday morning so took out my Paleo recipie book and settled for the Breakfast Banana Split.  Very simple to make and a nice twist to a fruit salad. 

1/2 tbsp coconut oil on pan with 1/2 tbsp honey.  Add one sliced banana and cook on both sides for around 3-4 minutes.
In a separate pan, toast 1tbsp of flaked almonds with some pecans or walnuts.
Finally, peal half an apple then grate into a bowl.  Grate the rind of half an orange into the bowl and add the segments of half an orange (removing as much pith as possible).  Add the toasted banana and nuts on top- done:)

Week 2 weekend.

Breakfast: turkey slices with portabello mushrooms, spinach and a poached egg.

Exercise-over  2 hours out on the horse. Great day though a bit of hailstones at the end could have done without;)

Brought my flask for lunch- Beetroot and Bramley apple soup with chicken. 

Dinner. Topside of beef stew. 

Met some pals in town who were out for dinner. Just ordered a coffee with them and had a water in the pub. God, I'm very restrained! (Though I did have 2 hot ports in the pub after the hunt). 

Sunday. 

Wasn't really on the mood for bone marrow soup with a poached egg (which was on the menu) so made my own banana breakfast "smoothie" (although more of a fruit salad than anything else). Very tasty and a nice treat on a Sunday morning. 

Lunch- hunter gathers stew with fruit and nuts. 

 

I then made some Paleo brownies.  Very tasty (check out Brownie post). Had one with a cup of Chai tea.  Nice alternative to tea.  Not a big fan of drinking so much almond milk so looking for non milk alternatives.

 

Dinner. Lamb with celaric mash.

Week 2. Day 5

Starting to get a few cravings now in the afternoons. Coffee alone isn't cutting it. Will have to bake some snacks over the weekend. Eatdrinkpaleo.com has some great recipies.

Hour training session in the gym. Followed by scrambled eggs and rashers. Not a big fan of rashers and as these were smoked they were even saltier than usual but I devoured the scrambled eggs. 

Lunch. Pan seared salmon with girkins, capers and dill vinegarette. 

Not necessarily hungry in the afternoon but wanted something sweet. Went to m&s and got myself a tray of melon. Thought id eat a small portion but ate it all. They're not very sweet so assume they're not high in sugar. 

Dinner was prob my favourite this week- thai chicken curry in a coconut and lemongrass sauce. 

In on my own watching a film on a fri night when all my friends were out partying so felt a bit sorry for myself. Had over square of 70% dark choc with my rhubarb and apple herbal tea. 

Iv noticed I delve into the bag of almonds whenever in feeling peckish. I'm sure it's fine as a snack but need to control how much of them I'm actually eating in a day. 

You’d need to eat nearly half a kilo of 90% dark choc to get the same amount of sugar you’d get in a big bowl of Special K

"One of the most devious products out there is Kellogg’s Special K. It has 23 grams of sugar per 100 grams. A bar of Lindt 90 per cent dark chocolate has 7 grams of sugar so you’d need to eat nearly half a kilo of 90 per cent dark chocolate to get the same amount of sugar you’d get in a big bowl of Special K."

Interesting article in the Times today about a new film "Ceral Killers"


http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/fat-is-good-the-message-from-a-man-who-swapped-sugar-for-bacon-and-eggs-1.1662117

http://www.cerealkillersmovie.com/

#dontfearfat #darkchocisbetter #swapsugarforfat

Week 2 day 4

Thursday. 

Breakfast pan seared chicken with a poached egg, capers and broccoli. I swopped this with yesterday's granola as thought is need a bit more after my spin class (half hr endurance) in the gym. 

Lunch- smoked haddock and leek frittata. Nice and light. Very tasty. 

Wasn't hungry in the afternoon but felt I needed something "nice". Went down to the canteen to see if I could buy some dark choc but there was none so I went for the dried mango- it hit the spot. 

Dinner- sausage and cauliflower "gumbo" (spicy tomatoe stew). Like something you'd get in the Caribbean. 

Week 2. Day 3

Not much to report at this stage. Getting into the swing of things now. Had a late dinner (10pm) so I'm sure that's not good to be eating so late but was out until then. Was stuck for a snack so had a carrot. Need to have some more handy for times like those. Must get back to my paleo cookbook for ideas.

Breakfast- seed granola. This time with almond rather than coconut milk and far tastier. 

Lunch. Meatloaf with olive crumb, and garlic roasted courgettes. Very tasty but maybe a bit much for the middle of the day.

Dinner was sweet and sour chicken, but I was so hungry I gobbled it up before getting a picture in.

Week 2 day 2

I need the recepie of this chocolate and apricot spiced bread. It is so delicious. There was a hint of coconut so maybe it was coconut flour that was used. Hard to believe this is paleo,gluten free. What a breakfast!

 

Lunch was bacon,celeriac, and broccoli frettata. 

Dinner: turkey with cranberry and almond stuffing and roasted parsnips and carrots. I'm still wondering how the stuffing was made. Tasted exactly like the real stuff only better;)