Paleo Party for 10

It was a Paleo Party!  On Halloween evening we fed a party of 10 – 6 adults and 4 kids – an amazing paleo feast.  John grilled sirloin and hamburgers seasoned with sea salt, pepper, and a grill seasoning mix from Trader Joe’s (find with the rest of the spices across from the nuts).  He also grilled chicken legs seasoned with a little sea salt, pepper, and fresh lemon juice, as well as bell peppers and eggplant basted with olive oil.  The salad was a lettuce mix from the farmers market, chopped apples, sundried tomatoes, slivered almonds, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and topped with crumbled goat cheese.  I made a butternut squash “mash”.  I pressure cooked the squash for 12 minutes mashed it with organic butter, sea salt, cinnamon, and a pinch of ground ginger.  We also served cold shrimp with lemon and cocktail sauce.  Our not-so-paleo visiting family didn’t even look around for the missing french bread!  Mission accomplished. : )

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Happy Halloween!

This week has been crazy.  Two birthdays, Halloween, school parties, work, life… So, here is a little photo collage of how we survived – nutrition wise – even amongst the craziness.  We all pretty much lived on eggs cooked various ways (my deviled eggs are mayo, sea salt, pepper, dill, and red wine vinegar), chicken salad from Raleys, coleslaw made with cabbage, apples, and broccoli slaw, baby sweet potatoes from Traders that you cook right in the package, only takes 5 min in the microwave, tri-tip already cooked from Raleys (not sure about the quality or what they season it with, I felt kind of yucky after we ate it…) frozen green beans, and “all natural” hot dogs from Traders.  I’m happy for the weekend and we started this morning right with the last picture of eggs, bacon and raspberries.  Yum!  Happy Halloween!!

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