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Bacon & Apple Smothered Pork Chops

Bacon & Apple Smothered Pork Chops

Bacon. Apple. Pork. What’s not to love? This recipe comes by way of Nom Nom Paleo.  It’s a good one and I made very few changes because it’s a good one.   The only problem with the pork was entirely my own.  I used boneless pork chops 

The Tailgate Chili

The Tailgate Chili

So much chili so little time! The Whole30 Chili can be a bit…intense.  It has some real depth of flavor that is simply not everyone’s cup of tea.  For a more traditional tasting chili, we also fall back on our Tailgate Chili.  Which, as the 

Whole30 Meal Plan Round 2: Week Five and Beginning Reintroduction

Whole30 Meal Plan Round 2: Week Five and Beginning Reintroduction



Two days and it’s over!

Just kidding, there’s really ten more days, but you’ll get some peanut butter and hummus!

Either way, week five is an accomplishment and we are awesome for coming so far. This week’s meals are some of our family favorites and I encourage you to revisit the ones you enjoyed or know that you can whip up in 30 minutes or less. You might as well relax a little!


WHOLE30 Meal Plan & Grocery List – Week Five and Beginning Reintroduction


Monday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Chicken Nuggets with a Simple Salad


Tuesday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Poppin’ Shrimp with Spicy Thai Salad


Wednesday – Reintroduction Day 1: Legumes

Antipasto Breakfast with Apple slices or Celery Sticks and PEANUT BUTTER (check your label for added sugars and non-compliant oils)

Antipasto Lunch with Raw Veggies and HUMMUS (check your label for added sugars and non-compliant oils—soybean oil is okay today)

Orange Beef w/ PGFE’s Balsamic Glazed Asian Noodles (omit egg) 

In both recipes, replace Coconut Aminos with San-J Tamari (GF SOY SAUCE), Ohsawa GF Tamari, or Eden Tamari Soy Sauce—they are the only brands without wheat, rice, or sugar (there is a small amount of alcohol as a preservative, if you don’t want to risk it then have a bowl EDAMAME instead)


Thursday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Chicken Wings with Celery, Carrots and Ranch


Friday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potato


Saturday – Reintroduction Day 4: Non-Gluten Grains

Eggs & Bacon w/ a serving of GLUTEN-FREE OATS (topped with fruit and/or maple syrup)

Sausage (Aidell’s Chicken & Apple) with a Simple Salad and CORN CHIPS with Spicy Avocado Lime Sauce

Tailgate Chili on Frito’s (or other CORN CHIP)


Sunday:

Eggs & Bacon with seasonal fruits and raw veggies

Egg/ Tuna/ Chicken Salad on Spinach

Pan-Fried Pork Chops with Simple Salad and BMW’s Baked Curly Fries with Seven Spice Sprinkle

Let’s Eat!


Week One          Week Two          Week Three          Week Four


WHOLE30 MEAL PLAN - WEEK FIVE



Carne Guisada (Braised Beef) with Slow Cooker Option

Carne Guisada (Braised Beef) with Slow Cooker Option

Missing Mexican food?! Here are some flavors to bring it all back! Carne Guisada (Braised Beef)   Serves/ Yield: 6 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook/ Assembly Time: minutes Total Time: minutes   Ingredients: Cooking oil 2-3 pounds cheap steak or roast, chopped into one-inch pieces 1 

Spicy Thai Salad

Spicy Thai Salad

Spicy Thai Salad   Serves/ Yield: 4 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook/ Assembly Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes   Ingredients: Romaine Lettuce, 1 bunch chopped 1 bunch Cilantro, chopped Oil Shredded carrots, one bag 1 red bell pepper, seeds and membranes discarded, thinly 

Creamy Thai Spice Shrimp

Creamy Thai Spice Shrimp

Quick, easy, and delicious – what more could you want!


Thai Spice Shrimp

 

Serves/ Yield: 4

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook/ Assembly Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 Tbsp. Oil or ghee for frying
  • 1 lbs. medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed
  • 1/4 c. full fat coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp. lime juice, about 1 lime
  • 1/2 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp. paprika

 

For the sauce:

  • ½ c. mayonnaise
  • 2-3 Tbsp. White Vinegar
  • 6 Garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp. anchovy paste or 2 tsp. fish sauce
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 2 tsp. ground Thai Chili Seasoning, or to taste
  • Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, optional
  • Salad greens
  • Scallions, thinly sliced

 

Recipe:

Combine the sauce ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix the coconut milk, lime juice, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Toss the shrimp to coat, then discard any extra liquid.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp to the skillet and sauté until evenly cooked about 2-3 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Toss the shrimp in the sauce.

Serve in a lettuce-lined bowl and garnish with chopped scallions.

 



Spicy Avocado Lime Sauce

Spicy Avocado Lime Sauce

Y’all.  I’m about to sling my southern everywhere because, y’all, this stuff is better than your grandma’s biscuits. Some friends of ours brought this jewel over on Super Bowl Sunday (with some bacon-wrapped shrimp, like all good friends should).  They were beyond awesome to Whole30 everything 

Creamy Chicken Casserole

Creamy Chicken Casserole

Is it comfort food? It’s hot and creamy and delicious and sooooo easy. Creamy Chicken Casserole is the one dish meal that is great made from leftovers!  If you’re already making a butternut squash dish rost some extra. Leftover chicken, shred it up!  That random bag 

Whole30 Meal Plan Round 2: Week Four

Whole30 Meal Plan Round 2: Week Four



It’s Week Four! We are in the home stretch!

Speaking of stretching – my pants aren’t anymore!  Huzzah!  Hopefully, you too are seeing some of the benefits of this drastic change we’ve embarked on.  And, it should be getting a bit easier.  Although, it also might be getting a bit old.  So, remember you don’t have to do all this cooking.  Roasted or grilled meat with a little oil and some salt and pepper and a side salad is perfectly acceptable to have on repeat.

Now let’s get rolling!


WHOLE30 Meal Plan & Grocery List – Week Four


Monday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Creamy Chicken Casserole

Tuesday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

SF’s Lemon Herb Salmon Zucchini

Wednesday

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Deconstructed Egg Rolls

Thursday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

TEM’s Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie

Friday:

Antipasto Breakfast

Antipasto Lunch or Simple Green Salad with protein or Leftovers

Carne Guisada (Braised Beef) and Okra Jalapeno Fritters with Spicy Avocado Lime Sauce

Saturday:

Eggs & Bacon with seasonal fruits and raw veggies

Sausage (Aidell’s Chicken & Apple) and BMW’s Baked Curly Fries with Seven Spice Sprinkle

UW’s Orange Chicken Poppers with PGFE’s Balsamic Glazed Asian Noodles (omit egg)

Sunday:

JBC’s Sausage Gravy

SRFWL’s Sweet Potato and Pineapple Beef Bowls with Mango Avocado   Salsa

Poppin’ Shrimp with Spicy Thai Salad

Let’s Eat!


Week One          Week Two          Week Three          Week Five + Beginning Reintroduction




Feel Better Chicken Soup (Slow Cooker)

Feel Better Chicken Soup (Slow Cooker)

Feel Better Chicken Soup is the soup you didn’t know you needed. Or you need it for some whiny person blowing their nose and running a fever and trying to infect everyone in the house.  Okay, that was me two weeks ago.  When I should have