Lunch

Vegetable soup (chicken stock and cooked veggies pureed) mixed with feta and topped with two fried eggs.

Kid Breakfast

I didn't make my kids fast...they had what we call "sweet eggs." Basically french toast without bread. I fried some banana slices in coconut oil with cinnamon and vanilla and then scrambled some egg yolks in. Gus had a few drops of maple syrup on his.

Breakfast

Decided to try intermittent fasting (which is recommended in PHD for its various health benefits), so "breakfast" was coffee with heavy cream, and I slipped in a bit of coconut oil. I think next time I'll just take the CO straight... We throw in cinnamon with our coffee grounds, which gives it a nice sweetish flavor and helps me miss sugar less.






Don't laugh at my cup.

The PHD: An Experiment

I've decided to try out the Perfect Health Diet and see what happens. I pinned the cover of this book a while ago when Jennifer Fulwiler mentioned it the first time (see number 6).

She mentioned it again in the context of clothes that were falling off of her and loads more energy (numbers 4 and 5)--and those are issues that I'd like to have. And recently she posted about it again, and I have a lot of respect for her and identify with pretty much everything she says about the eating issues she has. So I bought the book on Kindle and devoured it.

I'm not going to pretend like I understand the whole thing. A friend recently questioned me more closely on the science, and I was like look, I have about half a brain to devote to anything at this point in my life. And it wasn't the world's sharpest brain to begin with. But the information and sources are all there. The authors are extremely intelligent, and the book was not written to be a weight loss book. It's simply the research they did to try to improve their own health and what they concluded based on their studies.

So I'm going to start posting what I'm eating (and sometimes what the kids are eating), and I'll include my results if/when there are any.


This is their "food pyramid"...that is not a pyramid. Obvs.

A Test

Let's se if we can get more content up.

Salmon Quinoa Casserole

I based this recipe on one for tuna casserole. I love casseroles, but there's always all kinds of things in them that I'm not supposed to like. Still, they're such nice warm comfort food.

Lately I've been trying to find some new recipes to add to my repertoire, and as always, I'm looking to keep us eating fish regularly. Salmon can get mighty pricey though, so I occasionally buy the canned salmon at Costco, and I usually end up making sandwiches out of it. But I wondered if I could make a low-carb tuna casserole.

Umm, I can. I really can. It's not low fat, but it's low carb, and it was a hit. We have a new regular meal in rotation, folks.



You will need:
1 1/4 cup quinoa
3/4 cup sour cream
1 cup plain yogurt
3 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar or similar)
1/2 cup parmesan
2 tablespoons butter
18 ounces (3 cans) canned salmon (or tuna)
2 cups frozen peas
2 cups chopped vegetables*
Salt and pepper, to taste (I also threw in a little garlic powder)

Preheat your oven to 425.

In a medium bowl, mix the sour cream, yogurt, mustard, shredded cheese, and about half of the Parmesan cheese together. Add the drained salmon, and (uncooked!) quinoa and mix well. Finally add the vegetables, and melted butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Pour the mixture into an 8x8x2 or similarly sized baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Devour.

*I used TJ's broccoli slaw which is what I happened to have on hand. It worked well, but celery and green onions would have been fantastic in addition.

This Week's Controlled Crashes

I didn't make the triumphant return to the CoHo Crash Test Kitchen that I was hoping for this month, but I have been trying a few new recipes, and I really want to get back on a schedule again now that I've adjusted (somewhat) to life with two kids. I'm hoping I can also find time to blog about it. In the meantime, I'm trying to at least get the meal plan up, because that means I have one! I know, I know, it's the same old stuff. I'm tired...

There is a lot of action on my Pinterest page--lots of new recipes that I'm trying or going to try on Cookery.

Sunday
Breakfast:
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Chicken Coconut Curry

Monday
Breakfast: Paleo banana bread
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: Chicken Soup

Tuesday
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: Salmon casserole

Wednesday
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal, topped with plain yogurt, chopped walnuts, and blueberries
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti with meat sauce

Thursday
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: Oven-roasted chicken, broccoli

Friday
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: [out]

Saturday
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal
Lunch: [out]
Dinner: Chicken and Black Beans

Sunday
Breakfast: [out]
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Chicken Soup

Monday
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole
Lunch: Leftovers, smoothie
Dinner: Sausage and Feta Quinoa