A Few Good Meals

The paleo nutrition adventure is still going well.  I've been now eating this way (with a few random non-paleo meals in the first few days) for almost 3 weeks now.  I haven't lost any more weight, but I also haven't been that consistent about my workouts either.

I ordered a book called Everyday Paleo mostly for the recipes, but it does have quite a bit of non-nutrition information in it as well.  For now, I'm more concerned with new recipes so I haven't even read the rest of the book.  Our first meal from it was a salmon that was 'baked' on the grill with a bunch of fresh herbs.  It was AMAZING!  It was juicy, tender and completely delicious!  I cannot believe what a difference cooking wild salmon in foil makes for the juiciness factor.  Live and learn.

The second recipe we tried from the book was a pumpkin/beef casserole.  I don't know why, but the photo just drew me in and typically, I'm not a casserole fan.  I think it reminded me of mousaka (which I do like).  Anyway, we made it last night with only one slight alteration.  I didn't use fresh pumpkin - I used the canned version since I had a can already open from a smoothie experiment.  It was delicious!!

The recipe serves 4, but if it reheats well (which I assume it will), I may try doubling it next time to have more leftovers for freezing.  The nice thing about the dish was that it was chock full of spinach, basil, onions and pumpkin...(plus grass fed ground beef), so I didn't need to make any side dishes.  Great for a night when time is short!