Whole 30 Food Log

Starts May 18, 2016! Logging all of my meals here. :)

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Whole 30 Chicken with Bacon, Spinach, and “Rice”

Need a recipe that takes less than 30 minutes, and only uses one skillet? Me too, so here’s a Whole 30 Chicken Recipe with Bacon, Spinach, and “Rice”. 

What makes a perfect quick dinner recipe? For me, I say it should 1) require only one skillet, 2) include both a protein and a vegetable 3) taste ah-mazing. This recipe does all 3 of these things, and my 3 taste testers say that it’s a winner. 

Bacon makes everything better. If you’re on a Whole30 they recommend Pederson’s Natural Farms bacon. I use whatever I find at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. So to start this dish off, I chop up the bacon. Next throw in the chopped chicken, throw in the spinach, riced cauliflower, seasonings and lemon juice. So simple and incredibly good!

The riced cauliflower comes from Trader Joe’s. They have frozen or fresh riced cauliflower. I like the frozen. Actually, I love the frozen riced cauliflower. It’s one of the best things that’s ever happened to my kitchen! When I first found it I grabbed a few bags, used them and went back for more.. But they were gone and the store told me there was a shortage of cauliflower. Safe to say, I now try to keep about 8-10 bags in my freezer at a time. Extreme? I think not. 

I made this dish because all of you seem to really like my Lemon Rosemary Chicken recipe, which is also a one-skillet, cast iron, chicken dish. If you make this, I want to know, how was it? Comment below with your experience! 

Whole30 Chicken with Bacon and Rice

2016-05-30 07:39:03

Serves 3

a one pan meal that is sure to please!

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Ingredients

5 slices bacon, chopped

1 lb chicken, cubed

3 cups riced cauliflower

3 cups spinach

3 green onions, chopped

½ tsp garlic salt

½ tsp onion powder

½ lemon, juiced

Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large cast iron skillet (or other skillet), cook the bacon on low to medium heat. When the bacon is almost cooked, add the chicken and cook it in the bacon grease on medium heat, about 4 minutes on each side.

Add the cauliflower, spinach, green onion, garlic salt, onion powder, lemon, salt and pepper, and cook until the spinach is soft and all ingredients are hot, stirring continuously.

Serve hot! This recipe is great as leftovers too!

By Monica Bravo

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Sounds promising!

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Been super busy, but made some crockpot chicken broth. Super clean and tasty.

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Whole 30 day 8: Breakfast in pic: 2 eggs in bit of evoo, fresh strawberries, butternut squash crinkles also with evoo Lunch: 2 beef hot dogs, Chia pudding in homemade cashew milk, blueberries Snack: hardboiled egg, grapes, Apple Dinner: fail. Toppings off top of a pizza that was supposed to be a salad, so I just ate ground beef and veggies from this. One bite of ice cream cake from my 5 year old's birthday. Too bad!! : ( some more butternut squash fresh crinkles steamed. Hardest day yet. Ergghh.

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Whole 30 day 7

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, coffee with cashew milk Lunch: leftover baked sweet potato and almond flour fried chicken tenders Dinner: grilled chicken salad Snack: hazelnuts, blueberries, half banana

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Love!!!

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Day 6 Whole 30 Challenge 1

So I’m full on cold chills sick today, while dealing with full time child care of two complete lunatic little boys. Made eating kind of interesting. All I wanted was orange juice and didn’t drink any, instead eating probably too many fruits.

Breakfast:

2 hard boiled eggs, semi dried frozen apricots, grape tomatoes

Lunch:

Homemade paleo egg drop soup, grapes, pineapple, hazelnuts ( too much of a graze fest really)

Dinner:

Almond flour pan fried chicken tenderloins (OMG good), baked sweet potatoes, mixed green salad with homemade dressing, some dipping sauce made with sugar free paleo mayo and mustard. (The kids hated, lol)

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Sunday Dinner Day 5 Whole 30

Meh dinner. Looked good, but I think I maybe wasn’t feeling it tonight. Been working on getting over a cold all weekend and my tastebuds are feeling blah.

Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs and a dried pineapple piece

Dinner: Sweet potato ribbons boiled like pasta, topped with meat sauce loaded with veggies and mushrooms, a few fresh pineapple pieces on the side. 

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Lunch day 5 whole 30: taco salad, homemade seasoning on grassfed ground beef, lots of veggies, including oven roasted pepper slices, dollop of guac.

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Day 5 breakfast whole 30 challenge: Pumpkin (the dog) photo bombed my breakfast snap. So I wanted to show how excited she was to smell my good food, lol. Sweet Potatos roasted, topped with two eggs over hard in evoo, and the last of the strawberries sliced up. Coffee with homemade cashew milk and a dash of cinnamon.

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Saaaaaturday Day 4 Whole30 Challenge

So its the hardest days for me when eating healthy. The weekend.

Breakfast:

2 eggs, roasted sweet potato, yellow heirloom tomato slices

Snack: Parsnip chips (found out was no-no after a I ate a few, technically ok ingredients, but junk food), dried banana no added sugar

Lunch:

Lean pork chop with italian spice rub, broccoli roasted with a  tad of evoo, tiny golden potato baked in oven.

More Snacky: :( 2 hard boiled eggs, a few toasted hazelnuts and some dried pineapple (need to look into dried fruit thing, feeling way too snacky today)

Dinner: TBD, probably hot dogs x2 all beef, raw sauerkraut, butternut squash crinkles and kale salad/carrots with lemon juice/evoo/vinegar

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Hey its the squiggly pattern paper plates again! Hate doing dishes if you can't tell. Dinner whole 30 day 3: Applegate organic all beef hotdogs x2 topped with this kick ass tj sauerkraut and mustard , riced cauliflower cooked in a bit of evoo, diced watermelon. Snack: a few rosemary almonds and cashew milk iced coffee

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Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos with Slow-Cooked Pulled Chicken and Avocado Lime Drizzle

It’s crazy to imagine nachos being any good sans cheese (because, what’s the point?) but these proved me wrong. If you’re looking for a cheat-like meal that’s not cheating at all, try these loaded sweet potato nachos with slow-cooked pulled chicken and an avocado lime drizzle. Whole30 and Paleo friendly. For the Chicken:

5 chicken thighs ¾ jar of your favorite salsa or whatever amount it takes to cover the chicken (I like Green Mountain Gringo Medium Salsa, it’s all natural and totally compliant) Cumin Smoked Paprika Chili Powder Onion Powder Garlic Powder Chipotle Powder Dash of Cayenne Sea Salt Pepper Place chicken thighs in a slow cooker, top with the salsa and spices. Cook until chicken is almost done. Remove chicken and shred, then put back in slow cooker to cook a bit more so the chicken absorbs the juiciness and spices. For the Chips:

Thinly slice one or two sweet potatoes (or as many chips as you want to make.) I used my Kitchen Aid mixer attachment that slices things oh so magically. But a mandolin or hand slicing will work fine as long as you slice them thin. That helps with the crisp factor.

Toss in melted coconut oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake at 375 on a parchment lined baking sheet for about 10-15 minutes. Then flip and bake for another 10-15, keeping an eye on them so they don’t burn. Continue to cook until they lightly brown or no longer seem mushy. Cool on a drying rack (I find that this also helps guarantee a crisp.) 

For the Avocado Lime Drizzle:

½ large avocado ½ lime 1 tablespoon water 1.5 tablespoons olive oil Sea salt Blend with an emulsion blender (or whatever you use to blend.) 

Once the chips are cooled, top with the pulled chicken. Add chopped tomato, red onion, and whatever else your little heart desires. Top with the avocado lime drizzle and a bit of cilantro. Serve immediately to avoid sogginess, but don’t worry they won’t last long. 

For more healthy cookins that are Paleo and Whole30 compliant check out my foodgram @whole30amanda

photo: amanda wormann

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(via Whole30 Stuffed Cabbage - A Family Feast)

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Another tasty recipe!

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Sweet Potato Spaghetti & Meatballs 

can be made vegan or vegetarian without the meatballs 

Ingredients for Meatballs 

1 lb ground turkey 

3 cloves grated garlic

¼ minced yellow onion

1 egg (completely optional) 

Seasoning blend - 1 tsp sweet paprika, 1 tsp granulated onion, 12 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground rosemary, 1 tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp black pepper, and a pinch red pepper flakes

Ingredients for Tomato Sauce 

14 oz crushed tomatoes 

¼ minced yellow onion

1 tbsp Italian seasoning 

Kosher salt and pepper to taste

Few tbsp of olive oil

Parsley or cilantro for garnish 

Spiralized sweet potatoes

Directions 

In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs together and form into large meatballs – should form 8 large balls or about 12 smaller ones 

Heat a few tbsp of olive oil in a large, deep skillet or cast iron pan. 

When the oil has come to temperature, place the meatballs into the pan and brown on all sides 

Add in the crushed tomatoes and onions and season. 

Submerged the meatballs in the sauce and let simmer for 5-10 minutes, covered with a lid 

Remove the lid, push the meatballs to one side of the pan and add in the spiralized sweet potato – warming it by tossing in the sauce 

Plate, garnish, and serve

Enjoy! 

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Breakfast day 3 whole 30: 3 eggs scrambled in a bit of evoo, strawberries and sliced heirloom tomatoes. Coffee with homemade vanilla bean cashew milk. Lunch day 3: Trader joes langosto tails sautéed and topped with medium fresh salsa and avocado. Oven roasted asparagus and butternut squash crinkles (also from tj). And a couple of small slices of nectarine. Sparkling water.

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I don’t know what this is, but I want to try it.

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Uh yummy.

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Day 2 whole 30- Breakfast: strawberries Lunch: big raw veggie salad, topped with cut up turkey burger, guacamole and salsa Pre workout snack: iced coffee with almond milk, rosemary roasted almonds Dinner: leftover pesto chicken, oven roasted sweet potatoes and asparagus, slice of watermelon