Saturday, February 15, 2014

Breakfast and snack ideas for our paleo transition

I'm hoping to make this transition as smooth as possible over the next few months for both myself and the kids.  I know Ryan will be fine with what ever we do and he can eat pretty much anything and be happy, so I'm focusing mostly on my autoimmune protocol limitations and foods the kids will be happy to eat.  Here's my initial plan. 

Breakfast for me:
1. Home made pork or turkey sausages (cooked ahead of time and frozen) with sweet potato, root veggie, or winter squash hash (also cooked ahead and frozen) with sauteed greens (cooked a couple times a week and kept in the fridge) and low glycemic fruit like berries or green apple. 
2. High protein smoothies with healthy fats, gelatin, chia, sunflower or almond butter, greens, and other yummy ingredients as tolerated and allowed on autoimmune protocol. There are good recipes in the 21 Day Sugar Detox cookbook and I plan to pin a bunch on my paleo pinterest board.
3. Bone broth soup with ground meat and slow cooked veggies. 

Breakfast for the kids:
1. Paleo pancakes with pumpkin or other veggies/fruits added in.
2. Overnight hot cakes - I'm allowing soaked/sprouted/fermented gluten free grains for the kids during the transition to paleo. 
3. Chicken apple sausages and fruit and greens
4. Paleo granola (I like Against All Grain) with almond milk or grass fed yogurt or goat milk yogurt - also allowing this high quality dairy as we transition to real foods. 
5. Protein packed smoothies with nut butter, gelatin, chia, greens, fruit, etc.
6. Oven fries with bacon, avocado, ketchup.
7. Breakfast burritos w/scrambled egg, bacon, potato, grass fed cheddar on coconut flour tortilla. 

Lunch and Snacks:
1. Raw veggies and dips
2. Sliced fruit with dip
3. Smoothies
4. Trail Mix
5. Gelatin fruit snacks (home made)
6. Kale chips
7. Olives and salami
8. Frozen berries w/coconut milk
9. Chia pudding
10. hard boiled egg
11. meat rollups w/pickles and mustard
12. applesauce and a handful of nuts
13. sauerkraut or cultured veggies
14. coconut milk yogurt
15. organic popcorn (kids only) and nuts
16. goat milk yogurt with honey (kids only)
17. pancake sandwich
18. Chopped salad
19. Tuna salad w/lettuce cups
20. Egg salad w/carrot scoopers
21. Ants on a log (celery w/nut butter and raisins)
22. Banana w/nut butter and coconut shreds. 

This list is a work in progress so I'm planning to add to it as we find more good ideas. 

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