The internet is rife with all manner of paleo resources – the good, the bad, the delicious and the downright ridiculously devilish (Clean Eating with a Dirty Mind, I’m looking at you).
Even though the guidelines of paleo eating may sound restrictive, there’s so much you can do beyond a slab of meat & a pile of steamed greens. I thought I’d put together this little slideshow of some of our paleo meals from the last few weeks to stoke the fires of creativity & point out some great paleo websites I’ve discovered along the way.
One more thing we crack on, I’ve read a lot around the traps about this way of eating being known for an over-reliance on meat. Long before starting to align our eating with paleo, we had enjoyed a tradition of a weekly “Meat Free Monday” dinner where vegetarian food was the no-excuses order of the evening. Interestingly given this criticism of paleo, we’ve continued this tradition without too much of a battle and I’ve included a few of these meals below.
- Breakfast: Egg & avocado breakfast tortillas (tortilla recipe from http://stupideasypaleo.com/2013/08/23/simple-paleo-tortillas/)
- Breakfast: Homemade paleo granola with fruit and almond milk (granola adapted from http://eatdrinkpaleo.com.au/our-favourite-paleo-muesli-granola-recipe/)
- Breakfast: Smoked salmon & kale scrambled eggs
- Eating out: Rolador for breakfast
- Breakfast: Shakshuka and avocado
- Snack time: Smiley eggy muffins (adapted from http://nomnompaleo.com/post/7486819479/prosciutto-wrapped-mini-frittata-muffins)
- Meatfree Monday: Zucchini fritters and salad (http://balancedbites.com/2011/02/easy-recipe-grain-free-zucchini-pancakes.html)
- Meatfree Monday: Asian Banquet (modified from Kylie Kwong recipes)
- Meatfree Monday: Loaded sweet potato
- Side dish: Caramelised cauliflower rice (http://stupideasypaleo.com/2013/08/27/paleo-caramelized-onion-cauliflower-cous-cous/)
- Side dishes: Roast veg and bacon
- Dinner: Jerk chicken with pineapple and capsicum (http://www.health-bent.com/poultry/paleo-jerk-chicken-pineapple-bowl)
- Dinner: Meatballs and grilled zucchini
- Quick dinner: Pressure cooker chicken and capsicum with steamed broccolini
- Dinner: Hot and sweet ginger garlic chicken (http://balancedbites.com/2013/05/easy-recipe-hot-sweet-ginger-garlic-chicken.html)
- Dinner: Beef and beetroot burgers (http://eatdrinkpaleo.com.au/rosemary-beetroot-burgers-recipe/)
- Treat night: “Not-so-naughty chocolate mousse cakes” (Recipe from http://natsnutritiousdelicious.com/recipes/dessert/1058-2/)
- Treat night: Strawberry crumble with banana ice cream
- Treat night: Banana ice cream (http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-creamy-ice-cream-w-93414)
- Treat night: Baked stuffed pears with coconut & blueberries
- Treat night: Paleo honey cake (adapted slightly from http://www.elanaspantry.com/paleo-honey-cake/)