Healthy Cooking Chick

Rice pilaf, fresh mango, chicken cooked in coconut aminos and garlic, with a helping of yellow squash and zucchini.

Simple and delicious dinner.

Lunch today. Leftover taco meat with Trader Joe's salsa and roasted plantain trips. Amazing.

Taco Monday!

Cauliflower rice topped with lettuce, tomatoes, taco meat, guacamole, and salsa.

The taco meat mixture is 93% lean ground beef, onions, minced garlic, taco seasoning, salt, pepper, sweet peppers, and a bell pepper.

Stuffed bell peppers round 2.

Initially I was going to get all fancy and make the Whole 30 buffalo sauce (page 304 of the Whole 30 book) in order to make this meal. Then I quickly realized I haven't cooked wings/drumsticks in at least 9 years so maybe I should hit up Google for some backup. Best. Idea. Ever.

Baked Buffalo Drumsticks Initially I was going to get all fancy and make the Whole 30 buffalo sauce (page 304 of the Whole 30 book) in order to make this meal. Then I quickly realized I haven’t cooked wings/drumstick…

I was lacking cooking inspiration over the weekend and went in search of new Whole 30 recipe ideas when I happened upon this gem from FoodFaithFitness. I've included their recipe below with notes on my random changes. There were a lot of firsts with this one.

Mango Chicken with Coconut Cauliflower Rice I was lacking cooking inspiration over the weekend and went in search of new Whole 30 recipe ideas when I happened upon this gem from FoodFaithFitness. I’ve included their recipe below with n…

Mango chicken with coconut cauliflower rice. Fresh mango in the mix as well, SO good. (Recipe coming later)

Sweet potato chili for dinner. So good everyone in the house ate it for dinner.

All you need: ground beef, onions, bell pepper, sweet potatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chili powder, mustard powder, cayenne, and water. I added some tapioca flour at the end to try and thicken it up a little.

About dinner last night...

Flank steak marinated in coconut aminos then cooked with coconut oil, ginger and garlic.

Brussel sprouts coated in EVOO, salt and pepper then roasted in the oven along with Pederson's Farms sugar free bacon.

Cauliflower rice mixture with onions, shredded carrots, broccoli, and some eggs scrambled in with coconut aminos, garlic powder, cayenne, and some kosher salt.

Today was the quarterly day of service at my office which meant I spent my day along with my coworkers serving a local charity. My task was landscaping which shamefully is more activity than I've done in awhile. There were major temptations there...donuts, chips, non-complaint lunch times, an ice cream sundae bar. It was mildly disappointing but I was really happy that my desire for them was minimal to none. [ 81 more words ]

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Day 9 – Whole 30 Today was the quarterly day of service at my office which meant I spent my day along with my coworkers serving a local charity. My task was landscaping which shamefully is more activity than I& #821…

Today was epically busy and very successful. I e noticed a sharp increase in my activity the last 5-6 days. A few weeks ago I struggled to get 4K steps a day, now I'm nearing 6k a day. Despite getting little sleep last night I have been energized all day and haven't needed or wanted caffeine even once. Those non-scale victories are awesome. Meal plan Breakfast: egg frittatas (again) Lunch: salad-y goodness (nothing special just a bunch of random ingredients) Dinner: chicken taco salad

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Day 8 – Whole 30 Today was epically busy and very successful. I e noticed a sharp increase in my activity the last 5-6 days. A few weeks ago I struggled to get 4K steps a day, now I’m nearing 6k a day. Despit…

Breakfast on repeat.

So nice, I made it twice.

An entire week complete. Only 23 more days remaining. We've found recipes that will become household staples, I've learned a ton of new recipes, clothes are already fitting better, and I've mastered the art of perfect homemade mayonnaise. I'd call week one a total success. Meal plan Breakfast: we kinda failed here with a lot of running around town and getting up reallllllly late. [ 193 more words ]

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Day 7 – Whole 30 An entire week complete. Only 23 more days remaining. We’ve found recipes that will become household staples, I’ve learned a ton of new recipes, clothes are already fitting better, and …

Main: Ribeyes topped with onion and mushrooms.
Side: veggie mixture cooked in coconut amigos and nutritional yeast

Whole 30 amazingness.

Sometimes life gets in the way and makes things more challenging than necessary. Today was one of those days. I found myself in probably the worst spot for any Whole 30er. I was hungry, not at home, without any snacks on hand. Temptations were everywhere. Add to these elements I was stressed and upset, a time I would always go for the worst food options. [ 133 more words ]

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Day 6 – Whole 30 Sometimes life gets in the way and makes things more challenging than necessary. Today was one of those days. I found myself in probably the worst spot for any Whole 30er. I was hungry, not at home…

Turning a curve today and three amazing meals helped me through it. Only real challenging moment was a nacho bar that we had set up at work. I decided it was far safer to avoid even going in the room since I know 50%+ of the items in there aren't Whole 30 compliant. Meal plan Breakfast: more leftover egg/potato casserole with fresh salsa (made it 10xs better) [ 100 more words ]

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Day 5 – Whole 30 Turning a curve today and three amazing meals helped me through it. Only real challenging moment was a nacho bar that we had set up at work. I decided it was far safer to avoid even going in the ro…

I snagged this recipe off the site for physicalkitchness. The tomato sauce is beyond incredible. I'm absolutely in love with it and intend to make a batch to keep on hand at all times for random recipes...it's seriously that good...

Sloppy Joe’s and potatoes I snagged this recipe off the site for physicalkitchness. There are endless amazing recipes there, go check her out! The specific recipe can be found here, I’ve also included it below with no…

Today I was cranky. If I'm honest with myself it set in yesterday. Now the comments of days 4 and 5 being "kill all the things" totally makes sense. I felt like I was in a great mood, no bad cravings, not hungry, but man did every stupid thing p**s me off. I sincerely hope it's only one day. If not my dear SO, friends, and coworkers might disown me. [ 72 more words ]

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Day 4 – Whole 30 Today I was cranky. If I’m honest with myself it set in yesterday. Now the comments of days 4 and 5 being “kill all the things” totally makes sense. I felt like I was in a great m…

Tonight's dinner: Whole 30 Shepherds Pie. Mashed potatoes were made with ghee and coconut milk, veggie and meat mix was simply onions, carrots, celery and lean ground beef.

Veggie loaded breakfast casserole! Threw this random concoction together last night and it turned out beautifully. I layered the bottom of a casserole dish with thinly sliced potatoes and let that bake while slicing and cooking onions, mushrooms, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, and carrots. The whole thing was topped off with a seasoned egg mixture.

This gem is both Whole 30 and Paleo compliant.

Getting up and moving today was a challenge. A not so fun combo of dull headache and zero energy were really working against me. That being said, I slept for 8 hours last night. A feat that hasn't occurred in several months...

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Day 2 – Whole 30 Getting up and moving today was a challenge. A not so fun combo of dull headache and zero energy were really working against me. That being said, I slept for 8 hours last night. A feat that hasn& #8…

Smoked salmon salad with Tessemae's All Natural ranch dressing.

Looking for an easy make ahead meal idea? Try these delicious proscuitto wrapped egg frittatas!

Prosciutto wrapped egg frittatas I have a real inability to strictly follow recipes, regardless of how perfect they are on their own. This isn’t any different. After hunting around online I found two different frittata recip…

Spicy coconut chicken and cauliflower "fried rice".

Recipe: https://healthycookingchick.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/coconut-chicken-with-cauliflower-fried-rice/

Paleo and Whole 30 compliant stuffed bell peppers for the win!

Whole 30 stuffed bell peppers This recipe was based off of this one from Some the Wiser. My local Publix offers a stellar deal of three bell peppers packaged together for a very affordable price. Since I was looking for hearty …

Got adventurous this evening and made some Whole30 homemade basic mayo. Then, (not pictured) went rogue and created a fun and spicy sauce to add to our stuffed bell pepper lunches.

Basic mayo recipe (credit: Whole30 Recipes)

1 1/4 cups light olive/avocado/sunflower oil...don't use EVOO
1 large egg at room temperature
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1/2 tsp salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon

In a blender or food processor mix 1/4 cup of the oil, egg, mustard powder and salt. Mix thoroughly then slowly begin adding remaining cup of oil. Once mixture is completely and fully emulsified, add the lemon juice slowly. Refrigerate.