A Tour of the Trainer’s Fridge
April 27, 2012 in Nutrition
I can’t count how many times I have been asked how I manage to eat the way I do. I’ve been doing it so long now I guess I don’t even think about it. A paleo diet is not a complicated one unless you make it. It’s the people that try and make all the box foods for themselves at home that have trouble. I will occasionally make the homemade pizza or gluten free pancakes to indulge, but 90% of the time I keep it clean and simple.
What you see
- cage free eggs
- free range ground turkey
- grass fed beef
- free range chicken
- grass fed elk
- grass fed ostrich steaks
- organic heavy cream
- organic cauliflower
- organic baby carrots
- organic celery
- sweet peppers
- asparagus
- blueberries
- organic mozzarella cheese
- some live kombucha
- filtered water
In the Door
- Almond butter
- Cashew butter
- Organic butter
- my probiotic stash
- organic salsa
- organic cherry juice
- organic extra virgin olive oil
- organic lemon juice
- organic apple cider vinegar
- coconut milk
- almond milk
- and a tiny tray of condiments for my not so good sport guest
- Oh and a dark chocolate bar behind the nut butters…. nobody is perfect
What do I do with it all? Here are 3 sample dishes from my kitchen to yours
Day 1
Breakfast – 6 Cage Free Eggs, small glass of almond milk
Lunch 1/2 – Sautéed Elk and Sweet peppers with celery and cashew butter
Dinner – Ostrich steaks cooked in coconut oil with asparagus
Day 2
Breakfast – Ground Grass Fed beef (yep plane just as is mmmmmm), handful of blueberries, small handful of pistachios
Lunch 1/2 - Chicken and steamed broccoli (was in the freezer) covered organic butter
Dinner – Ground Turkey cooked with garlic pepper and then mixed with mashed avocado
Day 3
Breakfast – Ground Bison, small organic apple, handful of brazil nuts
Lunch/Dinner – I bet you were wondering what all that cauliflower was for!!!!
Cauliflower Casserole
Recipe
Steam one large or two small/med heads of cauliflower until you can mash them easy with a fork- While steaming, cook 1 pound of ground meat, in this case I used grass fed ostrich
- Dice up 1/4 sweet onion
- Once steamed, mash cauliflower in a large mixing bowl or food processor.
- add in onion, 1,4 cup cream, and press 2 sections of garlic clove.
- Drain meat, then add and mix until you have an even mixture of what looks like meaty mash potatoes
- Spread evenly in a 9×15 baking pan
Sprinkle on cheese- Set in oven on 350 for about 10-15 minutes, just long enough to melt cheese
- Let cool and serve
