Breakfast was my Paleo apple pie breakfast. It was just okay. Not spectacular. I ended up adding 1/8 banana smooshed and 1tsp almond butter to it and the sweetness from the banana made it better. I'm really trying not to use too much banana. Too many carbs in it. I added the usual 2 eggs and carrots, and instead of my regular tea, I added lemon, cucumber, grated ginger, and a little mint to make "sassy water." Sassy water is meant to flush your system of leftover water and calm your stomach. I was UP a pound on the scale this morning. That's what spurred the sudden onset of sassy water mixing. To say I was angry would be an understatement. I'm fighting for every pound and my body has the audacity to GAIN a pound. You think I'm crazy, don't you? Yeah that's okay. I'm cool with it.
Lunch was leftover ground beef from last night in another burger salad. I used regular lettuce salad mix today and it was much improved.
Dinner cooked in the crockpot all day. I made COUNTRY STYLE BEEF RIBS WITH GARLIC CHILI RUB.
I lined the bottom of the crockpot with a medium onion, chopped.
Then I placed the beef on top of that and smothered it with a mixture of:
3oz tomato paste
1cup tomato sauce - paleo
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt
and a little bit of pureed pear for sweetness. 1/8 cup-ish.
I let that cook all day - 8 hours.
I didn't sear the meat first as the rub/sauce covers the meat anyway.
With our ribs I added GREEN BEANS WITH ORANGE.
I mixed the zest and juice of 1/2 mandarin orange, 1tsp olive oil, and 2tsp vinegar.
Then I segmented 2 oranges and set them aside.
Then I put coconut oil in a pan and set it to high heat.
When it started smoking, I added 1lb of green beans and let them get little black marks on them.
Then I cut the heat and added the juice and oranges, and tossed to coat.
The green beans were a HUGE hit with the girls and I really liked them as well. I've never prepared them this way but I anticipate I'll be asked to again.
After dinner, the husband came home and I left for bootcamp 10 minutes later. When I returned, the poor guy was down for the count with a stomach bug. So if you're keeping track, that's one major cold/flu, one heinous rash (that's still going strong), and now a stomach bug. The poor guy can't catch a break. This is the same guy who never, ever gets sick. If you've got any "get well" or "easier dieting" vibes, please send them to him. This seems like cruel and unusual punishment.
And with that, I've got to take my nasty magnesium and crash. I have early bootcamp tomorrow morning. (if I can walk - tonight was brutal on my legs)
The kids have done well with the transition. I thought getting them off of the morning bowl of cheerios would be hard, but it actually was not. The oldest is happy to eat berries with nuts, coconut flakes, and coconut milk. The youngest is fine with berries but not as fond of coconut, so she still prefers to have yogurt with her breakfast. Not a big deal to me, really, as long as they get some protein/fat. They're not big carb lover anyway, so I should have guessed they'd be fine cutting the less healthy options out. I've seen a bit of a difference in my oldest daughter's ability to calm herself down with the change in foods as well. She's a busy kid in general but would sometimes get so hyper and out of control that she couldn't calm herself down. It wasn't that she was having tantrums. More like she was bouncing off the walls with the inability to stop. I've seen more control in the past few weeks, so that's an interesting change. One I'd kind of hoped for but didn't expect. We'll see what the addition of Easter candy does for the poor kid. 
Lunch was a mish-mash of leftovers. I tossed two eggs into a hot pan and scrambled them up. Then I chopped and added about a cup of broccoli slaw (broccoli/cabbage/carrots). Then I tossed in some ground beef, onions, and coconut aminos. It was a play on fried rice, without any rice. Along with that, I took a 100 calorie packet of wholly guacamole and added a large tablespoon of pico de gallo to it. I ate the guac de Gallo (which literally means guac of rooster - strange) with carrot chips. Cucumber rounds might be good with it too. Very fresh. Incidentally, this is the first time I've made guacamole to eat on purpose. I've always hated avocados, but my sister in law made a really delicious version on our last vacation together and sold me on trying it again. Yum! 
Dinner was just the the girls and me. They wanted hot dogs, so I went with it. Two applegate farms hot dogs with no nitrates, etc. Dang they're good. (says the hot dog hater. Apparently I just never had a good hot dog.) The guac was such a hit at lunch time that I tried it again for dinner with cucumber. I quickly switched back to carrots after the third cucumber. It wasn't the best pair. That's paleo ketchup and regular mustard there to keep my dogs company. I must say that I don't miss regular ketchup at all. The tomato paste/vinegar/spice mix is great. 
