Archive for October 2013

There seems to be a general consensus that it costs more to go paleo, which is really not the case. My boyfriend and I live with four other people, and they, and all our other friends, seem to pay more than us. The photo above shows our groceries from last week. We got our fruits and veg from Subiaco Farmer's Market, and the meat and dairy from Farmer Jack's/Wholefood Jack's.

This week's meal:

Monday

Breakfast

Me: Juice

Him: Protein Shake

Lunch

Me: Ribs leftover from dinner on Sunday

Him: Nothing for him, so he had lunch outside with friends

Dinner

Both: Shepherd's Pie

Dessert

Both: Fruit Salad with Yoghurt

Tuesday

Breakfast

Me: Juice

Him: Protein Shake

Lunch

Both: Shepherd's Pie leftover

Dinner

Both: Barbecued Meat

Dessert

Both: Fruit Salad with Yoghurt

Wednesday

Breakfast

Me: Juice

Him: Protein Shake

Lunch

Both: Shepherd's Pie leftover

Dinner

Both: Barbecued Meat leftover

Dessert

Both: Blueberry Cobbler

Thursday

Breakfast

Me: Juice

Him: Protein Shake

Lunch

Both: Shepherd's Pie leftover

Dinner

Both: Barbecued Meat leftover + Chicken Breast with Sweet Potato Salad

Both: Fruit Salad with Yoghurt

Friday

Breakfast

Me: Juice

Him: Protein Shake

Lunch

Me: Free lunch provided at work

Him: Whatever is left in the fridge

We don't normally go Subiaco every week, probably once every fortnight, so those fruits would last us two weeks. The chicken breast is also something we had in the freezer so we didn't buy them this week. We came home and asked our housemates to guess how much we spent, and one of them guessed $200! All up, in fact, only cost us $110 this week. Our shopping ranges from $70-$110 depending on what we have leftover from the previous week.

It may look a bit bland, but the food is delicious, and I do normally cook twice a week, so we have a bit of variety. Considering it costs about $5 to get a fresh juice, 10 days of juice alone would cost around $50. So this is really not that costly. Some people we know spend around $100 a week (and they eat alone), and others spend $50 per trip (for one meal). I don't cook on weekends, apart from breakfasts so we either eat out or my boyfriend would cook up some meat on the barbecue.

So there you go... going paleo is not that expensive especially if you know where to shop. I do admit we usually also only shop the sale items. So instead of planning our shopping around the menu, we plan our menu around the shopping. Not only do you have to eat smart, you have to shop smart!

Of course, having your own vege patch also helps with the cost ;)

So since my post about cutting chocolate out, I have fallen off the wagon around July. So I went on a chocolate cut for about 7 months before I decided to have some again. Some became more than some and finally my boyfriend decided I have to quit eating chocolate for a while again because according to him, I'm addicted. So my first day of no sugar no chocolate started on 29th September 2013. It had been 5 days since I last had anything sweet - Saturday, we both decided Golden Gaytime ice cream would be my final naughty dessert before I commence weaning off my sugar addiction on Sunday.

The first few days was alright. I brought banana to work so that I would have something sweet and not go digging in the chocolate box we have at work. Then yesterday (Thursday), someone brought cake to work. First work cake I did not have. :( and then my boss offered me Tim Tams. First time someone offered me something and I had to say no. TWICE IN A DAY! There was sugar all around me so finally I decided enough was enough. I have an addiction, I need to get off sugar but I WANT sweetness.

I have recently come across Pinterest, and they have amazing paleo recipes on there. I found this crepes recipe and used it as an inspiration and made my own version! Delicious. Last night was also the last night my boyfriend would be home before he went on a car cruise over the weekend so I decided to make us a little treat for dessert before he went off. It is amazing. It's not very sweet, but sweet enough to help with sugar cravings and it is healthy!

Ingredients:

2 tbsp almond meal

3 eggs

1/2 cup coconut cream/ coconut milk

1/2 tbsp cacao powder

1/4 tsp stevia

1 tbsp vanilla extract

coconut oil

fresh fruit

cinnamon powder

cream (optional)

Beat the eggs and mix the almond meal, coconut cream, cacao powder, stevia vanilla extract, and cinnamon powder together.
In a frying pan, heat up some coconut oil on medium heat and pour in a thin layer of the mix. Swish the frying pan around slowly to help spread the mix.
Cook it for about a minute or two or until the batter starts drying up and stays in one piece and flip it with your spatula. Cook it for another minute and serve with cut fruits, cinnamon and cream.
If you don't want cream, you can make your own sauce with cacao powder and honey and drizzle it on top.

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