April 2012

Do you ever peek into other people’s shopping carts, or gawk at their purchases at the check-out? Do you then try to figure out what kind of diet, if any, they’re on? Followed perhaps by a quick glance at the shopper to evaluate the success of that diet?

Somehow I doubt I’m the only one ;) In which case, you might find my weekly shopping loot interesting.

PS – I bought chicken wings covered in flour. Oops! I have no idea how that happened – thought it was just all the spicy seasoning, although it looks like bread crumbs even from here… They were listed at the end of the ingredient list and I somehow missed them – it had been a long day. Oh well. I ended up thoroughly washing the wings (they were raw), and re-seasoning them. Not perfect, but it’ll do.

The bottle up front is coconut water, and the greens are chard and broccoli.

*These groceries are for 1 week, 2 people; missing from this cart is the osso bucco previously purchased and frozen.

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“But if you don’t eat bread, what the heck do you eat??”

This should answer that question and then some. Check out the images below of everything that I ate this past week to see the extent of my suffering on this paleo/primal “diet”.

This week included: braised chicken with prunes, olives and orange with a side of braised cabbage; salad with steak, avocado, and goat cheese; and a charcuterie plate –  what could be tastier, or easier?

And I managed an entire week, not only without any sugar, but also without snacking! :) I needed a bit of a re-set. Also, you’ll notice only 6 breakfasts – I decided to try some light intermittent fasting by skipping brekkie on weekends. Keep reading…

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