Once upon a time I had a food blog. I was just adventuring into the world of gluten free baking and I shared some so-so recipes with even worse pictures. I'm NOT a food blogger. Thankfully, there are TONS of amazing recipe creators and photographers who choose to share their talents with the world on their blogs - which is where I find most of our family's meal ideas! While I'm not a genius recipe creator, one of the essentials to being a fit mama is feeding her family. So - to the internet I go.
In the past few months, my husband and I have really stepped up our nutrition game which has included weekly meal planning and shopping and food prep. I'm loving less shopping trips, less thinking about dinner and spending less money on food! I like to call how we eat "Whole 30-ish". We realized how dependent we had become on carbs as the main focus of our meals and wanted to change that. Coach did a full Whole 30 last August (while I was 9 months pregnant so no....I still ate whatever I wanted haha!!). We loved the recipes we found during that time and have started a whole list of some favorite, easy, affordable meals. We aim to focus our meals on lean meats and veggies - with some potatoes and occasionally gluten free grains. I still make our favorite gluten free muffins and pancakes quite often, but our main meals look a lot different than they used to.
I love sharing great thing with others when I find them, so I thought I'd share some of our family favorite recipes! All links direct back to the original recipe post. Please note - not all of these recipes are 100% Whole 30, gluten free, diary free etc....sometimes I alter them slightly to fit our current goals. I hope they will help give you some recipe inspiration!
I love sharing great thing with others when I find them, so I thought I'd share some of our family favorite recipes! All links direct back to the original recipe post. Please note - not all of these recipes are 100% Whole 30, gluten free, diary free etc....sometimes I alter them slightly to fit our current goals. I hope they will help give you some recipe inspiration!
Sausage Pizza Egg Muffin - we LOVE these! We whip up an entire batch at the beginning of the week, and it makes breakfast on teh go so much easier! I usually get sick of eating the same thing day after day, but these really don't get old!
Bunless Paleo Chicken BLTs - I love adding avocado to these (or any version of BLT for that matter). You really don't miss the bun!!
Pineapple Beef Bowls - These make me dream of Hawaiian vacations! SO YUMMY!
Egg Roll Stir Fry - we love Chinese food at our house, but it's next to impossible for us to ever go out or order it. It's hard to find gluten free safe meals (except at PF Changs). I also LOVE the flavor of egg rolls but haven't found a good gluten free replacement for the wrapper. Well, apparently you don't need it! We have served this over rice and cauliflower rice.
Sweet and Spicy Paleo Meatballs - these are definitely a family favorite! I tone the Sriracha down a bit because Miss Mak likes them too - and we just add more spice on top if we need it!
Garlic Paprika Chicken - seriously the EASIEST and most DELICIOUS recipe you'll ever make. Each time I make it we are in awe of how good it is and how effortless it is! We like serving this with sweet potatoes.
Flourless Black Bean Brownies - because I couldn't leave out dessert! Miss Mak is in a "cupcake for everything" phase (I may or may not have influenced this). We started making these in mini muffin tins for mini cupcakes and can not get enough of them! There is a little sugar in them that I haven't tried to substitute out yet. We call them secret ingredient cupcakes because of the black beans. We also usually add 3 drops of Wild Orange essential oil for a yummy chocolate orange flavor!
How about you?
What are your favorite healthy dinner recipes? I'm always looking to add to our weekly line-up!
