Foraging for the Modern Paleo...

The alternative title for this post was:
"How I Feed Myself: Quick Paleo Meals for the Modern College Slob" :P

Since I've had a few family members and friends express interest/curiosity in my "crazy new diet" (technically, it's more of a lifestyle thing rather than a "diet" since I don't intend to quit eating like this once I've hit my target weight/body fat %), I thought I'd post a few examples of the kinds of foods I like to throw together.

Lets start with Breakfast!
I'm pretty simple and usually I just go with good old classic bacon and eggs (and sometimes a side fruit or veggie) - if I go to overboard, I usually wind up being late to class:

In this case, the side fruit or veggie was orange slices, Yum!

For Lunches, I usually have extras/leftovers (I prefer to use the word "extras" because the word "leftovers" makes me think of foods that are all cold and soggy...like old cereal *gag*) from cooking bigger batches or extra portions of whatever I make for dinners.

One meal which I particularly enjoy making is 'Paleo Spaghetti' - I know, most people think, "But Kaylynne, if you don't eat gluten what do you eat for noodles in order to have said spaghetti noms!?" to which I reply, "Why spaghetti squash, of course!" (It's like God recognized that even paleo people would want spaghetti and so he made a vegetable that serves as the *perfect* replacement!)

So you can actually find the whole recipe already written up here (one of my favorite websites) - But I took some photos the last time I made Paleo spaghetti so...I'm gonna post em goshdarnit! :p

Another quick and easy meal I like to make is the chili that I posted the other day (I've made and experimented with that one multiple times). 

I've also made:

These Ribs in the crockpot (but I changed up the recipe a bit...and used beef ribs instead of pork)

This Bacon, Grape, and Broccoli Salad is yummy (Boyfriend liked it too)

I made some really yummy citrus/lime/chili chicken drumsticks a few weeks ago but the website with the original recipe on it went down and...I did not copy the recipe down somewhere (You mean the internet ISN'T permanent!?)

So...Yeah - Some more ways to stick to the diet. Now...when I'm NOT sticking to the diet... Once a month (I'm a chick, take your best guess as to the reason why this happens every month), no matter what diet I am on - I tend to leap off the wagon and go in search of any and all of my cravings (usually sugar or caffeine - which is bad since I tend to get really bad headaches when I over do it on either of those)...

So, this is how I don't stick to my diet...

Vanilla scones from Starbucks - I LOVE these!

Generally, I avoid caffeine and teas but...every now and again, I'll get a
Tall, Soy, Chai Tea, Frappucino from Starbucks. So yummy! (but shame on me!)

In my defense, these brownies were at least gluten free (although...I may have
also added a whole bag of chocolate chips to the batter... -- I have to go easy on
these though because chocolate gives me really bad tummy aches...I've been
meaning to try carob instead...I just haven't - I'm scared it'll be gross :p)

Side Note - So, I realize that lately I've been posting a lot about food and Jared (they're kind of the loves of my life right now...and not always in that order :p) However, next week for spring break - I'm gonna be in CA for a few days, so you can look forward to some more travel/photo oriented posts! :)