W30/Paleo Recipe - Paleo Casserole

So I am making an effort to clean up my eating so that when I make the 8/1 cutover the only things I'm really giving up are my occasional cheats, alcohol, my coffee creamer and sweetener, and gum.  Oh yeah, have I told you I'm freaking out about not being able to chew gum!!  I am paranoid about having bad breath and ALWAYS have gum in my purse so I can ensure I'm never THAT person.  However, on the Whole 30 I can't chew gum.  This freaks me out more than not being able to use my heavy cream and Truvia in my coffee!  Yikes!!!

I got really brave yesterday and aside from doing the workout RX (well at least the front squat, 5 rounds of 7 135# front squats) I also made my own recovery 'shake'.  It was GROSS!  I almost threw it back up about 10 times.  However, with some tweaks here and there I think I can come up with something not so nasty.  My shake yesterday consisted of 2 raw eggs, 3/4 cup pumpkin, 1/4 cup coconut milk (canned) with cinnamon and nutmeg.  I blended this up and although it was supposed to be pudding, it wasn't.  For today I'm going to try it again but I am going to add in some applesauce as well.  My carb to protein ratio was not optimal yesterday so I'm hoping that today it will be better!

I also cooked my pants off yesterday!  I made some avocado deviled eggs for a pre-workout snack.  I simply mixed the egg yolks with avocado and a little tomato paste to create a super healthy snack.  They don't taste as amazing as normal deviled eggs, but again with a few tweaks I think this will be a great snack!

I also made a paleo casserole (recipe below). I didn't use the eggs because, well lets be honest, that 'shake' I made yesterday left me a little egged out!  It turned out really good though.  I just added spices as I went and came up with a SUPER healthy, SUPER clean meal!

On top of that I made a 'pasta' salad which I'll post later today or tomorrow.  Enjoy!


Paleo Casserole:

Recipe can be found here.

 

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds of ground meat
• 2 Tablespoons of tomato paste
• 2 Zucchinis 
• 1 Sweet Potato 
• 2 Carrots 
• Onion 
• 3 cloves Garlic
• Handful of Chopped Mushrooms
• 3 Eggs
• Oregano
• Salt n Pepper

Directions:

 

Turn on your oven to 400•. Slice your zucchini on a mandolin into thin noodles and set aside. Cook our meat on your stove top. While the meat is cooking cut up your carrots on the mandolin and grate you sweet potato with a cheese grater. I find sweet potatoes to hard to slice on my mandolin. When the meat is almost cooked add the tomato paste, onions, garlic and the mushroom. Cook for a few minutes more. Once the meat is cooked add it to a large bowl and add in the zucchini, sweet potato and carrots. Whisk the three eggs and add those to the bowl along with the spices. Mix everything together and add to an 9″x13″ dish, cover with foil and toss in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil and cook another 20 minutes and you are all done. Enjoy.

**I added onion powder and chili powder to the beef and a little bit extra to the dish as well**