Finally a Meal Plan for 7 Days!!!

Day 1:

• Breakfast: Bacon, Tomato, Eggs, and Avocado with half a banana and half an orange
• Lunch: Tuna Salad  Applesauce, Carrot Sticks, Cucumbers, Grape Tomato Strawberry
•  Dinner:Grilled Fillet Mignon with mashed cauliflower

Day 2:

• Breakfast: Mushroom, Ham, Asparagus and Tomato Egg Frittata w/ half banana and half an orange
• Lunch: Turkey BLTA Roll-Ups; Strawberries; Carrot Sticks; Cucumber; Grapes; Chocolate Brownie Bites
• Dinner: Pot-sticker Burgers with Asian Salad

Day 3:

• Breakfast: Waffles
• Lunch: Tuna Salad; Mango Chunks; Carrots; Plum Tomatoes; Strawberries; Chocolate Brownie Bites
• Dinner: Lime Cilantro Chicken Tacos

Day 4:

• Breakfast: Pure Banana Pancakes
• Lunch:  Mango; Hard-Boiled Eggs; Cucumber Sticks; Carrot Sticks; Tomatoes; Paleo Ranch Dressing
• Dinner: Beef Fajitas

Day 5:

• Breakfast: Bacon, Tomato, Eggs, and Avocado with half a banana and half an orange
• Lunch: Tuna Salad; Mango Chunks; Carrots; Plum Tomatoes; Strawberries; Chocolate Brownie Bites
• Dinner: Coconut Drum Sticks with Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Day 6:

• Breakfast: Granola
• Lunch: Leftovers
• Dinner: Easy Oven Baked Meatballs with steamed broccoli

Day 7:

• Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, and Remaining Fruit
• Lunch: Turkey BLTA Roll-Ups; Strawberries; Carrot Sticks; Cucumber; Grapes; Chocolate Brownie Bites
• Dinner: Leftovers

Snacks and Sweet Treats:

• Chocolate Brownie Bites
• Veggie platter and dip
• apple and almond butter sandwiches
• smoothie #1
• smoothie #2 
• Smoothie #3 
• Trail mix with half banana
• Hard boiled Eggs (Deviled)
• Leftover Pure Banana Pancakes cold with Almond Butter

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I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for following my blog and apologize for the lack of posts over the last week.  We have had a house of sick children and one that was hospitalized making it a little more difficult to blog.  We are all on the mend and posts will resume in the next couple of days!

I hope you all had a Happy Easter!!

A full load of dishes with no dishwasher detergant...

Sooo, this has not exactly been a stellar week for me.  I have had extra kids every day and my focus, well, what focus is really the question.  My intentions for going grocery shopping, creating a meal plan, and well picking up the supplies that we need for our home have been put off.  So yesterday I found myself with a sink full of dishes and a dishwasher waiting to be washed...but no dishwasher detergent. Which brings us to Thoroughly Clean Thursday!  What was a girl to do, of course you can't use dish soap in the dishwasher, that's just asking for a mess...or could I???

It was worth a shot and a shot I was willing to take as I couldn't leave the house and not willing to hand wash all those dishes. So with shrugged shoulders I figured why not, what's the worst that could happen, a clean kitchen floor? 

So here is the rest of the story:

After trying out a pin from Pintrest to clean your dishwasher there was a recommendation to use baking soda and vinegar in your wash...I also have recently been looking up recipes for dish detergent, which all include borax and washing soda, but no baking soda.  So here is what I decided to do, and although I'm not recommending this for every load, it worked in a pinch, and today I will give in and pick up the ingredients for my dish detergent that if it works, I'll be posting in the upcoming week:

1 Tablespoon Mrs. Meyers Liquid Dish Soap
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/4 cup Borax
White Vinegar as a rinse agent in my rinse container

Guess what, it worked.  My dishes were clean and there was nothing stuck on or anything and my kitchen floor, well that still needs to cleaned.  The baking soda prevented the liquid dish soap from  making a massive mess on my floor!

So if you're in a pinch, give it a try! :)

Raspberry-Granola Pancakes

I  love pancakes on a cold morning.  It's still quite chilly here in Northern Wisconsin for the end of March.  Nearly Easter, and I'm thinking that this recipe is perfect for Easter Morning.  You'll want to make the granola ahead of time if you're planning on making it from the recipe linked below.  I found this recipe in an advertizement in my most recent Clean Eating Magazine.  Which by the way is a fabulous magazine full of nutritional information and great recipes!

Raspberry-Granola Pancakes
Once Again Organic Sunflower Seed Butter
Makes 12 pancakes

Ingredients: 
1 cup blanched almond flour 
2 tbsp granulated sugar Honey or less
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 
1 large egg
1/3 cup Once Again Organic Sunflower Seed Butter
2 tbsp butter coconut oil, melted 
1 tsp pure vanilla extract 
1/2 pint fresh raspberries, chopped
1 cup Paleo Vanilla Granola, without dried fruit or nuts
Pan spray Coconut Oil for pan




1. Whisk together the blanched almond flour, sugar honey, baking powder apple cider vinegar, and salt in a bowl. 
2. Whisk together the unsweetened almond milk, egg, sunflower seed butter, butter melted coconut oil, and pure vanilla in a separate bowl. 
3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring just enough to combine.  
4. Gently fold in the raspberries and granola.  Break up any large pieces of granola before adding.  The batter will be thick. 
5. Heat a nonstick pan or griddle over medium-low heat.  The pan should not be very hot or the fruit will burn before the pancakes are cooked.  
6. Spray the pan with pan sprayGrease the pan with melted coconut oil.  Add scant 1/4 cups of batter to the warm pan, spreading the batter slightly with the back of a spoon.  Cook slowly until the edges are dry and the bottom is deep golden brown.  Flip, flatten gently with a spatula, and continue cooking until the other side is deep golden brown. 
7. Serve immediately with maple syrup. 

Enjoy and Happy Easter!

Weekly Menu Plan

Day 1:

• Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Sauteed Garlic and Spinach with a Paleo English Muffin
• Lunch: Soup and Salad of your choice
• Dinner: Hamburgers with sliced tomatoes, onions, guacamole  and lettuce with sweet potato slices
• 2 lbs grass fed ground beef, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 2 free range eggs, 1 Tb. onion powder, 1 Tb. garlic powder
• Snack: Mood Boosting Juice

Day 2:

• Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs and berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries)
• Lunch: Leftovers
• Dinner: Tamari Honey Chicken with broccoli, and almond butter sauce
• Snack: Almonds and Apple

Day 3:

• Breakfast: Pure Banana Pancakes
• Lunch: Leftovers
• Dinner: Moist and Delicious Roasted Turkey breast with steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots
• Snack: Leftover banana pancakes served cold with almond butter

Day 4:

• Breakfast: Eggs of your choice, fresh or sauteed spinach, sliced tomatoes, Canadian bacon rounds and English muffin
• Lunch: Paleo Turkey Salad Lettuce Wraps and carrot sticks
• Use this for the mayo
• Dinner: Bacon Wrapped Cilantro Chicken
• Snack: Handful of Almonds with Apple

Day 5:

• Breakfast: Crockpot Oatmeal topped with chopped apples, walnuts, and drizzled maple syrup
• Lunch: Leftovers
• Dinner: I know, leftovers again...but hey you have to use them up!
• Snack:Mood Boosting Juice

Day 6:

• Breakfast: Almond Flour Coconut Waffles
• Lunch: Left overs
• Dinner:  Simple Tender Pot Roast with Holy Grail Gravy, Mashed Cauliflower, and Steamed Carrots
• Snack:Trail Mix
• 2 cups cashews, 2 cups almonds, 3/4 cup unsweetened raisins, 1 bag of Good for Life Chocolate Chunks

Day 7:

• Breakfast: Paleo Breakfast Smoothie
• Lunch: Leftovers
• Dinner: Paleo Orange Chicken & Asian Salad
• Snack:Trail Mix2 cups cashews, 2 cups almonds, 3/4 cup unsweetened raisins, 1 bag of Good for Life Chocolate Chunks

Sweet Treats:

• Flour-less Peanut Butter Chocolate Blondie's
• Molasses Cookies

Color Your Easter Eggs Naturally

Looking for way to naturally dye your Easter Eggs with your little ones?  A sypecial thank you to Shine from Yahoo for sharing 8 Ways to Make Organic DIY Food Coloring.

There are so many great suggestions in this article to use natural alternative to the harmful dies to enjoy this tradition worry free, with a little extra elbow grease you'll be dying Easter eggs in no time.

Cleaning your Oven

Well, it's about time I do the dreaded duty of cleaning my kitchen, cleaning my oven.  I'm not a fan of the high fumes left in most oven cleaners, seem to work and have an enormous amount of warnings, and come with a high price tag.  So, thankfully Naturally Maid Cleaning has graciously shared her no fail technique with us on "How to Clean your Dirty Oven".    She has three no fail techniques listed below:

The Old Standby Oven Cleaner

• 5 TBSP Baking soda
• 4 TBSP White vinegar
• 3 drops hand soap or liquid dish soap 

Mix ingredients until they form a thick paste. Apply paste to inside of oven and scrub. Wipe clean and rinse thoroughly.

Heavy Duty Stain Cleaner

• 1cup Salt
• 1cup Baking soda
• 1cup Water

Make a paste using the ingredients and apply to the inside of the oven. Close door and heat oven to 500-degrees for 60 minutes. Turn off oven and allow to cool. Wipe debris from oven using a moist cloth or sponge. Rinse well.

Overnight Sensation

• 1 cup of baking soda
• 1/2 cup of washing soda
• 3 tablespoon liquid dish soap
• Hot water
• 1/4 cup of white vinegar

Remove all loose foods, crumbs, etc from oven first. Combine all the dry ingredients and gradually add hot water until a thick paste is formed. For really greasy ovens, you can add another 1/4 cup of the washing soda. Add vinegar (yes, it will fizz). While oven is cool, coat all oven surfaces with the mixture. Leave overnight. The next morning, use warm water to wipe it clean.