I made these delicious paleo apple streusel egg muffins for brunch on Saturday morning. packed-with-protein (they have 9 eggs, 9!!). I love that they are grain free, dairy free, gluten free, sugar free, and all-around paleo approved!

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Sometimes I find that we often write about our successes and not-so-often our failures in the land of social media/blog world. This week I had two failed paleo meals and I’m here to tell you all about them!

This week I am attempting emeals paleo plan that I got for a mega deal from Groupon. ($5 for an entire year – due to some groupon bucks I had! score for a deal!)

I have so much fun posting pictures as I learn to cook and eat differently. We’ve (my fam and me) have been eating Paleo for about a month now and needed some fresh ideas for meals and emeals really supplied that with their paleo plan (grocery list included, score!) Sometimes, I found, branching out means failed meal attempts…

This week there were two of those. 

Lemony Tuna Salad – which was just not my speed – Jer ate it and was fine with it!

Curried Pulled Pork – was ick. I really don’t like pork and I think that was my issue, not the recipe

BUT — I tried! So, two failed recipes that won’t be featured in my kitchen ever again. I’ll get back on track posting pictures and recipes as soon as I pick one that I love and want to share with you!

If you need some ideas for meal planning, check out emeals, they have all kinds of plans and some of them include budgets, and specific stores with prices! It just doesn’t get easier!

If you’re wondering what paleo is check out this post: what is paleo? 

I am not any kind of paleo expert, but I can tell you this…

I started changing the way I eat.

Remember my 7 journey I started in January? If you don’t I’ll give you the short version -the goal was to eat only 7 foods for one month. It challenged me to my core, it ripped my little cheez-it & diet coke loving heart to shreds, why? well because it helped me to start thinking about food differently. Not only that, but when whole-wheat bread was one of my foods and my stomach was in knots every night… I knew something was off. As soon as I elimanated the whole wheat bread/gluten I felt much better. Way better.

There are so many food buzz words these days

clean eating, gluten free, paleo, low-carb, low-fat. All of these can be a confusing mix when you are just trying to figure out how to eat healthy. Which is where I found myself 3 months ago.

Once my diet was gluten free – I was still noticing the reality that I needed to go a step further to feel even better. That was when I moved into Paleo.

Paleo is this:

Veggies

Meats

Oils, Nuts & Seeds

Some Fruits (Berries)

Avoiding:

Dairy

Sugar

Wheat/Grain

paleo infographic

There is a much more detailed description here  But these are the main points if you’re thinking about hopping on board. My paleo pinterest board is full of lots of great recipes & infographics.

If you have more questions – please ask, as I’m learning too!