Display Search Bar

The Paleo Running Momma

Run Fast, Eat Clean, Live Messy!

Current Favorite Combos – WIAW

Because showing you 3 meals and 2 snacks just feels incomplete today.  Not enough.

Happy What I Ate Wednesday people!  It’s time to start the party, and, today I’m going to show and tell you about my current (like past 3 days) favorites in the paleo-running-momma-sphere.

Ever notice that your meals ever-so-slightly change each week?  Could be the same ingredients rearranged or whatever, but still, we all have our “food combos of the week” that we just can’t get enough of until we run out and go back to the store and pick something new.  Preferably something new that’s also on sale.

Thanks so much Jenn for hosting this link-up!  Now, let me tell you a story about all the good stuff I had the pleasure to *feast upon recently.

*I went to Thesaurus.com to find a synonym for “eaten.”  Highly recommend you check out some of these.  Aren’t you glad I didn’t choose gormandize?

WHAT-I-ATE-WEDNESDAY-NEW-BUTTON-PEAS-AND-CRAYONS

Breakfast!

If I thought it was perfectly acceptable to eat the same thing 3 times per day, I’d probably make myself breakfast 3 times per day.  Secretly I sometimes do this, uhh maybe not 3 times but twice.  So now you know.

You already know I like eggs so I won’t even get into that.  One combo I’ve been digging a lot lately is bacon cooked with parsnips and plantains.  I think I had some leftover parsnips and plantains one day and randomly combined them and didn’t look back.  I’ve been frying them up in hashes together and also roasting into fries.  I could eat them together all the time, at least this week.

My lunches lately are one of 2 combos – spinach topped with a burger (bacon with this, but not always) tomatoes, kalamata olives and homemade mayo.  Salt + fat = good stuff!  If I’m craving something more carby I’ve been topping my spinach with fried plantains and pre-cooked sausage, usually Aidells brand.  I buy the chicken-apple or the pork Andouille.  I throw some avocado in too and holy yum – easy too.

Snacks

My afternoon snacks are all over the place.  If we have a leftover treat I am all over that.  Since paleo treats tend to be very high in fat I don’t find that my energy dips even if there’s a decent amount of sugar in it.  For the past few days I’ve been eating something chocolate since we had both double chocolate cupcakes and a gooey chocolate brownie pie.  With V-day almost here I don’t see the chocolate phase ending until at least next week!

My favorite Kombucha

I still love GT’s kombucha and have been drinking the ginger and citrus flavors pretty often.  I seriously love this stuff, it’s so good that I question if there are addictive properties in there!

Dinner time

Sometimes I feel like we eat the same 3 dinners over and over.  We don’t actually but everything is sort of similar since I’ve finally found things that everyone likes (for now.)

You know when your (young and picky) kid likes something healthy and you get so excited and make it constantly?  That’s what’s happened for us and baked sweet potato fries.  My son loves them so much and I just can’t NOT make them!  When I roast white potatoes or plantains I still roast him some sweet potato fries.  I’m really hoping I’m not on a slippery slope back to “kid dinners” but I can’t say no to his sweet potato love.  I’m right there with him so I can’t complain at all.  Meat and sweet potatoes for the winning combo here.

Some favorite meat dishes are burgers, boneless skinless chicken thighs, and ribeye steaks.  We don’t eat steak often, but no one complains when we do.

Time for bed!

I’ve been eating the same fruit combo before bed for a few days:  sliced bananas, strawberries, and clementines.  I’ve never been big on citrus fruits but with all the germs we’ve had I figured I’d go for some oranges.  Turns out they’re better than I remember so I’m sticking with it!

imageAnd with that unnecessarily large close up of my fruit, (as if you couldn’t have guessed what it looked like) I’ll being going now.  Happy cooking and eating to all of you 🙂

What are your current favorite meal/snack combos?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Might Also Like...

Reader Interactions

Reader Reviews & Comments

  1. My usual go-to food combo is peanut butter and chocolate chips but hey, I’ll gormandize bacon with anything! And seriously, there’s just something so crazy good about fried eggs.

    Reply

  2. I’ve been loving creating different breakfast combos but Im not as good at changing things up for lunch and dinner. I ate a clementine for the first time in a while last weekend and I forgot how good they are! I might need to buy some for next week.

    Reply

  3. I have my own same foods in always eating too. I just seem to mix them in different ways to seem like I’m not. Make sense? Probably not. Take breakfast as an example. I usually eat the same one everyday. Random thought. I cannot eat spinach salad. Something about the stems really creep me out.

    Reply

    • No I totally get it! If it looks different it feels like it’s a totally different meal. Plus spices/sauces really change things up. Funny about the spinach! That’s the only green Adam will eat which is one reason I always have it on hand 🙂

      Reply

  4. Hehe I love your insights into the world of being a parents, it gets me thinking about someday……right now I can only imagine.

    Funny you said about salad and beef, I love that combo, and we have lots of beef left from dinner, so i can’t wait to have that in a salad later this week!

    Reply

  5. If I could eat breakfast for every meal I would! Lots of times I do eat the same breakfast foods for breakfast and lunch but usually by dinner I am in the mood for savory so even if oatmeal for dinner sounds nice at 9 am, it never happens.

    Reply

  6. Lately I’ve been loving anything with melted coconut oil (like sweet potatoes or vegetables). I pretty much eat the same things every day other than dinner, which varies based on what I buy for the week. I’m addicted to that kombucha too. Wouldn’t be surprised if it had some magical addictive substance haha

    Reply

  8. your meals looks delicious! i love the plantain and bacon combo – sweet and salty is always yummy to me. i’ve been eating this turnip/potato/chard soup i made. it has leeks and garlic in it, and i pureed it then added in bunches of red chard. it’s actually really delicious even if it sounds odd. think creamy potato soup, without the cream and with added greends lol. i have been adding stuff to my soup each night to make it meal, like sauteed fish or eggs or some avocado. there is no end to what i will add to my soup to make it “stewp” 🙂
    i started eating full fat yogurt again because i had a serious craving, i’ve been adding flax and dried berries and some other seeds. it’s hitting the spot for now but i think i’m not into yogurt as much as i thought. i’ve never been into it, but always ‘think’ it’s a good idea. does that make sense? oh well, it was good on sunday when i was actually craving it! now i’m just sort of stubbornly picking at it.. 😀 happy wednesday Michele!!!

    Reply

    • That soup sounds so good! I actually just bought some chard yesterday, figured I’d switch up my typical kale and collards. It doesn’t sound strange at all, it sounds gourmet! Now if only you could cook dinner for me, just once 🙂

      Reply

    • Haha I know that’s my exact thought. Not too many kids asking for SP so I’m going with it! I need to get on some tahini. I love getting ideas from other people’s go-tos!

      Reply

  10. Chocolate’s been pretty popular around these parts as well, and I think I’m okay with that 😉 And I actually have a lot of days where I end up eating breakfast foods more than once. It’s my favourite meal of the day and I figure that if I force myself to eat something else, I’ll just end up unsatisfied. So oatmeal for dinner it is.

    Reply

    • The chocolate hasn’t ended! I had to make my valentines candy recipe 3 times to get it right. My kids were happy but I think I’ll be done with chocolate now for a while! I love that so many of us just want breakfast all the time! A bunch of morning people trying to recreate that happy morning feeling all day!

      Reply

  11. I can eat an egg ANY TIME of the DAY. Period. New research from American Heart Assn says you can eat two a day without it affecting weight, cholesterol, anything. So good for you. I eat nowhere near 14 a week, so figure if I eat three or four some days and none others, it all evens out.

    So funny on clementines. I buy 2-3 5 lb bags a WEEK. Seriously. My kids each eat 3 or 4 a day. So easy to peel, seedless. Perfect kid food. They are so sad when the season is over. I, however, only eat a couple a week. Guess I prefer an apple.

    Your cupcakes were a big hit, but next time I may save myself some work and just go for making mini-chocolates with the icing. That was pure AWESOMENESS!

    Reply

    • I think I eat more than 14 a week! I just love them and how I feel when I eat them too. The clementines are great for everyone in the family, and the easy peeling is a HUGE plus! Glad you liked the cupcakes! AND I’m posting a chocolate candy recipe tomorrow that involves something very similar and really easy!

      Reply

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.