I’m kind of losing my mind and nearly hit the “publish” button on this post when there was nothing on the page except “WIAW.” How disappointing would that be for everyone, right? You all at least deserve a WIAW Hashtag Paleo in the title. And we all need to see a post chock full of bacon-fat-fried eggs and various #safestarches.
I find the #safestarch hashtag really funny because it makes me picture all the dangerous starches trying to rob banks, burglarize big homes, and hide in dark alleys. Whole wheat noodles covered in black stockings running from the cops or something. Stay away from those starches kids, they’re bad news! It’s all about #plantainlove people! #Jerf! Okay, shut up, that’s enough.
My mind wandered and we’re way off topic. Must be because I’ve been attempting to put together 6 costumes for my daughters’ performance on Thursday night for the end of their 3 weeks of performance arts camp. Their drawers and closets are so messy and desperately need some organization, yet this is one of those things I never seem to get around to doing. #Cleaninghurts. But enough about my clutter, let’s forget about all of it and just EAT! WIAW, here we go.
Yup, we’ve now gotten to the point where I’m not even sure what day this was from because they all start to blend. I’m going with last Thursday, to me this looks like a Thursday. It’s a mix of orange and white sweet potatoes fried in a hash with bacon plus eggs. Wasn’t joking about my bacon-fried eggs, they’re the best! Pretty much every morning I eat my breakfast in front of the computer while reading blogs. My kids eat their breakfast and yell at each other and Adam hides in the basement getting ready for work. Everyone’s happy! No joke, this is totally our routine.
I have coffee sometime around 8:30 when I leave to take the kids to camp. I haven’t gotten into iced coffee this summer, even with the 90 degree days we’ve been having! I’m sweating anyway, and I like the hot version better.
I’m getting hungry now just looking at my lunch. Too bad I’m out of salmon! This was wild caught salmon (frozen portion) that I defrosted and then pan fried, and topped with a dressing of homemade mayo mixed with extra fresh lemon juice. Topped it with scallions and ate it over a salad with spinach, grape tomatoes and half an avocado.
After lunch I had a GT’s Kombucha but took no picture. I’ve been really slacking on my kombucha pictures, mainly because I think we all know what that bottle looks like by now. I drink a mix of flavors but my current favorites are still the ginger, passionberry, strawberry serenity, and guava is also really good too. Can’t really pick a favorite, I love most of them.
At about 4pm I had a banana and a coffee flavored Yummari (check out my review if you missed it!) I’m usually pretty busy with the kids, errands, laundry, dinner prep and blog stuff around this time lately so the easier and quicker my snack, the better.
This seems to be everyone’s favorite dinner lately – store made sweet Italian pork sausage (local) pan fried and homemade plantain chips fried in coconut oil. I fry up 2 large green plantains, sliced thin, to feed all of us which turns into about 3 batches of frying on the stove. It’s worth the work because they come out so delicious! I ate my sausage over some spinach and a few olives and tomatoes.
For dessert it was more of the usual – fruit and dark chocolate, this time Lindt 85%. I’ve tried their 90% and I have to say, it’s too dark for me, I guess my line is drawn at 85%! Usually around this time is when I realize I’m dying of thirst and start drinking a lot of water. Just when I sit down to unwind, I realize that although I’ll probably never forget to eat, drinking water is another story.
How often do you eat salmon? I wish I ate it more, it’s one of my favorites!
What’s one hashtag that makes you laugh/cringe/roll your eyes?
I need to clean and organize my son’s drawers too but I just can’t get myself to start the process because it just leads to hours of cleaning out everything else around the house lol. I always have breakfast in front of my computer and I love every second of it!
Oh, I hear you! Unlocking the mess is dangerous and leads to hours of turning everything upside down. Then magically in a week it’s back to disaster status 🙂
I eat salmon once a week, always Sunday, Monday or Tuesday because we buy it on the weekend an like to eat it when its fresh! I would rather freeze chicken or beef to eat later in the week. I need to remember to make fried plantains again…they are so good but alot of times I can’t find plantains in my grocery store so I have kind of forgotten about them!
Luckily a few grocery stores around me always have a huge stock of plantains, both green and yellow. I’d be sad without them! I buy the salmon already frozen because the fresh wild caught is way too pricey by me.
I eat salmon all the time although not much lately. I thought I was the only person who searched hashtags for fun!
I get a kick out of hashtags, they still seem odd to me maybe because I’m behind the times!
I’m never seen the safe starches hashtag- but your caption for it made me laugh! I eat my breakfast mostly reading blogs too- great start to the day!
I’ve seen it floating around the paleo circle for a while, wonder if it will die out 🙂 I agree I love starting the day that way too.
I didn’t even know that #safestarches was a hashtag. Shows you how out of it I am!
I’ve seen it around the paleo circle for a while, but no worries I’m sure your starches don’t have it out for you or anything 🙂
that salmon… i drool. and i don’t know what year it is, haha .it’s all starting to blend, time and life! LOL!
Time and life definitely starts to blend. And blog life blends into real life and my head spins!
I would eat salmon every day if it was up to me. Well, I guess it IS up to me but I try to be somewhat of a smart shopper. I would say 2-3x a week. #jerf kind of makes me roll my eyes because I think there are lots of non-paleo foods that are REAL foods when prepared properly (quinoa, beans, yogurt).
I love salmon too, but even frozen it is pricey! I agree that there are grains that fall into the “real food” category. I wonder if anyone tags these things “jerf” or is too scared of the paleo police 😉
Your introduction always cracks me up Michele! You’re so funny and I’m always wondering where these thoughts come from. Please never stop!!!
I absolutely LOVE salmon in any manner- smoked, poached, baked, sushi…it’s all so good! Love the idea of adding it to a salad. I bet the combination of salmon and avocado is amazing!
Thanks, you’re way too kind 🙂
I’ve actually never had salmon poached, although possibly at a restaurant, can’t remember! I do love it with homemade mayo and avocado!
I love salmon, but don’t get to eat it as often now that I only buy wild caught. Its more expensive and the portions always seem to be smaller, but when I do have it I love to bake it with homemade mayo and a ton of fresh dill. haha I definitely didn’t realize that #safestarches was a thing and I am not willing to admit how long it took me to figure out was #jerf meant…
Dill is so good with salmon, agreed! I’m also pretty behind with hashtags and sometimes google them to figure out what they mean!
I eat salmon 4-5 times a week! I know, it’s crazy, but I travel for work up to the Seattle area and they just have the best salmon.
We have family in the Seattle area, love the seafood there! All the food is nice and fresh, really 🙂 I would love to eat salmon that often.
Your comment about safe starches is hilarious. I think next time I’m working and a customer tells me she’s going to “bad” before she orders her food, I will ask which bank she plans to rob.
I love salmon, but never cook it as well as they do in restaurants, sigh. I used canned salmon for salads, pastas, and salmon cakes a good bit though!
I should buy canned salmon for salmon cakes, I’ve never made them but always think they look awesome 🙂
#FitFam and #FitCouple get me every. single. time. Like just please don’t…
Haha good thing I’ve never used those! I’ve done #fitmom but kind of hate that one too.
When someone hashtags yolkporn I actually cry.
I need to try your hash out- I’m seriously turning into a salt monster.
Be kind to the salt cravings! Yolkporn makes me cringe, for all the eggs I’ve posted I’ve never used that one!
I love wild sockeye salmon either grilled or smoked in lox form. When I was little I would eat only “pink” salmon, not “red” – now I’m the opposite! My dad likes to say he created a gourmet monster when it comes to fish, fruit, and ice cream…
Agree the deep colored salmon is awesome! Your dad clearly had a good plan for you 🙂
Can you come over and make me breakfast, pleasssee? Breakfast with a 1 year old is limited to 10 minute breakfasts – oatmeal, yogurt, an egg.. Also, dying at safe starches.
I remember when my kids were babies and I would eat a bowl of cereal with bananas in 1 minute flat while nursing. I feel like I did that for 5 years but it wasn’t quite that long! Memories!
I’m still a hot coffee fan, too! And I just bought 85% dark chocolate but havent tried it yet. After this no sugar thing I’m hoping it tastes sweet!
It’s delicious, the perfect darkness for me! When I have the 70% it tastes more like milk chocolate.
Yummy I love salmon, we just ate leftover salmon that I roasted in foil on our friends grill. It was just way too good to toss!
I laugh at the #sweatybetchesrock hashtag. Anytime I see the word ‘betch’ I crack up. I’m easily amused!!!
I never toss anything, I always reuse it somehow! I’ve seen betch and giggle at that too but I don’t even know why, not like it’s THAT funny – more we have in common!
#safestarch hahaha, that’s new one 😛
You know what hashtag always bugged me for the longest time..it was the #801010 for like the raw fruit only vegan crazies. I never knew what all those numbers meant, hahahahahaha!
And…If I could eat salmon everyday, I probably would. But I only buy it when I can get a good sale on a wild AMERICAN variety. None of these crappy European farm-raised things. You can tell the difference :/
I’ve heard about raw fruit vegan people and frankly the fact that people eat that way scares me, it seems bizarre and extreme! I’m sure I wouldn’t understand any of their hashtags 🙂 Hopefully the #safestarch will die out! I totally stay away from farm raised now too, I’ve heard too many bad things and it’s not nearly as tasty either.
Unpopular opinion: I don’t like salmon! It’s too bland whenever I have had it in the past. But all of your other food looks pretty fabulous, as per usual. 😉
Maybe with the right sauce, and with the crispy skin you’d like it! Eating the skin-on crispy and pan fried makes me love it more!
You are hilarious Michele! While I am all for safe starches (hello sweet potatoes), I too find the term a tad bit silly. The ‘dangerous’ view placed upon other carbohydrates as opposed to tubers and fruit sounds so extreme when you think about the things that are actually dangerous in the world (like robbers and hangry children ;)). I too wish I ate more salmon. My mom makes this awesome paleo mayo and they just go together perfectly… with some #SafeStarches on the side of course.
Paleo mayo and salmon are perfect together! Like #jerf heaven 😉
I love salmon too! It’s just so expensive. Your fried eggs always look so perfect. You cook them in bacon fat? YES PLEASE!
If bacon is around I’m cooking things in bacon fat, that’s how it goes!
I could live off salmon and got so excited the other day when wild caught salmon was on sale at the store. Yay for salmon season in Seattle! I bought a whole one and cooked it all up to enjoy for several dinners this week.
I always drink hot coffee in summer. It’s just so much better than iced.
Wish I was in Seattle again! Definitely jealous of all that fresh seafood 🙂
Great eats…Real talk, I want to eat at your house;) I actually love the hashtags that are run ons. Like, #iknowthatthisdefeatsthepointofahashtagbutohwell. 🙂
I get a kick out of those hashtags, if they’re funny! Actually I give anything a pass if it’s funny 😉
Mmmm all those eats look delicious! I haven’t had plantain chips in a while, have me craving some 😀
Time for some chips, they’re so good!
Salmon is so good, but I don’t get it very often living in a land-locked state. It’s usually super expensive. O_o
I hear you, the wild caught is so pricey! I wish I could eat it whenever I wanted, which might just be every day 🙂
mmm i love lindt dark chocolate for dessert. i think i buy 70% though.. 85% is a little bit too much for me!
70 is delicious 🙂
I probably eat salmon five to six times a week, to be honest. It’s one of my three main food groups (sweet potatoes, sushi, and salmon :)). PS I made your cookie dough fudge and it is SOOO good! Thank you for sharing that recipe!
Salmon is good stuff! So is the fudge, so glad you made it 🙂
I feel the same about dark chocolate – I love everything up until 85% and then it starts to get a little less enjoyable to me (although I would still never refuse 90% ha). Hope your daughter’s show goes well!
I am with you in that I still ate the 90%, but it wasn’t my favorite 😉 Thanks!
I usually eat salmon once a week… I could eat it a lot more often by try to stick to the 2-3x a week max guidelines for fish. You are a busy mama this week- hope the kids show is fun!!
Thanks, they’re excited! Salmon is so good I would eat it every day, good point though about the 2-3x per week guidelines though, that’s probably the max we could afford anyway 🙂