It’s weird that I’m finally facing my fear of Pinterest.
I think I joined 5 years ago to get ideas for painting my staircase and then that was pretty much it. Well, not entirely true. I’ve had the “pin it” button on my site for a while but would rarely visit the site or, heaven forbid, open the app that’s been just chill-en on my phone for a year. I’ve had a mental block with it. Too many images and so little time and focus! Plus I was never any good at being neat and organized and all the pin boards are stressful. The linear setup of Instagram was much more manageable for me and I’ve gravitated toward it since the start of my blog.
But, it’s time to get over it because Pinterest is where the cool kids hang and I’ve been starting to feel all left out. Though I still have to figure out “pinterest etiquette”, I’ve started following people and pinning lots of food. It’s going to get better, I can feel it. Like with any fear, the more I pin the less intimidated I am. So head over to pinterest and start following me! This will bring me great joy 🙂
Well, that wasn’t nearly as awkward as I thought it would be. Nothing like asking out a boy on a date or anything, or whatever the modern day equivalent of a date is. And it’s not even like I’ve done that and would know, but it sure as hell sounds scary.
Um wait, what was I saying? Oh right, WIAW paleo food food and food. More food. You’re in for a treat, because I’m going to show you just another grain free Monday in my life.
Oh, you know, my breakfast hash and eggs. I woke up at around 5, practiced yoga for 45 minutes, showered, and was starving. I have to make my kids breakfast before I make my own if I want to eat in peace so by that time it’s usually 7:30/7:45 and I’m starving.
This hash is sort of “kitchen sink” – 3 slices sugar free bacon, chopped, leftover sweet potato and leftover green plantain (these were chopped and stored in the fridge) plus the last of my collard greens, eggs, and scallions. I started choking on my first bite and it almost ruined the entire experience.
Coffee, because I need. Some swirly coconut milk with a touch of maple syrup and vanilla. Didn’t finish the whole thing since I got distracted running errands after dropping off the kids.
Lunch was around 12:30. I made a lamb burger from a pre-frozen patty I had stored in the freezer, topped it with homemade mayo and had it over spinach, cucumbers, raw kimchi I bought at Whole Foods last week, and green onion. I’ve been tiring of olives lately because I was eating them constantly and I’m hoping kimchi and also raw sauerkraut I bought will provide a new flavor punch.
After lunch I had a Passionberry Bliss flavored kombucha – good stuff!
At about 3:30 I tested a new recipe for a Pina Colada smoothie for the second time. It was perfect! I’ve now made this twice – once with vanilla protein powder and once without and they’re both excellent. This one had the protein powder and was super filling. I drank half of it at 4 and half while I was making dinner.
We had dinner at 6:30 and it was basic yet very tasty. Turkey steak seasoned with coarse salt and smoked paprika (paprika was on the other side!) over sauteed greens, with a side of baked white sweet potato fries.
My voice is starting to come back but now I sound just like a 14 year old boy. I’m being consistent with my lemon water, which luckily I like, and drank some before putting the kids to bed.
Even though I was full I still wanted some sort of dessert. I cut up some berries and had 2 squares of Theo’s dark chocolate at around 8:30/9pm. And that was it.
Except wait, that wasn’t it. I actually had an ACV shot with cayenne pepper right before going to bed to attempt to heal my voice! I know I should probably just gargle with it instead of consuming but I don’t really trust my gargling skills.
Do you make more smoothies in the summer? Summer is really the only time I drink smoothies.
Which social media site feels the most intimidating?
Are you a fan of kimchi?
I make smoothies all year, but definitely more often in the summer. I struggle with my blog Facebook page. I never really use it except to automatically share my posts, and I know that alot of people who “like” my page don’t even see those. Ive always liked pinterest but I don’t spend as much time working on my page as I should!
Facebook more annoys me than intimidates me but I share the same issue that it automatically shares things, and sometimes I can’t figure out why! I just disconnected my twitter and fb which will help I think.
I love pinterest! I have been using it for baking and recipes for a while before blogging and now use it even more! It can get overwhelming but I stick to the basics, the dessert and food. I also use it a ton for the eventplanning stuff that I do which is fun because I get to pin weddings and wedding fun stuff. I love berries lately at night too and well, all day long 🙂
I definitely want to use pinterest more because I can see how fun it is!
GIVE ME THE KIMCHI AND NO ONE GETS HURT> I freaking love kimchi.
I will never break into youtube. I draw the line there.
Yes, good stuff! I’m late to the kimchi party I guess but that’s fine. I have no idea what I’d do/say on youtube, plus I might have to clean a square of my house to make a video!
I used to feel that way about Twitter but not anymore. My Pinterest boards have become a mess. I really need to put some focus into them. I feel overwhelmed with it too and rarely go on there. Too many things to process at once & too overwhelming!
It’s easy to start accumulating boards, mine didn’t even start out organized so I have some rearranging to do. Twitter moves fast for me and confuses me too. I guess it’s not just pinterest!
I go through phases with Pinterest. I’ll find myself pinning things in bulk and then not going on for weeks. But I do love it 🙂 I have been ALL OVER smoothies this summer. Caps for emphasis. I don’t have a blender with me in the city so my wallet isn’t loving this obsession but my stomach is. Great for post-run recovery.
With this heat (that I know you’re used to but I’m not!) an afternoon smoothie has to happen every day. I’m winging it but hopefully will create a couple of my own recipes 🙂
I am addicted to Pinterest for house ideas. I don’t love it for food ideas – too many images makes me confused on what I want to eat 🙂
I have 2 smoothies per day – love them! I put all sorts of veggies with sweetener (stevia and/or fruit). My morning smoothie has the protein powder and my evening one I usually throw chia and hemp seeds in.
I have made your mayo the past two weeks and LOVE it! So easy and tasty. One day I didn’t bring any to work with me and there were these packets leftover from some catering thing. The ingredients in the mayo packet were something like egg yolks, soybean oil, and high fructose corn syrup. It tasted like chemicals! After eating Whole Foods, these processed things taste so bad!
I think home is the biggest category for pinterest because that’s what I started out with too.
So glad you loved the mayo! It tastes so much better than store bought, which I never liked anyway and has lots of crap in it. I should break out some spinach for my smoothies I think!
I love your style of writing so much, almost makes me giggle 🙂
I love sauerkraut (hellooo I’m German, hah!), but I don’t think I’ve ever had kimchi. Maybe once at a Korean BBQ, but I’m not sure if that was kimchi… but I guess I’d like it! I like sour and spicy food.
Aw, thank you 🙂
If you like sauerkraut I do believe you’ll like kimchi! Sour and spicy is exactly what it is 🙂
I’m all about smoothies year round… but in the summer I have at least one, or two a day! They are so refreshing!! And I’m with you, Pinterest is so overwhelming. I used to be really into Pinning things all the time, but then I fell off the bandwagon and rarely go on unless it’s to update my Stitch Fix board.
I think once you fall off pinterest it’s scary to go back. There are people pinning left and right and I’m just figuring out how to navigate it all.
I do love kimchi! There is a great local brand here that is SO delicious! ANd I also love that kombucha flavor (so much delicious fermentation in this post haha)
Yes, I’m trying to branch out with my fermented foods a bit, though I’m not about to stop my kombucha habit!
I’ve JUST started making smoothies – and yes, it’s summertime! I love eating them with a spoon – for some reason a smoothie bowl or even just a smoothie with a spoon is more appetizing to me. Hope your voice comes back soon!
I should try a smoothie bowl, that sounds great as a dessert! And thanks, my voice is finally returning 🙂
I’ve never had kimchi…but SOOOO want to try it! I love sauerkraut so….yea…good fermented food! I keep almost buying it in the store…but it’s expensive….but, I think I’ll get it next time!
You would love kimchi, and there are so many varieties! Go for it, a little goes a long way anyway 🙂
Looks like another delicious day of eats!
Thank you!
“Kitchen sink” food is my favorite! Sinc I cookfor myself a lot, there’ always odds and ends f things in my fridge so sometimes I need to clear it all out, and often those end up being the best meals!
That’s what happens either the day before I grocery shop, or the day after when I need to make room for the new stuff!
I am still not really sure I understand Pinterest but one of my friends started pinning photos for her wedding stuff so I have to check it to see where we are with decorations and such!
I’m sure wedding stuff is huge on pinterest!
I’m never too full for dessert either. In fact, I’m pretty sure I have a second stomach just for that 😛 And I think that I end up drinking more smoothies in the winter than I do in the summer 😆 I was all about them in the colder months, but now that it’s warmer I’m back to oats in the morning. My body is all sorts of confused.
I still need my eggs and hash in the morning but afternoon I’ve been craving anything cold, since it’s been in the upper 80’s. As you know, not my favorite weather! I think everyone in my family saves at least a little room for dessert since it’s sort of a habit around here 🙂
While the staples of your diet remain consistent throughout the year, I always LOVE seeing your food. I dabbled in the whole paleosphere for quite a while and really resonated with many of their ‘real-food’ related beliefs. Or it might just be the eggs. Any book that tell me to eat more eggs is a book I like to read ;).
I would have to say that twitter seems the most intimidating to me- I feel like it would require so much effort to constantly post thoughtful, funny, and interesting blurbs of your thoughts throughout the day. Ain’t no body got time for that!
I’m the same with eggs. Tell me to eat more eggs and fat in general and I’ll join your club 😉 I wind up using twitter to share other blogger’s posts and also link it with my IG. I agree it moves fast and it’s confusing.
I just bought some sauerkraut from Whole Foods cause I want to start eating more fermented foods. Kimchi will be next!
I also want to branch out with my fermented foods! It’s good stuff and yummy 🙂
Turkey steak! That looks pretty good – I’ve never tried it!
I went to Whole Foods last week for the first time in a while and picked up a few different things, these were really good!
Summer is when i make the most smoothies, they’re so refreshing! For some reason twitter is really intimidating to me…i have one but don’t use it!
I spent a lot of time on twitter last summer but it moves so fast and it’s hard to keep up with! Amazing how much time and energy can be put into social media.
I don’t blog so I dont use it for any kind of promoting, etc. But I do use as a source if i want to look up examples of a type of thing for the house,etc. Its come in handy for brainstorming, mood boards,etc. i pulled some idea for baby newborn photos for this weekends shoot. It’s been awesome for that.
Yes, that totally makes sense! I did wind up getting good home ideas years ago, getting into the food and blogging stuff is another ballgame. Good luck with the newborn shoot this weekend, so sweet 🙂
I literally hung out at the Kimchi booth at the food show last week- I didn’t even know there was so many types! Okay, we totally need to organise our catch up ,purely so I can get meat cooking techniques from you lol! (Just kidding. But for real).
A kimchi booth is so cool 🙂 Just emailed Meredith today and want to set something up in the next couple of weeks in the city!
love smoothies esp in the summer. pina coloda one sounds good !!!!
i have never had kimchi and i really dont use many social media sites other than twitter and pinterest which i spelled wrong the first time and had to go look at your post to get right : )
I know I had trouble spelling it and still have to check a time or two 🙂
GAH. I totally struggle with pinterest too (I’m about to go follow you by the way)! your eats looks delicious -ESPECIALLY that smoothie. nom.
Thanks! I pinned a bunch of paleo and gluten free food today, getting the hang of it maybe? Everything seems to look good on Pinterest!
i had a pinterest phase! it was great for my wedding and for decorating our house before we sold it 🙂 but then i went off it and haven’t really gone back. it’s sort of like jumping into a black hole for me, i can get very lost in there LOL.
OMG it really is a black hole!
Where do you get your lamb from? Friggin’ love it – but will only eat it grass-fed/finished!
Try whole foods for grassfed! I’ve gotten it there, but I also buy organic at my local Stop and Shop. Love it 🙂
I am on the same page as you. I really just enjoy Instagram, but Pinterest is a bit daunting to me. Where do you buy turkey steak – Whole Foods? I’ve never seen that. Your eats are up my ally and everything looks delicious! Olives all the way.
I got these at Whole Foods but my local Kings also carries something similar. Nice change from chicken once in a while!