eating paleo while eating out

This is how Anthony and I's Sunday morning started off and we spent the remainder of the day here too. We went to Manhattan Beach in LA this weekend for The 6th (?) Annual Jimmy Miller Foundation Surf Competition, it was neat there was a whole bunch of people there. A couple of guys Anthony works with entered into the competition, while I remained parked on the beach, and took pictures. Anyways, prior to this event Anthony had mentioned there was going to be lots of free food all day and he was right. They had beagles and donuts for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and pasta for dinner.  They also had some fruit available all day but for those of us who try to avoid the grains, this made things a little difficult. So we decided to make due with what we had. We had grapes and bananas all morning, also a couple handfuls of a bag of nuts that I happened to bring, and for lunch we attempted to walk round the town we were in to find meat, and that wasn't happening for us, so we decided to get the pizza.... and we got a lot of it, only to take the meat and veggies off of those to fix our craving for protein. Surely enough the meat off of the pizza did the job, as well as some fruit fixings every now and the until it was time to leave to go get ready for dinner. When we arrived to dinner at Sangria's, which was awesome, no doubt, the only thing that was grain-free was the salad, by this time we couldn't get enough of those dark leafy vegetables and we both consumed two big plates of it, vegetables have never tasted so good in my life before. After sitting there for a little bit, we heard about a local restaurant that served a meat plate that was delicious. So we made our way over to this little restaurant and for the first time of my time with Anthony, we were both so full that he was unable to finish all of our food.

For those of us who are Paleo, sometimes eating out is hard, especially at events where food is provided. However, if there is a will, there is a way. For us it was also understanding that, okay we are very hungry and the sun is hot and bread is not going to make this situation any better, so although the meat on top of this pizza isn't going to be completely Paleo, what else are you going to do? I know I can speak on both of our behalves that with Paleo there is room for error and cheats. If there wasn't what fun would it be? The errors and cheats also play as good reminders to why we eat the way we do.(Which is having a clean diet not only is good for us, but it makes us feel good too, amongst many other reasons) After one day of not having a home cooked meal, I was ready to be back at home, in my kitchen to make food, that I know my body will love me back for.


A couple of things that have been created since I last wrote:


"Almost Soft Serve Icecream"

Anthony wanted a smoothie and he usually makes them because he is usually better at it. However, apparently when I make them it turns out like fruity soft-serve ice cream. 
You will need:
-Frozen fruit to choice
(we have a bag of mixed berries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries)
-So Delicious Coconut milk
-PROGENEX Beligum Chocolate protein powder
(the best on the market, if taking a protein supplement, look into this one, best purchase ever)
-If you don't have PROGENEX, you should look into getting it, and if you need a substitute until then, cocoa powder to taste probably 3tbs should get close to the same taste.


To make:
(we have a ninja blender/food processor and I used the measurements on the blender, you might need to play around with yours to figure out what works)
-Fill blender with berries up to the 3 cups line (or put 3 cups of berries in blender...duh?)
-Put 2 scoops of PROGENEX in blender
-Fill blender with coconut milk up to the 3 cups line
-Blend until the contents within the blender nearly double and reach the 6 cup + line on blender (approximately 3-5 minutes on high)

Put in cups, or bowl and enjoy!

toward the end of our smoothie, we got adventurous and put a couple of enjoy life chocolate chips in the smoothie, and it was one of the best ideas Anthony has ever had.


Shrimp Salad

I didn't grow up eating sea food, for some reason I had it in my head that is was gross, especially because it also smelled awful to me. However, like a lot of things I claim not to like, Anthony is determined to change my perspective on this one too. So the last time we were at the grocery store, we bought shrimp. I've never cooked shrimp before, and I only used to like the breaded popcorn shrimp from Applebee's when I was a kid, I eventually tried more Cajun grilled shrimp from Applebee's and liked that, but let's be honest, that was like a month ago. Anyways... back to the awesome salad Anthony and I made.
The Salad:
(Per salad, if you need 2 salads, double etc...)
-2 big handfuls of spinach
-1 small handful of sliced snacking bell peppers
-1/4 of chopped up cucumber
-sauteed onions and pepperchinis
- a little (really little) drizzle of olive oil
-cracked pepper to taste


The Shrimp
-shrimp
-chili powder
-garlic powder
-onion powder
-Thyme
-4tbs of coconut flour
-olive oil

to make shrimp:
-heat olive oil in pan
-place shrimp in pan
(if frozen drain water most of the water and oil when shrimp thaws)
- coat shrimp with the previous spices and ingredients
-saute until shrimp is pink and spices and coconut flour create a light breading


Anthony thought of adding the coconut flour, it was a pretty genius idea especially when working with a lady who isn't the biggest fan of shrimp.