Kinda Paleo Day 1

Friendly reminder: We are aware our meals are not strictly Paleo. Please don't be angry.

Day one was not bad. I decided to start with something simple so as not to scare the children in the house. However, the 7 year old skipped the meal entirely and went for the leftover chicken fettuccine Alfredo from last week. Welp, she missed out. Then again, according to her "the best chicken is chicken nuggets". She doesn't eat the chicken in the fettuccine, so there was no way she was going to eat this meal. The 15 year old ate my food but complained the rest of the night. At least she ate it.

I made a seared chicken called Crackin' Chicken, originally dubbed by Nom Nom Paleo, and accompanied it with a salad. The only adjustments I made to her recipe was instead of ghee, I used pure olive oil for the skillet, and seasoned with only salt and pepper.

Does that not look good? Just be careful not to get splashed by the oil. Yes, splashed. I think our chicken were surprisingly fattier than anticipated so the last batch of chicken swam in its own grease. On the plus side, it kept the chicken moist.

I picked this recipe for the first day because it was basically just salt and pepper with the right amount of time on the stove. I think the 15 year old thought the whole Paleo thing to be scary because it's different from what she is used it. Remember, this family thrives on so much pasta, it's ridiculous. Hopefully presenting her with a tasty chicken with nothing extra and weird will help her ease into these next two weeks.

The salad I made was fairly basic, however not completely Paleo. It was a mix of baby spinach, dried cranberries, slivered almonds, diced apples, avocados, and feta cheese tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette. The salad needed that feta but I understand it ruined the whole Paleo idea. None of us cared, it was delicious. (I forgot to take a picture, sorry, guys)

The best part was that my mother-in-law can take the leftover chicken, peel off the skin, and eat it with the rest of the salad for lunch the next day. Win!