Mother's Day Dinner

    First of all, I just realized I didn't blog on Thursday, which I totally meant to since it marked one week since we started this. We all weighed in first thing in the morning. I lost about 1.5 pounds. Cory lost 4 pounds! And each of the boys lost a pound. Now, we are obviously not going for weight loss in the boys, which is one of the reasons they are weighing in too, to make sure they are gaining weight. Because they lost weight, that tells me that they need more healthy fats, like nuts and smoothies with an avocado hidden inside. But overall, it was a good first week. No one is sick of it yet. Honestly, we've been eating pretty darn good!

    I had a wonderful Mother's Day today! I feel so loved and blessed to have these very special guys in my life! Chase made me a very cute card, both of the boys got me, as Ryland says, "a very beautiful necklace". And I have a mystery present on the way, since it apparently got delayed in the mail. Supposedly it's something I need, so I'm going crazy trying to figure out what it might be.

    This afternoon, I had us all look through some of the paleo recipe websites, (you can find the links on the right hand side of my blog) and we picked something for dinner and dessert, went grocery shopping, and came home to cook. Cory pretty much took over most of the cooking, and everything turned out delicious! And now I'm relaxing with a cup of coffee, writing this blog, and listening to the three of them playing a game together. God has blessed me so much!

Why, yes, he does look thinner, doesn't he? =) My handsome guy! Love him so much!

Aren't they cute in their aprons?! (Ignore the messy counter-tops...it's an unfortunate side effect of men cooking in the kitchen.)

 We had Green Chile Chorizo Cauliflower Casserole for dinner from PaleOMG. It was pretty good! Both boys made "Mmmmm" noises the whole time they ate, and both got heaping seconds. We are definitely adding it to the recipe box. We made a couple changes. I forgot to get chiles, and we couldn't find organic chorizo at our local Earth Fare, so Cory took half homemade sausage, and half grass-fed beef, and added some chili powder, cumin, and garlic salt. And that way it wasn't too spicy.

Then, for dessert, we had Berry Cream Bars, also from PaleOMG. Let me just tell you, this crust was AMAZING! I could eat a bowlful of it! I never thought we could eat like this, but you just have to use healthier ingredients, and naturally sweet ingredients. I definitely recommend these. The berries are tart, the cream is sweet, and the crust is kind of like a graham cracker crust with a hint of coconut. Yum!!!