Recipes

[Burkewmu]

Hi everyone,

I have been reading and reading and still a little bit confused! After I join, will there be daily recipes or meal plans or do we just use recipes from recommended blog posts? I am horrible at meal planning! There is a page (onceamonthmeals.com) that has a paleo menu, but I read paleo is different...

Basically I'd like to know where to start with meal planning! My mom would like to join too, but she is very ill and so my dad has to cook and can only cook very basic and certainly can not meal plan.

[Robin Strathdee]

Welcome!

 

No, there won't be daily meal plans provided - you're welcome to eat any meal that fits the requirements during your program.  If you need some planning ideas, check out this recent post:
http://www.whole9life.com/2013/07/whole30-meal-plans/

[GFChris]

To add to Robin's post, all you need to do is be sure each meal fits the Whole30 meal template: http://whole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdf

A meal can be as simple/basic as chicken salad made with celery and homemade paleo mayo (http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/06/03/the-secret-to-homemade-mayo-patience/), and a baked sweet potato.  It can be as complex as you want. 

 

I personally have collected a handful of baked frittata/breakfast casserole recipes that I rotate through for breakfast. Cook once, reheat remaining servings as needed, so I have breakfast for days.  This is one of my favorites: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-breakfast-casserole/  I used 1/2 a rutabaga instead of turnips.

Being successful on a Whole30 does involve planning, so you have the appropriate/compliant foods in your fridge/pantry. 

[sjosey77]

To add to Robin's post, all you need to do is be sure each meal fits the Whole30 meal template: http://whole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdf

A meal can be as simple/basic as chicken salad made with celery and homemade paleo mayo (http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/06/03/the-secret-to-homemade-mayo-patience/), and a baked sweet potato.  It can be as complex as you want. 

 

I personally have collected a handful of baked frittata/breakfast casserole recipes that I rotate through for breakfast. Cook once, reheat remaining servings as needed, so I have breakfast for days.  This is one of my favorites: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-breakfast-casserole/  I used 1/2 a rutabaga instead of turnips.

Being successful on a Whole30 does involve planning, so you have the appropriate/compliant foods in your fridge/pantry. 

Chris, I just looked over the breakfast casserole and I have a question.  Do you saute the rutabaga(or turnip) with the sausage or just add it in shredded raw  before you bake it?

I was a little confused on that one....

[GFChris]

Chris, I just looked over the breakfast casserole and I have a question.  Do you saute the rutabaga(or turnip) with the sausage or just add it in shredded raw  before you bake it?

I was a little confused on that one....

Hi Shannon. You add the shredded rutabaga/turnip raw before baking.

 

Also, I use grass-fed ground beef, as I prefer it to sausage. When the meat is almost done, you mix it with all the other ingredients in a bowl and then pour everything in a baking dish.

 

Oh, I should add that in using rutabaga, I cut 5 minutes off each of the baking times, and find that works best.