Marinated Ribeye Steak

Serves 2

Ingredients:
2 x Ribeye steaks
Marinade:
2 garlic cloves grated
2tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt & Pepper
1 tbsp Dried mixed herbs
1/2 tbsp of coconut or olive oil to fry

Directions:
Place the marinade ingredients in a glass dish and mix well ensuring all steak is coated.
Place in fridge to marinade for 45 mins to an hour.
When ready to cook, heat the pan with oil and add steak.
Cook first side for 2 minutes without moving. This will ensure a nice browned steak.
Turn your steak and cook for a further 3-7 minutes depending on your steak preferences.
I like mine medium so I cooked mine for another 4.
Rest for 5 minutes covered with foil.

Serve with roasted broccoli or veg of choice.

The Benefits of Sauerkraut

As mentioned on my Facebook page today was a day of firsts for me. Not only did I manage to finally find and consume some coconut water today, I also took the plunge and bought some sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut or Fermented Cabbage is not a new development that is for sure! Archaeologists have discovered that early hunter gatherers used the fermenting process, mainly as a means of preservation. The Chinese have been fermenting foods since 200BC and have hailed the fermenting juice as a treatment for many ailments.

Apart from it's tangy almost vinegary flavour, which I found quite lovely actually, sauerkraut has many health benefits. The lactic acid provide a source of natural probiotic and promote good gut health and digestion. It is also a good source of Vitamin C and is said to contain levels of compounds which are said to prevent cancer.

While I bought jarred sauerkraut to taste it, to get the most of it's benefits it is recommended you make it yourself. I will definitely be trying this.

Find out how to make it here

So do yourself a favour this week and try something new. If you don't take the chance to try new things, we will never develop a taste for them. Take my advice and try sauerkraut - your won't regret it, and your gut will thank you for it!! It will most definitely become yet another new food I have discovered since turning Paleo, and hopefully it won't be the last!

Day 2 - Easier Than Expected

Happy Wednesday! :)
More than half way through the week and Day 2 of my 27 day Paleo "detox" almost complete.
It has been fairly easy so far.

Day 1 consisted of the following eats:
2 Boiled Eggs & Green Tea
Banana & Orange snacks
Lunch: Ham and salad with avocado
Dinner: Minced Beef Stew with Sweet Potatoes, green beans
Snack: Almonds

I think the major aspect was alot less caffeine throughout the day and no excuses to eat  "treats" with the girls at work.This had started to become an issue and I was starting to have "just a tiny bit" too often. I decided to do this 27 day challenge to prove to myself I don't need to succumb to this food and also to remind myself of how far I have come. I did not want to loose sight of that to the point that I was eating crap all the time.

Day 2 (today) was a little more difficult. Not on the eating front, but energy wise as I was awake quite alot last night was a cough. I definitely drank more coffee than I had planned to, but I needed something to boost me.

Eats were as follows:

2 x boiled eggs with green tea
Banana, Almonds and Orange
Chicken and spinach salad with a mayo and grain mustard dressing
Dinner: Salmon with roasted veggies incl sweet potato and squash with broccoli
Snack: Sultanas

All in all things are going well and I feel less inflammed already. Although I am relatively good most of the time it is amazing what a few small tweaks can do. I have taken some echinacea and garlic to hopefully tackle my growing cold symptoms.

And it is off to get some therapy of another kind I go! ZZZZZ

Bye for now....

P.S I have no camera at the moment so excuse my lack of photos. Hopefully I get one soon.