Believe it or not, today is Monday. I don’t know about y’all, but it feels like anything but Monday. I was fortunate enough to have the past four days off of work, and will only be working Monday and Tuesday of this week. So I guess that makes today my Thursday. That is a feeling that I can handle!
Things were pretty quiet around here and on social media around Christmas time. It was so nice to unplug a bit and just enjoy time with family and friends. We all need that from time to time, dont’cha think?
Since I did not even bring my fancy camera home with me for Christmas, I am going to briefly recap my Paleo Christmas Day eats via my iPhone. I am honestly shocked that I remembered to take pictures of everything, but it happened!
Eight Photos of Paleo Christmas Day Eats
Breakfast on Christmas morning was leftovers from dinner the night before. I reheated parsnip fries and served them alongside canned salmon that I sprinkled with fresh parsley, cilantro, lemon zest, and sea salt. I also drank a mug of warm lemon water with L-Glutamine on the side.
While I was helping my parents cook our Christmas lunch, I snacked on quite a few pieces of this “chocolate” freezer fudge. I essentially used this recipe for AIP Maple Caramel Fudge, but also added in carob powder to give it a chocolatey taste. These tasted a lot like a fudgesicle and were so delicious!
Our Christmas table was packed with food just before 1:00. While I certainly could not eat all of this, I had more than enough to eat. P.S. Can you spot my digestive enzyme? 😉
Here are the three dishes that I contributed to the table. I made Nom Nom Paleo’s slow cooker kalua pig (best idea ever), roasted brussels sprouts, and my mashed cauliflower.
I grabbed a little bit of each and added in half of a baked sweet potato topped with cinnamon. Seconds happened, obviously.
I had to have something sweet, so I also ate another piece of freezer fudge.
Of course I could not say no to a few of these AIP sunflower seed butter cookies. I used this recipe for peanut butter cookies, but subbed in sunflower seed butter. They were incredibly rich, moist, and delicious.
Jeremy and I went to his mom’s for Christmas dinner. I packed a container of leftovers since I knew there would be very little that I could eat. It worked just perfectly! Oh, and I definitely packed a couple of those cookies. I had to end the night on a sweet note!
I hope your Christmas Day eats were as delicious as mine and that you are set up for a relaxing week!
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What did you eat on Christmas Day?
What is your favorite holiday dessert?
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Everything looks so delicious! My family’s Christmas meal is definitely not healthy and basically replicates our Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, spinach/parm casserole, broccoli/rice/cheese casserole and LOTS of Christmas cookies. Looking forward to getting back on the healthy eating track!
That sounds amazing!! And it is the holidays, so you definitely get a pass for not having the healthiest day ever. We all need those days/weeks from time to time!
It’s awesome you were able to eat so much of your family’s spread even following a special diet. That’s something I feel not every vegetarian/vegan/paleo eater can say about their meal :).
We had a traditional meal featuring mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, the Rotkohl [typical German stewed red cabbage that is everybody’s favourite], mushroom cream sauce and the obvious roast [seitan for us vegetarians, meat for everybody else].
That German red cabbage sounds amazing! I’m going to check out your recipe!
Looks like you had a delicious Christmas! I need to make those cookies…YUM!
It was a delicious day! And yes, I think you need to. If you enjoy sunflower seed butter then you should love them!
You did a great job staying healthy over the holidays! We had kind of a Thanksgiving recap for Christmas dinner– mashed potato, stuffing, vegetarian gravy, cranberry sauce. Ube (purple sweet potato) pie for dessert, that was a change of pace!
I have never had sweet potato pie, but seeing as how I love sweet potatoes, I bet I would enjoy it!
I’m coming to your house for christmas next year! just sayin…
You are more than welcome!! But only if you cook something yummy to contribute 😉