Chicama Run Family Farm

This is actually a a very common question that people ask me - especially with so many kids in the house!

First my New Year's resolution (or actually New Years just gave me an excuse to do this) is to give a true Paleo diet a try for 30 days.  I start this weekend with 100% paleo for myself.  This means no dairy for 30 days, no caffeine, and no cheating :)  I'm pretty sure I can do this one since I did the Atkin's diet for 3 years without a problem.  However, now I need to think about my kids.

Dinner will be paleo - but with a twist.  If appropriate, I will add in rice for them.  If the recipe wouldn't work with rice then I'll just make bigger helpings.

We have cereal in the house.  Sometimes I wish we didn't - but we do and I live with that.  I don't see that leaving our home.  I also have Mac & Cheese.... this is something I will eventually just make on rare occasions and I'll do homemade vs the box brands.  We have bread in the house because a favorite meal/snack for everyone in the house is a peanut butter & honey sandwich.

We all do the best we can with the food choices in the house.  The idea is to make the best choices and have healthy choices available instead of garbage.

Snack ideas:
Popcorn - make this healthy with coconut oil and sea salt
Fresh veggies
Nut mixes (minus peanuts if you are going to go paleo!)
Jerky (believe it or not this isn't difficult to make!)
Fresh fruit (apples, oranges etc)

Dinner ideas/hints:
Lots of veggies and salads!  Make this most of your plate
meat (grass-fed of course is always best!! May I recommend ours?)

Breakfast is actually the toughest for me as this is where the cereal comes in so I will be working on some things the kids can take with them and eat.  I've done eggs and things like that - however, I'm not always up in time to make everything for them so sometimes I slip.  I'll probably work on some muffins.

Lunch - well I did the bento boxes the first part of the year - and I will probably start doing it again.  The kids eat garbage at school and they all dislike it a lot!  Plus, even with the regular lunch they are left hungry.  So I need to rework this one back in.

Things I always cook with:
Butter (the real stuff - not margarine which is just icky!)
Lard
Salt

Drinks to have on hand:
Kombucha tea - kids do like it!
Water Kefir made into a "soda" with a real fruit juice or similar - my new one will be with tart cherry!
Milk (raw)
Water - ours is from a well so we don't have fluoride and other stuff in it - if you don't have this then look into filters for your water.  All my kids have stainless steel water bottles - these are NOT allowed in schools though so kids don't sneak stuff that's not allowed in - bummer but true.

Hope this guides some of you a little of things you want to do and would like to feed your family!