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35 Days to go until we've been Paleo/Crossfit for 1 year! PLUS it finally feels like summer!

My boys and I had a fantastic day!  I got to sleep in and they got to do several fun things throughout the day!  It was a win-win!  I started my day off differently than most...I didn't have eggs.  I know shocking right?  I had a couple of bananas that needed to be used today and so I looked up a couple recipes for Paleo banana Pancakes and constructed my own.  A little of this and a little of that and I was consuming this yumminess!


I don't have a recipe to share because it was honestly a little of this an a little of that but the end result was fantastic.  I used 2 ripe bananas, 2 eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, honey, dark chocolate, coconut flour and almond flour.  I let it sit for about 4-5 min. while the coconut oil fully melted on the skillet.  Then I just poured about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake.

After breakfast the boys and I headed to our wonderful Library for a Bubblefest.  They had fun experimenting with bubbles!


I had packed our lunch before we headed out for the day and we had a fun picnic at the park.  I heated up my leftovers before we left and put them in a thermos.  We ate and then the boys played.  Eventually we ended up having timed competitions on the monkey bars followed by timed competition of running the bases.  I even got my jog on running the bases at the softball field.  We ended our park time by laying our blanket out on the grass and reading a chapter and a half of the book we are working on.  It finally felt like summer!


When we got home I put together a chicken marinade for dinner and got dinner prepped before heading to the neighborhood pool for a quick dip.  Then it was time to head to my dental appointment.  I was so nervous before the appointment but overall it wasn't so bad.  I survived and didn't even truly need the bone broth I had made last night.  But I had some for dinner anyway because I couldn't wait to try it.  I promise it tastes so much better than it looks!

Dinner was fantastic and really hit the spot.  There is not many things better than grilled chicken during the summer.  Actually anything grilled really hits the spot for me!  This Orange Chicken was served with sauteed kale which we are all really beginning to like!

And finally...I mentioned yesterday that I thought it would be a good idea to start saving bones in order to make more bone broth.  And what better time to start than tonight.  I put these bones in the freezer and plan to add to the bag until I have enough to make another batch of bone broth.  So yummy!  

Food is a Drug #Paleo!





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