Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! Did you eat clean??? Of course I didn't! This weekend was a stuff-my-face-fest. On top of the all the food I had at home, my brother and I ventured out into the world and ate all that I was craving during the paleo challenge:

• Original Pancaked House: Eggs Benedict with FLUFFY buttermilk pancakes PALEO
• The Original Rinaldi's: Fatboy (consists of garlic bread, pepperoni, meatballs, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese... mmm) PALEO
• Dominoes Pizza: Sausage, Bacon, Pepperoni and Mushrooms with a side of chicken wings and ranch PALEO
• Starbucks: Caramel Creme Brulee PALEO

Yes, I did feel like crap. But I got most of my cravings out of the way. All I need right now is Hakata Ramen! Maybe in the next couple weeks.

 

Thanksgiving at my  house... we had turkey, salad, my dad's awesome gravy. That's it. I was going to cook but I failed and slept early the night before from that beast of a WOD.

 

I wasn't going to spend Thanksgiving with Dan and his family, but my mom ended up not working so I spent lunch with my family and dinner with Dan's. This is what they had:

 

Ham with pineapple and cherries and cloves

 

Turkey with breaded stuffing, another bowl had sausage stuffing

 

They had white and red wine, corn, olives, cranberry sauce... They went all out. I'm still not used to the American Thanksgiving. Hooray for exposing myself to different cultures!

 

On Black Friday, I didn't do any shopping. Instead, I raided my refrigerator to find out what I need to cook before all the food goes to waste, LOL. Here's what I made:

 

Almond-crusted PAN FRIED salmon with a side of sauteed spinach and mushrooms in ghee. This is the exact same prep as my PaleoYOLO: Baked Crusted Salmon, except, I just pan fried it at about 3-4 minutes on each side :)

 

My Turkey Muffin Balls

 

Banana Bread!

 

I will post the Turkey Muffin Balls and Banana Bread recipes later today or tomorrow :)