Paleo Egg Cups (Yummy breakfast! Or dinner.)

I decided to make the hubs and I breakfast this morning and had found this recipe a while back, but haven't tried it. No better time than the now, right? Let's eat!

Ingredients:

• coconut oil
• bacon (I used turkey bacon)
• eggs (1 per slice of bacon you use)
• asparagus
• salt & pepper for taste

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Use coconut oil to grease cupcake pan.
3. Lay each slice of bacon into it's own cupcake space pressing down on the center so it molds into the pan.
4. Crack 1 egg onto the top of each slice of bacon.
5. Cut up asparagus into small pieces and place on top of egg.
6. Sprinkle with salt and pepper (or with whatever you want for extra pizazz)
7. Fold left bacon flap over the right one. Honestly, this part wasn't in the recipe, but I just did it so my bacon wasn't hanging over the edges of the pan.
8. Bake for 15-17min for a harder egg and between 12-14 for a softer center.
9. Let cool and enjoy! :)

Recipe from A Healthy Life for Me
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My journey towards clean eating and a paleo diet

For the past couple months I have fallen off eating healthier than I normally did. For me, this mainly includes NOT drinking any kind of soda (damn that Coca-Cola is so freaking good when it's fresh), not eating any kind of foods that were from a box (as in ready-made pastas or hamburger helpers), not over-indulging into sugars or snacks (candy, ice cream, cookies, chips, etc).

Today I decided to go to a farmer's market store in town to pick up some greens and fruits to make smoothies. For other items I couldn't find at the farmer's market, I went to Walmart Neighborhood Market. I found the following recipes around online, but took some ingredients out and added other things in that I wanted. Haven't tried them yet, but can't wait to get them all frozen and drink them up!

Recipe #1: Strawberry, Banana, Kale

 Recipe #2: Green Apple, Kiwi, Spinach, Lemon

 Recipe #3: Peach, Nectarine, Banana

I distributed each ingredient for every smoothie into quart-sized, freezer-safe, ziploc baggies and placed them in the freezer. I plan on using either water or milk for additional liquid, but you can also used things like almond milk, or Lactaid (if you're lactose-intolerant), coconut milk, Greek yogurt, or plain yogurt. My sister also tells me that I should buy "a million oranges" and use that as my liquid. 

I know my journey to permanently eating clean isn't going to just happen overnight and there will be some minor, yes minor, relapses to ice cream and a Snickers bar, but starting today I WILL be more aware of the food that I purchase and what I choose to put into my body.

That's a (pinky) promise.

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