Paleo Eats: 1/11/12 (Whole30 Day 11)

Today’s my flip day again. Unfortunately it’s the day when I change into a vampire for the next seven nights. Because I was returning to work, my morning was crammed with errands and cooking.

In the morning, I ate a curry wrap filled with leftover slow roasted lamb leg and kale salad…

…and helped dress the kids for school.

I headed to the women’s class at CrossFit Palo Alto and had a fun class with the gals. As a post workout meal, I ate the rest of the leftover slow roasted lamb leg and a handful of chestnuts.

On the way home from the box, I stopped by Trader Joe’s and came home with a trunk full of groceries.

At lunchtime, I fried up a couple of Sous Vide Crispy Chicken Thighs and sauteed a small head of cauliflower.

I’m happy to report that Lil-O ate a plate of chicken and carrot sticks as well. Yay! Progress…

I only had an hour before I was taking an afternoon nap, so I hastily threw another pot of Pressure Cooker Pho Broth on the stove. I toasted the spices in a warm pan…

…and tucked them in a satchel before depositing the bag in the pressure cooker.

Next, I seared the meat…

…poured in the water, and Red Boat fish sauce.

While I waited for the pho broth to finish cooking, I made a batch of emergency protein with ground pork, onion, spinach, and Magic Powder.

I ended up boxing three lunches filled with the emergency protein and nuked frozen broccoli.

Once all the grub was packaged away in the fridge, I went to bed for a couple of hours.

At dinnertime, I sautéed baby bok choy, carrots, and shiitake…

…and reheated the beefy pho broth. I removed all the bones and ladled up bowls filled with tender beefy goodness. I put out a plate of herby garnishes and everyone added whatever they liked to their serving.

Here’s mine:

No kelp noodles (or any type of noodles) were added to the beef and soup. In my opinion, the best part of a big bowl of pho is the beefy broth, hands down.

After dinner, I seasoned a pork leg roast with Magic Powder…