slow going in Paleo-land

I'm still visiting my folks for the holidays so going completely Paleo is kind of on hold until I'm in charge of buying the groceries again.
I have been able to do fairly well under the circumstances however. In light of the fact that I won't have a care-package to send every day or even every week, I'll probably discuss our Paleo journey in general on the days I'm not posting about care package finds.

This week's edition: how to eat sensibly in a house full of carbs.

Thankfully, my body doesn't allow me to cheat and eat lots of glutenous junk so the temptation to swipe a cookie or cracker from my parents' stash isn't really there. I allowed myself some gluten free Christmas pie since I haven't officially gone Paleo and since it is the holidays. Meals have been relatively easy to stay on track: usually some sort of unadulterated chicken or beef cooked with herbs, veggies and potatoes (I cooked the other day and subbed sweet potatoes, but a meal without potatoes in this house is unheard of. They're off the menu as soon as we get home though). Lunch has been deli meat slices, nuts, fruit and veggies and breakfast is eggs. I've been throwing in some greek yogurt so I don't eat my parents out of eggs, but I really have a hard time not eating some sort of egg dish in the morning. Today I made an absolutely amazing scramble out of a handful of ingredients I found in the fridge: four eggs, half an onion, flat leaf parsley and grape tomatoes. I sauteed the chopped onion in some olive oil and balsamic vinegar, threw in the tomatoes to heat them up and soften them, poured the egg in and sprinkled the parsley over the whole thing as I scrambled. Amazing!
Dinner tonight is roast beef cooked with rosemary, red wine and some beef broth.

I sat down during the baby's nap today and planned out our meals through the end of January, largely drawing on Sarah's recipes here and Barefoot Contessa (believe it or not, many of her entrees and veggie dishes are totally Paleo). I'm in the market for a pressure cooker to make cooking easier as well as a cast iron skillet and a blender.

Looking forward to getting home!