Sunday Food Prep

With Adrenal Fatigue, one thing the good ole Doctor recommended in his book was how and what to eat.  This helps with the hypoglycemia that is almost always present along with the fatigued adrenal glands.  All this time I thought I was eating correct.  I have eaten clean for almost the entire time I have had symptoms and started mixing in Paleo a year ago that I do about 85% of the time.  So why did I still suffer such lows in my blood sugar?
Culprit #1 for me was COFFEE!  YIKES, this was a HUGE thing in my life!  Every morning I hit the coffee pot first thing before anything else.  I always had at least 2-3 cups before I eventually ended up eating breakfast about 3 1/2 hours after I had been awake.  This was the biggest mistake I could be making!  First, I should drink a glass of water.  Then I should avoid all coffee period, and third I should eat within 30 min of being awake!
In order to cut coffee, I replaced it with the Ruby Red Chai that I mentioned in my post on Trader Joe's.  I add a dropper of liquid stevia ( I make my own, I'll post that recipe later) and some coconut milk.  This reminds me of my coffee.  The key to eating within the first 30 min is not only to eat, but what combination of foods you eat.  Carb, fat and protein!  That's the key.  This was another challenge for me, because the book kept mentioning carbs as whole grains, and I don't eat wheat or gluten.  So this again posed a challenge for me.
I have a few favorite blogs I follow that I get my recipes from, so I went there and pinterest to find some help.  What I found was a gluten free recipe for sausage balls that I absolutely love.  Also a pancake and waffle recipe using the almond meal I buy at Trader Joe's.  Follow me on http://pinterest.com/liciajoy/
Waffles: http://paleomg.com/chocolate-waffles/

These are our waffles made using the recipe in the link above.
pancakes:http://www.elanaspantry.com/silver-dollar-pancakes/

These are ones the Little Trotter made all buy herself using Elana's recipe.  Pretty good for a 7 year old, don't you think?
Since I can't find the source of the G.F. sausage ball recipe, I'll post it in a separate post.  Please note that I do not claim it as an original recipe of my own. 
There is also a pumpkin granola recipe that I found which is delicious topped with coconut milk and eaten as cereal.  http://paleomg.com/pumpkin-granola/
So in order for me to eat right and keep my blood sugar steady all day, prep ahead of time is a MUST!  Sundays seem to be the best day for me.  So Sunday night for dinner, we have Breakfast for dinner. I enlist the help of the Little Trotter people and together we all make enough breakfast to last us all week.  (or at least that's the hope, as long as daddy doesn't get hungry for a midnight snack and eat it)  Tonight we made, sausage balls, bacon, boiled eggs, waffles,& pancakes.  I buy sausage from the farmers market and make sure that it is pasture raised pork.  That is a protein and a good fat mixed in with the G.F. all purpose flour and almond flour makes for a good combination along with a boiled egg. Last week I had no issues with blood sugars when I ate this combo.
I tried the coffee Saturday just to see, and it definitely does make my blood sugar drop too low too quick, so I guess while I heal, its no coffee for me.