Copy Cat Lucky's Kale Cole Slaw

Last semester when I wanted a break from Chipotle or Jimmy John's I would go Lucky's deli and get  a giant container of their kale cole slaw. I would then proceed to sit in the parking lot in my car and eat the entire container so I decided to try and make it myself.

I found this recipe on Pinterest. I used it as an outline, although it's not exactly like what they have at Lucky's. I also didn't make any dressing.

Ingredients:

5 or 6 pieces of Turkey Bacon
A bag of kale
8 large brussel sprouts
A couple handfuls of parmesan cheese (I'm paleoish and a little bit of parmesan never hurt anybody)
A couple handfuls of sliced almonds

*I hardly ever use measuring cups when I cook so this is as precise as it gets.

Then I chopped up all the kale. For the brussel sprouts I used a mandolin to get them as thin as possible. However, whatever chops brussel sprouts will also chop your finger so unless you like taking pieces out of your fingers, keep them away from the blade.

The bacon I baked in the oven at 400 for 20 minutes, chopped it up and put it in with the kale.

While I was chopping everything up I put 4 large chicken breasts in the oven at 450 degrees. Before I put it in the oven though I put about a teaspoon of olive oil and grated Rachel Ray's italian seasoning all over it. It's my favorite, but I can only find it in Hyvee in Columbia.

And ta-da dinner!!

When in doubt- eggs

This is probably the most frugal paleo meal I have put together, especially because I got the eggs on sale for $.99 and I got money off my fuel saver.

Although overall I'm terrible at checking circulars, I do check Hyvee's because they have this amazing thing called a fuel saver and sometimes they do this other amazing thing where they mark down items AND buying those items saves you on gas at Hyvee gas station. Trust me kids, this is as good as it gets as an adult.

Anyway, Hyvee had a sale on eggs, so naturally I bought 5 dozen. So for the next week most of my meals will have an egg component.

Tonight's dinner consisted of 5 eggs (about $.46), a sweet potato, and a quarter cup quinoa. I can't tell you how much the sweet potato and quinoa cost because, honestly, I bought the quinoa 6 months ago and I'm just hoping it's one of those things that never goes bad, and the sweet potato I found in the very back of our pantry.

First frugal paleo meal done. Fingers crossed I don't get sick.