On Sunday, my wife and I went to H*E*B (a supermarket chain here in Texas) to buy a specific coffee blend that I enjoy (Houston Blend, btw; it’s AMAZING and has coconut in the grounds!) and to shop for our week’s worth of food. We went in without a plan and decided to shop the sales. It turned out to be a lot of fun and hugely successful!

We found lobster tails on sale for $4.97 each, so we bought four for lunch. I grilled them with an Italian herb mix and butter on our grill and they were delicious beyond description. It’s become our new favorite way to eat lobster tail, and frankly, any other way they are prepared now falls short for us.

Wild-caught salmon was also on sale, so we bought a few filets. One for smoking to be used in omelettes over the course of the week and another for use as dinner to be baked in the oven.

Free-range organic chicken was also available at a good price, so we bought some to be used in an as-yet undecided grilled chicken dish. I suggested doing it as some sort of Mexican-inspired dish, perhaps marinading the chicken in some sort of lime juice and then grilling it and serving it with an avocado relish. We’ll see if that’s how we make it, or if it will be prepared some other way.

The only planned meal this week is chili. I love chili (as my grandmother always recalled) and can eat it for every meal without issue. Sherry has come upon a great recipe of her own that was inspired by some chili recipes she found online that I really enjoy and have decided is the best I’ve had. The fact that it’s 100% Paleo is icing on the cake.

Coming up with a plan can be fun. It doesn’t have to be drudgery. The best part: we’re both looking forward to these impromptu dishes that we will be having this week. They are rather exotic, but we got everything for great prices, so that makes it even better! Paleo doesn’t have to be expensive. You can come up with some great meals on the cheap if you just allow yourself to think outside the box and do some of your planning on-the-go as the deals present themselves!