Mushroom Gravy Slow Cooked Rump Roast

This is a recipe I made out of OMG that's Paleo cookbook!  It was super easy and delish!  Here ya go!

 Ingredients

• 1-2 lbs beef rump roast
• 3-4 cups organic low sodium chicken broth
• 1-2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 5-6 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 container of mushrooms, sliced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ½ cup full fat coconut milk, canned
  
   
   
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  Instructions
• Pull out that handy crock pot of yours!
• Add in your broth, coconut milk, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and spice to your crock pot and mix together.
• Make a little room in your crockpot around the mushroom mix and plop that cute little rump roast in the pot.
• Turn on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-6 hours.
• Then you eat it!! Holy crap, THAT WAS EASY!
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  Side Dish:  Sauteed Green Beans
  
  
  Throw some coconut oil in a pan, add some minced garlic and saute for a minute
  Add fresh Green Beans and saute for a minute, cover on low for 10 minutes
  Add some slivered almonds and squeeze fresh lemon over beans..YUM!
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  

Mahi Mahi and Olives

Here is a recipe I made tonight!  This is from fastpaleo.com.  It was pretty quick and easy!  I got my mahi on sale as well!
Ingredients

• 2 Mahi Mahi filets
• 3/4 cup of black olives, pitted
• 3/4 cup of green olives, pitted
• 1 green pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 shallots, chopped (I could not find any so I skipped this)
• 2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 fresh thyme spring, chopped
• freshly ground black pepper
•  1 1/2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock (I used chicken)          

Western Omelette to go!

This was a easy dish I made last week.......this also is from the Primal Cravings cook book!

 Ingredients:

6 slices of deli ham
6 eggs
2 tbsp bell pepper chopped
2 tbsp yellow onion chopped
Salt to taste
*I added mushrooms...you can add any meat/veggie*

 Preheat oven to 350
Line a muffin tin with ham slices (I sprayed non stick on mine first)
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, peppers, veggies, all of it, plus the salt
Pour egg mixture into ham lined muffin tin cups
Bake until eggs are set, about 15-18 minutes
Enjoy!

Italian Fajitas and Bruschetta Salsa

This is a recipe I got out of Primal Cravings (great cookbook by the way).  We had this on Monday night and it was good!

Ingredients:

Butter for pan
1 lb skirt steak ( Next time I will use lean top sirloin already sliced @ Publix)
3 garlic cloves
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
2 bell peppers sliced into strips
1 yellow onion sliced into strips
salt and pepper to taste

In a large skillet, heat tbsp of butter over high heat.  Season steak strips with salt, pepper, and Italian Seasoning.  Add steak to skillet and saute until browned, about 5 minutes each side.   Once cooked, remove steak from skillet and set aside.

Reduce the heat to medium, add garlic, bell peppers, and onion.  Cover with lid and cook for another 5-8 minutes, stirring often until veggies are soft.

For the Bruschetta Salsa:

1 pound tomatoes diced
1/2 onion diced
Handful of Basil leaves, chopped (I used Oregano since I was out of Basil)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt to taste 


Meanwhile, in a large bowl, add the salsa ingredients together  and stir to combine.

Throw the steak back into the skillet with the peppers just to heat it back up a bit.

Top fajita's with bruschetta and enjoy!  I ate one of mine with a soft tortilla and one without!

Cinnamon Bacon Backyard Sweet Potatoes

I got this recipe out of my new cook book OMG that's Paleo?????  This was a great side dish and easy to prep and cook!

 Ingredients

• 2 long skinny sweet potatoes or yams (to keep the slices the same size), thinly sliced (about ⅛-1/4 inch)
• 4 pieces of US Wellness Meats Nitrate Free Bacon, diced
• ½-1 teaspoon cinnamon
• sprinkle of salt
• 2 large pieces of aluminum foil

Instructions

1. Turn on your grill.
2. Lie out a large piece of aluminum.
3. Sprinkle a couple pieces of bacon on the foil. This will help the sweet potatoes from sticking.
4. Place sweet potatoes on top and spread out evenly. It’s fine if they overlap, it doesn’t have to be perfect. They will all cook.
5. Sprinkle with cinnamon, salt, and add the rest of your bacon on top.
6. Slightly curl up the sides of the foil, place a smaller piece of foil on top, then lock in all the sides around the foil. Like a little package. Or packet. Whatever
7. Place on top rack of grill and let cook for about 25-30 minutes or until they are cooked completely through and soft. If you place it on the main part of the grill (I don’t know grill terms) they will cook quicker, but will more likely burn a bit.    
   
                                                     

Crock Pot Pork Loin

This was a great quick and easy recipe I found on thepaleoplunge.blogspot.com.  This was really good!

Ingredients:

3 pounds of pork loin 

2 tablespoons of salt

1 tablespoon of pepper

2 tablespoons of dried rosemary

2 tablespoons of dried tarragon

2 medium lemons

2 tablespoons of olive oil

 

 

Directions:

In a large pan, heat olive oil under medium-high heat.  When oil is hot, brown pork loin on each side (approximately 3 min per side).  Remove and place on plate too cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a small bowl, mix pepper and salt.  Then rub the hell out of the pork loin.  In a small bowl, mix dried rosemary and dried tarragon in small bowl.   Rub the hell out of the pork loin, again.  Place loin in crock pot.

Using one of the lemons, squeeze the juice of the lemon over the loin.  With remaining lemon, cut into thin slices and place on top of the loin.   Cook on low for 3-4 hours.

 

ENJOY!

 

 

 

Chipotle Chicken Chili & Paleo Taco Soup

So I went recipe hunting this past week and I found a few recipes.....I found two that actually included similar ingredients which makes things easy!  Both were found on fastpaleo.com.

This first recipe happens to be from fastpaleo.com.  This soup is very similar to the chicken tortilla-less soup that I have made from the Paleo Comfort Foods cookbook  http://paleocomfortfoods.com/recipes/its-almost-summer-that-means-soup-right  This recipe calls for chipotle seasonings so that makes it a tad different.

Here is the recipe:

1 c chicken stock (I usually boil my chicken and any leftover bones I happen to have in my freezer

      to make my chicken stock, then add some sea salt to it.

 

 

2 onions, chopped

2 lbs cooked chicken, shredded

2 jalapenos, chopped

1 lb fresh tomatoes, chopped

4 cloves garlic, chopped

2 T apple cider vinegar

2 T coconut aminos

1 T chipotle powder

1 t cumin

1 t oregano

1 t paprika

1 t salt

1 t black pepper

1/2 - 1 t cayenne pepper

 

 

Place all ingredients is a large stock pot or slow cooker.

Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 3-4 hours. This can most certainly be made ahead of time and re-heated!

If using a slow cooker, cook on LOW for 8-10 hours.

Taste it and if you need more spices, add some more!

 

 

 

Garnish with chopped green onions and avocado.

 

 

The next recipe was also from fastpaleo.com.  This was a Crock Pot Taco Soup and honestly I preferred the other Taco Soup recipe that I make normally http://fastpaleo.com/recipe/paleo-tacosoup/  just add Kale and chopped carrots to that recipe...but anyhow here is the recipe for Crock Pot Taco Soup. 

 

 

1 quart high quality bone broth -I used chicken broth I made and it was so so, needed a ton of salt

1 lb grass-fed ground beef

1 onion, small diced

small dab tallow or coconut oil

14 oz chopped tomatoes

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 jalapeño, minced (optional)

2 carrots, small dice

2 celery stalks, small dice

2 cups kale or spinach, chopped small (frozen okay--I used Kale)

1 can drained black olives (optional)

      any additional vegetables chopped small

1 T chili powder

2 t cumin

1 t sea salt

1 t black pepper

1/2 t paprika

1/2 t onion powder

1/2 t garlic powder

1/2 t oregano

1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes

Toppings: cilantro, green onions, avocado

 

Mix all the seasonings together (chili powder through crushed red pepper flakes on the list of ingredients).

 

Step 2

Place all ingredients into Crock Pot EXCEPT ground beef, onion and 2 Tablespoons of the seasoning.

Step 3

Sauté chopped onion in a dab of tallow or coconut oil for a few minutes. Add ground beef and sprinkle 2 Tablespoons of the seasoning over the meat.

Step 4

Mix onion, meat and seasoning over medium heat until the meat is cooked through.

Step 5

Drain meat if it is really fatty, and dump the mixture into the Crock Pot.

Step 6

Crock Pot on high for 4 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours.

Step 7

Before serving, taste the soup and adjust the seasonings. Depending on the broth you are using, sometimes some extra salt is needed to make it sparkle!

Step 8

Serve with the toppings of your choice.