Some Tournament food

Made some sweet potato and almond flour "bites".....pretty much the same recipe as the sweet potato waffles, but they were burning in the waffle maker, so I divvied them into the bottoms of muffin tins (maybe 1/4 full) and baked them for a while.  It worked pretty well.

Also, I baked a sweet potato in the microwave, froze it, transported it to AZ, and then peeled and ate it a day later.  Also worked pretty well.

Crockpot Curry - Way Better than the other one

Got ideas for this from: Paleo Pot blog and a local restaurant called My Thai that uses a lot of bamboo shoots in their curries.

So:
Bought some green curry paste of a brand called Mae Ploy.  (Awesome ingredient list.)

In the crockpot, put in two cans of coconut milk, and about 3 T of the curry paste.  Whisk it all together so the curry paste is mixed in.

Add:
A can of bamboo shoots
2 onions, chopped
2 bell peppers, chopped
2 medium zucchini, chopped
The meat off a rotisserie chicken
A couple cups of water.

Cook on low for 5-6 hours.

Delicious!

Scooter

Update 2/27/12:  I did another version with fresh onions, chopped and peeled sweet potatoes, and a bag of frozen generic "stir-fry" vegetables.  Let it go all day on low, then added about 3 cans of salmon.  Took it to a potluck expecting to take home plenty of leftovers, left with nothing.  V. good.

Pizza flavours in a Pizza shape

So why not call it Pizza?  See mini-rant at the end of the post.  And why the British English spelling?  I felt like it.

Got this idea off Melissa Joulwan's blog, then book.

Took 1 lb ground beef, added various spices that I neither measured nor paid attention to, but likely contained:
garlic powder
salt
pepper
Random Italian blend
Basil
Marjoram

Divided it between two pie tins - baked 15 minutes at 400 F.  I let these cool, then actually froze them for later.

Sauce (basically from CFSCC Presents: Eat this):
Can of tomato sauce
A splash of apple cider vinegar
garlic powder
basil
Italian spices

So, the assembly:
Defrosted the meat disc.  Pulled a package of random stir-fry vegetables out of the freezer.
Used the toaster oven at work to re-heat everything:
Spread sauce on meat disc, Pile veggie son top, toaster oven it at 400 F for 15 minutes.

Review:  Tastes great.  Fun.  But, ultimately you could just mix all the same flavors together as a stir-fry.  And I also wanted more veggies in my meat-to-veggies ratio - there becomes a point where you really can't pile anymore onto the meat disc.

Scooter

And, a Turmeric Tea Recipe

So, I got this idea off of Marks Daily Apple.  And now my co-workers think I'm even more weird than they already thought I was.

I didn't have (or particularly ever have almond milk) on hand.  Drinking straight coconut milk might be a little too rich for me.

So, after some experimentation, here's what I have been doing:

At the beginning of the work week, open a small can of coconut milk (those 6 oz. cans).

I put about 1/4 to 1/5 of the coconut milk into a mug.  Cover what is left in the can with some aluminum foil, put into the fridge to save for the next couple days.

Put the mug into the microwave for 30 seconds.  Add some amount of dried turmeric, dried roasted ginger, roasted saigon cinnamon, and few twists of black pepper.  Thought I don't measure these, we'll pretend the first three are about 1/2 teaspoon.  (I'm going to start adding cardamom to these as well.)

Fill mug with hot water.  Add plain black tea bag.  Enjoy.

And then enjoy again every day in the week!  A small can will cover 4-5 days.

Scooter

BBQ Sauce

I defrosted some pre-cooked pulled pork, and needed some BBQ to slather onto it.  This is based on a bunch of different recipes:

Combine in a saucepan:

1 Can tomato sauce

1 6oz. can tomato paste

However much you want of:

garlic powder

onion powder

salt

pepper

apple cider vinegar

coconut aminos

mustard

Stir it all together, let it simmer on low for 20 or so minutes, and I'm going to let it marinate overnight.

Scooter