Smoky Crockpot Chicken Soup

This recipe is based off of The Freckled Foodie

Into a crockpot, put:
~ 3 lbs. chicken thighs (I shredded them after they were done cooking - they fall apart)
2 small onions, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 small sweet potatoes, chopped
spoonful of garlic paste
1 T dried basil
2 T tomato paste
2 T South African Smoke Seasoning from Trader Joe's.  (It's Paprika, basil, salt, and garlic.  And it's amazing.)
28 oz. can diced tomatoes (fire roasted)
Can of coconut milk

Cook for 8 hours.

It's delicious, but I didn't do well with the veggies/meat ratio.  I'll add more veggies to the leftovers.

Scooter

Sweet Potato Flatbreads

This recipe is from 21 Day Sugar Detox Cookbook by Diane Sanfilippo.

Mix together:
2 medium sweet potatoes
4 eggs
2 T gelatin (the kind that gels)
1/4 cup coconut oil
shake of salt
enough coconut flour to make it seem the right sticky-dough consistency

Divide into 16 little patties on parchment-lined sheets, cook at 400 F for 20 minutes, flipping them a little over half way through.

Really good with honey, which I'm pretty sure is not allowed if you're actually doing the sugar detox.

Scooter

Paleo Meatballs with Chia seeds

This recipe came from: Bare Root Girl

I'll give the measurements she gave, but I always just wing it:

1 lb. beef (I used bison)
2 T tomato paste
2 cloves garlic (I used dried.  Horrors, I know.)
2 t italian herbs.  (I used more like 2 T, on accident)
1 t sea salt
1 t ground pepper
2 T chia seeds

Combine all ingredients and mush together.  Let rest for a few minutes so the chia seeds can start to absorb moisture.

(The recipe cooked the meatballs on a skillet, but I did it in the oven.)

Form into meatballs, put on a cookie sheet covered with foil.  Bake at 400 F for 25 ish minutes.

They're really good!
Scoot

Sweet Potato Sausage Hash

I asked my sister how she made this after having it several times, courtesy of her.  Every time: "It's super easy, you do blah, blah, blah, and by the way, it's in that cookbook we both have."

Cookbook: Paleo Slow Cooking by Chrissy Gower

I think I overlooked it every time b/c the fist word in the title was jalapeno.

My method:

Thinly slice about 3 sweet potatoes, chop up several bell peppers and 1 onion.  Slice up 8 links of pre-cooked sausage from Costco - some kind of turkey Italian something or other.

Layer everything into the crockpot, add a dash of smashed garlic, cook on low overnight.

Breakfast for days!  And lunch.

Scoot

Quick curry-ish dinner

In a large skillet on the stove-top:

Saute a chopped onion in coconut oil.  Add a big dollop of chopped or crushed garlic (TJ's jarred works great), and some curry paste (Love the Mae Ploy brand).

After 5 mins, add ground beef, cook until browned.

Add half a bag of chopped frozen peppers (also from TJ's).  Or like two chopped fresh peppers

After two minutes, add half a bunch of kale, cook until starting to wilt.

Add a can of coconut milk, cook until heated through.

Enjoy!
Scooter

Tandoori Chicken

I wanted to make the Easy Tandoori Chicken from Nom Nom Paleo.  I didn't have Penzeys tandoori seasoning, but I looked up the ingredients online, and guessed at what to put in.

So:
A couple lbs. of chicken thighs (boneless, skinless), sprinkle some salt and pepper on them.

In a bowl:

1 can coconut milk
lemon juice from one small lemon

Unmeasured amounts of:
garlic powder
paprika
turmeric
cumin
coriander
cardamom
cinnamon
ginger


Pour over the chicken and let marinate for up to a day.

Bake in the oven, on a racked pan, at 375 for 45 ish minutes.  The instructions said to flip them half way through, but I neglected that part.

Scoot

Chili - Smoky and Deep

I wanted to make a deeper, spicier, and smokier chili than I normally make.

I had several different kinds of dried chiles - Guajillo, ancho, new mexico, morita, unknown small red ones.

I dry toasted these on medium high heat.  After they cooled a bit, I added some water and let them soak for 30+ minutes. 

Brew a cup of the smoky caravan tea, with a few things of cardamom in the tea strainer as well.

I seared some round steak on one side, cubed it, and put it into the crockpot.

I browned up some mild pork sausage with a poblano pepper, and put it in the crockpot.

In the same pan, I sauteed up some onions with turkish cumin, smoked paprika, smoked pepper, and some "southwest" seasoning.  Put those in the crockpot.

Cut up some butternut squash, put that in the crockpot.

Cut up a green bell pepper, a red bell pepper, and an anaheim pepper.

Cut up some jarred fire-roasted red peppers.

Put the soaking chiles into the food processor, added a few chipotles in adobo sauce, and whirred until pasty and smooth.  Put this all over the stuff in the crockpot.

Add the tea to the crockpot, a few shakes of fish sauce, some garlic powder, a little bit of coconut aminos, and a can of fire-roasted tomatoes.

Put on low to cook overnight.  In the morning, I may add:

zucchini

chocolate

whiskey

We'll see if this is any good!

Scoot