Baked Chicken Breast

Took chicken breasts that I'd cut of into slightly-less-huge pieces.  Tried 2 different marinades:

#1:
Olive Oil
Coconut White Balsamic Vinegar
Lime Juice

#2:
Olive Oil
Dark Espresso Balsamic Vinegar
Salt
Pepper


Baked at 375 for about 40 minutes.  Pretty good.  I think I like the espresso balsamic vinegar better.  I was surprised about how much the coconut flavor came through, though.

Scoot

Roast in a Slow Cooker

The basic template came from Jason Seib's Paleo Coach book.  (The basic template being sear the meat on the stovetop with some spices, then cook in a slow cooker with onions.)

So:
In a small bowl, mix your spices.  I did:
Salt (I went with Kosher)
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Oregano
BBQ of the Americas blend from Penzey's Spice  (Which is a blend of paprika, nutmeg, cayenne, various peppers, cinnamon, thyme, other stuff, etc.)

Mix it all together, rub most of the spice blend into all sides of the meat.

On a stove-top, heat some coconut oil on medium high, sear the meat on all sides for a couple minutes each side.

Slice some onions and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.  Put the roast on top.  Add a 1# bag of baby carrots.  Sprinkle the rest of the seasoning over everything.

Cook on low for 8 hours.

Really good!

Scooter

Super easy lazy rather good work lunch

Keep at work:
Frozen veggies
Cans of salmon
Coconut milk

Defrost frozen veggies with a little bit of water.  5 minutes.  Add can of salmon (drained) and ~ 3 oz of coconut milk.  (Half a small can.)  Heat for an additional 2 minutes.  Add salt/pepper if desired.

Stupid easy, but really quite good.

Scooter

Backpacking Notes

Salmon Curry:  Wonderful, but watch the spice level.

Need to Take: arm sleeves.  Needed alternate layer between short sleeve shirt and heavyweight long sleeve.

Lunch of tuna & sweet potato got boring.  Think about alternate spices.

Took too much food.