More ways to use chile garlic paste

For lunch I've been combining a bowl:
Some sort of already made meat and veggie saute.
A couple tablespoons coconut milk
A tablespoon or so of chile garlic paste
Some more water if necessary.

And heating it up in the microwave.  Not too shabby.

Scooter

Chile Garlic Paste

Pretty much from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.

Combine 1 cup of dried chiles and about 1/2 cup of hot water.  Let sit for a while to rehydrate.
Chiles I used: Ancho, pasilla, and morita.

Put in a food processor, add some salt, couple heads of garlic, and distilled white vinegar.  Puree.  Should keep for 1-2 months in the fridge.

Plan to use it on top of eggs, sautes, bland-ish meat, pretty much whatever.

Scooter

Slaw Salmon Saute

Got this idea from http://www.katrina-runs.com/whole-30-day-20-pass-the-cheese

I was going to follow it almost to the letter, but was too lazy to go get the ingredients I didn't have.  

So:

Saute an onion in some whatever oil.

After a bit, add garlic, half a bag of broccoli slaw, and a small can of green chiles.  (Chop the green chiles).

When that is wilted, add some greens (bok choy this time) and a can of salmon.

Heat through.

Easy and good!

Scoot

Crockpot Ham Roast

1 can crushed pineapple

1 ham roast

1/2 cup water

1 Crockpot

8 hours on low.

Well, that was stupid easy and good.

Scooter

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