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
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
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
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
Thursday, April 4, 2013
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
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
Monday, April 1, 2013
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.
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.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Crockpot Frittata
Got the method from Paleo Slow Cooking by Chrissy Gower
Line a crockpot with parchment paper. (Cut the corners so you can fold it in, don't cut them so deep that when filled with about an inch of stuff, the stuff would leak over a cut, don't have edges hanging over the top. It's easy.)
Put in:
A layer of purple sweet potatoes (happened to already be cubed and cooked)
A layer of bok choy greens
10 eggs, whisked.
Cook on low. The book said about 2 hours, check at 1.5 hour to see how it's cooking. My crockpot took closer to 2.5 hours. Really good. The parchment paper method worked really well, minimal mess to clean up. (Always a bonus).
Scooter
Line a crockpot with parchment paper. (Cut the corners so you can fold it in, don't cut them so deep that when filled with about an inch of stuff, the stuff would leak over a cut, don't have edges hanging over the top. It's easy.)
Put in:
A layer of purple sweet potatoes (happened to already be cubed and cooked)
A layer of bok choy greens
10 eggs, whisked.
Cook on low. The book said about 2 hours, check at 1.5 hour to see how it's cooking. My crockpot took closer to 2.5 hours. Really good. The parchment paper method worked really well, minimal mess to clean up. (Always a bonus).
Scooter
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
More Jerky Recipes
Currently marinating, will update with reviews.
#1:
Tamari Sauce
Honey
Mustard
Salt
Pepper
#2
Salsa
#3
Whiskey
Tamari Sauce
Garlic Powder
Scooter
Update 3/22/2013:
Reviews:
#1: Good.
#2: Really, really good.
#3: Also incredibly good.
The problem is making enough to last until the trip it's intended for.
#1:
Tamari Sauce
Honey
Mustard
Salt
Pepper
#2
Salsa
#3
Whiskey
Tamari Sauce
Garlic Powder
Scooter
Update 3/22/2013:
Reviews:
#1: Good.
#2: Really, really good.
#3: Also incredibly good.
The problem is making enough to last until the trip it's intended for.
Monday, March 18, 2013
More backpacking.
The basic idea came from:
http://heatherlovesapples.com/trail-food/dinner/
I dehyrdated these two things separately:
I had made essentially this soup from PaleoPot in the crockpot.
Can of Salmon
Purchased some dried coconut cream powder from a local asian market. Similar to this. It came a little two-serving bag.
As a test-rehydrate, combined everything in a freezer zip-lock bag, added hot water, let sit 10 minutes. It's good, but it needs more spices. Maybe I'll try dehydrating some curry paste, too.
Scooter
http://heatherlovesapples.com/trail-food/dinner/
I dehyrdated these two things separately:
I had made essentially this soup from PaleoPot in the crockpot.
Can of Salmon
Purchased some dried coconut cream powder from a local asian market. Similar to this. It came a little two-serving bag.
As a test-rehydrate, combined everything in a freezer zip-lock bag, added hot water, let sit 10 minutes. It's good, but it needs more spices. Maybe I'll try dehydrating some curry paste, too.
Scooter
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