Poultry
Chicken with Garlic Cloves ( a recipe review)
For years now I’ve seen a recipe for “Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic” popping up. I’ve run across it in cooking magazines, cookbooks and food blogs. I googled it and there are 3,320,000 sites with this recipe or a mention of it. Could it really be so special that everybody in the world is making it? Would it taste so amazing that it would be worth the effort of peeling all that garlic? There are only two of us ( and I absolutely hate to peel garlic), so I cut the garlic down to 20 cloves instead of the usual number...
read moreGreen Chicken Salad
I usually cook enough at dinner to have left overs to take to work the next day. Last night we made our paleo pizza and, ummm…there were no left overs. Good thing I am on vacation this week and can cook up a quick and delicious lunch. This was so good that I’ll be making it more often. Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 1/2 of an avocado 2 spring onions, chopped 1-2 Tablespoons of mayo or full fat plain Greek yogurt salt and pepper to taste What to do Brown and cook your chicken breasts. Chop your spring onions. Shred your cooked...
read moreChocolate Chili Chicken with Lime Butter
I wasn’t sure what to call this recipe. It was SO, SO good, that I wanted to call it “Damn Fine Chicken”, but Nom Nom Paleo already has a recipe called that. I know this sounds like a strange combination of spices to some of you, but you just have to trust me that the results are out of this world delicious. We have added cocoa powder to savory dishes like chili before, and I like the subtle flavor it adds. However, I usually don’t like savory dishes that have cinnamon in them. I love cinnamon, but I like it in my...
read moreChicken Souvlaki
We’ve been making chicken this way for years, even before we were eating paleo. In the summer, we usually throw it on the BBQ, but the oven works just fine. It’s a quick and easy dinner that goes together in a matter of minutes. You can also change it to include whatever you want on the skewers with your chicken (eggplant, mushrooms, onions, sweet potato, red pepper, green pepper, zucchini etc…). Ingredients 4 chicken breasts One red onion One red bell pepper Two cloves of garlic minced 1/3 cup olive oil 1/6 cup red wine...
read moreChicken Cacciatore
I am so lucky to have such an awesome husband. He has always been very supportive of my lifestyle choices and the many, many diets I’ve tried over the years. Although he has never embarked on any of the crazy eating plans/diets I’ve been on, he has always been willing to make meals that would follow whatever I was or wasn’t eating. Until, of course, paleo came along and changed our lives forever. I started out on my own, but he joined me not too long after that (smart guy…waited until I was doing something sensible to...
read moreToasted Coconut Chicken Fingers
These tender and delicious little chicken fingers are quick and easy to make. We made these last summer as an ‘introduction to chicken’ for my daughter who has been a life-long vegetarian. She ate them up and then requested that we make them again while she’s home for the holidays. If you’re looking for a new way to make chicken, give this a try. You won’t be disappointed. Ingredients 4 chicken breasts cut into strips 2 tbsp Coconut flour 1 – 1 1/2 cups small coconut flakes 2 eggs 1 tsp garlic powder salt...
read morePaleo Turkey Wellington
For years now, we have been making pretty much the same meals every Christmas Eve and Christmas. We usually end up having Raclette (melted cheese over potatoes) with table grilled meats or cheese Fondue on Christmas Eve and then on Christmas we have turkey or ham with gratin potatoes, cooked carrots and green beans. This year we decided to try something new since we don’t really eat cheese or potatoes anymore. We recently watched a Jamie Oliver cooking show where he wrapped a turkey breast in some ready made puff pastry dough and we...
read moreChicken Pot Pie (aka Comfort Food)
My daughter was home this weekend and she asked for chicken pot pie. She has always loved chicken pot pie despite the fact that she has been a vegetarian for most of her life. She used to just pick the chicken out so it was really the creamy sauce and the crust that she loved. How could I make a paleo chicken pot pie that would still have a creamy sauce and a tasty crust? The Crust The crust was easy. I followed this recipe at Elana’s Pantry. Elana uses Honeyville almond flour because it’s exceptionally fine ground and works well...
read moreOrange Cashew Chicken
Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different diets and dutifully collected cookbooks to go with each of them. Some of those old cookbooks still have great recipes that actually fit into a paleo framework. Others need a bit of a makeover. We used to make an orange chicken and broccoli recipe from The Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook that I loved. You can see the original version here. Yup, time for a makeover. Ingredients juice of 3 oranges, reduced zest from one orange (zest one of your oranges before you juice it) 2 Tbsp...
read moreI’m a Recipe Thief
I confess. I’m a recipe thief. I just love food, especially other peoples food. I spend far too much of my time at work free time gawking at food. I get loads of ideas for what to cook from the Internet, from magazines, from eating out and from unsuspecting friends. The other night I made a whole dinner based on food I’d seen my friends make. My attempts at recreating their masterpieces are my own versions because I’m never clever enough to get the actual recipe. And besides, we usually fly by the seat of our pants in...
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