Thursday, January 14, 2016

Whole 30 Recipes Part 3


Larabars (AAAAAMAZING) Each recipe makes about 3 bars I made 36 bars total...

Chocolate Coconut Macaroon
·       1/3 cup salted cashews
·       1/4 cup Seedless/Pitted whole Dates
·       3 tbsp 100% Cacao Coco
·       1/4 cup shredded coconut

Blueberry Muffin

·       1/4 cup dried unsweetened blueberries
·       1/4 cup Seedless/Pitted whole Dates
·       ½ cup cashews
·       1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
·       1/4 tsp cinnamon

Banana Bread

·       1/4 cup dried unsweetened bananas
·       1/4 cup Seedless/Pitted whole Dates
·       ½ cup cashews
·       1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
·       1/4 tsp cinnamon


Breakfast Muffins

Crust
Cauliflower
½ Cup of Coconut Flour
2 Eggs
Salt
Pepper
Muffins:
Bacon
Spinach
Peppers
Eggs
Salt
Pepper

For Cauliflower Crust:
Process one head of cauliflower in food processor until finely ground.
Mix Cauliflower, ½ cup of coconut flour, two eggs, salt and pepper.  Combine/kneed until dough like texture.  Spray muffin tin with coconut oil spray. Press dough into bottom of muffin tin cups.
Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes until firm, but not thoroughly cooked.

Partially cook bacon.
Wrap one slice of bacon around the sides of each muffin tin
On top of crust, layer shredded spinach, peppers, crack an egg on top
Salt and pepper to taste


Bake at 350 for 15-20 min until cooked



Favorite Breakfast

1 Lb of Compliant Breakfast Sausage
8 Eggs
Spinach
Kale
Peppers

 Brown Sausage. (I cook 4 lbs at a time, and freeze in one pound bags)
Sauté Veggies in bacon grease.  Add cooked sausage.  While cooking beat 8 eggs.  I used my kitchen-aid to get them really full of air.  Pour eggs into pan, and scramble together.

This is by far the family favorite. And, probably the easiest breakfast to make.




Sweet Potato Hash
Sweet Potatoes
Spinach
Onion
Peppers
Avocado Oil
Salt
Pepper
Fried Eggs

Sauté Veggies in oil, Fry Egg and Serve on top




Balsamic Cucumber Tomato Salad

English Cucumber
Tomato
Red Onion
Balsamic vinegar
Sea Salt

Use spiralizer to make cucumber “noodles”.  Dice Tomato and red onion.  Toss with Balsamic Vinegar and salt to taste.



Cilantro Lime Chicken, Shrimp 

1 Lb. Peeled Shrimp
2 Lbs Chicken
 1/4  plus 1/8 t ground cumin
Kosher salt
 2t evoo,
5 garlic cloves crushed
 2 T lime juice
3 to 4 T fresh chopped cilantro

Season shrimp with cumin, salt, pepper to taste, heat non stick skillet over medium, add t of oil and 1/2 of shrimp, cook them until opaque throughout, and then turn, add remaining 1t of oil and shrimp, cook throughout, add first batch of shrimp and garlic, mix well, sauté another 2 min and remove from heat, squeeze lime juice over shrimp, add cilantro, toss well and serve over zucchini noodles.


Garam Masala Chicken

2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut to pieces
1 T garam masala (I got this on amazon, I couldn't find it anywhere else, but check the labels to make sure there isn't any added sugar)
 1/2 t curry powder
1 t cumin
1/2 t ground coriander
2 t salt
1/4 cup olive oil /avocado oil
14 oz crushed tomatoes
2/3 cup coconut cream 2-3 T oil for skillet


In a large Ziploc add everything except cream, toss to coat and let sit for 10 min. Heat oil in skillet, add chicken and cook for a few min. Add Tomatoes and cream and cook for 5-10 min till chicken is done, serve over rice. 

*I thought this was bland.  So I dumped in a bunch more cumin, curry and garam masala.  Which resulted in a delightful spicy Indian flavor. Which my kids said put their mouth on fire.  It took Noah 1 ½ hour to finish it, and there were tears so many tears.  Whoops.. too much cumin!



Balsamic Pot Roast

3-4 lb Roast
 1 Med. Onion Diced,
six cloves garlic minced,
 1/2 cup beef broth,
 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar,
2 T coconut aminos,
pinch red pepper,
sea salt
Pepper

Place roast in crock pot fat side down, add remaining ingredients over top of roast, cover and cook on low for 8 hours, remove from crock pot, blend remaining juices and onion/garlic in an immersion blender to desired consistency, serve with gravy. I served this with garlic mashed potatoes and a side of cucumber and tomatoes.



Slow Cooker Beef Stew

2-3 lbs. beef chuck, cut into pieces

1 lb. carrots, cut into 1" pieces
8-10oz button mushrooms, halved
1 large sweet onion, or 1 lb. pearl onions, peeled
1 T balsamic vinegar
2 t Dijon mustard
2 cups beef broth (I prefer bone broth, or you can use water + 4-6 t Beef Base)
2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary
salt and pepper, to taste
olive or avocado oil
To thicken: 2 T arrowroot powder



Put all but broth into freezer bag.  Freeze Stew.  Add frozen freezer bag to slow cooker with broth.  Cook stew in slow cooker on LOW for 8 h.

Shred beef, use Arrowroot and 2 T of water to thicken.
Cook stew in slow cooker on LOW for 8 h. Serve when you're ready!



Cauliflower Rice (Pictured with Steak and bacon):

1 Head Cauliflower
Ghee

Process/Pulse Cauliflower in food processor until it resembles a rice like texture.
Sauté for 5 minutes in non-stick pan with ghee.



Barbeque Chicken

1 (14.5oz) can no-sugar added fired roasted diced tomatoes \½ cup no-sugar added tomato sauce
½ cup raw apple cider vinegar (we use Bragg’s)
1 cup water
10 medjool dates, pitted
½-¾ tsp red pepper flakes (depending on how spicy you like things)
1 ½ tsp onion powder
1 ½ tsp ground mustard (yellow mustard will work fine too)
3 cloves garlic, roughly diced
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp coconut aminos
Salt & Pepper, to taste
1 lb boneless chicken breasts
1 lb boneless chicken thighs
In a blender, blend the water and pitted dates until smooth (looks a little weird but don’t worry, when you mix the sauce together it looks and smells just like regular BBQ). Combine the date purée in slow cooker with all remaining ingredients except chicken. Stir well. Add chicken breasts and thighs and cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred chicken with a fork just before serving.
* This wasn't our favorite.... I'll be looking for a different BBQ recipe! However, I served it with bacon wrapped green beans and baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon. Delish!

Steak
I seasoned the steak with coconut aminos, garlic, sea salt, and pepper.  My family acted like it was the best steak they'd ever had. I cut it up and served it with fried bacon over cilantro lime cauliflower rice. Yum.

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