I'm back! Over the past few weeks, I have had lots of people interested in this whole paleo business but needing more guidance as to WHAT exactly to make. Going paleo can be very intimidating especially when you have family that either doesn't understand or isn't interested in participating. When Brian was asked if he was going paleo with me, he said, "heck no!". But here's the kicker. As the mom/wife of the house...guess what? I make the food! So he is a "paleoan" (just made that up) by proxy. So although I am all aboard this paleo train, I also have to make food that he will actually eat and enjoy. I love cooking so I take great pleasure in "making stuff up". So here are a few recipes that I made up and a couple ones that I found and like.
This first one is one that I made during my "pre-paleo" life. This one has made it's way around pinterest and into my recipe repertoire. One name of this is "man pleasing chicken" (which it is, don't get me wrong). But we will be simpler for our purposes.
Maple Dijon Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken tenderloins
- 1/2 c dijon mustard
- 1/4 c real maple syrup
- dried rosemary
- salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Mix syrup and mustard
Place tenderloins in a baking dish
Pour syrup/mustard over chicken and coat thoroughly
Lightly salt and pepper
Season the top with rosemary
Bake for 40 mins
This next one was shared with me by my sis-in-law, Liz and is super delicious. This is something great to make and take to work. I ate on this all week long. So great! You can put it in salads, tacos, or eat it by itself.
Paleo Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 2 tbslp paprika
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1/2 tablespoon black pepper
- 1/4 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 pounds bone-in pork shoulder
- 1/4 cup water
In a small mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the spice rub and mix well
Massage the spice rub all over the meat. Wrap tightly in a double layer of plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 48 hours.
Unwrap the meat and place it in a slow cooker. Add the water and turn the slow cooker on low. Cook 8-10 hrs until tender.
After it's done, pull apart with a fork.
Paleo Chicken Tacos
This one I made tonight and basically just looked in the cabinet and threw some stuff together and it came out great! I was going to use the taco seasoning that I already had in the kitchen but look at the ingredients on that stuff! Yikes! So I made a paleo version. Here ya go!
Ingredients
- 1 lb of chicken (I actually used 2 cans of canned chicken---not the healthiest, sorry I was feeling lazy)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- a sprinkling of cayenne pepper (very easy to over do it)
- 1 green bell pepper
- 2 med onions
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
Put everything in a skillet
Cook it!
Eat it!
For the family, I warmed up some tortillas. For you, use some lettuce as your taco wraps!
Enjoy!
Jen
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