mmmm mmmm good!

Chocolate!
Yes that's right, yummy!
Practical Paleo Book has a recipe for chocolate nutfilled candies-
I have done my own twist to them after so many batches but boy oh boy they are so good.

Pictured here is the 3 steps, 

on the left the first dab of chocolate, middle is with the nut mixture added, 

right is with the second dab of chocolate added.

 Once cooled its ready to get peeled and eaten

My adjustments are minor,

 I no longer measure correctly, I just spoon out (with a normal soup spoon) even amounts of the liquids listed. I sprinkle in the cinnamon and omit the salt from the chocolate. I also don't freeze it as stated, I spoon, place nut ball, spoon and refrigerate all at one time. I end up making two batches of chocolate per tray of candies.

As for the nut mixture I do a bigger batch at one time, 2 handfuls or so of almonds and just pour in the honey, I do add the salt to this though. I also roll the mixture into little balls rather than spoon it on as written.

Turkey Broccoli Cheese (& more) balls

Yes we are alive! I know its been a very long time........

Hubby always says why don't you write down what you make?
Did you save the recipe?
That was good, what was in it?

I love to cook, measuring and following recipes just isn't me. I throw a dash here and toss a spoonful there never to know exactly what was in that dish I just finished up.

Well the other night I had an idea in my head that I knew it would be awesome, so I measured instead of dashing and tossing and I wrote everything down as I did it.

The end result: Turkey Broccoli Cheese (& more) balls
egg & grain free can be dairy free if you use pecorino like I did

 Pictured here is L's plate

Please note this makes a large amount, enough for 3 meals or 2 meals with a few grab 'n go meat snacks, or if you're a smaller family it could possibly make 4/5 meals worth.

2.5 lbs ground turkey
1 tsp of each - salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, Italian herb mix
1 cup shredded pecorino cheese (or manchego or parmesan) 
1/2 red onion
1 cup cooked broccoli
1 cup cooked cauliflower

In a large bowl mix together turkey, cheese and seasonings

In food processor chop/grind/rice up onion, broccoli and cauliflower

Add veggies to meat and mix well

Form meat balls about 1 1/2 inches in size

I form out a cookie sheet worth at a time (24 balls), first set went in to cook, second set went in the freezer, it all depends on how many you need and want.

I also made meat snacks, I filled 6 muffin tins with the mixture, could have been another sheet of balls or it can even fit into a loaf pan if you wanted to.

For Meatballs: In covered pan on medium with olive oil brown up one side then flip and brown the other check for doneness.

For Meat Snacks: Grease the tin and bake at 350 for 30 mins, cool, wrap, refrigerate or freeze. If frozen pull one out when headed to bed and defrost in fridge for the next day. If defrosted zap for a few seconds.

Extra Meatballs: I freeze for a few minutes on the cookie sheet then pop into a freezer bag single layer. Just pull out in the morning and defrost in fridge for that nights dinner.

A's plate served with fresh red sauce, zucchini & sourdough

*The recipe itself is great for paleo primal low carb dairy free egg free :)

~Tasty Tuesday~ Sausage Soup

This one is so simple and so versitle,

you can clean out the fridge or pantry and it still taste so good each & every time.

Base-

Package of your favorite Sausage (I use italian or sage or whats on sale)

1/2 onion diced

2 garlic cloves diced

Broth (I use chicken but beef or veggie can work too)

Cooking-

Start by browing up the sausage,onion,garlic in the bottom of your pot

add in broth/cubes & water

Thats the basics of this soup,

from here on out its up to you, below I'm showing you tonights version, I'll also list a few that went very well in our house.

Tonight I added in a can of spinach (fresh or frozen works great too), a can of tomato sause and a small bag of shells

Tried & true versions:

Mushrooms (fresh or canned)

Mushroom & Zuchini

Spinach (fresh, frozen, canned)

Zuchini , tomato, motzarella cheese (tossed in when served)

Bell pepper trio (fresh or frozen)

add rice or pasta to any of theses

Of course this can be made Primal, GF, Low Carb, DF, Egg Free

17-365 & ~Tasty Tuesday~ all in one

Beef & 3 Bean Chili !



So perfect for this freezing snowy day.









Quick and easy I tell you.

Package of Chili seasoning
1 Onion-chopped
a couple Garlic Cloves-chopped
1 small can Tomato Sauce
1 regular can Tomatoes (here I used fire roasted)
1 can RoTel Tomatoes & Chiles

1 package Lean Ground Beef

I cook my own beans- black, kidney, red
I used 5 laddles worth-juice included
or of course canned works too

1 can black
1 can kidney
1 can red or pink

In my crockpot I heat up the beef, onions, garlic, seasoning.

Then just add in all the canned items plus 1 cup water.

Simmer 6 hours.

Serve with Fritos, shredded cheese, sour cream, jalapenos.........




Now to be gluten free just check your seasoning package and select a different one if needed, obviously to be dairy free leave off those select toppings, slightly lowcarb/primal due to the beans you could always eliminate those and of course the Fritos too

3-365 & ~Tasty Tuesday~ all in one

Jalapeno Beef!

Ingredients:
1 small can tomato sauce, 1 large can Jalapeno (whole/halved/sliced whichever) save liquid, remove carrots if there are any, 1 can tomato & chilies, 1 package Thin Sliced Beef (its usually pretty cheap and super thin huge pieces)

Directions:
Slice up beef into thin strips, place in large pan, add in all three cans, simmer for 20-30 mins.

Serve with beans, rice, tortillas, tomatoes, avocado.....

Pictured here is what I served up for myself

tomato & avocado, 3bean trio (pinto,black,kidney) & Jalapeno Beef!

primal / lowcarb / dairy free / gluten free / grain free