Tropical Green Smoothie

Lately one of my favorite green smoothies I make in the awesome Vitamix!

Banana, frozen pineapple, spinach, kale, chard, coconut milk and water. Yum! :D

Spinach Mushroom Crustless Quiche and Pear salad with caramelized onions

Spinach mushroom crustless quiche - or frittata really since I cooked it in the iron skillet.

Pear salad with walnuts, raisins, caramelized onions on baby spinach and romaine lettuce with balsamic vinegar dressing.

Salmon, Asparagus and Yams

Iron skillet cooked salmon with fried salmon skin, sautéed asparagus in butter, with roasted yams in coconut oil. Nom nom! :D

Garlic Oregano Chicken salad

Garlic oregano chicken salad for lunch! Yum!!

Iron skillet cooked chicken with dried oregano, garlic powder, pepper and salt. On top of baby spinach, cucumber, mushroom, carrot, red bell pepper, tomato, olive oil and fresh squeezed lime juice.

Over medium eggs with spice sprinkle

It's breakfast time! And I've found a new favorite way to eat my usual breakfast - over medium eggs with spice sprinkle on top. The sprinkle is pepper, Celtic sea salt, Bragg organic sprinkle, garlic powder and cayenne powder :) super yum!

french onion soup & brussel sprouts

french onion soup

• beef shank
• 4 cups of water
• 1 - 2 yellow onions 
• onion powder
• black pepper
• salt
• 1/4 - 1/2 stick butter or ghee
• (i threw in carrots for a little extra something but you dont need, you can also sautee onions in butter/ghee first if you want - i didnt i just threw it all in the crock pot)
• place everything in crock pot on low for 8 hours

brussel sprouts

• cut ends off and chop up into halves or thirds
• sautee in ghee or butter on medium
• add a little salt

awesomeness! :)

pork & okra

i love my crock pot!! makes meat taste sooooooo good!!!!

this is slow-cooked pork from SonRise Ranch and one of my favorites, okra!! :)

the okra is lightly sauteed in a pan

as you can see above, my hubby organized his okra all neatly on his plate to eat :P haha hes so cute ;)

ribs and radish salad

SonRise Ranch pork ribs cooked in the crock pot on low for 8 hours

radish salad with celery and red bell pepper

home-made spicey dressing and mustard dressing

breakfast!

scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, greens, avocado and cucumber!

new york strip & bone marrow with korean style salad

very yummy meal~

grass-fed beef new york strip grilled rare - 3 minutes on each side

bone marrow cooked in a skillet - 6 minutes each side

korean style salad:

• greens
• green onion
• garlic
• red radish
• sesame oil
• soy sauce
• ground red pepper
• sesame seeds

coconut soup & indian style ground beef

coconut soup was good but i think i need to do some adjustments :)

indian style ground beef was very yummy and i plan on using the recipe with some veggies next time!

heres the ground beef:

• 1 tablespoon coriander & 1/2 tablespoon of anise smashed up with a mortar and pestle
• dry toast coriander and anise and chopped up 1/4 onion in a skillet for a few minutes on medium
• add grass-fed ground beef turn down to medium low and mash up and stir around the beef
• add fresh basil leaves and let simmer for 5 minutes
• add tablespoon of ground tumeric and stir in
• add more fresh basil leaves
• simmer for 5 minutes on low

serve and enjoy!!

tandoori chicken with radishes and carrot

this was a fun meal! i love the way the whole radish looks on the plate! not only that raw radish is yummy! the tandoori chicken was yummy too! i love indian food! im definitely going to learn to make more indian dishes ;) yes, i know, i like to combine foods that arent typically combined but its my way of eating ;)

tandoori chicken:

• large chicken breast sliced up into tenders or use chicken legs and thighs
• mix tandoori spice (i got mine at whole foods - its an organic spice mix), chili powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, ginger powder, salt, olive oil, and a tiny bit of water and combine with chicken in a bag to marinate
• marinate for an hour or overnight
• preheat oven for 350
• cook in oven with onion slices for 10 - 25 minutes depending on how thick the chicken pieces are

raw radishes and raw carrot to accompany chicken

garnish with lemon and raw onions

enjoy!! yummy!!

asian burger salad

asian burger salad!

home-made on the weekend asian burgers:

• ground grass-fed beef
• egg
• ginger
• garlic
• onion

on top of greens
sprouts
jalepeno
mushrooms
avocado
bacon
squeezed lime

no-oat oatmeal ... its no-atmeal!

this is a variation of the No-Oat Oatmeal by Doug Descant from the Primal Blueprint reader created cookbook ...

since my husband expressed he would like to try this for breakfast, i wanted something ready-to-go so he or i didnt have to prepare this in the morning before work. so i came up with something that could be blended and saved in jar to be scooped out during the week! its my version of the no-atmeal! plus, i finally got a good recipe down and finally wrote it down! horray for me!! haha

here it is! ... and yes, it looks and tastes like oatmeal ;)

this recipe has at least 5-10 servings depending on how much you eat per sitting - keeps me and my husband good monday-friday :)

In a Blender:

• 4 bananas
• 1 cup of unsweetened coconut milk (or almond milk)

blend - making sure not to blend too much, keeping it a bit lumpy ... after several blends it gets too blended so you dont wanna over blend in the beginning

now add:

• 1-2 heaping tablespoons of almond butter
• 2 medjool dates
• 8 tablespoons of coconut flakes

mix and chop a bit ... next add:

• handful of macadamia nuts
• handful of pecans
• handful of walnuts
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger

chop and process a bit - dont over process as you want the nuts to be in small chunks to create the "lumpiness"... use a spoon to mix any stuff that sticks to the sides

• add a handful of raisins

chop and process a bit  - its nice for the raisins to be in chunks so you dont need to chop that much if you dont want

pour into a jar to put in the frig to eat throughout the week! we got our jar from IKEA :)

enjoy!!

smoked ham with squash, zucchini and tomatoes

ham:

• place in crockpot with about an 1-2 inches of water for 5 hours

veggies:

• heat olive oil, bacon fat, garlic and italian spices (add crushed red pepper for spice) in pan for a few minutes
• add 3 tomatoes and stir around for a few minutes
• add chopped squash and zucchini
• cover for 5-10 minutes

one note: the ham was a bit dry which i think was because of the added water in the crockpot and may have been in there longer than it needed. next time, i will probably leave out the water and just put the ham in the crock pot by itself.

rare flat iron steak with bok choy

steak:

• rub grass-fed flat iron beef steak with garlic powder and pepper and squeeze whole lime over and let marinate for 20 minutes - 1 hour
• grill steak 4-6 minutes on each side for rare steak

bok choy:

• stir fry fresh chopped ginger, dried red pepper and oil in pan for a few minutes
• add bok choy
• optional: add soy sauce
• optional: add white wine
• cover and simmer for 5 minutes

serve and enjoy! yummy!!

look at that awesome rare steak!!

egg & avocado salad

busy day calls for a quick salad!

• eggs - cooked on low in a pan with bacon fat
• avocado
• onions
• jalepeno
• serrano pepper
• spinach
• romaine lettuce
• arugula
• pepper
• salt
• squeezed lime

meatloaf with baby broccoli and raw red bell pepper

the meatloaf recipe is based on the Everyday Paleo recipe for meatloaf

preheat oven for 350

mix 2 lbs of ground grass-fed beef with:

• 2 eggs
• garlic
• onion
• ground almonds
• ground macadamia nuts
• 3 tomatoes
• basil
• majoram
• pepper
• salt

oil up pan and put ground beef mixture into pan and form into a rectangular lump like a "loaf"

cook in oven for an hour

cook baby broccoli with ghee in pan on medium for 5-10 minutes stirring frequently and keeping covered

chop up red bell pepper

place all on a plate and serve!

also,  a great way to use left-over meatloaf - make a meatloaf salad!

yummy!!

roasted rosemary chicken with squash, zucchini and asparagus

• preheat oven for 350
• rub olive oil on whole chicken
• stuff a few sticks of fresh rosemary in chicken and sprinkle some on top
• roast for an hour
• cook squash, zucchini and asparagus in a skillet with olive oil, pepper and salt

serve and enjoy!

breakfast

one sunny side egg and one over medium, bacon strips, spinach, red bell pepper, half an avocado, and orange slices.

yummy!!