Category: Recipes

It is so tempting on a lot of the paleo recipes we try to think of having white rice with them. It seems like the rice would go perfectly with this recipe also as the rice would soak up the juices. But, enough of that talk as rice on the paleo diet shouldn’t be eaten very often unless one needs extra carbs because they’re exercising.

On to the review of this recipe.

It was pretty good! A couple of ingredients — cinnamon and cardamon pods — give the beef an interesting taste. No, not a bad taste. Just interesting. I would never have though of putting cinnamon with beef, would you?

The Beef Rendang does require some interesting ingredients that you wouldn’t have in your cupboard. Well, most people I know wouldn’t have MOST of the ingredients in their cupboard.

But hey, it’s always good to try something new and add a little spice to your life. Yes?

I’ll bet you’re wondering what Shakshuka is, eh? The definition from Wiki is as follows:

“a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, often spiced with cumin.” Sound good so far?

We used an iron skillet to make this dish and served it right from there (it would have been quite cumbersome to take it out).

You do have to like tomatoes in order to enjoy this dish. I would say “have it with rice” but since we’re eating paleo, we had it with Sweet Potato Wedges and Avocado Sauce. Quite good!

Simple, filling and healthy! That’s what food should really be all about.

If you like lamb shank like I do, this recipe is for you.

It’s tender, moist, melts in your mouth and you’ll want to make it again and again.

And, if you’ve never tried fennel, this is a good time to try it as the juices meld together nicely. We did not use the anchovy fillets that were called for in the recipe — you can if you’d like and please let me know if you do and how you like it. I’ve never been an anchovy fan.

Lamb is such a comfort food for me and I’m not sure why. While growing up, we mainly had chicken. It wasn’t until late in adulthood that I actually had lamb and fell in love with it.

Here are a couple more lamb recipes you can try:

Lamb Sausage with Squash

Paleo Slow Cooked Lamb

Lamb Stew with Carrot and Orange Salad

Enjoy!

I’ve posted quite a few paleo dinner entrees already but breakfast is a huge part of a paleo diet because if you start off with a full belly, the rest of the day is pretty easy.

So this Breakfast Sweet Beef recipe (which is really a beef casserole) with its sweet potato and spinach ingredients really made for a healthy and hearty way to start the day.

I am partial to sweet potatoes though and have found that I can have them every day. Since we don’t eat sugar on the paleo diet (except for the occasional honey), the sweet potatoes satisfy the sweet tooth that I have.

You can substitute regular potatoes if you’re so inclined but I much prefer the nutrients in the sweet potato.

I am not a cook by a long shot but I do like to try other people’s recipes and “play” with them to see how I can make them my own. Currently, my son is doing the cooking and I am doing the tasting — not a bad arrangement, eh?

Lamb, lamb and lamb. I only know of one person who doesn’t like lamb. Are you a lamb lover?

This Moroccan Lamb Stew is made in a crock pot which makes it not just delicious but easy to make. The only problem I ever have with lamb is that it is so expensive so we don’t have it on a regular basis.

This lamb stew went very well with a Moroccan Carrot and Orange Salad that had plump golden raisins and pine nuts that made my mouth say “whoa! I love this!”  (laughing)  Okay, okay — my mouth really didn’t say that but it was quite pleased with the raisins and nuts.

Does it seem odd to you to have a carrot salad with lamb stew? Normally rice would be served so you can soak the juices from the stew with it but we haven’t introduced rice to our paleo diet yet and we find that salads go just fine with just about anything.

Here’s another lamb recipe that I’ve tried that tasted good also:

Paleo Slow Cooked Lamb

Ahhh … I’ll bet you’re wondering about the Christmas Tree Salad, especially since I’m posting in April, right? Well, frankly, I love salads all year around. The owner of the recipe thought the salad looked like a Christmas tree so that’s why she named it Christmas Tree Salad.

The salad has many healthy ingredients like oranges, pecans, cranberries … well, you get the idea.

We had Salmon Provencal with this wonderful salad which made it a perfect Paleo dinner.

The topping on the salmon was really delicious and is included in the Salmon Provencal recipe.

This was the first time I had tasted pomegranates. Isn’t that odd? I’ve lived over 50 years and never tasted pomegranate.

There really haven’t been too many paleo recipes that we’ve tried that haven’t been good, very good or excellent.

This Breaded Mustard Chicken did not taste like “regular” breaded meat but it was close. The almond flour that’s used as the breading doesn’t stay as “attached” to the chicken though. This is something we’ll need to work on — unless anyone out there knows of any tricks that could be helpful in using the almond meal as breading?

The chicken was complemented with a Holiday Salad with a Cranberry Apple Orange Vinaigrette. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Well, it was!  This is going to sound “old” to those who have been following my food posts but I have to say it again — make sure you serve the vinaigrette on the side so that everyone can add as much or as little as they like. There — I said it!

To make matters even better, we also had Maple Roasted Carrots, Apples and Onions as a “side.”

Don’t add too much maple syrup though or it will be too sweet. Yes, there is such a thing as something being too sweet, especially if you’re following a paleo diet. We use Kirkland’s Maple Syrup that we purchase at Costco.

All three recipes worked good together.

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