“God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.  God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.”  Genesis 1:16-18
We usually have salmon as our “fish of the week” but my son decided to try this Sole Meuniere recipe that he found.
Ahhh … sole. It tasted a lot better than what I expected as I measure all fish against the  highly touted salmon. The sole has a completely different texture than the salmon — it’s less dense and more flaky. Note: Arrowroot flour was used in place of white flour for this recipe.
A famous blogger, The Pioneer Woman, recently posted a recipe for Sunday Night Stew which our family tried and determined it was very good.
Stew
The interesting thing about this stew (although you can’t see it in the picture) is that the stew goes over mashed potatoes or in our case (to keep it more paelo style) sweet potato mash. We also did not use the heavy cream and cream cheese that is used in the original recipe which made it dairy free also.
I’ve never had stew except with rice. Did the mashed sweet potatoes taste good with the stew on top of it? Absolutely.
If I say, “try it, you’ll like it,” will you try it and let me know how it tastes?
We have slowly started introducing butter into our paleo diet now. Well, when I say slowly, I guess I shouldn’t be posting about Chicken Kiev because it seems to have a LOT of butter — perhaps in seems that way because I haven’t had butter in while?
Chicken Kiev with Roasted Asparagus
This recipe/chicken was delectable if not surprising. My son warned me to “cut” into the chicken carefully and I was thankful for that warning as the butter spewed out and almost splattered on my clothes. For the breading, since we’re paleo, we used almond flour.
The side dish of the ever humble Roasted Asparagus was not to be outdone though. The recipe is both easy and good.
I was never a fan of asparagus in the past and my first taste was as an adult at my mother-in-law’s house. Since then, I’ve learned to appreciate this delicate vegetable that, if made correctly, tastes very good.
For the salad, we did not use bacon grease nor sugar as the original recipe recommended but instead substituted honey and olive oil. I loved the way the salad dressing came out! This was a yummy salad!
Alaskan Salad
The sweet potato recipe calls for cumin which gave it a different flavor, but overall was a good fit.
Overall, all three recipes blended quite nicely together and I would definitely have them again.
After 11 sunless days, 1 day of sunshine … we get this — an unusual April snowstorm.
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Once a week, we head out to try out a new restaurant. One we always drive by, but have never tried, is the Tavern Grill. The parking lot is always super busy and we don’t want to have to wait “forever” to be seated.
However, next door to this restaurant is The Sheraton Hotel (in Woodbury) that has a restaurant called the Red Rock Grill. The parking lot is not very full here so it would lead one to believe that the restaurant is not very good.
But — you would be wrong.
Upon entering the hotel, the restaurant is straight ahead right past a fireplace. There were few people in the restaurant when we arrived at approximately 5:30 p.m. The hostess seated us right away and was very pleasant.
It was still “happy hour” so we ordered the Truffled Pommes Frites (french fries). Very very good. (On a paleo diet, we don’t normally eat potatoes — except for sweet potatoes — but we make an exception when we go out to eat.)
The entrees come with “sides” that are shared by everyone at the table. Â We chose the green beans which were scrumptious.
Red Rock Grill Restaurant – Green Beans
There were three entrees that we ordered but I only took pictures of two of them.
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I had the Tenderloin Medallions which (even though I requested them well done) were quite tender. I was very surprised as normally when I request meat to be cooked well done, it tastes tough.
Overall, we were very pleased with the Red Rock Grill’s service and food. Â I believe we’ll be heading back sometime soon.
We haven’t had corned beef on the paleo diet until trying this recipe.
So, how did the Corned Beef and Sweet Potato Hash taste? Well, it was interesting. Good, but interesting. The corned beef turned “shreddy” while cooking which gave the beef a whole different texture while chewing.
Corned Beef and Sweet Potato Hash
I had the corned beef for breakfast and it “microwaved” very well as leftovers on other days.
This is a very simple recipe to make and tastes great with scrambled or fried eggs — just like “regular corned beef hash.
