Grass Fed Ribeyes

I'd just made a trip to Cooney Creek Farms and was looking forward to cooking these ribeyes! Those cows live on a beautiful farm. I took a  tour and had a great time with Cindy Yancy. I met her husband, her dog, some "hair sheep," many chickens, some horses, and of course, the cows.  Now, I can highly recommend this farm!

I coated my Pampered Chef Grill Pan with coconut oil and heated it to medium.
I rubbed my steaks with smoked sea salt, freshly ground pepper, and a little Private Selection Asian Signature Rub. When my pan was hot, I put the steaks in. I love to hear that sizzle! After a few minutes, I flipped them over and added all the same spices to this side, along with 1/2 tsp coconut oil on each steak.  It doesn't take long, you know.

I served them with my Garlic Kale Chips.

They were a big hit.

If you are in the same area of the country as me, Cooney Creek Farms beef can be found at The Wild Ramp, in Huntington, WV, along with other choices.

Garlic Kale Chips

I wanted to do quick Kale Chips and with garlic, which would be different than the Spicy Kale Chips recipe I have on this blog. I thought that flavor profile would go well with Crock Pot Pork Roast. (oh, yeah!)

So, I opened a big 16 oz bag of kale.

 (you can buy the kale in bunches and wash it and tear it into pieces and dry it, if you would rather, but I was in a hurry. Fresh kale is my favorite though! I  use two bunches of organic purple kale in this recipe in this same recipe for the photo below.)

I split it between 2 big cookie sheets. I put 1 TBSP coconut oil, MELTED, on EACH pan. Then I added 1 TBSP of Rinaldo's Organic Garlic Gold Oil to EACH pan. (garlicgold.com)  If you can't find this, olive oil and garlic powder, or just more coconut oil would be close. I made sure my kale was dry so it would get crispy.  

 Next I sprinkled Hickory Bacon Salt, Maine Woods Smoked Sea Salt, (salttraders.com)  and just a little lime juice on each pan. Then I mixed everything around on each pan with my hands, to spread the oil and seasonings.

 I spread the kale out evenly and popped the pans into a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. I turned off the oven and left them in there a few more minutes after a little stir, too, just to make sure they got crispy.  When I took them out I shook some Garlic Gold Nuggets on them. Wow!

Now, the only thing wrong with this recipe is that the kale shrinks down and it gets eaten up so fast!!!

Crock Pot Pork Roast

I took a 4 lb pork roast out of it's wrappings and cut off the string thing.
I rinsed it off.
 I rubbed my crock pot with coconut oil.
 I put the pork roast in and added rosemary until the top of the roast was nearly covered.
I added 1 TBSP minced garlic.
 I also added a little smoked sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
Then I put in 3/4 cup of water and put on the lid.
I cooked it on high all day because it was big and we like it soft and falling apart.

It smelled so good, even outside, I guess - the neighbor's dog, Molly, sat on my porch all day!

I'd planned to put 4 sweet potatoes on top of the roast for the 60 to 90 minutes, like I usually do with this recipe.    But, Ger  was begging for Kale Chips, so I made them instead. I made my Garlic Kale Chips. YOU should try the sweet potatoes on top for the last hour to hour and a half though - they're delicious that way! Throw them in after work, and then go do your Crossfit WOD. Then, dinner's ready!

Paleo Stuffed Pepper Casserole

                                                             (finished casserole)

       So, Ger wanted stuffed peppers and I've made them before. They taste amazing but they take forever to make! Well, I got to thinking about that - he just wants that great flavor - he doesn't care what it looks like....so, I made it THIS WAY and it's faster, and just as delicious!

      So, instead of taking all that time to hollow out the peppers, stuff the grass fed burger into the peppers and then make them stand up, I turned it into a casserole.

       First, I cut up 3 peppers. ( I did 2 green and 1 red ) I rubbed them with Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil and laid them in a 9 x 12 cake pan, with the outside of the peppers on the pan.  Now, it may seem weird but I don't wash that amazing coconut oil off of my hands - I rub it into the back of my hands and up my arms and into my elbows. You should, too!

       Next, I cooked 2 pounds of grass fed burger with 1 tsp of coconut oil, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp rosemary, 1/2 tsp hickory bacon salt, and freshly ground pepper.
 When that was done I microwaved a 12 oz package of SteamFresh frozen broccoli cuts and threw it into the pan of burger.
 I cut up 4 oz. of Formaggio Cheese with Roasted Garlic, Tomato, and Basil. (I also do it with smoked gouda, so whatever you like, you should try.) Then I shook some shredded 3-cheese blend on. Here's a pic of that:

       Next, I poured this onto the peppers in the cake pan. It's the filling.
Then I cut up 3 more peppers ( 1 green and 3 red) and rubbed them with coconut oil. I placed the peppers on the burger filling and smashed everything down. I put it into a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. (then I rubbed the coconut oil into my knees!)

 If you want it strict paleo, you are going to have to leave out the cheese. It's still good.....

       Get ready for some compliments! (not only on the food, but your moisturized skin!) Ha!

Paleo Salmon Patties

I opened up 2 cans of Wild Caught Alaskan Pink Salmon, 14.75 oz (from Whole Foods). I removed the skin as much as possible while putting the salmon into a big bowl. I crushed up the spine-bones for the calcium.
 I added 1 tsp ground mustard, 1 tsp Garlic Gold nuggets, 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper. I added 2 eggs and 2 TBSP almond flour. I mixd it up with my hands until everything started sticking together.

I put 1 TBSP coconut oil into a pan and heated it up. I made patties and laid them into the coconut oil. I browned them on both sides.  I took them out of the skillet and set them aside.

In the same skillet I melted another TBSP of coconut oil, turned my skillet down, and added a big container of organic spinach. I stirred to wilt it. This only took a couple of minutes.

Dinner's ready. Be sure and have a good fat with this, like a few pecans, or whatever nut you like.

Salmon patties, before.

Paleo Walleye with Broiled Zucchini

Mike and Jenny Miller shared their walleye from a fishing trip to Lake Erie with us today, so this is my first walleye! It's beautiful fish!

I washed off the big fillets and rolled them in almond meal. ( from nuts.com) I put them in a skillet covered in sizzling coconut oil. Next, I sprinkled them with Salt Trader's Maine Cherry Wood Smoked Sea Salt, lemon pepper, and plain sea salt. I browned them up on both sides.

Our side was broiled zucchini. I cut each zucchini long-ways into 4 pieces. I covered them with olive oil and laid them straight on a big cookie sheet. I put sea salt and basil on them and put them under the broiler for 13 minutes.
 Done! Beautiful! Easy! Healthy!

Paleo Vanilla Date Bites

These little babies are a take on my Cocoa Delite Bites. In just a few minutes you can have them for yourself. They go fast!

I put all the ingredients in one bowl:
1 cup vanilla protein powder ( I use FSH or TEN Institute's ITP, and sometimes Progenex; it's up to you)
1/2 cup coconut oil, NOT melted
2 TBSP raw honey
2 TBSP raw almond butter (or organic peanut butter, if you love that)
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (nuts.com, it's the big chunky coconut)
3/4 cup dates, chopped (if you buy chopped dates, read the ingredients - they sometimes add sugar so that the pieces don't stick together and you don't want that)
4 TBSP coconut milk (once in a while a batch needs a little more...)

I stirred them up with a wooden spoon.  I used my cookie scoop to make them quickly into balls and placed them on parchment paper. Then I popped them into the freezer for 10 minutes. They were so good!

Of course, if you know my crew, we immediately, in the same bowl, made a batch of Cocoa Delite Bites, too!  I added a handful of cocoa nibs - wow, even more depth of chocolate! Just put "protein balls into the search box on this blog to pull up all the different flavors)