Paleo Spaghetti sauce

I just kind of made this up as I went tonight and it was really yummy.

Chop 4 Roma tomatoes 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves and sauté until the juices are gone.

In a pot

 2 cans of tomato sauce (with nothing added)
1.5 T of Basil
1.5 T Parsley
1.5 T Oregano
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
Pinch of rosemary

Add the sautéed mixture and let simmer until the flavors mix together.

Turkey vegetable meatballs

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground turkey or chicken
• 2 medium carrots (or a handful of baby carrots)
• 1 red or green bell pepper
• 5 large mushrooms
• handful of fresh parsley
• 1/2 yellow onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 tsp granulated garlic (garlic salt)
• 2 Tbs Italian seasoning
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

1. Preheat oven to 350℉.
2. Combine carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, onion, garlic and seasonings in a food processor and blend until well chopped.
3. Empty the food processor into a large bowl, add the ground turkey and mix together completely.
4. Form meatballs and place on a non-greased baking sheet (about 1 1/2" - 2" each).  Bake for about 25 minutes, or until completely cooked.

 

chicken with avocado salsa

Season chicken with mexican chili powder and cook on the stove.

Salsa : tomatoes and avocado sliced. Sprinkle with garlic powder and squeeze lime juice in it.

You can serve with black beans although beans technically aren't paleo.

This picture is with Salmon but I put mine on Chicken.

Paleo crunch bars

Crunch Bars!

2c. Almond meal
2c. Slivered almonds
2c. Pumpkin seeds
2c. Sunflower seeds
2c. Shredded coconut (unsweetened)-DUH!

3/4c. Coconut oil (get it from costco... you can get a giant container for half the cost of anywhere else... plus its amazing!)

3/4c. Raw honey
3tsp. vanilla


Heat the coconut oil so that it is runny and mix with the home and vanilla, then mix all ingredients together. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pour mixture on paper and pat down even. Bake @ 350 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven, let coll for about 2-3 min then take the paper and mixture out of the pan and roll it thinner with a rolling pin. Let the mixture col to room temp. and then cut into serving size squares. Every 2.5 oz will equal about 250 calories.

paleo chicken cacciatore

Paleo Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients

• 3 Tbs olive or coconut oil
• 1 (3 lb) chicken, cut up
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
• 1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (16 oz) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 large bell pepper, cut into 1" pieces

Instructions

1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
2. Season chicken with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
3. When pan is hot, add chicken and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes.
4. Remove and drain on paper towels.
5. Add onions and mushrooms to the hot pan and sauté until onions are slightly translucent, about 5 minutes.
6. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well.
7. Return chicken to pan and bring to a boil.

8. Once boiling, reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, until chicken is tender.