Paleo Portobello Citrus Salad

Paleo Portobello Citrus Salad

For those paleo days when you feel you've had enough meat, here's a tangy salad full of leafy green nutrients and  raw portobello protein.

Cast Iron Paleo Pork Chops

One of my favorite ways to cook is using a cast iron skillet in the broiler.  You have to be careful with the screaming hot skillet, but what you get out of it never fails to dazzle the tastebuds.

I prepare Paleo Pork Chops this way in several variations on a theme.  Today, we'll do Chops with Blueberry Bourbon sauce and some sprouts on the side.  

5 Pepper Paleo Chili

This is my slow cooker paleo chili the recipe that inspired this blog...

Cavemen are like Texans - they don't like beans in their chili.  My recipe is based on a meaty Texas chili, but with a few more veggies than the Lone Star folk prefer.  This chili has a late kick of heat.  It goes great topped off with home-made guacamole.  

Note that I never really measure out spices precisely.  They are presented in a ratio format so they can be scaled to your tastes.  

For the chili

2 lbs of beef - sirloin or round, cut for stew into cubes

1 green pepper

1 red pepper

1 pablano pepper

1 jalepeno pepper

1 serrano pepper

1 onions

4 cloves freshly chopped garlic

3 chopped tomatoes (you can also use canned tomatoes, but I like fresh)

5x Chili powder

3x Cayenne Pepper

2x Cumin

1x Chipotle powder

1x Sea Salt

1x Black pepper

.5 x Ginger

1/4 cup water

Chop the tomatoes, onions, and peppers.

Sear the beef in a coconut-oiled skillet for a minute or two.  Remove the meat, then cook the onions for a few minutes until they turn translucent.  Add the tomatoes, water, and spices.  Cook for a couple of minutes more until the tomatoes begin to stew, then put everything in the slow cooker.

Give it 6 hours in the slow cooker, and you're ready to go.  

Note that the tomatoes and peppers will disintegrate while slow-cooking, so don't add too much water to this at the start.

Once your chili is done, top it off with some fresh guacamole.  

For the guacamole...

  

2 avacados

1x Cumin

.25x Sea Salt

1 or 2 cloves of fresh garlic

a shot of lime juice

Just peel the avocado, mash it all together, and doff your Caveman Chili.