Paleo

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

1 can tuna (or fresh crab or shredded chicken, etc...)
2-3 TBS olive oil
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup walnuts
dashes of cayenne pepper
squeezes of lemon
bunch of basil
fresh ground

"Mounds"

1 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup of coconut oil
1/4 cup of honey (raw is nice)
1 teaspoon almond extract
36 almonds, left whole or chopped (your choice)

1-Melt the coconut oil and honey over low heat until just melted. Whisk to combine. Add the almond extract and coconut flakes.

Quiche

Filling

2 Tbs grapeseed oil
1/2 onion, chopped  (or use green onion)
1 1/2 tbs minced garlic
1 red pepper (chopped)
1 1/2 cup mushrooms (sliced)6 eggs, whisked
1/4 cup coconut milk
Fresh basil minced for flavor (or any other herbs)

Halibut with Swiss Chard and Butternut Squash

Olive oil
4 gloves garlic
1 Onion
1 Leek
1/2 cup dry white wine
Half of one medium butternut squash, peeled and diced
2 bell peppers (red, yellow or orange) diced
1 bunch of swiss chard chopped (stems discarded)
Fennel
Thyme
Basil
Salt and pepper

Pork Tenderloin with Orange Glaze

Olive Oil
2 Cloves garlic
1 Cup orange juice
1/2 cups dry white wine
1/4 cup chicken stock
1 sprig rosemary
1 spring oregano
1 sprig parsley

Spiced Applesauce Cake

 *   1 cup almond meal
 *   1 cup coconut flour
 *   2 teaspoons baking powder
 *   1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 *   1/4 teaspoon salt
 *   2 teaspoon cinnamon
 *   1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
 *   1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Positive Changes


Coconut Chicken Fingers

Ingredients:

1-1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cut into large strips (4-5 per breast depending on if they have the tenders attached or not)
2-3 T coconut flour
1-2 eggs, beaten (start with 1 and use the second if you start to run out)
1 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
1 tsp sea salt
coconut oil for cooking

Cookies

Mix 1/4 cup melted coconut oil with 1 egg, and add sweetener to taste (I used 1 TBSP honey, not bad spread out over ten cookies).

Then, add 1 cup of almond meal and 1/2 cup (maybe a bit more) shredded unsweetened coconut and mix until the batter forms into one solid mass.

Caldo Verde

Ingredients:
Olive Oil
8 oz Turkey Sausage (Italian)
1 Medium Onion, diced
2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
4 C Chicken Broth
1 Medium Baking Potato, peeled*
4 C stemmed and shredded kale
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
3 dashes hot pepper sauce
 

Recipes

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

1 can tuna (or fresh crab or shredded chicken, etc...)
2-3 TBS olive oil
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup walnuts
dashes of cayenne pepper
squeezes of lemon
bunch of basil
fresh ground black pepper
half of avocado
stalk of celery
 
Combine in food processor! Stuff hollowed out tomato. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Health Tips

Buy Organic

Foods that were once thought to be very good for your health, are still good for your health. BUT, many of them also have added problems and dangers associated with them that they never had before.

There are some more commonly known problems such as the use of pesticides, toxins and other dangerous chemicals that now exist in non-organic foods. These can lead to various health problems and conditions. Just do a search for "side effects of pesticides" and see what you come up with.

But aside from these issues, there is a very big problem even worse than pesticides; Genetically Modified Foods. The US does NOT require labeling of GMO foods. Fruits and vegetables are some of the most commonly modified foods. They are created in labs and then patented as something the said company owns. There are no laws about the safety of these foods being put into distribution. They are only required to have a patent. Some foods that are VERY likely genetically modified are soy, corn and it's products (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) and wheat.

So just by eating the way our pre-agricultural ancestors ate, we can avoid some of our present day dangers all together. We already know that grainfed animals are the "protein equivilant of cardboard." We also now know that there are some potentially dangerous effects of the other foods we are eating as well. So if we are trying to live as healthy and disease-free as possible, let's think more carefully about what we put in our bodies. Buying organic, grassfed, local products is good for the local community, good for your health, and good for future generations.

"A plant, fruit, or animal grown without the administration of artificial pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics or growth hormones (in the case of animal products), most closely replicates wild or untampered-with growing conditions" - Mark Sisson

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison