Nut flour basil and thyme bread

No grains are used in paleo eating, therefore no bread, not of the traditional kind anyway, but here's some made with nut flour. Small portions are all you'll need as it's very energy dense!
You can get adventurous here and use all sorts of different nut flours - just mill the nuts in a food processor and away you go. Also you can use whatever type of herbs you like...different flavours to complement different dishes!

Ingredients:
1 cup olive oil
4 eggs
3 cups nut flour (of your choice...I used 1 cup ground almonds, 1 cup ground linseed - for the omage 3 boost - and 1 cup ground hazelnuts)
1 onion (I recommend red, but I didn't have any at the time!)
couple of spoonfuls of seeds - i used pumpkin and sunflower
LOADS of fresh basil and thyme...i used a lot more than is pictured here.

Roughly chop the onion

crack the eggs and throw everything into the food processor

whizz it all up and then stir in the seeds

transfer the mixture to a greased baking tin/tray

sprinkle a few seeds on top

cook in a preheated oven 180-200C for about 45-50 minutes

leave to cool a little before slicing...if you can resist!

Slow cooked turkey, leeks and mushrooms in a creamy coconut sauce

Ingredients:

1 large turkey breast fillet
1 tbsp oil (I used walnut oil)
turmeric (good for inflammation apparently)
sage
marjoram
caraway seeds
salt and pepper
onion
garlic
leek
mushrooms
coconut milk

 

 

 

 

crush the caraway seeds with pestle and mortar, and add the turmeric and herbs in quantites to your own taste.

 

 

 

add the oil to form a paste

rub the paste well all over the turkey breast fillet,
cover with cling film and leave to marinade in the fridge for 24 hours.

place the marinaded turkey into a dutch oven/slow cooker/large pot with about a half can of coconut milk and similar amount of filtered water.

 add an onion and some garlic and cook for about 3 hours on lowest heat setting.

about an hour before serving, add a leek to the pot, washed and sliced lengthways.

cover pot and allow to simmer for another hour or so.

remove the turkey and leeks from the pot once they are cooked

add some chopped mushrooms to the creamy sauce which has taken the flavours of the marinaded turkey. Cook for about 15 minutes.

serve the turkey, leeks and mushrooms with some steamed broccoli!

lemony simmered liver and onions

lightly ccok some sliced onions and garlic and green chilli. throw in some herbs too - whatever takes your fancy - just get creative!

add some calf liver ( i used 1lb)

 

brown a little on both sides then add the juice of 1-2 lemons (or lemon and lime juice combined, as here)

reduce the heat and simmer slowly for about half an hour....the secret to nice liver is COOK IT SLOWLY!! otherwise it's just rubbery!

serve on a bed of cauliflower rice (grated cauliflower)

who knew liver could taste so good!!

Baked pecan courgette

Ingredients:
courgette
small or 1/2 red onion, chopped
garlic clove, chopped
tbsp pecans chopped
parsley

 

 

 

 

half the courgette and scoop out the inside.
Cook the pulp for 5 minutes with the rest of the ingredients.

Put the two empty courgette halves in a baking dish with a little water. Put the cooked pulp mix on top and bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 30 minutes.

easy!

Slow cooked lamb and spinach curry

Ingredients:
1 lb diced lamb
onion
2 cloves of garlic
2cm piece of ginger
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsop ground coriander
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 cardamom pods
1/2 tsp crushed cloves
salt and pepper
flaked almonds


spinach and mushrooms

 

brown the onions, garlic and ginger a little in a heavy pot, suitable for slow cooking.
Then add the spices, cook for another minute before adding the lamb.
Brown the lamb and then add a cup of water (or stock if you have some made...I didn't!)
Reduce the heat, cover and cook slowly for at LEAST 3-4 hours...you can let it cook for up to 7 hours though.

about 15-20 minutes before you're ready to serve add a load of mushrooms and spinach (fresh doesn't take as long to cook as frozen but reduces a LOT so make sure you have plenty), increase the heat a bit, recover the pot and cook it all up!

 

give it a stir every now and then

 

 

serve on a bed of cauliflower rice (steam some cauliflower and either grate it or chop in food processor until it resembles rice)

sprinkle with some flaked almonds...toasted or not...up to you!

home made beef burgers

Ingredients:
1lb (or more) of lean minced beef
1 egg
1 red chilli
fresh herbs of choice
smoked paprika
ground coriander
ground cumin
mustard powder
garlic
ground almonds/other nut or seed flour

put the beef, egg and otehr ingredients (in quantities to your own taste) in a big bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mix them all up - use clean hands!

 

make burgers - can be frozen! nothin beats a home made burger!!

Chicken Curry Caflouti

Something different to do with eggs...

Ingredients:
3 eggs
3 tbsps olive oil
3/8 cups coconut milk
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
some chopped onions if you want!
1 tbsp (or to taste) of curry powder
salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 200C/400F
Whisk eggs, oil and cocnut milk until frothy.
mix in chicken and curry powder
Pour into baking dish and bake for about 45 minutes until the top is golden brown and puffy