Monday, June 29, 2015



This dinner rocked.

The chicken was already done.
All I had to do was boil 2 sweet potatoes, add coconut creamer and butter, and mash.  (Paleo peeps try using bone broth to boil, and add flavor instead of butter-needs testing...)
Then I cooked the frozen veggies mix in some water.

That's it!!



I saved the bones for making a broth.
Tonight I have the broth on slow cook for 24 hours.  :)
I'll freeze it before we leave for the 4th of July festivities.



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Step 1:  Burn the bacon and set off the smoke alarm.

Step 2:  Salvage the burnt bacon by trimming off the black edges and chopping the bacon into bacon bits for a ... salad!

Step 3:  Make avocado cream dressing - until the avocado you slice is too green.  Abandon this plan and make another dressing:

1T Apple Cider Vinegar
2t  unrefined cane sugar
1T fresh garden herbs - parsley, tarragon, basil
Pinch Iodized Sea Salt
Red Pepper Flakes to taste (Paleo folks use ginger or wasabi)
Green Jalapeno Hot Sauce - just a splash (omit if Paleo)
Shake of freshly ground Black Pepper
1T Olive Oil

Step 4:  Toss 6 lettuce leaves, the bacon bits, and 6 grapes halved, with the dressing.

Rolled Turkey

The recipe for the rolled baked turkey was from the Joy of Cooking.  I used turkey instead of veal, and coconut oil instead of butter.  I baked the turkey for 45 minutes at 350, instead of pan frying it, because it was thicker than 1/8" and I was worried it would not pan fry well done.  It worked!  I used prosciutto as called for in the recipe.

Braised Fennel

I got fresh fennel from Trader Joe's and followed the instructions on the package - Lightly browned the fennel in coconut oil, then boiled it for about 30 min in some broth.  I also did the same with carrots, and it was a nice addition.

Steamed Yellow Summer Squash

Lightly browned the squash and steamed it over the fennel/ carrots and threw in some bacon bits on it as well.



That's it!

We liked the salad the best.

I think the turkey would have been better if I made the veggies into a nice sauce and moistened the turkey as it was a bit dry.





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Here are the two books I purchased to start my experiment in cooking Paleo:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Autoimmune-Paleo-Cookbook-Allergen-Free/dp/0578135213

This book is nice because it is simple and doesn't attempt to incorporate strange unfamiliar foods, particularly meats.  It is simple enough to show how to start a new meal plan and understanding of what to cook and eat.

The second book is:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Paleo-Approach-Cookbook-Detailed/dp/162860008X

This recipe book is so thorough that it is going to fill the gaps that meat and veggies cannot fill.  This includes interesting desserts and muffins and other unique items seemingly unimaginable on the limits of the paleo diet.


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Finally found a name for the diet closest to the one that matches all my allergies (except for garlic).  Previously I just said I'm a gluten-free meat-eating vegan, which was the closest thing to describe what I knew.  This Auto-Immune Paleo diet is awesome because all the recipies in all the cookbooks for this diet I can eat (because I just leave out the garlic).

This is particularly exciting!

I have tested to have the following IgG allergies, determined via doctor-ordered blood test:

gluten
dairy
eggs
garlic
brewers yeast

This diet is not simply "paleo" where every other recipe has eggs or other problematic ingredients.  The autoimmune paleo diet eliminates all of the items I'm allergic to (including brewer's yeast) but also excludes nuts, grains, legumes, seeds, nightshades, refined/processed sugars/oils.

This blog is a kind of diary which will allow me to track the recipies that worked, and track the failures to note for improvement.

Here goes!



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