Balsamic Roast - Crock Pot Goodness!

This is hands down my favorite crock pot recipe at the moment, I am a HUGE balsamic "anything" fan so combine it with chuck roast and mushrooms and I am totally hooked. We got the recipe HERE doubled it and added mushrooms. I cant wait for the leftovers!!


*Disclaimer: White Wine is considered paleo in moderation. If doing a Paleo Challenge check the "rules" of your challenge to be sure that it is allowed in moderation or risk losing points.*

What you need:
2 Lb any roast (we used Chuck Roast)

1 Large White Onion, sliced

Mushrooms (sliced in half, this was our addition)

8 Ounces Tomato Sauce (we used Natures Place Organics)

1/2 Cup Balsamic Vinegar

1/2 Cup Water

2 Tbsp White Wine (we used pinot grigio)

2 Tbsp Coconut Oil

Rub: Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Paprika

*When we made this we used a 4lb Chuck and doubled everything except the onion.

What you do:
- Mix the rub and season all sides of the beef

- Heat coconut oil in pan on medium heat

- Sear each side of the beef for 3-4 minutes

- Place sliced onions on bottom of crock pot

- Put seared meat on top of the onions

- While pan is still hot deglaze with water and wine

- Spread mushrooms over the meat

- Mix together balsamic vinegar and tomato sauce with a whisk and pour over meat and veggies

- Pour deglazing liquid over meat and veggies

- Set on low for 8 hours

Paleo Butternut Squash Lasagna

This one comes from http://www.health-bent.com/beef/paleo-butternut-squash-lasagna (we took out the red peppers because I am not a fan, we used a cup of stewed tomatos instead)

What you need:

- 1 lb hot Italian sausage, casing removed

- 1 red onion

- 3 cloves garlic

- 1 15 oz can organic sauce

- 1/4 c extra virgin olive oil

- 1 c stewed tomatos

- Basil

- 1 small butternut squash

 

What you do:
- Preheat oven to 400
- Crumble sausage and brown with onions and garlic

- Peel and cut the ends off of butternut squash, cut in half

- Slice squash into long (lasagna noodle) strips

- Combine sauce, olive oil, tomato and basil and mash in food processor

- Layer bottom of 9 x 9 pan with sauce (we used a 13X9 pan and doubled the recipe)

- Layer squash trying not to overlap to cover bottom

- Layer Italian sausage

- Repeat until everything is gone (leaving enough sauce for the top)

- Bake 45 minutes

- Let stand for 45 minutes before serving

Paleo Chicken Fingers

This was found at http://fedandfit.com/2012/01/13/paleo-chicken-fingers/ ... they were PERFECT for the first quarter of the Pats game!! We want to figure out how to get them a little crispier, but the breading had great flavor!! Good Stuff!! 

We served them with Tomato Mayonnaise.

What you need:

3 chicken breasts cut into strips

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups almond meal

1 Tbsp garlic powder

1 Tbsp onion powder

1 Tsp paprika

1 Tsp salt

1 Tsp pepper

What you do:

- Preheat oven to 375
- Line a baking sheet with and place wire baking racks on top

- Wisk eggs in small bowl

- Mix almond meal, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, sea and pepper in a small bowl

- Coat chicken in mixture

- Dip in eggwash

- Second coat in almond meal

- Put on baking rack

- Bake 20 minutes

- Turn up to 400 deg and bake an additional 5 minutes

- Let stand 10 minutes, than serve!

 

Paleo Pumpkin Goodness Bars

We love pumpkin, so these were PERFECT!! Found this gem here… http://fastpaleo.com/paleo-pumpkin-goodness-bars/

*Disclaimer: Honey is considered Paleo in moderation. If doing a Paleo Challenge check the "rules" of your challenge to be sure that it s allowed in moderation or risk losing points.*

What you need:

2 Cups almond flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 tsp cinnamon

1/3 cup coconut oil

1/3 cup honey

1 can pumpkin puree

1 tsp pure vanilla

2 eggs

2 handfuls of crushed pecans

What you do:
- Preheat oven to 375
- Heat coconut oil and honey on low heat (or in the micro)
- Combine everything but the nuts and mix until 

 

- pour batter into 8x8 pan (I would suggest lightly greasing it with coconut oil)

- Sprinkle nuts over 

- Bake 20-30 minutes

- Let cool than refrigerate

Paleo Banana Bread Muffins

Original recipe comes from Robb Wolfe, http://robbwolf.com/2011/04/21/recipe-paleo-banana-bread/, I tried it first as a loaf, but prefer the muffins. This makes 15 muffins.

*Disclaimer: Honey is considered Paleo in moderation. If doing a Paleo Challenge check the "rules" of your challenge to be sure that it s allowed in moderation or risk losing points.*

What you need:

- 2 cups almond flour

- 1/4 cup flax seed meal

- 2 tsp cinnamon

- 1 tsp baking soda

- 1 tsp baking powder

- 2/3 cup pecans

- 4 really ripe bananas

- 2 tbsp honey

- 4 eggs

- 1 tsp vanilla

 

What you do:
- Preheat oven to 375

- Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl

- Mash bananas in a food processor or masher

- Mix all wet ingredients together with bananas in a separate bowl from dry

 

- Make a well in the dry ingredients, add wet ingredients and fold together

 

- Grease muffin pan with coconut oil

- Fill each muffin about 3/4 of the way up

 

- Bake for 20-25 minutes (or until toothpick is clean)