Piri Piri & Lime Chicken with Creamed Cauliflower

30 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Chicken, Dinner

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cauliflower, cauliflower mash, chicken recipe, dinner for one, LCHF, lchf recipe, marinated chicken recipe, paleo recipes, Piri Piri, primal recipe

Dinner for one!!

When you are used to cooking for a crowd or even for two, and then you have time on your own, it can become a big chore to cook for yourself. I know I made a lot of excuses on my way home thinking to myself perhaps I could have a bit of salad, or something like a quick omelette.

But I knew that I had boneless chicken thighs in the fridge and they really did need to be cooked. So I pulled it all out of the fridge and started slicing.

Well, what I didn’t realise was that cooking up this little feast for one was just as quick as making an omelette (or nearly). It was around 25 minutes from getting everything out of the fridge and getting it onto the table and in my tum!

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Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks with Leeks & Balsamic Vinegar

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Lamb, Main Meals

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clean eating, crock pot recipe, gluten free, Grain Free, lamb, lamb shanks, leeks, Primal, roast vegetables, slow cooker, slow cooker recipe, sweet potato, whole food

I’m loving my new crock-pot/slow cooker which I bought for half price in a recent sale. I’ve used it more times in the past two weeks than I used my old one in the previous two years. Funny how having something shiny and new make you want to use it more!

I love Lamb Shanks and thought I’d adapt my old recipe and give it a whirl. Well the results were outstanding. Melt in your mouth delish, so very yummy!

And the best part was that the lamb shanks I used were huge so we had enough for three meals so we have eating them for the past two nights in a row and the rest is in the freezer for another time. I’m picking that it probably won’t last too long in the freezer!

I’ve also featured this on Gluten Free Wednesdays.

Large New Zealand lamb shanks all ready to do the slow cooker bake!

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Sweet Substitutions?

19 Sunday Apr 2015

Posted by Wendy in Inspirations, Thoughts & Provocations

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pure maple syrup, raw honey, sugar subsitutions

Food Bites with Dr Hyman. Raw honey or pure maple syrup; are they good sweetener substitutes? A prudent reminder from Mark Hyman that even though we are not cooking our whole foods up with toxic white sugar, we still need to be careful around our use of pure maple syrup and raw honey.

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