Ghostly lamb stew

here's a pretty standard lamb stew, but this time with Ghost Pepper.  It also goes by the name Naga Bhut Jolokia.  Apparently, it was once thought to be the hottest pepper on earth.  Read more here.

All I can say is "be careful".  A small amount goes a long way with this stuff.  This is about 1/2 tsp for a whole pot.  Not sure how it's going to turn out, but better safe than sorry.

Standard stuff.. Lamb, bacon, onion, black pepper & cayenne

Veggie layer:  japanese sweet potato, yellow squash, asparagus

Oh, and brussel sprouts and tomato sauce

and 2 cups of coconut milk

And some aquatic grass... aka   wild rice

Massive Pot Roast

Here we go.  This is another in the pot roast series.  While the slow cooker is very handy, pot roast takes half the time and is just as tasty.

This week started with 2 strips of bacon and 1/2 of a red onion in the bottom of the pot.  Additional ingredients:

Golden Beet
Japanese Sweet potato
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Kale
Coconut milk
Tomato sauce
1 3/4 lb grass feed beef shoulder roast
black pepper
turmeric (do you say tuR mer ic   or Tu mer ic ???  I prefer the former, but maybe I'm wrong)
cayenne


Photo sequence:

Part 1:  Imagine the bacon and onions

The rest:

Veggie Layer

Add 1 cup coconut milk and a nice chunk of grass fed beef

Coated with Turmeric and Cayenne

Ready for the oven - 325 for about 3 hours

This Week's Gruel - Return of the Bone Broth

This is pretty much a standard week's slow cooker recipe:

Grass fed beef shoulder roast and liver, yellow squash, onion, broccoli, cauliflower...  and red potatoes
Turmeric and black pepper
Organic tomato sauce
1/2 can of Trader Joe's light coconut milk
3/4 cup of bone broth

Here's the NutritionData.com profile... but of course, there's no "bone broth" in the database.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/recipe/2652284/2

I finally got organized enough to make some Bone Broth the day before, so I added about 3/4 cup to this week's gruel (Bone Broth recipe from NomNomPaleo).

Okay, here's the step by step part.  15 minutes start to finish...

Red potatoes! A dose of the "safe carbs"... 

Chop it up and throw it in the cooker

Spices

Beef shoulder roast and beef liver

And, with liver in the mix, that means Rufus got some more tasty liver strips.  These were cooked in leftover  bacon grease.  Double yum!

1/4" strips - bake at 300 for about 15 minutes - 300 keeps the bacon grease from smoking 

Finished product - really no reason I couldn't snack on these, too.

Lamb Korma (sorta)

Here's this week's gruel - a spicy Indian lamb stew.

I adapted this recipe to ingredients I had on hand.

http://chriskresser.com/recipe-lamb-korma

1 lb lamb stew meat
2 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp masala
1 tbsp turmeric
4 cloves garlic
1 small cippolini onion
1/2 lb frozen blue kale
1 cup chopped broccoli
2 cans coconut milk
10 oz tomato sauce
3/4 cup ground cashews

It smells really good so far

Ground cashews and spices

Add the coconut milk (and tomato sauce)

Add the kale and lamb

Stir it up...  Slow Cooker on high for about 3 hours, then turn it down to low for another 3 - 5 hours

This Week's Gruel - Beef Stew w/ Coconut Milk

Nothing really special about this week's gruel, just another week of eating Paleo lunches rather than fast food or whatever the cafeteria serves up.

• Beef Top Round 
• Shallot
• Carrots (A few extra because my little buddy Lucy won't be eating her share anymore)
• Golden Beet
• Brussel sprouts
• Chopped tomato
• Broccoli Rabe
• Fire roasted diced tomato
• Coconut milk
• Spices:  Turmeric, Cayenne, Black Pepper

Turmeric (curcumin) is some really good stuff... It may fight infections and cancer and Alzheimer's and other inflammatory diseases.

The base layer...

More good veggies

Coconut milk - it's good for you!

Add the tomato sauce and coconut milk

Add the meat and spices - I was using up a bottle of Turmeric...

Add the 1/2 of frozen Broccoli Rabe... turn on the crock pot and wait 6 - 8 hours

Scallop Stew Adventure

I've never made this before, and I did not read any recipes...

I had 1lb of frozen scallops that I thawed and considered grilling them.  However, I also needed some lunch food for the upcoming work week.

Here's the starting materials:  Asparagus, Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Golden Beet, Red Potato, Brussel Sprouts, Coconut Milk, Scallops.

Clean and chop (and peel) the asparagus and beet.

Put the potato, 1/2 of the vidalia onion, and 4 cloves of garlic in the food chopper thing.

Lucy came in to help out.










Dice the tomato and brussel sprouts.

Add spices - in this case, kelp w/cayenne, red pepper flakes, and black pepper.

Put it all in the crock pot with 2 cans of coconut milk.  Add about 1/2 can of water.

Stir it up, set the slow cooker on Low, and wait ~4-5 hours.

Here's the breakdown of this meal according to Nutrition Data dot Com.   (I'm assuming that this makes 3 bowls).

Calories:   1027
Fat:           77g  (63%)    - 66g saturated fat - yay!
Protein:     47g  (17%)
Carb:         50g  (20%)


Omega 6:3 ratio ~1.7 : 1   (pretty good)
Omega 3:    627mg
Omega 6:  1061mg

Vitamins

Amounts Per Selected Serving

%DV

Vitamin A

2468

IU

49%

Vitamin C

42.4

mg

71%

Vitamin D

~

~

Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol)

~5.3

mg

~27%

Vitamin K

~96.4

mcg

~121%

Thiamin

0.6

mg

43%

Riboflavin

0.4

mg

24%

Niacin

7.8

mg

39%

Vitamin B6

0.7

mg

35%

Folate

401

mcg

100%

Vitamin B12

1.8

mcg

30%

Pantothenic Acid

~1.5

mg

~15%

Choline

~210

mg

Betaine

~33.5

mg

Minerals

Amounts Per Selected Serving

%DV

Calcium

287

mg

29%

Iron

12.3

mg

68%

Magnesium

257

mg

64%

Phosphorus

986

mg

99%

Potassium

2610

mg

75%

Sodium

490

mg

20%

Zinc

8.0

mg

53%

Copper

1.8

mg

88%

Manganese

~3.5

mg

~176%

Selenium

71.0

mcg

101%

Fluoride

~39.8

mcg

Also note, the Kelp added about 3mg of Iodine