SHEPHERDS PIE

PALEO SHEPHERDS PIE

First, double it.  It's REALLY good and you will want more AND this means you have dinner for the next night which is always a great idea.

This is my version adapted from Elana's Pantry, all her recipes are really good. (her photo right) my didn't last long enough to take a photo:) link to her exact recipe here https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-shepherds-pie/

The neat thing about this dish is you can make it from bits and piece you probably have on hand.  

AND, you can make it in one pot and put in the oven in the same pot so less cleaning up.  Use the widest big soup pot, I have a 8 1/2 qt Caphalon pot that if I could only have one pot, this would be it.

Serves:4-6

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

1  large onion, diced

1 pound turkey or pork bacon, cut into ½-inch slices

2 cups diced carrots and  2 cups diced celery OR(I chopped a bag of mixed cauliflower, carrots and broccoli mix)

1 pound ground beef  OR ( I used two big cheddar and onion hamburger patties I had on hand from Vons)

½ teaspoon sea salt 

1 teaspoon pepper 

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

1 cup chicken stock

 2  packages rice cauliflower from Trader Joes OR 2 large heads cauliflower, trimmed, chopped and steamed until very soft  OR you can use traditional mashed potatoes

2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

1  Heat olive oil in and sauté onion for 15 minutes until soft

2  Add bacon pieces to pan and sauté until cooked, about 10 minutes

3  Add diced veggies to pan and sauté in bacon fat for 10 minutes until soft

4  Add ground beef to pan and sauté until brown, just a few minutes

5  Season with salt, pepper and smoked paprika

6  Add chicken broth and cook down broth until evaporated by half

7  Place steamed cauliflower in food processor and puree with olive oil until smooth OR(microwave rice cauliflower, add 2 T olive oil, salt and a handful of cheddar cheese)

8  Pour ground beef mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish  OR use pan you cooked everything in

9  Pour mashed cauliflower over beef mixture   Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes

5 INGREDIENT OATMEAL NUT BUTTER 

BREAKFAST COOKIES

Finding healthy, protein and fiber filled low sugar snacks in the airport or on the road is almost impossible so I like to make and take some of my own.  The original recipe is from @healthymoodsf. Naturally, being me, I had to modify with more options and they still came out great. It's a bit of what you'd call a kitchen sink cookie, oh, let's throw in cranberries, etc.  Whatever looks like a good balance of an ingredient.  This makes @10 cookies.  Double it, they won't last long.

Original recipe
2 old bananas, thoroughly mashed
1/4 nut butter of choice
1 c oats or
1 tsp cinnamon

I added
2 T melted coconut oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 T vanilla
1/4 date nuggets (Sprouts has them)
1 T flax seed
2 T hemp seed
1 T chia
1/4 c chopped walnuts


Depending on the moisture of the banana mix, you may need to add more banana or oats to get the consistency to scoop out into cookies.  You can also throw in a beaten egg for added protein.  Give it a minute for the flax and chia to gel and pull it together.

Options:

1/4 almond flour
chocolate chips
dried fruit
unsweetened coconut

Mix ingredients in red first, then add oats and selected options.

Bake at 400 for @20 minutes

Chewy Pecan Pie Brittle with Honey and Maple Syrup

This most excellent sweet is Paleo and from Juli Bauer at Paleomg.com.  She has tons of great stuff.  Super easy to make and popular.


http://paleomg.com/thanksgiving-dessert-chewy-pecan-pie-brittle/

PALEO SANDWICH BREAD

PALEO SANDWICH BREAD

PALEO BREAKFAST BREAD

https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/paleo-fruit-and-nut-bread/