Shipping Dino!
February 1, 2014
Shipping Dino!
Author: cochrancj
I am an American expat who loves to explore the world through the plate and is always curious to learn more.
Whole30 2 – Day 20
Day 20 on Whole30 – another success. Even better steak & eggs (+ greens!) and all kinds of tasty meats when I finally got around to eating again.
Breakfast
Steak & eggs (+ greens!) at a different diner. And I even remembered my coconut milk for coffee 🙂
Lunch
A really late (dinnertime) lunch at Hu Kitchen (aka paleo Shangra La). Gluten & grain-free wild game meatloaf (spicy and delicious) with toasted curried broccoli. Soooo good.
Dinner
A snack – half a container of Cajun chicken breast salad (chicken, carrots, scallion, red onion, olive oil, kosher salt, black pepper & Cajun seasoning). Also yum, but crazy spicy.
Whole30 2 – Day 19
Day 19 on Whole30 wasn’t bad, either. Had some great lunch and some fairly crappy delivery dinner.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Leftover Whole30 Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef + leftover black garlic mashed cauliflower.
Dinner
Fairly crappy delivery steak pizziaola + steamed and then possibly sautéed broccoli with garlic.
January 31, 2014
I still remember just how terrified I was of The Wizard of Oz as a tiny child. Wouldn’t let my mother read it to me for the longest time, for fear the Wicked Witch would crawl out of the pages and eat me.
I eventually got over it and grew to love the story. And the movie – all of the movie – even the parts with the witch.
Whole30 Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef
This recipe is tasty. Not quite what I had envisioned (I had visions of sticky almost tart beef dancing in my head), but good. A great ‘cook once and use as the backbone for many meals’ recipe.
I’ve served over brussels sprouts, eaten straight of the container, and paired with mashed cauliflower this week – I’m also dying to try it as a “pizza” topper, as a “taco” filling, and with more and varied greens. Yum.
Whole30 Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef
Adapted from Balsamic Roast Beef by Add A Pinch – thanks go out to one of my husband’s Facebook friends who posted the recipe that got the obsession rolling
2-4 pound boneless beef roast (chuck or one of the rounds – I used top round)
1 cup beef broth (check your labels!)
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar (check your labels!)
2 Tbsp. Red Boat fish sauce
2 Tbsp. coconut aminos
1/2 a date, minced
6 cloves garlic, minced
Big pinch red pepper flakes
Plop your meat into a slow cooker. Combine all other ingredients and pour over top. Cook on High 4-8 hours. When your beef can shred with a fork, it’s done. Remove to a platter and go to town.
Place the cooking liquid into a pan and reduce by half for a nicely flavored gravy. Drizzle with extra balsamic before serving for an extra kick of taste. (and if you have some sticky aged balsamic? Heaven.)
4-8 hours? Can you be more specific? Here’s what happened: The original recipe calls for 4 hours on High or 6-8 hours on Low. This is the second time using my new crock pot and we weren’t sure if we needed to latch the lid down while cooking or if that would cause some sort of meatsplosion, so we left it unlatched. Came back 4 hours later and the meat was about half done. So we latched the lid and put it on for another 4. If you know how to operate your crock pot properly, I’d go with the original cooking directions and work from there.
Makes a bunch. I’ve gotten at least 2 dinners for two out of it + 3-4 lunches and I still have 1-2 days’ worth of lunch portions leftover.
Whole30 2 – Day 18
Day 18 on Whole30 was smooth sailing. Great leftovers and one of my very favorite cuts of beef for dinner.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Leftover spicy turkey meatloaves (recipe coming soon)
Dinner
Broiled London Broil with broiled Brussels sprouts tossed with ghee and balsamic vinegar.
After Dinner Snack
What else?
January 30, 2014
Lunch was pretty and the afternoon sun – plus the luxurious 31 degrees it brought – were divine.
Whole 30 2 – Day 17
Day 17 on Whole30 was also my husband’s actual birthday. We celebrated with a decadent-yet-compliant dinner in.
Breakfast
My typical weekday breakfast – one of my DH’s green smoothies. These days, we’re eating them sans banana and plus the juice of 1 lime. Yum.
Lunch
Leftover balsamic beef with leftover Brussels sprouts with bacon.
Dinner
Seared duck breast with a pan sauce of orange juice, beef broth, thyme, bay, and butter + a cauliflower mash with black garlic, truffle salt and butter. Decadent and delicious.
After Dinner Snack
Almonds.
January 29, 2014
Zoodles for everyone!
January 28, 2014
You has an orange? D’ar loves oranges.
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