Beef Sliders w/ Guacamole & Garlic Kale

After my first attempt at kale chips went hinky, I decided to use it as the side for my sliders.

Ingredients:
1lb organic ground beef
1 egg
Salt & Pepper

Instructions:
1) Mix all ingredients
2) Form into sliders. I make mine a bit bigger to begin with cause they always seem to shrink while cooking
3) Pan fry them until desired doneness
Top with home made guacamole (or just avocado)
And serve with the kale chips rejects.
Enjoy!!

Kale Chips

I have heard and heard about "kale chips". But I've nerve been able to find kale or try it. Until last week. I found a bag of organic pre-cut kale.
Then a couple days later a user I follow on instagram posted a picture and recipes for kale chips. It must be date. Sweet baby jeebus wanted me to try kale chips.

Ingredients:
Kale
EVOO/coconut oil/melted ghee
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder

Directions:
1) preheat oven to 270°
2) like a cookie sheet with tin foil
3) if the kale isn't already chopped, cut it into bite size pieces.
4) toss kale with a touch (barely anything*) EVOO and desired spices.
5) lay on cookie sheet evenly
6) bake for 8-10 min [that's what the original recipe said, bit I has to bake mine for 12min]
7) let sit for a couple min
*it took me 2 soggy batches to get the EVOO right. I'd say approx. 1tbs of EVOO for 1pan of kale.

Enjoy!!!

"Egg Muffins"

I've been eye-balling these of pinterest for a while. I've been looking at how I can do them for me. So I finally took the plunge and made these today. I call them Egg Muffins, but since they're really not Muffins I call them "muffins", I didn't want to confuse people.

Ingredients
These are all up to you. I used what I had on hand and it worked out.
12 Eggs
Breakfast Sausage (left over from this mornings breakfast)
Sweet Peppers (had in my fridge)
Prosciutto (left overs)
(i've also seen)
Spinach
Bacon
Tomatoes
Onions
Mushrooms
The ones on pinterest had cheese in them, but that's not paleo/whole30
Etc. The possibilities are endless.

Directions
*** Preheat oven to 350***
1) Crack eggs in a bowl, and wisk together.
2) Spray/oil/ghee/etc the cups in the cupcake pan.
3) Chop and prep all the ingredients going in the egg mixture.
4) Line the cups with the prosciutto/bacon/spinach, etc ( had enough prosciutto for 5 cups)
5) Pour the eggs evenly throughout the cups. I have also seen people put one egg directly in the cups individually, but i have an aversion to the yolks when baked. so I whisked them together.
6) Add the additions. When I added the sausage, i tried to dunk them. but it didn't quite work.

7) Bake for 20-25 minutes.
8)Let cool before trying to remove. For some of them I had to run a paring knife along the edges to get it loose enough to pull out of the cups intact.

9) Store in air tight containers.

When you're read to eat them. pop them in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and you're good to go.

You have a quick healthy weekday breakfast!!!

Taco Casserole

Taco Casserole

Thank you: two maids a milkin'!

Ingredients:
1 lb. hamburger
1 pkg. taco seasoning
8 oz. sour cream (I would suggest using 1/2 of this. the sour cream sort of overwhelmed the rest of the flavors for me)
1 pkg. crescent rolls (8)
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (I used rotel, I like things a little spicy)
1 c. shredded cheese
Dorito chips

Directions

1. Brown hamburger and drain.

2. Add taco seasoning, tomato sauce, tiny bit of water, and diced tomatoes. Simmer...

3. In 9x13 dish, press out crescent rolls and roll them to form crust.

4. Here comes the Dairy!!! Layer hamburger mixture, sour cream and then cheese.

5. Crush about 3/4 of a bag of Doritos and put them on top. Bake at 350 for 30 min.

Enjoy!!!

The only thing i would change is cutting the sour cream wayyyyyyyyy down, or cutting it out completely and adding it on each dish individually.

The sour cream flavor over whelmed most of the dish. which i'm normally okay with, but this time it was a tad much for even me. and my love for sour cream normally knows no bounds. 








Blogger is being silly and won't let me upload pics, I'll try again later.

Crock Pot Tortilla Soup

Stolen from: Miller Musings!

Ingredients

2 chicken boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 cans Ro-Tel (I like the lime & cilantro, but the regular is fine)
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can corn
1 onion, chopped
2 cans low-sodium chicken broth
1-2 cups of water
1 Tbsp garlic powder*
1 Tbsp chile powder*
1 Tbsp ground cumin*
1 Tbsp dried cilantro*

tortilla chips
sour cream
shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese

*Instead of these spices, you could include a packet of Taco seasoning if you prefer.*

Put chopped onion, cans of beans, rotel, corn, chicken broth, water, and spices in CrockPot and stir to mix. Put chicken breasts on top of mixture and make sure they're at least partly submerged in liquid. Cook on high 6-7 hours or low 8-9 hours. Before serving remove the chicken breasts from soup and shred, if needed, (sometimes they'll just fall apart on their own, but sometimes they need some help). Return chicken to CrockPot, stir to combine.

To serve put a few tortilla chips in the bottom of a bowl, ladle soup over tortilla chips, top with shredded cheddar cheese, (today I used the Kraft Mexican blend and it was yummy), and a dollop of sour cream, serve with more chips if you like. Enjoy!