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Dairy Free Sausage Potato Chowder

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Dairy Free Sausage Potato Chowder
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Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1/2 pound sausage
  • 2 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1/2 cup onion, diced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon sage
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 cups chicken, beef or bison broth
  • 2 cups kale or spinach, chopped
  • 1 cup coconut milk*

In a large stockpot, heat coconut oil and brown sausage until cooked through.

Add in potatoes, onion, garlic, sage, salt, pepper and broth. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

Add in spinach and coconut milk and heat for about 5 more minutes or until spinach is soft.

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Swedish Meatballs with Turnip Mash

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Swedish Meatballs with Turnip Mash
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Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 40 minutes

Meatballs:

  • 1 pound ground turkey
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground sage
  • 1 teaspoon ground thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground oregano
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • dash nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups beef, chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  • 3/4 coconut milk*
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley

Garlic Mash:

  • 2 large turnips, peeled and diced
  • 1 tablespoon ghee or butter
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup coconut milk*

In a mixing bowl, combine ingredients for meatballs. Form into 1″ balls and place in a skillet with 1 tablespoon coconut oil. Cook meatballs over medium heat for about 15 minutes, turning halfway through, or until cooked completely through. Remove meatballs from skillet.

Add ghee or butter and onion into skillet and cook for about 5 minutes. Add in salt, pepper, nutmeg and flour. Stir until mixture has thickened. Slowly add in broth and vinegar. Stir constantly until mixture starts to thicken. Add in coconut milk and parsley. Return meatballs to sauce.

While meatballs are cooking, add turnips to a medium saucepan and cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes or until soft. Drain water from turnips. Add ghee, garlic, salt and coconut milk to turnips. Mash or blend together using a mixer.

Serve meatballs and sauce over mashed potatoes. Sprinkle with parsley.

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Dairy Free Creamy Curry Mahi Mahi

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Dairy Free Creamy Curry Mahi Mahi
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Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Rice:

  • 2 cups black rice, cooked

Dairy Free Creamy Curry Sauce:

  • 1 cup coconut milk*
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 1 lime, juice and zest
  • 1 teaspoon raw honey
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 teaspoons cilantro, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground curry powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

Mahi Mahi:

In a small saucepan, combine ingredients for curry sauce over low heat. Bring sauce to simmer, stirring frequently.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat coconut oil. Place mahi mahi fillets in the hot skillet and sprinkle both sides with a little salt and pepper. Cook fish for about 6-8 minutes on each side or until cooked through.

Place mahi mahi fillets on top of warm black rice and pour over a little curry sauce. Top with additional chopped cilantro and parsley, if desired.

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Easy Crockpot Chicken Fajita Bowls

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Easy Crockpot Chicken Fajita Bowls
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Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Crockpot Chicken:

Optional Toppings:

  • chopped fresh tomatoes
  • fresh cilantro
  • lettuce
  • sour cream
  • cheese
  • shredded purple cabbage
  • sliced radishes
  • sliced avocado
  • black olives
  • cooked grains like rice, quinoa, etc.
  • beans

Grease crockpot with coconut oil, palm shortening, or butter.

Place chicken breasts, canned tomatoes with jalapeños, tomato paste, cumin, coconut oil, salt, chili powder, garlic, juice of one lime, and onion in crockpot. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours.

Shred with fork. Squeeze remaining lime over chicken. Mix.

Fill bowls with lettuce then top with scoop of chicken. Add additional toppings of choice and enjoy.

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Skillet Salmon with Caramelized Onions

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Skillet Salmon with Caramelized Onions
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Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 12-20 minutes

Heat palm shortening and coconut oil in a medium sized cast iron skillet over medium-high heat, sprinkle in one pinch of salt.

Chop onion into thin rounds and add to skillet. Let cook for one minute and then add salmon fillets on top of onions. Cover, leaving a little gap for steam to escape, and let cook for 3-5 minutes or until the underside is getting golden & crispy. Flip salmon, sprinkle with remaining pinch of salt, squeeze lemon over salmon, and let cook for another 3 minutes.

Remove pan from heat and serve.

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Gluten Free Garelu with Fresh Coconut Chutney

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Gluten Free Garelu with Fresh Coconut Chutney
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Servings: 10
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Garelu:

  • 2 cups Black Gram (Urad Dal)
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
  • 3 green chilis
  • salt, to taste
  • coconut oil, for frying

Coconut Chutney:

  • 1 cup raw grated coconut, or dried shredded coconut
  • 3 green chilis
  • salt, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon butter 
  • 3/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 red chili

Garelu: 

First, soak Urad dal for 4 hours. Rinse thoroughly using a strainer. Then add fresh water and soak Urad dal overnight.

Discard water from the soaked dal before grinding. (Grind dal using a wet grinder.) Add the soaked dal to the wet grinder and add salt. Add ginger and green chilies.Then add 2 teaspoons of water and grind. Continue adding 1 teaspoon of water at intervals depending upon the requirement while grinding. Grind the dal until soft to touch, then beat to fluff the batter. (To test the fluffiness of the batter add a small portion of batter to a bowl of water and observe that the batter floats on water. If the batter sinks in water then beat again, until batter is light enough to float.) Set prepared batter aside.

Heat a pan and add coconut oil to it, enough for frying. Bring heat to medium-high.

Wet your fingers and take a small portion of the batter and shape into a round ball. Flatten the ball with your hand. Dip thumb in water and make a hole in the flattened ball. Continue until you have used all of the batter.

Drop the prepared garelu carefully into the hot coconut oil. Using a slotted spoon, turn garelu in the oil until both sides are fried golden-brown. Remove fried garelu using slotted spoon and place on a paper napkin to soak up excess oil before serving. Serve garelu hot with coconut chutney.

Coconut Chutney:

In a blender, combine freshly grated (or dried) coconut, fried green chilis, salt, lemon and a little water. Blend until smooth.

Heat butter in a small pan. Add mustard seeds, 1 sprig curry leaves, and 1 red chili. When the mustard seeds crackle remove from heat and pour this over the coconut chutney. Mix well.

Enjoy with hot garelu.

Note: Add 1/4 bunch cilantro while grinding coconut, if desired.

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Oyster Curry

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Oyster Curry
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Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 25 minutes

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4-5 dry red chilies
  • 1/2 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 5-6 peppercorns
  • 5-6 cloves
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, pressed
  • 1/2 cup dried coconut
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 marble sized tamarind ball*
  • 1 1/2 cups small oysters
  • salt to taste

Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a skillet and fry all of the dry spices, except fennel seeds, for about a minute or until a nice aroma comes out being careful not to burn the spices.

Add onions and garlic, and the other tablespoon of olive oil then fry on medium-high heat until they change color and become light brown. Adjust heat to low. Add dried coconut and fry until coconut turns brown. Add fennel seeds and turmeric powder and fry for 1 more minute.

Grind all the fried ingredients with tamarind ball and 1/2 cup water to make smooth paste.

Wash the oysters 3-4 times. If you buy big oysters, cut them into halves.

Heat a heavy bottomed vessel, add paste and on low heat let it cook for 5 minutes.

Now add oysters and a little water, mix and let it come to boil.

Reduce heat to low, let simmer for 8-10 minutes.

Add salt and switch off the stove.

Serve with steamed rice.

*Search the internet for a recipe to make Tamarind Balls.

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Savory Grass-fed Beef Burgers

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Savory Grass-fed Beef Burgers
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Servings: 4

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and then shape into equal sized patties.

Preheat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high, add coconut oil. Fry patties according to desired doneness, flipping once halfway through.

Top with grass-fed cheese. Serve with or without a bun.

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