BLT Salad with Homemade Mayo

Recipes posted a year ago: Butternut Squash and Pear Soup Green Beans with Hazelnuts  Chicken Puttanesca Sausage and Kale Soup This is really two recipes in one! This was my first attempt at making homemade mayonnaise and I was pretty proud of myself that it turned out perfect!  Making mayonnaise takes quite a bit of … Continue reading BLT Salad with Homemade Mayo

Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Recipes from a year ago: Herb-Roasted Chicken with Fennel Pork Chops with Apple Cabbage Slaw If you're looking for a simple recipe for a weeknight, this is a good one.  You can pair it with roasted spaghetti squash for "spaghetti and meatballs," or you can simply enjoy it as a thick hearty soup like we … Continue reading Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Chunky Sausage Tomato Soup

First off, I want to apologize - I experienced some odd camera malfunctioning (probably user error) last week and ended up losing the "in process" photos of about three or four different recipes.  I still managed to get pictures of the finished dish (or the leftovers when I had them for lunch the next day) … Continue reading Chunky Sausage Tomato Soup

Stuffed Portobella Mushrooms

What is the difference between a portobella mushroom, a cremini mushroom, and a white button mushroom (all of which are readily available at your local produce market)?  Nothing...except maturity, and perhaps as much as $3 or $4 per pound.  They are the same species - just harvested at different stages of their growth cycle.  But unless … Continue reading Stuffed Portobella Mushrooms

Margarita Chili

Margarita Chili Recipe Type: Main Dish Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours 20 mins Serves: 8 Ingredients 1 to 1-1/2 lbs ground grass-fed beef 1 lb ground pork breakfast sausage – something rather mild would be best, or simply some ground pork 1 large yellow onion, … Continue reading Margarita Chili

Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup Recipe Type: Main Dish Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 4 hours Total time: 4 hours 15 mins Serves: 6 Ingredients 1 pound of ground turkey 1 tablespoon of coconut oil 1 1/2 chopped onion 1 or 2 cloves of garlic 2 shredded carrots 2 celery stalks 2 jars of … Continue reading Tomato Soup

Herb-Roasted Chicken with Fennel

Herb-Roasted Chicken with Fennel Recipe Type: Main Dish Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 40 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 1 hour 20 mins Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves. You can use boneless, skinless, but they don’t develop quite as much flavor, and are a bit smaller as well. 1/2 … Continue reading Herb-Roasted Chicken with Fennel

Guacamole

Guacamole Recipe Type: Side Dishes Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Serves: 6~8 Ingredients 2 ripe avocados 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro Juice of one lime 1 clove of garlic, minced 5 grape tomatoes, chopped (or 1 roma tomato, chopped) pinch or two of salt Instructions Cut the avocados in … Continue reading Guacamole

Mango Salsa

Mango Salsa Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 8 Ingredients 2 large mangoes, very ripe, cubed into roughly 1/2″ cubes 1 tomato, roughly chopped 6~8 grape tomatoes, quartered 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 6 scallions, chopped 1 jalapeño, minced with seeds and white membrane removed 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, … Continue reading Mango Salsa

Chili

Chili Author: Purely Primal Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 3 hours Total time: 3 hours 15 mins Serves: 8 Ingredients 1-1/2 lbs ground meat – grass fed or wild game (this is incredible with elk, venison, or moose) 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 1 medium shallot, chopped 3 med-large plum or Roma tomatoes, chopped 2 … Continue reading Chili