Avocado tuna salad

INGREDIENTS
1 avocado
1 lemon, juiced, to taste
1 tablespoon chopped onion, to taste
5 ounces cooked or canned wild tuna
sea salt and pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS
Cut the avocado in half and scoop the middle of both avocado halves into a bowl, leaving a shell of avocado flesh about ¼-inch thick on each half.
Add lemon juice and onion to the avocado in the bowl and mash together. Add tuna, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Taste and adjust if needed.
Fill avocado shells with tuna salad and serve.

Thai pork salad

INGREDIENTS
1 ½ lbs pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces
2 carrots, grated
2 green onions, chopped
1 jalapeño, thinly sliced (optional)
Napa cabbage leaves
½ cup cilantro, chopped + more for garnish
¼ cup fresh mint leaves, torn
¼ cup fresh basil leaves, torn
2 tbsp fresh ginger, miced or grated
1 garlic clove, minced
¾ cup full-fat coconut milk
⅓ cup coconut aminos
¼ cup fresh lime juice
Lime wedges (for garnish)
1 tbsp cooking fat
Sea salt to taste
 
PREPARATION
Combine pork, ½ cup cilantro, ginger, garlic, coconut milk, coconut aminos, lime juice, and salt in a bowl and let marinate while preparing rest of the ingredients.
Heat cooking fat over medium-high heat in a large skillet, once hot add pork including the marinade and cook for 6-8 minutes until pork is slightly pink in the middle. Stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and transfer to serving bowl.
Toss in carrots, green onion, jalapeño if using, mint and basil.
To serve fill cabbage leaves with pork mixture, top with additional cilantro and serve with lime wedges.

Baby kale and brussels salad

INGREDIENTS
4 cups baby kale
12 oz Brussels sprouts, sliced thinly
2 apples, cored & diced
6 slices good quality bacon (gluten, nitrate & nitrite, and sugar free), cooked and crumbled
½ lb chicken breast, cooked and shredded (optional)
½ cup almonds, sliced (optional)
1 garlic clove, minced
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp Dijon or homemade mustard
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

PREPARATION
At the bottom of a large salad bowl whisk together garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper until emulsified.
Add in kale, Brussels sprouts, apples, and bacon. Toss to coat.
Top with almonds and chicken if using.

Mini frittatas

INGREDIENTS
1 cup fully cooked good quality ham (all natural, nitrite & nitrate, gluten, sugar & casein free), cut into cubes
1 cup broccoli, chopped into small pieces
1 red onion, minced
6 eggs
4 egg whites
3 tbsp chives, minced
2 tbsp full-fat coconut milk
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Paleo cooking fat
 
PREPARATION
Preheat your oven to 375 F.
Oil each cup on the muffin tray with some melted Paleo cooking fat.
Divide the ham, broccoli, and onion equally among the muffin cups.
In a bowl, whisk together the egg whites, eggs, chives, coconut milk, and salt and pepper to taste.
Pour the egg mixture into each muffin cup. Fill the cups almost to the top but not completely.
Place the muffin tray in the oven and cook 20 to 22 minutes or until golden.
Carefully remove the mini frittatas from the muffin tray and serve.

Great lunch idea.....

Ingredients:

4 large eggs
8 pieces of Whole30 bacon (no sugar!)
10 oz baby spinach (or greens of your choice)
1/2 red onion, diced
2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
2/3 cup sunflower seeds
2 ripe avocados, sliced*
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp dijon mustard (check the label for wine or sulfites!)
2 lemons, juiced
Sea Salt and fresh cracked black pepper, to taste

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Soft boil your eggs by laying all four in the bottom of a saucepan big enough to fit them all in one layer. Cover the eggs with water by at least 1 inch and bring the pan to the stove over medium high heat. As soon as the water reaches a boil, cover the pan with a lid, turn off the burner and remove from the heat. Allow the eggs to sit for 1.5 to 2 minutes, drain, rinse with cool water to stop the cooking, and peel.
While you’re waiting on your egg water to come up to a boil, you can prep your bacon. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, ensuring that the aluminum comes up all the way on all sides (to catch the bacon grease and make your cleanup easier). Top the foiled baking sheet with a wire rack and lay your bacon strips on top of it in a single layer. Bake the bacon for 10-15 minutes on the center rack, watching closely after 10 minutes to ensure that it doesn’t burn. Once cooked, chop the bacon into bite-sized pieces.
Next, prepare your dressing by combining the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, lemon juice, sea salt and pepper in a medium bowl (I used the mixing container attachment for my stick blender), whisk together until well combined.
Using a quart-sized mason jar, layer the dressing equally at the bottom of each. Next, add the onions followed by the tomatoes, sunflower seeds, then bacon. Chop the avocado and egg, layer one on top of the other, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Finish the salad by packing the greens on top of the rest of the ingredients and seal the lid tight.
Store the jar salad upright until you’re ready to eat it. When it’s time to eat, turn the jar upside down and shake vigorously until all the ingredients come together. In the beginning, you may need to take a few bites of the salad and then resume shaking in order to get all of the dressing distributed over the goodies. I recommend eating this salad within 48 hours of packing it.

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