Sunday, January 2, 2011

More Compilation of Recipes By Crystal Nelson

Cinnamon Apple Chips

Ingredients:
3 Apples
Small Amount of Grapeseed Oil
Cinnamon

Slice apples into very thin slices and then coat with grapeseed oil. Lay apple slices on baking sheet and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until apples are deyhdrated and crisp. You might like them more on the gooey side and not as crisp. It depends on your taste.





Vanilla Cinnamon Roasted Pecans

Ingredients:
2 tsp of vanilla
1 tsp grapeseed oil
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 cup of pecans

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and then place on a pyrex baking dish. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until slightly browned.







Lobster Salad on Cucumber Slices

Ingredients:

Cooked, Shelled Lobster
Diced Yellow Bell Pepper
1 Large Cucumber (peeled and sliced; about 1/4 inch per slice)
1/2 Cup of Organic Mayo or Homemade Paleo Mayo (maybe more if you have a lot of lobster)

Directions:

Chop lobster into bite sized pieces and place in a bowl. Add in diced yellow bell pepper and mayo. Stir all ingredients together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Spoon lobster salad onto cucumber slice. Arrange on a platter and serve chilled.



Proscuttio Wrapped Pears: Complements of Everyday Paleo

Ingredients:

½ red onion, very thinly sliced
2 pears
1 package of prosciutto di parma
Baby Spinach leaves
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar




Preheat oven to 400. Heat the coconut oil in a small skillet and sauté onions until they are carmelized. (onions should be brown but not burnt). Peel and slice the pears into thick slices. Top each pear with a little bit of carmalized onion and one spinach leaf, wrap tightly with a piece of prosciutto. Grease a baking sheet with a little bit of grassfed organic butter, and place the pears on the baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. While the pears are baking, add the balsamic to a small sauce pan, heat over medium low until the balsamic is reduced down to a syrup like consistency, stirring often. Drizzle a small amount of the balsamic reduction over the pears and serve.




Easy Prosciutto Appetizer

Ingredients:
Quality Prosciutto (sliced thin)
Arugula
Toasted Pine Nuts (chopped)
Dried Fruit (currents are nice)

Directions:

Slice prosciutto in half
Arrange small amount of arugula on top
Top with toasted pine nuts and dried fruit
Roll it up and place on a platter!





Coconut Crusted Chicken Fingers


Ingredients:
2 Chicken breasts, pounded to 1/2 in thick and cut into strips
1 Egg, beaten
1/2 cup almond flour, in a small bowl
shredded coconut to cover the chicken
2 tblsp coconut oil

Heat grapeseed oil in a large skillet. Dredge the chicken in these three steps: Egg, Almond Flour, coconut; until the chicken is covered. Place the chicken in the skillet, cooking until golden brown on both sides; about 3-5 min each side. Make sure chicken is cooked all the way through.



Beef, Sausage, and Veggie Soup: Complements of Everyday Paleo


Ingredients:
Olive Oil
1 lb grassfed ground beef
1 red onion diced
1 lb ground pork sausage
garlic powder
dried basil
dried oregano
3 dashes cayenne pepper
4 sliced carrots
8 sliced stalks of celery
1 bunch of cut up asparagus
4 cups of organic free range chicken broth
1 can of organic diced tomatoes

Cover the bottom of a big pot with olive oil and red onion. When onions start to become transparent, add beef and sausage. Brown meat and season with sea salt and a generous amount of garlic powder, basil, and dried oregano as well as the cayenne pepper. Throw in carrots, celery, asparagus, chicken broth, and tomatoes. Let the soup simmer for about 45 minutes or until veggies are tender. Serve in a crock
pot on low heat.




Apple Glazed Pork Roast

Ingredients:
3-4 lb pork loin roast
salt and pepper
4-6 apples, cored and quartered (peeled optional)
1/4 juice from an apple
3 Tb Raw Honey
1 tsp of ginger

Rub roast with salt and pepper. Brown under broiler to remove excess fat, drain well. Place apple quarters in bottom of crockpot. Place roast on top of apples. Combine rest of ingredients, spoon over roast. Cook on low for 10-12 hours.