Sometimes Paleo cuisine gets a bad wrap for being little more than variations on bacon and lettuce. It’s great to see someone take it to new and exciting culinary territory, as in the case of the recently released Paleo Planet cookbook. Written by Becky Winkler of A Calculated Whisk, the book contains over 125 Paleo recipes from …
Poultry
Spatchcock Chicken with Root Vegetables uses a simple technique to produce perfectly cooked chicken as part of a healthy, one-pan meal. Spatchcocking is just a fancy term for a simple technique: splitting a bird in half and and cooking it flat. I was expecting there to be some sort of unique and brilliant history behind …
Sometimes I lay awake at night, wondering if my deceased Irish ancestors are rolling in their graves because I put kale in my Shepherd’s Pie. Then I remember that they probably have no idea what kale is, so it’s likely all good. When it comes to comfort food, Shepherd’s Pie ranks as one of the tops. A …
Spaghetti squash is one of those Paleo staples that I can’t live without. It makes an great substitute for pasta and is ridiculously easy to make. It’s also pretty tasty just on it’s own with a little butter or ghee. I often would get sad when cooking spaghetti squash, however, because I’d end up with short little …
It was a rough day at the office. Your boss really reamed you out for not filing those TPS reports…again. At least you’re home now. You’re starving, but you’re also beat as a mule on the Santa Fe Trail in August. The last thing you want to do is spend three hours cooking just so you …
Who doesn’t like a good stuffed pepper? If prepared properly, it can be a sweet little package filled with meaty goodness. I used a technique in this recipe that I picked up from America’s Test Kitchen where you boil the peppers for a few minutes before stuffing them. This does wonders to shorten the cooking time. Your peppers won’t end …
I picked up this easy roasted chicken technique from Michael Ruhlman in his brilliant Ruhlman’s Twenty cookbook. It is by far the most straightforward and delicious way I have found to roast a chicken. I love it for a couple reasons. 1. It’s dirt simple The total ingredients you will need include chicken, salt, and pepper. I usually like …
I love a good turkey burger. I know, it will never rival the pink juicy tenderness of it’s brother, Big Beef. But if done properly, it can still deliver a flavorful experience to rival any standard burger at your Uncle Tito’s cookout. This recipe came together really as a matter of happenstance. After making turkey burgers one summer …
The Story of Jerk Chicken Salad Variety might be the spice of life, but in Jamaica it is jerk seasoning. After stuffing myself with jerk chicken for a solid week during a visit there last summer, we picked up a jar of Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning to bring a little Jamaica back home with us. It sat around …