Rouladen and Cabbage

So I was grocery shopping at Co-op the other day and I must say they have excellent cuts of meat there.
I stumbled across Rouladen (basically inside round steak cut in strips and flattened to about 1/4"). 
I wasn't sure what I was going to stuff in it until this morning......I had also bought some mild italian sausage meat.  Meat stuffed with Meat!  How can you go wrong?!?!?

This is what came of it.......

Rouladen (Inside Round Steak cut in Strips and Flattened to 1/4" thick

Mild Italian Sausage Meat

1 medium onion - diced

1 egg with 1tblsp of almond milk (for egg wash)

1/2 cup almond meal

Club House "Hot and Spicy" to season

Pepper to season

Mix diced onion and sausage meat together. 

Take small ball of mixture and place on one end of the rouladen.  Roll up to seal

Keep the roll up stuff with lots of meat....there may be extra, as I had some.  I just kept it for breakfast in the morning. 

Dip each rouladen in the egg wash and then coat in the almond meal (seasoned with the Hot and Spicy). 

No need to have a thick coating, just a thin even coat. 

Place in hot pan oiled with your favorite oil. 

Sear and crisp up all sides of the rouladen. 

When evenly seared, place in shallow baking dish for 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. 

Depending on the thickness of your rouladen, you may have to cook longer. 

While this was cooking up, I steamed and sauteed some cabbage.....no seasoning needed. 

I really enjoyed this dish.  I am going to try different types of ground meat and veggies to stuff next time. 

Yummy~

Sunday Breakfast....Muffins and Pork

After a sending the hubby off for hunting before the sun came up, going back to bed for a couple hours and a good walk at the park with the dogs....I was hungry!!

Yesterday while I was shopping at the Co-op I found side pork belly.  It was sliced into strips like bacon....I thought it would give me some variation from bacon. 

I put these in a frying on medium heat, sprinkled with some pepper, as I prepared the "muffins". 
Rather than scrambled eggs, or fried eggs, I made egg muffins. 
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 

I took whatever veg I had in my fridge (peppers, mushrooms, green onions and zuchinni ) and diced it up...ended up being 2 cups of veg.  Took the last 7 eggs and whisked together with a tablespoon of almond milk and seasoned with pepper. 

Grease the muffin tin with a bit of olive oil and fill cups until they are almost full. 

Cook in the oven for approx 15 -20 minutes.  Place knife in middle of muffin and if it comes out clean then the muffins are done.  If not toss in for an extra few minutes. 

The muffins and pork belly were delicious!!!   BUT word of warning....if you are squeamish of fat on meat (my husband) then the pork belly is not for you. 

Enjoy~~

Cabbage and Beef

So, this is one of my favorite meals to make.  It is simple and yummy and reminds me of lazy cabbage rolls....which I am a huge sucker for. 

I only made a small batch tonight after my workout, but I usually make a huge pot and have leftovers for days.  This dish tastes super yummy the next day!

1/2 Head Cabbage
1 lb of grass fed ground beef
1 tsp of crushed garlic (more if you like garlic)
1/4 cup crushed tomatoes
Pepper to taste

Place cabbage in large frying pan or pot with 1/2 cup of water
Cover and steam for approx 5 mins or until cabbage is tender, but still has a bit of crunch
Add ground beef and garlic
Brown ground beef and garlic in pan
When beef is no longer pink, add the tomatoes and toss together. 
Season with pepper....salt is you must (I am not a salt fan)
Remove from heat, serve and enjoy!!

Now I have tried reversing the order of when I cook the cabbage and beef, but found I like this way best. 
Hope you like it!

Welcome!!

Welcome to my blog! 
I am excited to start cooking and sharing my adventures in paleo with you!
I love to cook.....I have worked in several restaurants in Saskatoon before deciding to become a mortgage broker, but my love to cook stayed with me. 
I discovered Paleo in December of 2009, when I joined Crossfit.  I loved it!
Making this change in my eating helped me lose 30 lbs, and feel better mentally and physically - so why not stick with it?!
I want to invite my readers to share their recipes, adventures in paleo with me.  Comments and suggestions are more than welcome! 
My trusty taste testers (my husband Kelly or one of my brothers/sisters/niece) will post as well. 
Gotta make sure home is happy!
Looking forward to sharing with everyone!
Crystal~