Nutrition

The Crossfitter's Kitchen

Check out this Vegetable-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms recipe found by Nicole.

She says,

"Soooo good! I know the cheese is out but is balsamic vinegar paleo....I am guessing no. Either way this is sooooooo gooooood!"

Certainly more Primal than Paleo but it looks delicious!

Have a recipe to share? Send it to me and I'll post it here! 

Great Website!

Paleo Update: The Paleo Meal of the day is from a website called Health Bent. Loads of great recipes and nutrition information. Check out theNutrition Umbrella and read the post about sugar.  The author is a Crossfitter! 

Please remember to read the comments of any blog you may read. Lots of great information shared by many. 

 

Coconut Chicken Curry

 

 Nicole found this recipe on Cosmopolitan Primal Girl 

Paleo Coconut Curry Chicken

Ingredients (serves 4):
- 4 chicken thighs & legs (still intact), skin on
-  1 cauliflower (to make the rice)
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 Onion – finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves – smashed and roughly chopped
- 1 red chili pepper – seeds removed, chopped (I used a Scotch Bonnet pepper)
- 1 can coconut milk
- 2 Tbsp curry powder

Directions:

1.  In a large skillet, heat coconut oil to a med-high heat
2. Put chicken pieces into the skillet and cook until each side golden-browned (about 3 min per side)
3. Remove chicken and set aside.
4. Add onion, garlic and chili – saute for about 3 min or until soft
5. Add the coconut milk and curry powder – mix together thoroughly
6. Add back the chicken and simmer at medium heat covered for about 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.  You can use a meat thermometer to check and it should be about 155 before you stop cooking it (it will continue to cook up to 160 which is the perfect internal temp).  The coconut milk that the chicken is simmering in should cover about 1/2 of the chicken – if yours’ doesn’t you can add more coconut milk or some chicken stock.
7. For the cauliflower rice, either use your food processor to chop the cauliflower to a rice consistency or use a cheese grater.  If you have a microwave you can cook it in the microwave for 3 minutes and it’ll be good to go.  Otherwise you can steam it for a few minutes.  I always cook my cauliflower after I’ve grated it.
8. Serve the chicken on a bed of cauliflower rice.  
9. Enjoy!

Nicole said "I made this last night, it was amazing!"

Kim said "I changed a few things. Wanting leftovers, I doubled the recipe. Because I had broccoli and because broccoli acts like a flavor sponge in a curry dish, I added that too. The Cauliflower Rice is fantastic and my 13 and 15 year old girls loved it."

Check out the Cosmo Primal Girl website. Lots of great info. Post your thoughts about the recipe in comments  

 

What is filling your tank?

 

2 eggs,1 protein serving of sausage. 2 cups of left over roasted veggies lightly coated in olive oil. It was delicious. 
 

What was for breakfast this morning? Did you skip it? How was your wod?
You must restructure the way you think about food. Biologically we eat to fuel our bodies. We don't need to eat for comfort, to ease boredom, to celebrate or because the television tells us too. We need to fuel our bodies so that we survive. We eat good foods so that we survive unmedicated for a long time. The good news is all this wonderful paleo food tastes really good! We get to completely enjoy our wise choices. We can still celebrate with food~just not cake and ice cream! 
Homework-Post your breakfast to comments
 
Paleo Tip-Know your protein requirements and make sure you are eating enough. You don't have to weigh and measure but do be sure that at each meal you are eating a serving of protein that is the size of your fist. For more information read this article on the Zone diet. It has great basic macronutrient information and protein requirements.

Paleo Recipe Link of the Day (submitted by Jimmy): Stewed Talapia Spend some time looking around the Whole 9 site while you are there.