Showing posts with label Pablano Pepper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pablano Pepper. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2013

Paleo Pablano Peppers!

Happy Monday Everyone!  Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the weekends last longer, because I need to know!!!!

Autoimmune disease sucks by the way!  Have I told you that lately?  Ever since my gluten experience a few weeks ago, I just can't get my body back to good.  I think it did a little more damage than just the tummy woes.  I am having skin troubles, tummy troubles and just not myself.  I couldn't imagine if I wasn't eating Paleo.  I remember those days, all too well.  Misery, and knowledge of every bathroom in town where I would be comfortable dropping a #2! So before I get back to that point... this week will contain no Alcohol, and lots of gut healing food!  Food, is absolutely in my mind, natures best medicine.

Well, the Pepper experiment was a thumbs up!   I think I was more impressed with my Spanish Cauliflower Rice-alike, it turned out to be the shiz-nit.  If you are like my family and not interested in trying yet another cauliflower dish, trying to be rice... just please give this one a try.  I think you will be pleasantly Surprised!  I started the cauliflower rice first, and let it cook while working on the peppers.  It all ended up being done at the perfect time!

Stuffed Paleo Pablano Peppers 

4 Pablano Peppers
1 lb of Ground Bison
2 Links of Aidells Chorizo (Diced)
1 Sweet Onion
1 Heirloom Tomato
Salt
Pepper
Hot Sauce (Tapatillo is what I used)

Heat Oven to 400 degrees.  Slice Onions and saute until they are caramelized  set aside.  In another brown the Bison, Chorizo and Tomato.  Salt and Pepper meat mixture and add hot sauce until desired spiciness has been reached.  Add onions to mixture and mix well.  Wash Peppers, cut of top, clean out seeds and make a slice down the pepper, not all the way to the end... this will give you more room to stuff.  Fill peppers with meat mixture and bake in the oven until pepper gets soft and insides are bubbly.  This took about 25 minutes.


Spanish Cauliflower Rice-Alike

1 Head Of Cauliflower
1 Can Fire Roasted Tomatoes
1/ 2 an Onion Diced
2 Cloves of Garlic Minced
2 Tbsp Cumin
2 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 cup Chicken Stock
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
Salt 
Pepper

Clean Cauliflower and use food processor to chop up the cauliflower into a rice like consistency.  In a skillet, soften onion and garlic in the olive oil until translucent.  Add Cauliflower and cook about 5 minutes, stirring often.  Add Tomatoes, juice and all, spices and chicken stock to pan.  Let simmer, uncovered, until liquid is no longer present.  

Friday, May 17, 2013

May... Celiac Awareness Month!

With May being celiac awareness month, I thought I would write a quick little post from a Celiac's point of view.  This article popped up the other day... not sure where... maybe Facebook or twitter, and really got me thinking on the subject.  Click here to read! 

Just recently, in my last post, you will remember that I too was glutened at a restaurant.  That's why most of the time we don't even eat out. It's just not worth taking that risk for me.  When we took our trip to Monterey, I doubled up on probiotics and Kambucha, held onto my gut and hoped for the best.  Although I do get angry when this happens and that no one takes my requests seriously... it is my choice to eat out and take that chance.  People are just not educated on this matter, and don't understand the severity, and I don't like to risk my health based on peoples ignorance.  Now my biggest beef with this article was that she was waiting on a transplant and I'm sorry, eat out at that point?  Really?  And pasta to boot?  Even before I went Paleo, I wouldn't have eaten a gluten free noodle in a restaurant if my life depended on it!  You don't know how that pasta is handled, or if it's boiled in water that normal evil pasta is.  Eating in an Italian restaurant is risky anyway... in the picture of Jamie Oliver sitting by his kitchen there is bread and croutons all over behind him.  I'm getting a stomach ache just looking at it!  BLECK!

Well, now that I am jumping off my soapbox... I will plunge into planning weekend activities.  Goal 1... shop for a new bra (the girls need help), Goal 2... conquer a stuffed Paleo Pablano Pepper!  Doesn't' that sound delish?