Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Some good food.

So, I've said it before... I love food! Jon and I recently decided to go Paleo- almost a month ago. I have to admit in the beginning I was having junk-foodie remorse, but now I can honestly say that I'm loving it. I feel like I've been far more creative with my meals than before, cause I'm all about taste. If its gotta be Paleo, it's gotta taste good. I'll share with you one of the recipes from this week. Check it out:

So the recipe is adapted from Lobel's Meat bible, a pretty awesome cookbook about meat!


INGREDIENTS

4 tablespoons olive oil
5-8 chicken drumsticks or thighs
3-4 cups chicken stock
1 large onion, chopped
3 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped
kosher salt
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
5-8 pitted dates, chopped
3-4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
1/3 cup almonds, blanched and slivered
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon 
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

DIRECTIONS

1. Begin by boiling the chicken in 3 cups of stock, add a bit of garlic, onion, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 25 minutes

2. Meanwhile, place chopped carrots, dates and remaining ingredients in a shallow pan and simmer in remaining cup of stock until carrots and onions are tender.

3. Add 3 tablespoons of oil to a pan. Once hot, add 1/3 cup of almonds and cook until toasted. Add almonds to vegetables.

4. Remove chicken from pot. Spoon vegetables over meat and enjoy.

Let me know what you think. It was a hit at our house:-)

Ps. Sorry I didn't add a picture. I took one but it didn't do the meal justice at all. lol

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