Lamb Loin Chop Dinner!

Dinner tonight was Lamb Loin Chops, cooked medium rare, thanks to the wonderful meat thermometer that my twin gifted us with. 

They were served with a garlic and ginger paste, alongside roasted broccoli with melted Swiss cheese.

Here you can see how nicely red it still is, when you know to take it off heat when the internal temperature is around 130 degrees. Again, per my twin's advice, I placed the meat in a tin-foil tent for ten minutes. That makes it hold all the juices brilliantly.

We simply need to eat more lamb!

Paleo Detox!

If you're like me, you ate a few more carbs on Christmas than you usually like to. And if you eat Paleo, that means you may have eaten forty where you usually eat ten! No matter, we're ready for what we call Paleo Detox. But the good news is--that means we just spend a few days eating strictly Paleo.
 

Now, personally, I need to wean off the bad foods. So here's what I came up with for a good fairly strict meal that still managed to give me the savory sensations of a carb-loaded experience. First I chop up and sautee onions and mushrooms. Here they are in the pan, awaiting their marching orders.
 

Then I steam some broccoli. Broccoli is just always a good vegetable to throw next to a piece of meat.

Then, because I need something extravagant and savory, I broil ribeye steaks. Here they are before I put them under the fire.


 

And here's the meal on my plate. Broiled Ribeyes, smothered in sauteed mushrooms and onions. The mushrooms are the only thing here that contribute any measurable carbs.

And that's okay. Tomorrow we'll be even stricter.

Paleo Shrimp Dinner!

By our Orthodox Tradition, we try to avoid meat on Wednesdays and Fridays. But as CrossFitters, avoiding protein entirely on any given day is just not good for health. Luckily, shellfish are not classified as meat in the Tradition, since they have no blood in them (not really true, but let's go with it).

So here's tonight's Paleo Shrimp Dinner. Note, all of these quantities are variable, depending on your taste.

Take three peppers. Clean and dice.
Take one large onion. Chop.
Fry peppers and onion together in a little bit of olive oil. I cook them in a large Wok which will later become the recipient of the other foods as well.
Set them aside.

Clean and steam or boil three large broccoli heads until soft. Set aside.

Take two pounds of shrimp (I use de-veined but uncooked, tail-on shrimp. I remove the tails and proceed). Cook until done (they'll turn a bright orange.

Now, you simply take the shrimp and broccoli and mix them together in the large Wok with the pepper and onion. The broccoli will basically reduce down to a paste around the rest of the ingredients.

We personally add some creamy goat cheese to this mixture. Remember that our ancestors ate goat's milk for much longer than cow's milk, and as a result most people digest it very well. If you don't add any cheese, the meal will still be awesome.

Here's the meal, paired with a nice Gewurztraminer.