Showing posts with label Paleo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paleo. Show all posts
On the menu tonight, Taco Pie


Don’t you ever get tired of hearing “what’s for dinner?” I know I do. So I have started meal planning and putting it on the fridge so I can avoid this question. When I started meal planning my go to site was/is Pintrest! Love it. I have so many boards of food, Chicken dishes, Pork, Beef, Seafood and even Vegetarian. A little bit of everything anything that I think we might like to eat. Eating Paleo is not restricting at all as some people say, if anything it gives us more ideas and there are millions of recipes out there. I found this little beauty on there and couldn’t wait to try it. Here is all the information you will need. Hope you like it as much as we did, and if you try it out, let us know how it went.


The first time we made this recipe we used crust #1 and it feel apart and made a good mix of flavors. Next time we are going to try crust #2 so I will tell you how that goes. (i'll add pictures once we try it)

I got the recipe from Paleo Newbie and the second pie crust from Coconut Mamma

We changed the recipe a little to fit us and to the fact that honey just cut up everything and put it in a bowl at once. I thought it was better this way however because it blended the flavors nicely. The taco seasoning recipe was a huge hit and honey just loved it, I ended up making a huge jar of it to keep in stock for all the time use!

Ingredients:

Taco Seasoning:


·         1tbs chili powder

·         1tsp sea salt

·         1 tsp ground black pepper

·         1 tsp oregano

·         1 tsp thyme

·         1 ½ tsp cumin

·         ½ tsp paprika

·         ¼ tsp garlic powder

·         ¼ onion powder

·         ¼ tsp red pepper flakes (optional, we didn’t use because my honey doesn’t like it to hot)

Taco Pie Crust #1


·         2 cups of almond flour

·         2 eggs – whisked

·         1 tbs coconut oil

·         1-2 tbs of taco seasoning (see above)

Coconut Flour Pie Crust

Directions for Pie Crust #1


1.       In a medium bowl combine almond flour, whisked eggs and coconut oil into a dough (I used a wooden spoon, then my hands)

2.      This will make a 9-inch pie crust, or enough for about 4 ramekins

3.      Grease pie pan or ramekins

4.      Mix dough and form for which ever vessel you will be using for pie

5.      Press into pie pan or ramekins to form a crust

6.      Bake at 350-degrees F unfilled for about 8-10 min


 

Ingredients for Pie crust recipe #2


·         1/2 cup Grass Fed Butter, Melted

·         2 Eggs, Preferably Local Pastured

·         1/4 Teaspoon Sea Salt

·         3/4 Cup Coconut Flour

·         1-2 tbs of taco seasoning (see above)

Directions for Crust #2


1.       Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl beat butter, eggs, taco seasoning and salt together with a fork.

2.       Then add coconut flour. Stir until dough holds together.

3.       Gather the dough into a ball, and then pat into a 9″ greased pie pan.

4.       Prick the dough with a fork.

5.       Bake for 9 minutes.

Taco pie filling


·         1 pound of grass feed beef – browned

·         1 small onion

·         ½ red pepper diced

·         ½ green pepper diced

·         2 tbs taco seasoning (see above)

·         ½ cup of tomato sauce

·         1 can (14 oz) of diced tomatoes or diced tomatoes with green chilies – liquid drained

·         1 avocado- diced

·         1 Large mushroom

 

Instructions

1.       First combine ingredients for the taco seasoning in a small bowl - set aside

2.       Brown ground beef

3.       Drain fat from pan and rinse beef

4.       Add in the taco seasoning and the onions until completely cooked and onion renders down

5.       Time to make the crust... depends on what crust you choose follow instructions above

6.       While the crust is cooking add all other ingredients to the beef

7.       Mix and let cook together for 5 mins

8.       Remove crust  from oven and add the taco filling from the pan

9.       Return to oven and bake at 350-degrees F for another 20 mins

10.   Break up the crust from the bottom to combine with taco filling

11.   Enjoy!




 
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You know what one of the hardest things about going on this real food journey…the temptations. The cute cookies, the chocolate cakes and bakery treats.

You see them everywhere and man do they ever smell so good. It takes so much will power to turn away and most days my 'will power' is already over there licking the icing. So you think to yourself ‘it won’t be so bad’ ‘I’ll just have a bite, I deserve a treat’ and every time as soon as it hits your stomach you regret it. Your stomach throws its fists up in anger and cries like a little baby ‘why do you keep doing this to me.’ Next thing you know you’re drinking 3 cups of organic peppermint tea to sooth the screaming beast that is your stomach.

So why do we do this to ourselves? Why do you endure the pain of a sugar overload for that tiny piece of cookie?

Sadly I don’t know, sadly I am still in this stage of my real food journey. The most important reason we went Paleo is because I am allergic to dairy. It makes my stomach to summer-salts in anger and I regret it from the moment it touches my lips. My body is having a real hard time detoxing; I have grown up eating sugar and grains, I love it, but it just doesn’t love me back. Everyone says that this is the worst part and totally is. If you don’t have a good support system it will be very easy to dismiss this way and just go back to the easy road. It may seem like the easy way now, but when your health gets bad and your living on pills and can go for a walk with your dog, it is the hard way.

I also keep trying to remind myself about the ‘down the road’ effects. All the positive effects this life style will lead me to be way better then that sugar cookie with a cute ghost on it. I would much rather spend an extra $3.00 for grass-feed natural no hormone beef then pay for a $50 months’ supply of pills from the doctor.

Tonight I was thinking though, can’t I make these treats so they won’t upset my tummy? Sure you can, I found tons of recipes on Pintrest and pinned them to my Food-Dessert board. So next time I see a yummy treat instead of thinking of all the reasons why I need it. I am going to think of a way that I can make it and eat it.

So that is my new goal, to learn to make treats that I can eat and enjoy. I am looking forward to this new journey, I hope that you will follow along and even share some recipes you have tired.

I was part of a Wellness Summit this past month and I learned so much amazing information, I can’t wait to share with you. One of the speakers Mary Shenouda from Paleo Chef had great advice about changing the mindset and making this life style work for you. One quote she made really stuck, she said,

“Stop Cheating & Start enjoying. Cheating puts a negative spin on it and follows with guilt. Make it a treat day. Make your favorite snack with chocolate or cookies. But still use Paleo ingredients so it’s still good for you but you are treating yourself. Don’t make them during the week; make them on the weekend to treat yourself.’

Check out her blog to help you change your mindset and get some tips and tricks. Thanks for stopping by, we would love to hear from you. Leave a comment and share your favorite recipe that helps you when you’re going through the cravings.


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