Atkins and Paleo Challenge Box Set (10 in 1): Over 400 Atkins and Paleo Recipes With Pressure, Slow Cooker and Cast Iron for Busy People (Atkins Diet & Paleo Recipes) (54 page)

Servings per Recipe: 2

Calories per Serving: 519

Ingredients:

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½ lb. baby carrots

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2 roughly chopped medium onions

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1 small cabbage head cored and wedged in to 8 sections

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8 peeled and smashed garlic cloves

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2 dried bay leaves

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2 center-cut beef shanks

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Salt

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Pepper

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1 can (15 oz.) drained diced tomatoes

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1 cup low sodium chicken broth

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2 tbsp. coconut aminos

Instructions:

Begin by adding you onions and baby carrots to the bottom of your slow cooker and add your cabbage wedges on top of them. Now throw in your bay leaves and garlic sprinkling them around the cabbage wedges.

Season your beef shanks using salt and pepper to your own taste and then place them on top of the cabbage in your slow cooker. Finally add in your broth and your diced tomatoes.

Put the lid on your slow cooker and let it cook on low for 9 hours. After 9 hours the meat should be pulling from the bone and you can easily pull out the bones and shred the meat into your stew mixture.

Taste the flavor of your stew and if it is too sweet temper the flavor with coconut aminos and salt and pepper.

Serve your stew alongside your favorite paleo side!

Servings per Recipe: 8

Calories per Serving: 552

Ingredients:

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2 tbsp. coconut oil

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3 lb. beef stew meat

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1 sliced medium onion

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2 minced garlic cloves

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2 tsp minced ginger

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1 can (13.5 oz.) full-fat coconut milk

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1/3 cup tomato paste

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½ cup Thai red curry paste

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2 tbsp. fish sauce

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2 tsp fresh lime juice

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2 tsp sea salt

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2 cups broccoli florets

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2 cups julienned carrots

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1 cup peeled julienned jicama

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Cilantro (garnish)

Instructions:

Begin by heating 1 tbsp. of your coconut oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Sear all of your stew meat on all sides. Once seared, transfer your meat to your slow cooker.

When you have finished browning all of your meat and transferring it to your slow cooker, wipe your skillet clean. Add in the rest of your coconut oil and use it to sauté your garlic, onion and ginger over medium heat for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, pour your coconut milk in to your onion mixture, making sure to stir thoroughly and lift up all of the browned bits from the bottom of your pan. Once you have mixed in all of your coconut milk, add in your curry paste, tomato paste, lime juice, fish sauce and salt. Mix your ingredients well and then remove from the heat and pour over your beef in the slow cooker.

Cover your slow cooker and cook on low for 7 hours.

After 7 hours, add in your carrots, broccoli and jicama and cover your slow cooker once again. Allow the stew to cook for another hour.

Serve in bowls garnished with fresh cilantro.

Servings per Recipe: 8

Calories per Serving: 482

Ingredients:

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3 lb. mixed chicken thighs and drumsticks

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1 tbsp. coconut oil

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½ sliced medium onion

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1 tsp cumin

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1 tsp turmeric

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½ tsp coriander

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1 tsp cinnamon

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½ tsp cardamom

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¼ tsp cayenne pepper

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4 minced cloves garlic

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1 ½ tbsp. grated ginger

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1 ½ tsp sea salt

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2 cups bone broth

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1 cup roughly chopped dry apricots

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2 cups cubed sweet potatoes

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Cilantro (garnish)

Instructions:

In a medium bowl, add together your turmeric, cumin, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, cayenne and minced garlic. Mix these spices together well and set aside.

Now, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt some coconut oil and brown your chicken on each side. Make sure not to cook your chicken, just brown each side and then transfer the chicken in to your slow cooker when you are finished.

Once you have finished browning your chicken, use the same pan to sauté your onions for a few minutes until they are transparent. Now add in your spice mixture from your medium bowl and continue to heat for 30 seconds or so. If your spices look as though they are going to stick to your pan, add in a little extra coconut oil. Now remove your pan from the heat and add in your ginger, bone broth and sea salt and stir. Pour this pan full of mixture over your chicken in the slow cooker.

Put the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low for 3 hours. After 3 hours add in your dried apricots and sweet potatoes. Put the lid back on your slow cooker and cook for another 3 hours.

Serve topped with cilantro alongside your favorite Paleo-friendly side dish.

Servings per Recipe: 4

Calories per Serving: 356

Ingredients:

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4 bell peppers (color of your choice)

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1 lb. ground beef

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½ head cauliflower

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1 diced onion

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1 diced carrot

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4 minced garlic cloves

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6 oz. tomato paste

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¼ cup Italian seasoning blend

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Salt and pepper to taste

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¼ cup low sodium beef stock

Instructions:

Add your onion, cauliflower, garlic and carrots to a food processor and chop everything to as fine a mixture as possible. Once well copped and mixed, take your peppers and cut off the tops. Take a spoon and scoop out the middles of each of the peppers to remove the seeds, making sure not to break the peppers open.

In a large bowl, add all of your vegetables together with your beef, seasonings, salt and pepper and tomato paste. Mix everything thoroughly – the best way to do this is with your hands! Once well mixed, spoon your ingredients in to your peppers. Using your spoon, level off the top of the pepper contents and place the peppers in to your slow cooker. Put the tops on to your peppers and pour your beef stock in to the slow cooker around the bottoms of the peppers.

Put the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low for between 6 and 8 hours until your pepper filling is cooked through.

Servings per Recipe: 5

Calories per Serving: 241

Ingredients:

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3 lb. whole chicken

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Salt and pepper to taste

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3 sprigs rosemary

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1 zested, halved, juiced lemon

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¼ cup organic honey

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1 tbsp. Dijon mustard

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½ white onion quartered

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3 peeled garlic cloves

Instructions:

Begin by rinsing off your chicken under cold water and drying it gently with a paper towel. Remember to remove the chicken’s innards before proceeding.

Once your chicken is cleaned and dried, salt and pepper the skin of your chicken before putting it in to your slow cooker.

Next, chop up two of your rosemary sprigs. Now add your rosemary, lemon juice, lemon zest, Dijon mustard and honey to a small bowl and mix well to combine. Set this bowl aside for a moment and put your last rosemary sprig, garlic, quartered onions and lemon halves inside the chicken. Finally, take a silicone brush and brush your Dijon mustard mixture over the skin of your chicken. Make sure to cover the whole chicken and coat the mixture on thickly. Utilize all of the Dijon mixture while doing this.

Put the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours. Serve alongside your favorite Paleo friendly side dish!

Servings per Recipe: 6

Calories per Serving: 424

Ingredients:

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6 oz. Italian sausage meat

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1 lb. round steak cubed

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2 lb. ground sirloin

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2 cups chopped yellow onion

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1 ½ cups red and green bell peppers

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8 minced garlic cloves

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2 cans (28 oz.) chopped tomatoes NOT drained

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2 tbsp. chili powder

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1 tbsp. ancho chili pepper

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1 tbsp. cumin

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3 tsp tomato paste

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1 tsp dried oregano

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½ tsp ground pepper and ½ tsp salt

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2 dried bay leaves

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¼ cup red wine

Instructions:

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, combine all of your meat, bell pepper, onion and garlic and cook until the meat is browned. Stir while cooking to crumble all of your ingredients together. Now add your ancho chili pepper, tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, bay leaves and oregano to the skillet. Continue to cook for a minute more while stirring to mix your ingredients well. After one minute of stirring, add in your tomatoes and your red wine. Bring these ingredients to a boil. Once boiling, remove your skillet from the heat and carefully pour all of its contents in to your slow cooker.

Put the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours. Make sure to discard your bay leaves before serving!

Cooking in a slow cooker is a fairly simple process which is one of the reasons why we love using the slow cooker for our paleo cooking! Despite being quite simple to use however, there are some common mistakes that frequently trip up newcomers to Paleo slow cooking. In this section we are going to take a look at some of these more commonly made mistakes, as well as some of the better practices that can help you to make the most of your slow cooker!