It's been too long since my last post! We had a lot of stuff going on, but I hope to keep focused and keep adding recipes.
I thought it would be interesting to take a recipe that I used to make (and love) and see if I could make it Paleo....this one was easy but you can see how I did it. The ingredients from the old version are in (parenthesis) and replaced with the new and better ingredients. Stay tuned because as we ate this dinner Ian looked at me and said "I can make a paleo shepherd's pie using cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes" YUM! So he's on the hook to make that next week. We post that recipe on the blog.
I thought it would be interesting to take a recipe that I used to make (and love) and see if I could make it Paleo....this one was easy but you can see how I did it. The ingredients from the old version are in (parenthesis) and replaced with the new and better ingredients. Stay tuned because as we ate this dinner Ian looked at me and said "I can make a paleo shepherd's pie using cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes" YUM! So he's on the hook to make that next week. We post that recipe on the blog.
Ingredients
1T (corn-oil margarine) butter
3T (flour)Arrowroot Powder
3/4c fat-free chicken stock
1/2c (nonfat milk) coconut milk or almond milk
1/4t salt
Dash of garlic powder
Dash of pepper
1/2 t curry powder
1/2 c cold water
1/2 c (nonfat) mayonnaise dressing -you could omit this if strict paleo
1/2 c raw (white rice)Cauliflower “Rice” (see notes below)
1 pkg (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (1 pound) You can use the breasts as is, or cut them up into bite-size pieces.
(Parmesean cheese)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 11- by 7-inch baking dish with non-stick vegetable coating.
SAUCE
In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
Add the arrowroot powder and stir for 1 minute; do not brown.
Add stock and coconut milk (or Almond Milk) and stir, using a wire whisk, until mixture comes to a boil.
Add salt, garlic powder, pepper and curry powder and continue to cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat, stir in water and mayonnaise and set aside.
ASSEMBLY
Sprinkle the raw cauliflower rice over the bottom of the baking dish.
Layer the spinach evenly over the top.
Cover the spinach with half of the sauce mixture,
then the chicken, then the remaining sauce.
bake, uncovered, for 1 hour
Cauliflower “Rice”
Put raw cauliflower in the food processor until it is the size of rice or couscous, you could also go chunkier
