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Daily meals that are slow carb friendly.

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So I had this cauliflower head and didn't know what to do with it. Didn't have much in the fridge, other than a head of scallions and some crimini mushrooms. Opened my fridge to find beef bouillon and tomato paste. So I got creative and mixed 1 tsp of each, added a tad of water to make it a softer paste, put aside. Heated the pan and cooked the 'shrooms and scallions. Added the paste and stirred. Once water was almost done - about 5 mins, added the cauliflower bits. Cooked for another 7-10 mins, and voila! It was very good! No need to add salt because the bouillon and tomato paste were already salted. Top with a juicy pork chop - and voila! Dinner ready!

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This was my first time making Roasted pork. Started with a 3 lbs pork shoulder roast, which I rubbed with carne asada seasoning (hehe) then let it sit overnight. Around noon I preheated the oven at 225 degrees and then roasted the pork for about 7 hours. Then drizzled a whole lemon juice and continued to roast for about an hour. Then as last part, broiled it at 500 degrees for about 5 mins. Let it sit for about 30 mins before cutting and voila! Yumminess at its best! You wonder, how did I know what to do? Well I didn't and googled and came up with a bunch of recipes. It looks like slow roasted was the way to go so I just calculated it based on the size of my roast and then just found the asada seasoning and said why not. Hahaha. Most recipes said to slow roasted between 225 and 275. So I went with the lower since I went out in the afternoon and didn't want to potentially come home to a burnt house! I'm sure going to make this again!!!

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This is beef bell pepper curry with cauliflower rice. The curry I found is from Maya Kaimal Madras Curry, which has all paleo ingredients and cooks super fast. I used it as a sauce with the beef. Then my usual cauliflower rice. It was above hearty meal :).

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Korean chapchae made with kelp noodles. Seriously, you can't even taste the difference. The kelp noodles wasn't crunchy or anything - it tasted just like the regular noodles used. The recipe I used came from PingHeng's website with a couple of additional vegetables. The site is http://pingheng.wordpress.com/a-paleo-lifestyle/recipe-paleo-chap-chae-kelp-noodles/. Try it out!

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Taiwanese oyster pancake. So I bought these oysters and then I thought - what the heck am I going to do with these?!? Then thinking what I love to eat that has oysters and thought - of course! Oyster pancakes!!! I grew up eating this stuff in the streets and night markets of Taiwan. I can surely make these!! So off I went online in search of recipes and videos of how to make them. Then came up with my own since there were ingredients I don't have. This specific dish wasabi with arrowroot flour instead of sweet potato starch, and spinach instead of the Chinese veggie. And I also didn't use the sweet/spicy sauce, I just used the TJs hot sauce. Also, I didn't really measure much so can't give you the exacts on measurements. But ingredients are: about 3 tsps arrowroot flour diluted in about 1/4 cup of water, 5 big oysters cut up in bite sizes then coated in arrowroot, 1 egg and 1 egg white, handful of spinach, and splash of salt. Cooked it in the wok and flipping it once. The outside should be fully cooked like a omelette but the inside will be gooey because of the arrowroot. It was sooo good definitely making it again! And hey, this is paleo!!!

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My morning breakfast. This week instead of blending veggies and fruit, I've opted for sweet potato hash with bacon, onions and egg whites. I also made cauliflower wraps for the first time (right) and OMG are they delicious! Like little fluffy cauliclouds! Yum breakfast!

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Spent all Saturday making yummy snacks with #lindselicious. Very good day! Started with the pineapple peach paletas with coconut, mixed it all in food processor and poured in paletas mold and off the went in the freezer. Then worked on the paleo zucchini brownies from Delighted Momma's website, and finished off with bacon, sun-dried tomato and chives paleo biscuits from multiply Delicious page. All in all, a very successful, satisfied and tasty endeavor.

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Dinner tonight was a success! I have never roasted a pork belly, mama always made a stew thingie with Chinese sauces (mainly soy sauce ginger and sugar). Well, being paleo doesn't allow for most of the seasoning so instead I used balsamic vinegar, coconut palm sugar, rosemary, pepper, paprika and made a paste. Then rubbed it all around the pork and refrigerated overnight. When I got home tonight, I roasted it on 375 degrees for about 40 mins and voila! I had one of those really good, restaurant like pork belly! Not fatty at all and very very very tasty. That and a big side of sautéed morning glory, and I got myself a superb dinner!

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Love me some Chinese veggies! This time sautéed with pork chorizo and seasoned with ginger. Oh man, it was so good!

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Tonight's dinner: Chinese napa cabbage with flap meat stir fry. It was quite simple and delicious. I used one of those Goya seasoning with cumin and achiote. Yum yum yum!

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Stopped by the seafood shop again today and got a bunch of little things here and there. Then made this really good cioppino at home. Mine was slightly different because I added fennel and asparagus. But the rest was fish chunks, clams, shrimps, scallops, simmered in a tomato based sauce. It was very tasty!

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So when I got home I thought what I defrosted was beef, but when I opened the package, it was this fish filet I got at the Santa Monica Seafood! I was actually pleasantly surprised. So what did I do? I seasoned it, pan fried it and serve it with a big whooping scoop of sauteed broccoli slaw. So bueno!

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Went to a feiend's house and brought my wok to make this delicious dinner. Pork chops in fennel and tomato sauce with cauliflower rice. This time the rice was made with tons of bacon, asparagus, onions and eggs. Dinner for 4 and enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I call it - success!

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I tried making the same tart posted on http://gourmandeinthekitchen.com/2013/chocolate-coconut-macadamia-tart-recipe/ but obviously the one in the blog looks so much better. Mine is still getting cooled so I haven't tried it yet. I used 100% chocolate so I added a tablespoon of honey to the ganache. We'll see how it turns out. :)

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This was my yummy dinner tonight. Started with bacon, added cubed chicken, then onions, and finally asparagus. Seasoned with achiote and salt and a tablespoon of aminos. This was THA BOMB!

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Being on this type of food style changes makes it hard to have many snack choices. So today when I was opening my fridge to see what I could snack on, I saw these prawns that I had recently purchased and thought, heck why not. Who said snacks had to come in a bag, right? Lucky me, shrimp defrosts pretty fast and in about 5 minutes I was enjoying this tasty snack. I had a side of hot sauce to go with this, but you can also just drizzle with lemon (I didn't have any) or make a spicy mayo. It surely hit the spot!

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Dinner tonight. I'm running out of ingredients at home, which means - whole foods run soon!! Yippie !!! I LOVE the grocery store. So many raw ingredients and so many ideas to work with! Dishes are endless with everything that's available for us to cook with. Anyway, tangent idea...so getting back to this dish. Had a salmon patty left from the SM seafood market so pan fried that. Then had 1/2 bag of broccoli rabe and egg whites. I tried making a frittata but it felt apart so ended up a scramble. Hahaha some salt, pepper and garlic powder to finish it up. Then put all in plate and drizzle with hot sauce. To die for!!!