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Salmon Avocado Mango Salad with Soft Boiled Egg | Paleo // Whole30

Anyone else guilty of thinking up recipes about 30 minutes before you need to start making dinner?

There’s benefits to thinking on the fly, but a lot of times I’ll forget what I did. That makes it hard to recreate if it turns out well. I’m also forced to use what I have on hand, as a trip to the supermarket is out… Somehow, they always turn out ok…

This one was more than ok! Light and refreshing, yet totally satisfying with lots of healthy fats!

So glad I wrote it all down 🙂 Blog Paleo Whole30 Salmon Avocado Mango Salad with Soft Boiled Egg -1

Ingredients (Would serve 4)

3 6oz cans of wild Alaskan Salmon
10 grape tomatoes (cut in half)
6-8 eggs (The Huz and I each had two, but Maya only had one)
1 large avocados
1 Mango diced
1/2 and inch slice red onion diced (or a scallion)
1/3 cup diced pickles
Sea Salt and Pepper to taste
Head of Butter Lettuce

Directions

Boil water and cook eggs for 7-8 minutes (I accidentally forgot to set the timer and cooked mine a little longer than I had planned) 7 minutes for a runny yolk, 8 for a soft one as pictured. Take off burner and add cold water and ice until they are cool. Very important to have them fully cool, in order to peel properly. Set aside while you make everything else.
Drain Salmon, place in large bowl, and break it up.
Dice tomato, avocado, mango, and onions and stir into salmon
Salt and Pepper to taste
Set butter lettuce in a bowl, and scoop large cub of mixture on top. Top with eggs.

Enjoy!

Next week, I’ll show you how I ate this for lunch the next day! It was almost better!!

BBQ Pulled Pork Sweat Potato Bun Sandwiches | Whole 30 & Paleo

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Truth be told…these were too messy to pick up and eat like a sandwich! BUT…the flavors are so good together, and it looks so good as a “sandwich”!!

🙂 Blog Paleo Whole 30 BBQ Pulled Pork Sweat Potato Bun Sandwiches-1 Ingredients (feeds 4 with leftovers)

1 Large Pork Loin or 2 small
1 Can of Low Sodium Chicken or Vegetable Stock
1/2 teaspoon crushed ginger
1/2 Teaspoon crushed garlic
2 Medium size sweet potato
1 Medium Avocado
1 Medium to Large Onion
Olive oil + Salt + Pepper to lightly coat the sweet potato
BBQ Sauce. If you aren’t on any dietary restrictions use whatever you’d like. There are lots of healthy options out there that are Paleo and Whole 30 approved. Try here.

Directions

Place Pork Loin(s), Chicken/Vegetable Stock, Crushed Ginger, and Crushed Garlic in the crockpot, and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 5.
When it’s done, drain all but 1 cup of the liquid. Shred with a fork, stir it all up in the liquid, and pour half a jar of BBQ sauce on.

When you are closer to dinner… Blog Paleo Whole 30 BBQ Pulled Pork Sweat Potato Bun Sandwiches-3

Light Grill and set to medium heat.
Cut sweet potato in 1/2 inch slices (lengthwise not width wise.) Then they actually look like buns!
Cut Onion in 1/2 inch slices
Lightly coat both and in olive oil (or oil of your choosing), and salt and pepper to taste
Grill both 7-8 minutes on each side.
Layer a flat sweet potato round, pork, slice of grilled onion, slice of avocado, and top with the end piece of the sweet potato! Drizzle more BBQ sauce over if you’d like!

Enjoy!

You might also like Esther’s Bacon Avocado Chipotle Sweet Potato Burger

Healthy Black Bean Chicken Enchiladas | (can be made gluten, dairy, and soy free)

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Chicken enchiladas are pretty simple to make. There are a bunch of different things you can throw in there, and let’s be honest…if it’s drenched in yummy sauce you can’t go wrong. 🙂

When Maya was 5 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a dairy and soy allergy. Since I was breastfeeding…that meant no dairy or soy for me either :(. Dairy isn’t so hard, but finding things that don’t have soy is REALLY HARD. Making dinners was really hard (wait did I say that already?). I had to get creative. Did I mention I have two hungry teenage stepsons? SO…I made this recipe just thinking of things that would taste good that didn’t have dairy and soy.

Maya is still what I’d call “dairy intollerant” (she gets really congested), but we have a little bit here and there and she does ok. The entire recipe only has 1 cup of cottage cheese, and 1/2 a cup of shredded cheese. Adds the perfect amount of creaminess to the enchiladas and a hint of cheese on top.

They are packed with low fat protein and taste delicious! Blog Gluten Free Healthy Black Bean Chicken Enchiladas-1 Blog Healthy Black Bean Chicken Enchiladas-7

Ingredients

Bag of Tortillas. I love these, and you could easily sub in any gluten free options.
7-8 chicken breasts (depending on size) Basically each enchilada has almost a full chicken breast!
Large jar or can of enchilada sauce. I go back and forth between red and green.
Small yellow onion
Jar of diced chiles (they aren’t that spicy if you’re worried and add a great flavor and moisture to the mix)
Can of refried beans (I like to use black bean, but use whatever!)
1 C low fat Cottage Cheese (I love the one that has Chive in it!) don’t use for dairy free
1/2 C Shredded cheese don’t use for dairy free
2 TBL of Olive Oil

Directions

Start boiling your water for the chicken. I have NO idea why I boil the chicken! I saw a friend do it once, and then have done it ever since when making enchiladas! It’s easier, doesn’t have any added fat from cooking it with oil, and it requires less attention-WIN.
Add chicken and cook for 10-12 minutes (until they rise to the top) They will cook more in the enchiladas, so you want to make sure you don’t overcook them.
Put olive oil large a non stick pan. Add onions and stir for about 5 min (or until they start to get soft).
Once chicken is cooked, let it sit on a cutting board/plate/bowl. You will want it to cool before you shred it (I’ve burned my fingers WAY too many times) Oh, and note-if you have a dog…don’t let the chicken sit out on the counter. Do I need to tell you what happened when I did that?? 😦
Dump refried beans, chilis, cottage cheese (opt out for dairy free) into the pan with the onions. You can add a little bit of your enchilada sauce to the mixture if you aren’t using the cottage cheese to make it a little moister. Start finger shredding the chicken into this mixture and stir. (or do it all in a big bowl) Maya loved helping stir it all together!
Pour about 1/4 C of enchilada sauce into a 9×13 pan, so they don’t stick.
Scoop about a cup of mixture into each tortilla, roll and place (seam side down) into 9×13 pan. Repeat until all tortillas are filled or you run out of mixture.
Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the rolled tortillas and add cheese on top (opt out for dairy free)
Bake at 350 for 20. Garnish with avocado, some plain Greek Yogurt, salsa (or all three!)

Keeping it real…

I actually first wrote this post 2 and a half years ago, but hated the picture I took. The kids were hangry haha. SO, I never posted it. I was super excited to find it in the archives after making it again for dinner on Monday! This time I snapped a few slightly better rushed picture before we ate (oh, to have TIME!!), and had the post all ready to go-WIN!!

Here’s the first picture from 2.5 years ago with green sauce… 🙂 Blog Healthy Chicken Enchiladas-9 Enjoy!!

Sweet Potato, Carrot, Onion Hash

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Truth be told, these started out in my mind as pancakes (clearly that didn’t happen!). I’m not really sure they are a “hash”, but I couldn’t think of a good name for them. They reminded me of the consistency of polenta, but I didn’t want to confuse anyone any more than I already was haha.

Whatever it ended up being still tasted really good, so it all worked out in the end 😉

I like that the carrots and onions add some additional nutrients/health benefits, and the eggs add a little protein! Blog Whole30 Paleo Sweet Potato Carrot Onion Mash-1 What you need… (would feed 4-6 people)

One Large Sweet Potato
1 medium onion
Handful of baby carrots (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 Teaspoon crushed garlic
2 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil (or oil of your choosing)

What to do…

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Chop up your sweet potato, onion, and carrots, and toss them into a Cuisinart. Pulse until all finely diced. Maya LOVES this part, and it’s an easy way to get your child involved in the process 🙂
Whisk eggs and garlic together and add into the Cuisinart. Pulsing a few more times, and scraping down the edges to blend.
Salt and pepper to taste.
In a large frying pan, heat oil until nice and hot.
Pour mixture into pan (I had to do it in two batches). Wait until it gets nice and brown before flipping. I loved the crispy parts in there!
Honestly, I made 4 little pancakes the first batch and attempted to keep them in tact. They fell apart, so I just mixed them together in the end…I served it with fish and a variation of my staple Mango Avocado Salad, and it was yummy! I think it would be amazing with a fried egg and avocado too for brunch! Really, the possibilities are endless 😉

Enjoy! dit-elle-Lauren

Roasted Garlic

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Roasted Garlic is one of the easiest and elegant baked dishes! Slice top of garlic bulb, drizzle with some coconut oil, olive oil, or butter, bake in a hot oven for about an hour and voila. Perfectly tender garlic! The garlic will be soft and smooth so that you can spread it on toast or eat with veggies, add it to pasta, salad, or anything where you want some roasted garlic flavor. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

One bulb of garlic, top sliced off (crosswise and you’ll slice some of the garlic cloves as well)
Oil or butter

Directions

Put oil or butter on garlic half, put top back on and bake for around one hour in a 400* hot oven
Serve hot or let cool and wrap in plastic or tinfoil and refrigerate

dit-elle-Esther

Sweet Potato, Guacamole, Chicken Sausage, Soft Boiled Egg…Breakfast for dinner?

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I know I’m not the only person that loves breakfast for dinner! And, I also know that it’s kind of a repeat for me, but…it’s easy and DELICIOUS! Who wouldn’t want that?!

I literally came up with this meal 30 minutes before I was supposed to make it, and it took me approximately 30 minutes to make. Admittedly, because I ran inside while Maya was playing with our neighbors. I turned on the oven, peeled and chopped the sweet potatoes, seasoned them, and turned on the pot for the eggs, in…less than 5 minutes. Then…we played for a few more minutes.

THANK GOD FOR LITTLE DISTRACTIONS, NO?!!!

And, precooked chicken sausages are a godsend in our household. I freeze them for later, and soak them in a warm water bath right before I need them!

Diced up for a pasta meal, or sliced in half for this! SO easy, delicious, and healthy!

Blog Sweet Potato Guacamole Chicken Sausage Soft Boiled Egg Whole30 Paleo Gluten Free-1 What you need…

One sweet potato (for 2-4 people)
Olive Oil
Sea salt
3 Pre Cooked Chicken sausage (Depending on the amount of people you want to feed! I did one per adult, and half for Maya) I love Aidell’s, but there are so many good ones!
Avocado (or pre-made guacamole-yes, I cheated on this one!)
Eggs (2 for me and the Huz, one for Maya)

What to do…

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut sweet potato in 1/2 inch slices
Lightly coat in olive oil (or oil of your choosing), and salt and pepper to taste
Start a pot of boiling water. For me, it’s a LOT easier to soft boil eggs for more than two people. If you want a runny egg and there’s more than 2, it’s way too much for me to manage on top of everything else!!!
Bake the sweet potatos in the oven for 20-25 minutes, flipping over half way through.
At the half way mark add chicken sausages that are cute in half.
In that time, remove the eggs from the boiling water. 7 minutes = runny yolk, 8 minutes, less, so…I remove ours at 7, and then turn the heat off for Maya’s while ours then run under a cool water bath.
Once the sweet potatoes are crispy on the outside, take them and the chicken sausages out.
Layer everything and enjoy!

Ginger, Chicken Sausage, Spaghetti Squash, Egg Muffins | Paleo, Whole30

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I have always loved the taste of ginger, but have been even more inspired to add it into things after reading Esther’s post on the health benefits of it. I mainly just loved the taste haha.

I had made another variation of these muffins a few months ago (with spinach!), and have kept meaning to make them again. They are a little time consuming, but it’s SO worth it to have these ready to eat in the morning! OR…for a snack 🙂 Blog Whole 30 Paleo Ginger Spaghetti Squash Chicken Sausage Egg Muffins-1

What you need… (12 Muffins)

5 Large Eggs
2 cups spaghetti squash, cooked with water squeezed out.
6 precooked chicken sausages, chopped into bite size pieces (I used these)
1 Teaspoon ginger
1/2 Teaspoon crushed garlic
1 medium onion, diced
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil (or fat of choice)
Salt and Pepper to taste

What to do…

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Squeeze out all the moisture from the spaghetti squash with a paper towel and evenly distribute into lined muffin tins (This is my 2nd time making these and I spent almost as much time scrubbing the tins both times, even though I greased them!!). I had Maya push a paper towel into them to get even more moisture out. She thought it was fun, and it helped pack them in there!
Bake for 10 minutes til the spaghetti squash gets slightly browned at the edges.
While that is baking…In a large frying pan, heat up your oil (or fat of choice) with the ginger and garlic, and cook diced onions until soft. I let Maya stir these up. 🙂
While these are cooking you can dice up your chicken sausage. Once the onions are soft, add in the chicken sausage for a few minutes to warm them up and release the juices.
After the spaghetti squash has cooked, reduce your heat to 350.
Evenly distribute the onion/chicken sausage on top of the spaghetti squash in the muffin tins.
Whisk all the eggs, and add salt and pepper to taste. Maya loves whisking eggs, and it was an easy way for her to help!
Pour over the sausage and onion mixture until you can see the egg. Not quite covering the sausage.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, or until the eggs are all the way cooked through.
Store in an air tight container, and eat through out the week!

Here are some behind the scenes video from us making these. I’m totally inept at Snapchat, but we are both having fun with it. Find us at lkahan-ditelle 🙂

ENJOY!! 🙂 dit-elle-Lauren

Bacon Avocado Chipotle Sweet Potato Burger

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Bacon avocado chipotle sauce sweet potato burger with asparagus!? What? Yes! Because all of these flavors are awesome together and this is a fabulous paleo dinner!

When I first went strict gluten free years ago because of a severe allergy (and I avoid most grains and legumes for health reasons) I had no idea how I would “survive without bread”. I loved it and flour and gluten is in “everything”! Well, I’ve learned a lot about gluten free and paleo cooking over the years, was in part inspiration for this blog with Lauren, and this is just one example of how a burger can be totally delicious.. without the bun and with more veggies! Enjoy. 🙂

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Ingredients

Hamburgers (fried or grilled)
Bacon strips (cooked)
Sweet potato rounds (peel potatoes, slice in 1/2 rounds, bake on oiled baking pan for ~20 minutes
Avocado slices
Chipotle sauce (1/4 cup mayo + 1/2 tsp taco or chipotle spice whisked together and refrigerated until ready to use)
Fresh steamed or grilled asparagus

Directions

Stack items as desired, smother in the chipotle sauce and serve!
Enjoy with a chilled beverage, my favorite is pear or apple cider! 🙂

dit-elle-Esther

Thai Chicken, Broccoli, and Peppers with Healthy Noodles

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This is one of those recipes that I repeat A LOT!! In it’s most basic form, I posted it here, but I mix it up all the time with what I add to it. The sauce is just so good!! And SO EASY! Blog Healthy Thai Broccoli Pepper Chicken with Noodles-1
Ingredients

For Sauce

1/2 cup Almond Butter (use Sun Butter for Nut free or any nut butter if you don’t have any dietary restrictions!)
1/2 Cup Coconut Milk (I used Light, but full fat would be amazing too!)
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger (I cheat and use this)
1 Cup Water

For the rest of the dish…

2-3 bags of Healthy Noodles (or can use any noodle, quinoa, or skip it!)
4-6 Chicken Breasts. Depends on how many people you have and how soupy you want it. I use 6 and grill them on our grill. Less clean up and the flavor is so good!
2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 head of Broccoli
1/2 of each of a yellow, red, and orange pepper
1 small onion diced

Directions

Marinate chicken breasts in olive oil, salt, and pepper and cook on BBQ 8-10 minutes each side (depending on size) or cube the chicken breasts and cook in a large pan with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper.
While Chicken is cooking outside, chop all your veggies.
Add a couple Tablespoons of olive oil (I add garlic too!) and cook onions til soft (5-8 minutes)
Add in broccoli and peppers and cover to steam cook for 2 minutes. Just THIS is delicious, so you could stop right here 🙂
In a blender, combine 1 cup water with the whatever nut butter you choose, rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, and ginger. Blend until smooth.
Rinse out the noodles with water (that’s IT!! NO COOKING THEM!!)
Add the sauce and noodles to the pan, stir, and let sit for 2 minutes to soak in all the flavor of the sauce. Again…you could stop here if you wanted to keep it vegetarian. SO yummy!
Once Chicken is cooked, dice and add on top. I added Sriracha to mine for a little kick, and it was SO good!! Enjoy!

Avocado Sweet Potato “Toast” with a Fried Egg…

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I’ve talked before about my love of avocado toast and…having it as breakfast for dinner. Honestly, we eat a variation of avocado toast with eggs quite a lot for dinner. Maya requests it all the time, and it’s such an easy thing to whip up, that I rarely say no haha.

We didn’t have any good bread the other night, but we did have a sweet potato. SO, we unintentionally went the healthier route haha. And it was SO GOOD!!!! Blog Whole 30 Avocado Sweet Potato Toast Fried Egg-1 Ingredients

1 Medium size sweet potato
Avocado (amount varies on how many people you are going to feed)
Eggs (depends on how many people you want to feed)
Olive oil + Salt + Pepper to lightly coat the sweet potato

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut sweet potato in 1/2 inch slices
Lightly coat in olive oil (or oil of your choosing), and salt and pepper to taste
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, flipping over half way through.
Once the sweet potatoes are crispy on the outside, take them out.
Fry up your eggs. I like mine runny, so they only take a few minutes. I cook Maya’s for a little bit longer, so her yolks aren’t runny.
Mash up the avocado on top of the layered sweet potatoes, then top with your egg.
Serve as is or with a yummy salad or slaw (check out Esther’s recipes here, here, and here.
I cheated and used Trader Joe’s Cruciferous Crunch Collection of Chopped Kale, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli and Green Cabbage & Red Cabbage, and added some bell peppers, tomatos, and avocado. It was delicious!!! And Maya chowed the whole thing down 🙂

Enjoy!

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