Ive been thinking about making this for a couple of days now, but I just got around to it today!! I love when you have a thought of something in your mind and it comes to life in a bowl!! There are different varieties you can make of this soup but it is certainly tasty and is a Paleo friendly recipe!!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and its also great because you can make it and snack on it for a couple days!!! And a side note for this recipe, I made it with basil chicken meatballs that I had, but you can just used chicken breasts and it will be just as delicious!!
1 1/2 lbs of chicken (I used basil chicken meatballs but boneless breasts are fine or ground chicken or turkey. Whatever you have available
3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1 inch cubes
1 med onion, diced
3 small carrots, diced
1 small bell pepper, diced
6 cloves of garlic, minced (or less if your scerd)
3 cups of fresh kale, chopped
8 cups of chicken stock, or you could use water and salt it but stock adds more flavor
In a large stock pot saute sweet potatoes, onion, carrots, garlic, and bell pepper with coconut oil or olive oil for about 10 min. Add stock and chicken and cook until chicken is cooked all the way through. Add kale and simmer for 5 minutes. Drizzle with fresh squeezed lemon juice and 700 dashes of hot sauce....cuz that's what I did!!
Now if you were not following a paleo lifestyle you could add rice to this soup if you wanted, you would just add it at the same time as the chicken!!
Holy chorizo these were good!!! Sooooo stinking simple you would not believe it!! There are literally 6 ingredients and 2 of them are optional!!! These would make excellent Super Appetizers!! I used them for my lunch meal and was completely satisfied. If you think about it you got your spicy your protein your veggie and your cheesy richness!!
So give them a try and let me know what you think!!
12-15 mushrooms, can be regular white mushrooms or crimini
1 small tube of chorizo
4 oz of cream cheese
1/2 tsp of oregano
2 cloves or minced garlic
1 cup of grated monterey jack or pepper jack
Squeeze chorizo out of casing and cook in frying pan until completely done. Drain off as much of the drippings as you can. Remove pan from burner and add cream cheese, oregano and garlic. Mix well. Clean mushrooms and remove stems. Add chorizo mixture into mushroom center. Fill as many mushrooms as you can. Top with grated cheese and bake in a 400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
I have been eating Paleo and following the Whole 30 program since December 30th and I feel amazing!!!! The Whole 30 is basically a challenge to go above and beyond eating Paleo by cutting out ALL forms of natural sweeteners too. Eating Paleo is basically eating meats, veggies and fruits and nuts in moderation. It is amazing how good your body feels when you start cutting out all the junk that you put into it!! I'm so excited!! And though during the challenge I'm not supposed to weigh myself but I did and in 5 days I had lost 4 lbs....so I'm happy!!
Here's what I had for breakfast this morning!! I was simple and yummy and I slathered it with homemade salsa!!!!!
Single serving (add more ingredients according to people)
2 eggs
1 small zucchini, halved longways then the halves halved and all of it diced
1 Tbls diced onion
3 small mushrooms sliced
1 lg handful spinach
1 lg clove of garlic, minced
Saute all veggies in coconut oil or olive oil for approx 5-10 minutes until your desired doneness. In a separate bowl scramble eggs and pour into pan with veggies add salt and pepper to taste. Mix around until eggs are fully cooked.
