Chicken Salad with Bacon & Roast Pumpkin

  What could be more soothing than a hearty Chicken and Roast Pumpkin Salad on a cold winter night? Well, one following this paleo recipe with added crispy Bacon, Walnuts and Roast Garlic of course!   Roast your own chicken and treat yourself to a luxurious take on the salad, or grab a ready-roasted chicken on your way home from work if you’re in a...
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Tomato Sauce and Poached Egg Tapas Style

  This is one of those things whipped up from an ‘empty’ fridge that turned out delicious – loosely inspired by traditional Spanish dish Huevos a la Flamenca.  Not only is this tasty, it’s also a great way to clean the fridge!   Ingredients: Egg 1/2 red onion, sliced thin 2 cloves garlic, sliced thin 1/2 zucchini, julienned 1/2...
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Roast Pumpkin & Chicken Salad Recipe

Quick and easy meal to prep with plenty left for lunch the next day! Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, sliced thin and cooked (for super quick version, just buy 1/2 a roast chicken) 1/4 pumpkin 1 whole garlic 1 red onion 1 punnet cherry tomatoes 2 whole strips of bacon 1 cucumber rocket olive oil sweet paprika, salt & pepper to season optional: balsamic...
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Paleo Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

Going paleo doesn’t mean you need to abandon the traditional spaghetti Bolognese! Here’s a quick and easy recipe for using zucchini as a spaghetti replacement.   Ingredients: 4 zucchini, sliced very thin 500g beef mince 1/2 cup black olives 1 red onion, sliced very thin 5 tomatoes, chopped, 6 cloves of garlic, minced 1 can of whole-peeled tomatoes 1...
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Venison Cutlets, Roast Kumera and Spinach with Mushrooms, Garlic & Almonds

The man went hunting & gathering again and returned victorious with an entire free-range, grass-fed venison from a friend’s farm. Normally he only grows venison for his own needs, but this time he happened to have an extra animal. The freezer shuffle was a bit of a hassle, but boy was it worth it! Our visiting chef Christian*** did a fantastic job threatening the cutlets with a...
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Kingfish Steaks with Greek Broccoli

The only difficulty I’ve faced with the Well Fed book so far, is to choose what to cook – it all looks and sounds so delicious! Based on one day’s reading and first meal cooked, this has already become my favourite cook book of all times! We still had some kingfish left from the w/e and wanted something tasty to accompany it – the Greek Broccoli sounded like the perfect...
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Shrimp Skillet

Recipe for Shrimp Skillet from ‘Paleo Comfort...
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Self-caught Kingfish with tomato, garlic, capers and homegrown herbs

Once again the man returned victorious from a fishing trip with this gorgeous 13kg kingfish! To do the beauty justice, he whipped up this delicious dinner of fried kingfish fillets, served with roasted tomatoes, garlic, capers and garnished the lot with homegrown herbs. Unbelievably...
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Pork rib eye fillet on the bone with roasted everything

This one looks like a bit of a stack of random roasted stuff, however, let me assure you: it was out of this world! Hidden in that stack is a beautiful pork rib eye fillet on the bone, garlic stuffed mushrooms, roast pumpkin, sweet potato, tomatoes and garlic. And then some… What a...
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Lamb chump chops, garlic stuffed mushrooms, roast pumpkin and brussels sprouts

This dinner was out of this world! You can’t really see it in the photo, but one quarter of the dish is steamed brussels sprouts. The lamb chump chops were seasoned with salt, pepper, fried garlic, capsicum, thyme, basil and olive oil. Baked on high heat in a roasting dish (on a roasting rack, to allow the excess fat to drain off, as the cuts were exceptionally fatty) and grilled to finish...
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Recipe for garlic stuffed mushrooms

Need something special to spice up an old dinner table favourite? Look no further! These garlic and capsicum stuffed mushrooms are nothing short of delicious – although be warned: only for the serious garlic-a-holics!!!   Recipe: Ingredients: button mushrooms, peeled and stemmed garlic, peeled and minced capsicum, minced olive oil white...
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Self-caught snapper cooked whole with roast fennel, carrots and garnished with broad beans

Snapper cooked whole and stuffed with turnip/leek/tarragon mix. Absolutely delicious!
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