Buffalo Chicken Tacos w/ Guac & Homemade Mayo

Yes.

Yes.

Amazing.

It tastes as awesome as it looks.

Basically, diced chicken rubbed with:
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Smoked Paprika
Garlic Powder

Cooked in a pan --- then added onion and bell pepper.

Then, added Frank's hot sauce, with some apple cider vinegar and coconut oil.

Probably can do with a little less apple cider vinegar than I ended up adding, but the result was still amazing.

I plopped mine into lettuce with some basic guac (avocado, lemon juice, lots of cilantro) and homemade  mayo.

I realize the mayo is a bit weird. But I felt it needed something creamy, and as we all know, on the Paleo Diet, all dairy is out.

No words.

I have recently stumbled across a recipe for paleo ranch dressing, sooooo I will be experimenting with that fairly soon. I'll let you know how it goes.

Bell Pepper Border Omelettes

SO CUTE!

You could even eat it as a sandwich! But...let it cool first.

It was kind of hard to keep the egg in the little bell pepper border area. But worth it. It's like eating a little eggy patty :-)

So, first I just sliced the bell peppers thin enough to make little frames. Then, I cooked them up so they got nice and soft.

They almost look like little hearts. I bet for Valentine's Day, one could totally make that happen. 

Meanwhile, I mixed up some eggs, breakfast sausage chunks, and probably some onion and perhaps some more green pepper chunks.

The sausages almost make it look like its smiling . . . It should be. Because Imma eat it.

It cooked up fine, but next time I might pre-cook the sausage and other veggies before incorporating them into the little pepper-packet.

Almond Crumb Fried Tilapia & Oniony Avocado Spread

As you can see, I very clearly was too involved with eating this dish to take pictures before I ransacked it. Whoopsies. 

But, oh well, posterity is a good thing, even if it isn't a picture-perfect scrapbook moment of the meal I cooked that night. 

So, here's almond-crumb fried tilapia and it's partner in crime, oniony avocado spread!

I have made some rather chunky almond "flour" from the almond pulp remaining after making homemade almond milk. I decided it would make a great breadcrumb! So I can eat "fried" foods even while on the paleo diet. Win for team Bird. 

I mixed up some almond crumbs in a bowl along with fresh parsley, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and probably a little lemon pepper.

I dipped my tilapias in a bowl of beat eggs, then dragged them through the crumbs. I dropped them onto a hot pan with some coconut oil in it and let them fry away. With lots of lemon and lots of love, the result was a tasty fried fish.

Belly happy.

Creamy Creole Stew

As you can see, I also cooked up some shrimp tacos for dinner. But I won't focus on those since the star of the evening was the Creamy Creole Stew. And when I say star, I mean, superstar. Like, this is the Beyoncé of stews.

Boyfriend's plate. He added salsa to his shrimp taco, which I made haphazardly on the side while he nailed the creole stew. 

I started cooking having no idea what was going to happen. I knew I was hungry. And I knew I was going to use shrimp. Outside of that, I just started cutting up vegetables hoping something would come to me.

But then boyfriend came in, and suggested I put the shrimp in a red sauce. I've never been big on shrimp in red sauce, so I was hesitant. But did it anyway. Then he suggested I add coconut milk. And also, sausage. And lots of random spices to make it a creole dish, like a jambalaya without the rice.

I was skeptical. Very skeptical. So I let him take over, and I went to make some shrimp tacos as a side dish.

Simple shrimp tacos with sautéed vegetables in a little lettuce blanket.  

After a few minutes, he shoved a spoon in my mouth. And I'm both proud and humbled to say I couldn't have come up with anything nearly as delicious. Success!!! My contribution was that it be served with zucchinoodles for some texture. Which also worked quite well.

I have to pick his brain about what seasoning he used exactly...I think there was some basil in there, red pepper flakes, paprika, cayenne ... and definitely a few bay leaves.

But it's really just a mixture of shrimp (cooked in olive oil, lemon juice, salted and peppered), onions, garlic, bell pepper, diced tomato, tomato sauce, coconut milk, and sausage.

Easy (once we figured out what we were making) and so delicious! Can't wait to try this again to record an actual recipe.

My plate. I put carrots on my taco, to match the color of the soup. These things are important.

Purple & Green Chicken Stir Fry

I have to be honest.

I don't remember what went into this dish. But, I suspect, it's mainly some delicious vegetables sautéed in coconut oil with salt and pepper.

Enjoy this fabulous, healthy dish with white wine! Also, enjoy white wine anytime. That's what I do.

But it looks pretty!

To be quite specific, I believe I started with chunks of chicken, purple cauliflower, garlic, green bell pepper, onions, and mushrooms.

Alllmost Mardi Gras colors! Must add yellow bell peppers next time.

Oh, garlic. My fingers haven't not smelled like you in months.

Then, after it's pretty much completely cooked, I added some zucchini noodles! They cook quickly so they must go in at the end to avoid being soggy.

Zucchinoodles aren't noodles at all. They are zucchinis. Surprise!