A delicious meal, one where every item is full flavor, all competing for your praise and attention. A meal that leaves you more than fed, more than even satisfied, a meal that delivers, crushing any remaining hint of hunger. Now thats a great dinner, one that can be an every night occurrence in your home.
So how do we pull that off? To start lets choose foods that are whole and come straight from mother nature. By definition this gets us away from processed foods made from the deadly combo of white flour, sugar, “vegetable oils” and an array of unnatural chemicals. Clean meat or fish. Colorful vegetables. Good fats. A bit of tasty pre and pro-biotics to keep our gut microbiome and immunity super strong.
How about an example? Heres a shot of last nights delicious little fest. Lets see how it fits the bill…
Pretty food, food with color is way more enticing and as it turns out, almost always more nutritious and flavorful. Take purple cauliflower, rice it in a food processor, sautéed it in Kerry butter or olive oil with some cherry tomatoes, Himalayan sea salt and bam, its hot creamy moist and delicious. Grass fed ground beef, cooked med rare and covered in sautéed red onion, both keep the meat tender and moist. Add a spice blend, tonight we did a Moroccan blend and served on a slice of Swiss cheese from, you guessed it, grass fed cows. A few slices of baked sweet potato cooked alongside our sliders and you have a sweet n savory meal.
Off camera we added a nice little salad - baby spinach, strawberries and raw pistachios tossed in a Primal Kitchen avocado Caesar dressing. And to wash it all down, a fresh and bubbly Passion Berry kombucha to which the gut bugs that keep us well said thank you!
This meal features plenty of good fats - olive oil, butter and cheese from grass fed cows, avocado, and grass fed beef. We got enough good quality protein. And we had 3 different veggies, all low starch / high nutrition. We avoided the costly processed stuff, we kept our blood sugar low avoiding simple carbs. And best of all, like most good cooking this came together quickly, indeed writing about it took me longer than cooking it up.
Until next time - happy eating ;-)