The latest health craze has made its way into the little kitchen of Sweets and I.
Inspired by the way cave-folks ate – Paleo – is meant to include foods that Tarzan ate. Lots of meats, fish, eggs and veggies and all the spices your heart can dream of and a big fat NO to most of that white fluffy stuff – pasta, bread, sugar, pastries. And a very tragic no to dairy… sweet delicious dairy… in all the cheesy goodness forms it comes.
At this very moment there is a montage playing of me enjoying cheese in various states… the song Secret Lovers by Atlantic Starr is playing. It’s a beautiful moment.
So that’s a pretty simplified and maybe slightly uneducated description of what Paleo means but you can find a fancier explanation here.
Most meals you make at home can be modified in some shape or form to meet Paleo standards – replace bread with butter lettuce or cabbage – sub cheese for avocado – instead of ice cream blend up a frozen banana with some coconut milk – don’t eat a bag of Cheetos.
And for this meal in the kitchen of Sweetie and Kneez – sub couscous for Cauliflower “rice.” And yes I know what you’re thinking – chances are cavemen did not dust off their food processor to “rice” a head of Cauliflower.
But alas it’s 2013 and that’s just want these cave-lovebirds did.
If rice-rice is more your thang than cauli-rice (or couscous) – have at it – carb this sucker up. But one day you should try to sub rice with cauliflower – just to switch things up or try something new – it’s quite delicious!
Spicy (paleo) Stuffed Bell Peppers
- 1 lbs ground turkey or beef
- 4 bell peppers (feel free to use 6 – everytime I make this I have a good deal of leftover filling which I eat on it’s own but can also be added to other peppers!)
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 1 head of cauliflower, either roughly grated by hand (like the sexy caveman/woman you are! or with a food processor)
- 1 large tomato
- 1 can of petite diced tomatoes
- 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
- Montreal Steak Seasoning (make your own)
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper
Preheat oven to 400
Clean all veggies and chop top of bell peppers off – setting aside to use later – clean out bell peppers.
Grate or food process cauliflower until it is a rice-like consistency/texture – then microwave your cauli-rice for 1.5 minutes or you can add it earlier in the sauteeing process below and skip the nuking!
Cook meat with steak seasoning, salt pepper and red pepper flakes – once cooked set cooked meat aside.
In large saute pan saute onion and garlic in some olive oil for 3-4 minutes and then add chopped tomato and diced tomato and cook down.
Add in cauli-rice and cooked ground meat and combine well with other ingredients – give it a taste and add any other spices you see fit. Our go-to spices we usually throw in most dishes are Hungarian Paprika, Oregano, Garlic Powder and S&P. Cook combined ingredients for another few minutes and then remove from heat.
Add peppers to a shallow baking dish and scoop mixture into peppers and then recap – light brush outside of pepper with olive oil.
Bake peppers for 20-25 minutes or until outside pepper is somewhat soft and edges are golden-brown.
And once they’re done – devour them promptly 🙂
Sweetie And The Kitchen 