Thanksgiving Day in a Bowl - Paleo Style!

I set out to create my own paleo chicken pot pie.  What I ended up with tasted more like a Thanksgiving Day meal, all in one bowl!  So that is how the Thanksgiving Day in a Bowl was created.  It reminds me of my dad, who is notorious for mixing all the food on his plate into one big mix of food.  I started with Elana's Pantry pie crust and her Herbed Gravy.  I used honey in it, which of became MUCH sweeter when heated, this is where you get a mashed sweet potato casserole taste going on.  I know she has a more savory version, which I'll try another time.  I'll just get to my recipe!

CRUST (I did a bottom and top crust, so double this recipe if you are doing that)
1½ cups blanched almond flour
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup coconut oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. In a medium bowl, combine almond flour, salt and baking soda
2. In a small bowl, combine grapeseed oil, agave and vanilla
3. Stir wet ingredients into dry
4. Pat dough into a 9 inch pie pan or 8x8 square pan

Herb Gravy (tweaked a little)
1 quart chicken stock
2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
5 cloves garlic
2 TBs bacon fat
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
Pepper to taste
Splash of cream (optional)

1. In a medium saucepan, heat chicken stock, onions and garlic to a boil
2. Reduce heat and simmer until onions and garlic are soft, about 30 minutes
3. Pout bacon fat into saucepan
4. Blend stock-onion-drippings mixture in a blender until smooth
5. Place mixture back in saucepan and reheat, then season with salt, thyme and pepper

Assembling the Thanksgiving Day in a Bowl!

2-3 Cups Herb Gravy (recipe above)
1 Rotisserie Chicken, meat removed
1 cup of green beans
1 cup of cooked cauliflower
2 pie crusts (recipe above)

Star with the crust in your pie or square pan. 
Mix the gravy, meat, green beans and cauliflower in a bowl.  Then pour into the pie pan.
Use the other pie crust and place on top of the filling.
Bake at 325 for 15 minutes

Eat and enjoy!!

Paleo Honey Biscuits

I found another one of Elana's Pantry recipes that everyone just loves.  I make them once or twice a week, for breakfasts, snacks for the kids, etc.  Here is a link to her original recipe.  I use one more similar to one out of her recipe book called Drop Biscuits.  Here is how I make them:

2 1/2 C almond flour
1 tspn celtic sea salt
1/2 tspn baking soda
1/4 C butter or organic palm oil shortening
1/4 xylitol honey (or real honey - even tried a mix of both with great results)
1 eggs
1tspn lemon juice

Mix all the dry ingredients into one bowl.  Then whisk the wet ingredients in another bowl.  Mix the wet ingredients into the dry.  Using a 1/4 c measuring cup, scoop out the dough and put onto a parchment lined baking sheet.  I pushed mine down some to form the biscuit shape.  Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or untl nice golden brown.

Here is a picture of the first batch I made.  I pressed them too flat,  but they still tasted yummy!!

German Chocolate Cake

I found a recipe for a revised german chocolate cake on Elana's Pantry .  A lot of her recipes call for oils such as grapeseed which I don't eat.  I subbed coconut oil for it.  She also uses a lot of agave nectar which after eating this cake, I found out impacts my blood sugar too much.  It was like having a carb coma after eating it.  If I ever make this again, I'll have to use xylitol honey instead.  This cake tasted AMAZING, but like I said, it affected my blood sugar negatively.  The Vegan Chocolate Icing on the sides of this cake was soooo good!   I'll have to make it again without the agave nectar and see if its as good.

Paleo Taco Soup

Thanks to Pinterest, I found a recipe for Paleo Taco Soup.  It is a crock pot recipe so I thought I'd give it a shot.  It turned out so tastey!!  The whole family loved it.  My kids thought it was a little spicy, but it didn't keep them from eating it.  I'll dial down the spicy next time.  Here is a link to the recipe:  Fastpaleo/tacosoup