Not to interfere with the regular recipe thread. These recipes must fulfill the following criteria:

1) Must use 5 ingredients or less. No more!

2) Must be able to prepare and serve within 1 hour! (Yes, Crockpot simmers >1 hr are okay, so long as prep time is <1 hr and other criteria are followed.)

3) Can include actual "recipes" as well as ideas, so long as they fulfill the other criteria (like using lettuce leaves to wrap stuff in).

4) Must use ingredients that are generally considered PALEO and which MOST of us have access to or can make a reasonable substitution. Prepared foods/items that are generally considered "Paleo wholesome" (like coconut milk) are acceptable. (Use your best judgment!)

The key and motivating factor here is quick and simple. Okay, my Green Chili Stew recipe follows...

Green Chili Stew

1-2 lbs ground meat (any kind; I like pork, bison, or a mixture)
1 bunch green onions, or 1 big onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 cans fire-roasted green chilis, diced
2 cups pureed tomatillos, green tomatoes, or prepared salsa verde; may substitute a jar of salsa verde (I do this often), just be sure to check the ingredients first.

Brown meat with the onions and garlic. Leave drippings in the pan and add the remaining ingredients. Simmer for about 30 minutes. Serve. (May be thinned with H2O if too thick.)

Easy. Surprisingly good.

Does a crockpot count? There is only about 10 minutes of actual work for this recipe. Your recipe reminded me of it.

PORK VERDE
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1 hunk o' pork (butt, shoulder, country ribs, whatever)
1 jar salsa verde with good ingredients
salt

Just dump it in the crockpot and leave it for 8 hours. Shred it at the end and mix it all together. You can sprinkle it with cilantro if you are so inclined. A squeeze of lime is not amiss either.

I'd say a crock pot counts. Yeah! I've amended the guidelines.

Quick Sausage And Veggies

1 lb paleo-legal Italian sausage
1 zucchini
1 red bell pepper
1 8-oz package of sliced mushrooms
onion to taste

Remove the sausage from their casings. Put it into a large fry pan and turn on the heat. Coarsely chop the veggies, add to pan. Simmer it all together until the lard and veggie liquid forms a thick 'sauce' and most of the water is cooked out.

Variations: different sausages and veggies. Frozen mixed veggies work nicely.

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Zesty Stuffed Peppers

2 paleo-legal Italian sausages
2 red bell peppers
(or whatever number you want to make)

Remove sausage from casings, stuff into peppers, bake in foil for an hour or put in the crock pot with some broth or sauce.

Optional: mess around with egg and pork rinds as a binder, if you care whether or not the sausage falls apart. Tomato sauce is also optional.

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Easy Stew

1 lb stewing beef
1 small onion
1 carrot
1 lb mushrooms
1 can diced tomatoes

Brown beef in a large sauce pan. Coarsely chop the veggies and add them in that order, to sautee the veggies a bit. Bring to a boil; simmer for an hour or so or put in the crock pot. Admittedly, I like it better cooked on the stove until it's quite thick, but that violates the one hour guideline.

Kristine, I've been doing simple stuffed peppers for a while now using only peppers, bison, herbs/spices, and salt.

I wish I could find those little baby bell peppers again. These would be great as Paleo appetizers and could be eaten in one bite (well, for those of us with a big mouth, anyway).

On The Go dessert:
Take some of those large dates that still have the seed in them, take out the seed, stuff with pecans or walnuts, squish the date around the nut filling. Store till ready to eat, they will keep forever & are good to take as a "to go food"

Here's a pretty good coconut-chicken soup that's really quick, and brazenly simple.

1 big onion, chopped
2 Tbls hot chili pepper oil (or to taste)
2 cups chicken stock
Cooked chicken meat (other types of cooked meat or seafood could be used)
1 can coconut milk

Saute the onions in the chili oil. (Careful, this stuff might take your breath.) When onions are translucent, add chicken, stir, add broth, and stir until a little bubbly. Turn heat down or remove from heat. Add coconut milk.

(Note: I've observed on occasion that if you boil coconut milk in a soup like this it will have the tendency to lose it's thickness and become watery. Avoid this by barely heating after adding.)

I never appreciated the simple hard-boiled egg so much until I read Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Within the story there is a southern woman who cooks boiled eggs and explains her alchemy for the perfect boiled egg.

This method will keep the yolks yellow - no green sulphury tinges in and around the yolk, and the whites are soft and pliable instead of rubbery. Anyway, I thought this was worthy of sharing here.

Place eggs in a pot with a good fitting lid, pour COLD water over to cover the eggs. Place on the stove and then turn the burner on high. Right after the eggs have started to boil, turn off the burner (don't remove from burner), and place the lid on the pot. Let sit for 10 minutes. Drain water, then let eggs cool.

You'll never go back to boiling them to death again.

That's similar to how I do it. I start with cold water and cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. My friend raves over my HB eggs.

Yeah, I think bringing them up in temperature with the cold water is the trick. I do find, though, that after the initial boil, that's all the energy that needs to be expended, and makes for a "fluffier" egg.

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP
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1 lb ground beef
1 tsp dried herbs
1 egg
1 head of escarole
2 quarts chicken stock (or 1 qt + 1 qt water)

(salt and pepper to taste, but I don't really think they count as "ingredients")

start your stock heating up

meanwhile, mix together the meat, herbs, and egg and form into little baby meatballs

chop the escarole

once the stock is boiling, add the meatballs and greens to the pot and simmer for 10 min

fini!

That coconut chicken soup sounds great! Think with some thai spices like ginger and red pepper flakes it would be good? Maybe a little sesame oil, mmm... too bad soy sauce and peanut butter aren't paleo!

Paleo Chocolate Shake

1 oz raw cocao beans, ground finely in magic bullet or coffee grinder (could use cocoa powder?)
1 can coconut milk or almond milk
1 raw egg (omit the white if you're worried about biotin)
Stevia, to taste (or erythritol, whatever sweetener you like)
Ice

Blend together and enjoy!

Found raw cacao beans at my local health food supermarket. They're chock full of antioxidants and iron. Add a nice crunch and bitter chocolate flavor to recipes.

PORK TENDERLOIN

Marinate overnight with oil, garlic and herbs of your choice.

Cook at 400 degrees for 20 mins. to half an hour.

Slice and eat.

Lauren's Paleo Ice Cream (Low Carb)

1/4c coconut milk
1-2t vanilla extract (or whatever flavor you prefer)
1c frozen cauliflower, chopped
1T sweetener (stevia + erythritol works well)
1 T coconut oil

Pulse cauliflower, coconut milk, and coconut oil until mixture is smooth with no lumps. It should be the consistency of soft serve ice cream. Add more coconut milk if you need it smoother.

5g effective carbs for a nice portion. Sounds weird, but the cauliflower takes on whatever flavorings you put in it, and keeps the carbs low.