Tuesday's dinner ....

For Tuesday's dinner in the week in a day cooking,

we had Shredded Pork Tacos with Mango Salsa

 

and let me just say......yummmm!!

Johnny and I both loved this one. At first he said no, he didn't want

any mango salsa, it would be too sweet. I'm like Johnny please, just taste it

so he did and he loved it

 

I got home from Jazzercise at 7:00 and by 7:15 dinner was ready.

You just can't believe how much I love this!! Cooking for a couple of

hours on Sunday was so worth it!

 

The pork tenderloin I had cooked on Sunday in the crock pot.

once cooled, I had shredded it. It is for 2 recipes this week so half

I put in an air tight container in the fridge

 and the other half I put in a freezer bag in

the freezer since we won't be having that until Friday.

 

The Mango Salsa I also made on Sunday. We used half tonight and will

use the other half tomorrow night....as I will make it into a dressing.

 

The taco seasoning I also made on Sunday.

so here's the recipes.........and again, they are from the

"Make Ahead Paleo" cookbook.

 

Taco seasoning.

In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine:

• 2 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoon sea salt
• pinch of cayenne

I have made this taco seasoning before and trust me, so much better than that envelope of seasoning with heaven knows what all they use!! I use one of my mason jars to store this in the spice cabinet.

 

 

Mango Salsa

In a medium size bowl, combine all the ingredients, stir gently. Store the salsa in an airtight container in the fridge until needed.

 

• 2 med ripe mangoes, peeled, seeds removed and diced. I used the frozen organic mangos that I buy at Costco. The only ingredient is mangos so yay!
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1 jalapeno, cored, seeded and diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (I used the flat leaf parsley)
• 2 teaspoon lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• pinch of fresh ground black pepper

 

Here are the instructions for the night you have this for dinner

 

In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons of coconut oil.

Add the shredded pork, and stir to coat the pork with the oil.

Add 1 tablespoon of taco seasoning and 1/4 cup of water, stir

to combine. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered until

the pork is heated through.

Serve the shredded pork in lettuce cups with Mango Salsa spooned on top.

 

We loved this recipe so I'll definitely will be making this a lot.

 

tomorrow night is Steak Cobb Salad with Mango Dressing.

 

later.........



Halloween ....

A few pictures from Halloween.......

we had right many trick or treaters so it was a fun

night passing out candy to the children in the neighborhood

I wish I had taken a night picture of the pumpkins below

I had candles not only in the pumpkins but also

in the lanterns.....it looked pretty cool

 

and here's the skeleton trying to climb into one of the bedrooms!

 



 

cute baby Declan Liam

 

Declan and I wearing our skull and crossbones shirts

 

then he changed into his skeleton costume

 

Our favorite ninja ... Gabe!

 

and here's Maddox as the Hulk but he was pretty worn

out at this point. Notice his tongue sticking through

where his teeth used to be!! so cute

 

later....



Monday ....

From my cooking in one day for a week

tonight we had Sesame Chicken Salad

and it was delicious!!

This recipe is from "Make Ahead Paleo"

 

I had cooked the chicken and made the dressing on

Sunday so fixing dinner tonight took all of 15 minutes

I had to cut up the cabbage, carrots and onions

 

here's the recipe......

 

• half of the cooked chicken (I cooked a whole chicken and shredded it up so for this recipe, I just used half of that, I'll need the rest later in the week)
• 1 small head of cabbage, sliced thin
• 1 cup thinly sliced red cabbage
• 2 medium carrots
• 4 green onions
• 3 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
• sesame dressing

In a large bowl, combine the chicken, cabbage, carrots, onions, sesame seeds and almonds. remove the dressing from the fridge, shake the jar to combine, and pour the dressing over the salad. Toss to coat.

 

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 and here's the recipe for the dressing....which was so

dang good I'll definitely be making more of this just for salads

 

• 1 small shallot, minced
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
• 2/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoon coconut aminos (I used soy sauce as I was out of aminos)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 teaspoon sesame oil
• fresh ground black pepper

combine all ingredients in a jar, shake and keep in the fridge

 

 

tomorrow night is

Shredded Pork Tacos with Mango Salsa

 

later..........



Cooking all day ...

Today I cooked for a few  hours and now have our dinner

and lunch for the rest of the week!

 

From the "Make Ahead Paleo" cookbook, our dinner for

this week is.....

 

Monday - Sesame Chicken Salad

Tuesday - Shredded pork tacos with mango salsa

Wed - Steak Cobb salad with mango dressing

Thursday - Bacon chicken pizza

Friday - Pulled pork over cauliflower rice with spicy tomato sauce

 

I'm excited that dinner will be so easy this week

everything is packaged up in the frig ready to go each day

the main cooking is already done, just a little bit

of cutting up lettuce and things like that.
It was pretty easy......went to the grocery store this morning and got
everything I needed. So once home, no need to put anything away, just
start cooking. In this cookbook it's great because it tells you step
by step what to make for the entire week.

 

below is the tomato sauce that will be used for the

pizza and for the pulled pork on Friday

 

This mango salsa tasted so good......can't wait to have this!

 

I washed up dishes as I went along so clean up wasn't too bad

 

And while at it, I also cooked the doggies food

below is their ground turkey that they eat every day

I cook it up and then freeze it in individual baggies.

Then just pull out a baggie each morning

I cooked enough for 14 days for them

I started cooking about 2:00 and with cooking for the week, I also cooked our dinner for tonight and cooked the dogs food, cleaned up and was out of the kitchen by 7:00. I don't think that was too bad :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful week

later.....