My family's favorite dish and the easiest one to make!

Priscilla and Michel loovee this dish and the best thing is that it is the easiest meal I cook.
Because of our health goals we eat red meat once, maximum twice a week. We all love meat in this house. You will love this meat, it is so tender and very lean and healthy.

SO first, you need a  kitchen's best friend: a crockpot.

I buy the leanest stew beef I find at the supermarket (I love Trader Joe's)

and get 1 to 1.5 lbs. of beef.

Recipe:

1-1.5 lbs. beef for stew
1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric, cumin, salt, pepper, paprika
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
8oz. mushrooms
1 medium onion
2 tomatoes
1clove minced garlic

a few splashes of Worcestershire sauce (optional)

Put the beef in chunks and add all the spices.
Turn on the crockpot in low. Two hours into it throw in the minced garlic, mushrooms, the chopped onion and tomatoes. Cook in low for 4 more hours. Half an hour before cooking time is up
throw in some splashes of the Worcestershire sauce to give it a little more flavor.

Total cook time is 6 hours in low. Your beef will be so tender it will melt in your mouth.
I serve it with quinoa and steamed or roasted veggies, this time I served it with asparagus,
my family devoured it :)

Finished product:

Put the beef mixed with the spices in the crockpot in LOW

Two hours later thrown in the veggies

I have tried it before where I just put all ingredients together and cook it all for 6 hours in low, it is still very good but if you have time do it in this two stages it will taste even better.

Giving ourselves a break ;)

So because we eat really healthy during the week I like to cook something
less healthy once a week.

I invented this cajun shrimp pasta last week and Michel liked it so much he asked me to do it again this weekend!

8 oz. Angel hair pasta
1lb shrimp
1TBSP coconut oil
1 teaspoon cajun powder

1/4 teaspoon cumin powder

1/4teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon paprika powder
sea salt & pepper

1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 TBSP light sour cream

(Optional: chopped green onions, cilantro)

Cook pasta as directed in the box. 

Cook shrimp with coconut oil in a pan. While shrimp cooks add cajun, cumin, turmeric, paprika, and sprinkle salt and pepper. When shrimp are almost done sprinkle cornstarch and add the sour cream. Add cooked pasta, mix and cook in low/medium for 5 minutes.

I served it with a little chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and parmesan cheese.

Enjoy! 

Super easy & healthy lunch or dinner :)

Sweet Potato Tacos :)

 I love having vegetarian lunches 3 times a week and sometimes I run out of ideas.

So I picked two sweet potatoes I had on my fridge and baked them for 40 minutes in 400 degrees F.
Once they were soft when pricked with a knife  I took them out from the oven and
waited a few minutes to let them cool down a bit.

Then I cut them in half and took the insides out.
I put it on a big bowl and mashed them well. I added 1 cup organic black beans, 1/4 cup
of chopped red onions, 1/2 cup corn, juice from half a lime, pinch of salt and pepper, and if you like spicy like me a pinch of cayenne pepper.
Mix it all together.

Put  a couple of tablespoons of the mixture in two warm corn tortillas, and there you have
it... a delicious meal that has healthy carbs and protein!