Sausage Egg Muffins

Every weekend I spend some time preparing my meals for the week. Usually it's just putting together a big salad to take for lunch everyday.  Today I decided to make breakfast for the week as well.  It'll leave one less thing to do in the morning and I can sleep in a little later!  More importantly, I'll still get to enjoy a delicious, satisfying breakfast!!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 onion
• 1/2 zucchini
• 3/4 lb of Italian Sausage
• 8 eggs
• salt and pepper

Process:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add eggs to a large bowl and scramble.

2.  Chop the onion and zucchini, and add to egg mixture.

3.  Heat a small skillet over Medium-High heat.  Brown sausage.
4.  Allow sausage to cool and make sure it's crumbled into small pieces. Add sausage to egg mixture. Add salt and pepper.

5.  Use paper liners and fill muffin/cupcake tin 3/4 of the way full.
6.  Bake for 15-18 minutes.

Easy, on the go breakfast for the week!

Stuffed Zucchini Boats

It is that time of the year when there is an abundance of zucchini available. After going to the Madison Farmer's Market I found myself with three zucchini's for only one dollar! Traditionally, I would use them to make breads and desserts. After a little research and found a wonderful recipe for stuffed zucchini boats on one of my favorite websites. Pinterest. I did do a little tweaking to the original recipe to increase the amount of protein.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium to large Zucchini
• 1/4 cup (34g) Feta ( I used a less to decrease the amount of dairy)
• 4 tbsp (66g) Tomato Paste
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp (5g) Grated Parmesan Cheese
• Sprinkle of Parsley
• 1/2 pound of Ground Turkey
• 1/2 chopped white onion

Process:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Cut the Zucchini in half longwise. Scoop out the inside using a melon baller or tablespoon.

Chop any large zucchini pieces that you scooped out and place into a mixing bowl with ground turkey, feta, tomato paste, garlic powder, and oregano. Mix well to coat everything. The tomato paste, feta, onion, and ground turkey.

Put the zucchini mixture back into the zucchini boats. Top with parmesan and parsley. Bake for 25 minutes. Longer if you like a softer zucchini.

I doubled the recipe because I had one large zucchini and two smaller ones. I also baked for 35 minutes and they were perfect.

yummo! =)

Spaghetti and Meatballs... Paleo style

Yes-sir-ee! Exactly one week and a new primal meal as promised!

For our very first Primal Meal Post I wanted to do a comforting meal, most people love, but with a primal twist. So naturally I chose spaghetti and meatballs, yum!  As you may have guessed, pasta is not at all primal, but with this "pasta alternative" you'll be craving this version of spaghetti and meatballs week after week!

Ingredients:

• 2-3 Large Zucchini 
• 1 Can No salt added organic diced tomatoes
• 1 Can No salt added organic tomato sauce
• 1 Can organic tomato paste
• 2-4 cloves of garlic (this depends on size and how much garlic you like!)
• 1lb. ground turkey (or meat of your choice- grass-fed beef would be delicious)
• 1 egg
• 2 tbspn italian seasoning OR oregano
• 2 tbspn garlic powder
• 2 tbspn onion powder

Process:

Start out by prepping your "spaghetti".  Use a sharp knife to cut the zucchini into thin spaghetti-like pieces.  You can also use a julienne slicer if you have one! I did not, so a sharp knife worked fine!  You want to cut your zucchini and let it sit out for at least 3-4 hours.  This allows the "pasta" to dry out so it won't be a mushy mess when you go to cook it later.

 

Start the sauce around the same time as you cut the zucchini.  Empty the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and paste into a big pot.  Add diced garlic, 1 tbspn of Italian seasoning/oregano, 1 tbspn onion powder, and 1 tbspn garlic powder. Bring sauce to a boil, turn down the heat and let it simmer for 3-4 hours.

To prepare the meatballs preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Put the ground turkey, 1 egg, and remaining spices into a bowl and mix until well combined.  Use your hands to form 1inch balls and place onto an aluminum foil covered cookie sheet.  Bake for 30-35minutes.

When your ready to eat, throw the zucchini noodles into a pan with some oil or butter and cook until tender.  Don't cook it too long; you don't want your pasta to be mushy!

Now put it all together and Enjoy!!