RECIPE: Chicken Salad

Last night we had a roasted chicken for dinner. Okay, we only ate half of it, so I decided to make chicken salad out of the other half. Now I'm going to make some Paleo bread so I can have a 100% Paleo sandwich for dinner!

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 roasted chicken, obviously de-boned
1/4 cup Paleo mayonnaise
1/4 cup bleu cheese crumbles (optional)
1/2  stalk celery
1/4 sweet onion
14 walnut halves
1 teaspoon curry
salt
pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and place in a medium sized bowl.
2. Cut celery and onions into small pieces, and add to bowl with chicken.
3. Add mayonnaise, bleu cheese, chopped walnuts, and curry.
4. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

RECIPE: Broiled Sweet Potato Chips

I've always loved sweet potato fries, but not been too crazy about the grease. The other night I cut up a white sweet potato and made fries by broiling them. I tried this again, with a few modifications, and cut the sweet potato into slices rather than fries. I ended up only cutting one of these sweet potatoes, but should have done both. They were that good!
INGREDIENTS:
1 large white sweet potato
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp curry
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Wash sweet potato and cut it into slices.
2. Turn oven to Broil setting and temperature to 500 degrees.
3. With a paper towel, lightly coat a baking sheet with olive oil, then sprinkle sea salt and pepper on the pan.
4. In a bowl mix olive oil, curry, cumin, salt and pepper. Place potato slices in the oil mixture, and stir them around to coat them evenly.

5. Place potato slices on prepared baking sheet and pop it in the oven.

Checking occasionally, at about 4 - 5 minutes, take pan out of the oven and turn each potato slice over, then return pan to oven to bake another 3 - 4 minutes. Be sure to keep an eye on them as oven temperatures vary.
6. Plate the potatoes with a small dish of Paleo Mermaid 'Secret Sauce' as described below.

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PALEO MERMAID'S SECRET SAUCE RECIPE: 

1/2 cup Paleo mayo

1 tsp Paprika

1 tsp Curry

1/2 tsp Onion powder

1 tsp Agave

water

1. Spoon mayonnaise into a bowl and add all ingredients except water.

2. Mix well.

3. Add only enough water to thin the mixture out a little - I'm guessing 1 Tbsp or so. The mixture should have the consistency of thick salad dressing.

4. Spoon into a small bowl for dipping. Enjoy!

RECIPE: Stir-Fry Chicken

I have experimented with ingredients for stir-fry for years. I finally decided the simpler the better. I came up with this recipe a couple of years ago. We liked it so well I stopped experimenting.

STIR-FRY CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb. organic chicken breasts
2 crowns broccoli
8 oz sliced mushrooms
4 tsp curry (I use Trader Joe's)
Sea salt & Pepper to taste
Olive oil
*Secret Ingredient #1*
*Secret Ingredient #2*

DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut broccoli, mushrooms, and chicken into bite sized pieces. Be sure to keep raw chicken away from vegetables.
2. Heat wok to medium high and add 1 Tbsp olive oil. After one minute add chicken and 2 tsp curry, stir ring occasionally to cook evenly, but not burn.

3. Once chicken is done, remove from wok and place in a bowl.
4. Add more oil, if needed, and add broccoli. Cover and cook 2 minutes on medium. Add mushrooms and 1 tsp curry. Stirring occasionally for even cooking. Cover when not stirring.

5. Once vegetables are tender, but not mushy, add chicken back into the wok and stir until well mixed. Add secret ingredient. (See below)

Secret Ingredient #1 is "Soy-Vay Island Teriyaki" from Trader Joe's. I know, I know, it's not 100% Paleo, but I am going to attempt to make a version that is. This stuff tastes so good, and it does have a lot of good ingredients in  it, but it does have some sugar. I am going to attempt to make something similar with honey or agave. (Contents: Preservative free soy sauce, water, sugar, 100% pure pineapple juice, vinegar, soy oil, sesame seeds, fresh garlic, dried onions, fresh ginger, garlic granules, sesame oil, onion powder, and ginger powder.)

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SECRET SAUCE RECIPE: (Secret Ingredient #2)
1/2 cup Paleo mayo
1 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Curry
1/2 tsp Onion powder
1 tsp Agave
water

1. Spoon mayonnaise into a bowl and add all ingredients except water.
2. Mix well.
3. Add only enough water to thin the mixture out a little - I'm guessing 1 Tbsp or so. The mixture should have the consistency of thick salad dressing.
4. Spoon onto stir-fry. Enjoy!

I made a small quantity of *gasp* brown rice for Conrad, however I plated mine with the remaining spaghetti squash from the night before. I added a dash of curry and a splash of secret ingredient #1 to add oriental flavor.

Here it is ... Stir-fry chicken with broccoli and mushrooms with a side of curried spaghetti squash drizzled with secret sauce!