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<\/strong><\/p>\nPork Chops with Pomegranate -Ginger Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n Serves 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Adapted from The Paleo Foodie Cookbook<\/strong><\/p>\n For the sauce <\/p>\n For the Pork:<\/p>\n 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice <\/p>\n In a medium saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients except the arrowroot. Cook sauce until reduced by half, about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n In a small bowl mix the seasonings. Rub on both sides of the pork chops. Season with sea salt and fresh ground pepper.<\/p>\n Heat a large cast iron skillet top medium high. Place the pork chops in the pan, without crowding and sear about 4 minutes per side. Remove the pork chops from the pan. Bring reduced sauce to a simmer. Stir then place arrowroot starch in a small bowl of and add just enough cold water to make a thin paste. Add the paste to the sauce and whisk until smooth and silky and slightly thickened. Spoon over pork chops and serve. I like to serve with a butternut squash puree.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whole 30 Cauliflower Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n Trader Joe\u2019s and Whole Foods Market sells frozen cauliflower already riced if you are in a hurry.<\/p>\n 1 head cauliflower cut into florets Sea salt <\/p>\n Rice the cauliflower in your food processors and pulse, working in batches. Do not over pulse of the cauliflower gets mushy.<\/p>\n In a large pan or wok, melt the ghee over medium heat and add onions and carrots, stirring until the carrots are tender. Add the rest of the vegetables and chicken broth., cover lightly with lid for 8 minutes.<\/p>\n Remove from pan and toss in almonds and coconut aminos. Serve as is or with chicken or shrimp.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mangoritas<\/p>\n From 500 Paleo Recipes<\/p>\n 1 ripe mango Club soda, any flavor without calories or sugars.<\/p>\n Peel mango and cut off the stone. Put the mango chunks in freezer and freeze.<\/p>\n When cocktail time rolls around, put the mango chunks in your blender and add the juice of a lemon and the lime. Add tequila<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keto and Paleo and garden-fresh common sense Personally, I have never been \u201cskinny\u201d. In fact, I have battled the muffin … <\/p>\n
\n\u00bd cup unsweetened pomegranate sauce
\n\u00bd cup homemade chicken broth of bone broth
\n\u00bd cup minced shallots
\n2 teaspoons fresh garlic minced
\n1 teaspoon lemongrass puree
\n1 Tablespoon raw honey (I prefer orange blossom)
\n3 sprigs fresh thyme
\nSea salt and fresh ground black pepper
\n1 teaspoon Arrowroot starch. (thickening agent)<\/p>\n
\n1 teaspoon garlic salt
\n4 center cut bone-in pork chops
\n2 Tablespoons coconut oil
\nFresh cilantro<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/judi-gallagher\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1585771569\/cauliflower\/cauliflower.jpg?_i=AA)
Serves 2<\/p>\n
\n3 Tablespoons ghee, (clarified butter)
\n\u00bd onion finely chopped
\n1 carrot peeled and finely chopped
\n2 cloves garlic minced
\n\u00bd cup homemade chicken broth
\n1 Tablespoon minced cilantro<\/p>\n
\nFresh ground black pepper
\n\u00bd cup slivered almonds
\n1 Teaspoon Moroccan seasoning
\n2 Tablespoons coconut aminos (in place of soy sauce)
\n2 green onions minced<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/judi-gallagher\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1585771568\/holding-mango\/holding-mango.jpg?_i=AA)
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\n1 lemon
\n1 lime
\n\u00bd cup high quality tequila<\/p>\n