SIBO Sloppy Joes

Good morning!

It's the Friday before a three-day weekend, the sun is out, and I have had a few comments on this blog, so I must say I am feeling quite fantastic today! And I am feeling recharged to work on the blog some more! Hooray!

This elation is a complete 180 from yesterday, however, when I was in a funk ... didn't sleep well thanks to some noisy neighbors, stressed at work, have a HUGE birthday coming up next week, my gut was flaring up a bit ... just not a great day. So of course I wanted some comfort food. With my gut flaring up a bit, I knew the best thing would be to make it myself so I could control what went into it, and so I went to my fall-back comfort food recipe for this year: sloppy joes. [Feel free to take a moment and enjoy Adam Sandler's "Lunch Lady Land."]

The recipe I have found is easy, quick, and delicious! I found it on the Paleo Plan website, but added one secret ingredient to it: honey. Without the honey, it tastes more like chili IMO. The happy part about sloppy joes is that they are sweeter and I really think the recipe needs the honey. Sadly they can't go on a bun (though I have made coconut flour buns to use before ... they were ok), so I roasted some rosemary red potatoes (which I am finally allowed, but people just starting the SCD will want to double up on veggies instead) and scooped some sloppy joe goodness on top of that. I also made some simple roasted asparagus to go with it and that was AWESEOME!

Here is my version of the SIBO Sloppy Joes:

Ingredients

• 2 Tbs olive or coconut oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 Tbs chili powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• Raw honey to taste

Instructions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil when hot.
2. Add onion, green pepper, and garlic, and saute until tender.
3. Add ground turkey and continue to cook until meat starts to brown (stir occasionally).
4. Stir in tomato sauce, chili powder and ground cumin.
5. Add honey to taste and stir. (I do about two large swirls from a squeeze bottle)
6. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
7. Enjoy!

With the one pound of meat, I fed two friends plus myself, and still had leftovers this morning. Both friends raved about it! One Instagrammed it so I will see if I can get his picture and post it here.

Happy three-day weekend everyone!

Halibut Non-Tacos

New Seasons had wild Alaskan halibut on sale this past weekend, so I stocked up. Saturday night I simply baked some with some lemon and fresh dill, but tonight Husband requested tacos so I did what I did best these days and bastardized some random online recipes.

I made some black beans to go on the side. I cheated and used canned ones (don't tell my ND!), but it was quick, easy, and good so it was worth a small cheat. I simply mixed the following in a pot, boiled it, and then let it simmer while I made the rest of the dinner.

• Can of black beans
• 1/2 a small onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• dash of cayenne
• dash of chili powder

For the cabbage slaw, I used the following:

• One small thinly sliced green or red cabbage
• 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp lime juice
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp salt

Mix all of these ingredients together in a bowl and chill until ready to serve.

For the halibut, I used the following:

• 1 Tbsp lime juice
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 3/4 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• dash of cayenne

Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl, add the fish to the mixture, toss to coat, and chill it for 20-30  minutes.

• After the fish has marinated, heat 2 tsp oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and add the fish
• Heat the fish for about 3 minutes on each side
• Once the fish is done, remove from heat and flake it into chunks
• Place slaw on plate, then halibut, then avocado slices with some salsa on the side
• Serve and enjoy!

Jerk Pork Stew

Blogging take two. I clearly failed at my last attempt, but let's give this another try.

Lately, I have been missing being able to use my crock pot on the weekends, so I have started finding slow cooker recipes that I can bastardize and make into SIBO-friendly ones. Yesterday, I made a jerk pork stew that was quite delicious. Husband gave it 4.5 out of 5 ... he wasn't sure what could have made it any better though.

Here is my bastardized version of the original recipe that I found in an old crockpot cookbook - the original recipe was actually called Jerk Pork and Sweet Potato Stew. Oh, carby goodness, we will meet again some day; but until then ...

Jerk Pork Stew
2 Tbsp almond flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1.5 lbs pork shoulder stew meat
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium oninon, chopped
12 oz frozen green beans, cut
5 large carrots
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 medium jalepeno pepper, cored, seeded, and minced
1/8 tsp ground allspice
1/4 cup minced green onions, divided
1 cup chicken broth
1 Tbsp lime juice

• Combine flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, and pork in bowl. Mix until pork is well coated.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add pork and brown on both sides. (About 5 mins)
• Transfer to crock pot
• Add onion through allspice, and add 2 Tbsp on the green onions and the broth
• Stir, cover, and cook on low for 6 hours
• Stir in lime juice and remaining 2 Tbsp green onions
• Serve and enjoy

*I served Husband's over some steamed white rice, which the original recipe suggested.