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