Harvest Pulled Pork with Almond Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Here you go, another Paleo recipe! The almond butter adds a certain flavor and creaminess to the sweet potatoes that is perfect for the season. Also, making the mashed sweet potatoes with the skin allows you to get all of the great nutrients that are in the skin that we usually just discard. I made up this recipe on the fly and I think it came out really well, I hope you guys enjoy!

Servings per Recipe: about 8

Ingredients:Pulled Pork
2                                              Pork Tenderloins, around 1lb each
1 ¾ cup                                 Chicken Broth
¼ cup                                    Apple Cider Vinegar
¼ cup                                    Honey
2 TBS                                     Pumpkin Spice Blend, sold at Trader Joes
2 TBS                                     Ground Cinnamon

Sweet Potatoes
8                                              Small Sweet Potatoes (4-5 large)
2 heaping TBS                       Almond Butter, no oil or sugar added is best
Salt

Preparation:
Trim the tenderloins of excess fat
Place in crockpot and add remaining ingredients
Cook on low for 8 hours
Shred pork with a fork and set the crockpot to “keep warm” while preparing the potatoes

Rinse the sweet potatoes thoroughly
Stab each several times with a fork or knife all over the potato
Place in microwave save dish with cover and microwave on high for 4 min
Rotate and cook for an additional 4 min or until soft
Place in a food processor with skin on
Add the almond butter and salt then pulse until the desired consistency is reached

Serve and Enjoy!

I just steamed some green beans and had those as my vegetable but this would also go well with a side salad

Spiced Apple Chicken with Sweet Slaw

99.9% Paleo Recipe,  Perfect for Fall!

Ingredients:

Chicken:
1.5 lb                     Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
2                            Apples, cored and sliced
1                            Yellow Onion, sliced
1 TBS                    Ground Cinnamon
1 TBS                    Ground Cloves
1 TBS                    Molasses
1 cup                     Low Fat Chicken Broth
¼ cup                   Apple Cider Vinegar

Slaw:
2                            Pears, cut into cubes
1 bag                     Tri-Color Coleslaw Mix
1 TBS                    Olive Oil
1 TBS                    Apple Cider Vinegar
1 TBS                    Pear White Balsamic Vinegar

Add all chicken ingredients to the crockpot
Stir to combine
Cook on low for 8 hours

Once chicken is ready, prepare the slaw (it does not keep for more than a day or so because the pears start to brown)
In a small bowl, combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and balsamic vinegar and whisk with a fork
Pour over pears and coleslaw, mix to coat

Pretty simple! Everything is Paleo except the olive oil (and maybe the molasses)

Hope you Enjoy!

Avocado-Stuffed Chicken Burgers

Avocado-Stuffed Chicken Burgers
Another Paleo Recipe

Serving Size: 1 burger + 1 spoonful of avocado mixture
Servings per Recipe: 6

Ingredients:

1 ¼ lb                     Ground Chicken, lean (99/1)
¼ cup                     Almond Flour
1                              Egg, Jumbo
1                              Avocado, Large -- diced
½                            Yellow Onion, Small -- diced
2 Tbs                       Dried Parsley, divided
2 Tbs                       Red Pepper Flakes, divided
Salt and Pepper

Make Avocado Filling:
Add diced avocado and 3Tbs of the diced onion to a sturdy bowl
Add 1Tbs of both the parsley and red pepper flakes
Add salt and pepper as desired
Combine into a paste using a mixer or just the back of a fork/spoon
Reserve ½ of the mixture in the fridge

Make Burgers:
Combine chicken, almond flour, egg, and remaining onion, parsley, and red pepper
Add black pepper as desired
Combine with hands until thoroughly mixed
Form into 6 patties, making a depression in the center
Add the even portions of the non-reserved avocado mixture into the depressions
Fold edges over the filling and reform patties, ensuring filling is not exposed

Pre-heat a grill, George Foreman, or broiler and cook
Place a spoonful of the reserved avocado mixture on top of cooked burger
And ENJOY!

Each patty should be approximately 200-250 calories depending on the amount of avocado added