I ate this meal for lunch yesterday. So it doesn’t actually have to be dinner. You could eat it for breakfast. It would be awesome for breakfast. Anywho, my favorite kind of meals are easy ones that include a protein, carbohydrate and fat. I try to always have some kind of vegetable at my meals, it just makes me feel like I’m taking care of my body. So when I’m looking for quick dinners with a lot of flavor, I tend to use already ground seasoned meat, such as italian sausage and bacon. Then I add whatever I have in the fridge. So this time I added asparagus, sweet potato and avocado to my meal. AND BOOM. Food is a flash. Can it be considered a recipe? I don’t know. But I also don’t really care.
I LOVE the container store. It’s seriously one of the coolest places ever. You could absolutely organize any space with that store. I went there to get a spice rack yesterday and organized my spices, my pots and pans, and all my baking dishes. Oh, and my shoes. Organizing makes me feel like I could conquer anything.
Except for getting a butt burn while doing abmat sit-ups. What’s that about? I swear, if I’m doing 100 sit-ups or more, skin will be removed from my butt. And it will burn when I shower. Is there a way to not lose skin while trying to tighten abs? Pretty sure it’s impossible.
So with this move to my new home, I’m really into cooking more often. Which means, even though I’m cooking for my own blog during the day, I want to cook from other people’s blogs at night. So I’ve been looking at all my cookbooks and checking out my favorite websites, and this is what I’ve come up with so far.
Buffalo Chicken Alfredo with Sweet Potato Pasta by Brittany Angell
Asian Pork Meatballs with Dipping Sauce by Health-Bent
Paleo Meatball Subs by Lexi’s Clean Kitchen
Ok, so that’s all I really have so far. Do you have any favorite dishes you’ve made so far that you think I should definitely make?? Tell me, tell me!!
5 Ingredient Dinner in a Snap
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato or yam, poked with a fork
- 2 pieces of bacon
- 10 pieces of asparagus, ends removed, chopped
- 3/4 pound italian sausage (or any ground meat: beef, chicken turkey, etc.)
- 1/2 avocado, thinly sliced
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Poke holes in the sweet potato with a fork then wrap with foil. Place in the oven and bake for 45 minutes to an hour, until soft.
- Once the sweet potato is baked, keep it wrapped in foil to keep warm.
- Place a large pan over medium heat. Add 2 pieces of bacon. Cook on both sides, until crispy. Place on a paper towel to soak up excess fat.
- Using the bacon fat that has rendered in the pan, add asparagus and sauté for about 5 minutes.
- Add italian sausage and use a wooden spoon to break up the meat. Saute until meat is cooked through.
- Cut baked sweet potato is half, place in 2 bowls, then top with bacon, meat and asparagus, and avocado.
- Eat up buttercup.
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I’ve found that doing abmat sit-ups with my legs butterflied rather than the traditional knees-bent way avoids butt burn. It took me a couple horrible butt burn encounters before I figured that out!
Nom Nom Paleo super porktastic meatloaf. Tons of veggies and so damn delicious!
oooo deal!!
I’m gonna try this with ground meat, since its the only meat my weird kids will eat.
I just made this with lean ground sirloin, and its delicious!
http://addapinch.com/cooking/2012/10/25/balsamic-roast-beef-recipe/#axzz2sNHQUBWi
I seriously could eat this meat 24/7. Its soooo good.
The Pad Thai from Well-Fed is awesome! It’s my new favorite dish!
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/05/08/paleo-pad-thai/
ooo I LOVE anything Melissa creates! I’ll have to try that!
Again Faster sells a “Burn Guard” that goes over the ab mat, which is apparently supposed to prevent the butt burn. I ALWAYS get butt burn when we do lots of situps, no matter what I try to do to prevent it. Dying to try one of those guards!
lol that’s hilarious
I make this all the time. Sometimes with kale or arugula instead of spinach (or all 3), leftover homemade tomato sauce instead of fresh tomato, and heavy cream instead of coconut milk. I also cook it in a cast iron skillet so I only have to use one pan. My 2 teenage daughters request this a least once a week.
http://www.againstallgrain.com/2013/01/22/italian-baked-eggs-oeufs-en-cocotte/
I also love Paleo Cravings. Two of my favs from there are the Pumpkin Chili and the Chili Dog Chili. As mentioned above, the biscuits and cheese crackers are great as well 🙂
I have the same issue with ab mat situps and a butt scar to prove it.
I make this recipe often and it’s super easy. It has bacon so you can’t go wrong there and the spice mix is so good it can be used on about anything.
http://balancedbites.com/2012/01/easy-recipe-bacon-wrapped-smoky-chicken-thighs.html
http://paleogirlinthecity.com/fall-breakfast-hash-with-fresh-turmeric/
this dish is sooooo good for breakfast. yummo!