I’m really good at transforming my hair. Manipulating, if you must. I’ve manipulated it to the point that it almost thinks it’s actually brunette. I’m actually a blond (ohhhh here come the jokes, way to be original you assf*ck) but disagree with what my genes gave me. So I dye it regularly. Like every 3 weeks regularly. Effing expensive. And no my hair doesn’t fall out, that’s what happens when you bleach it, you idiot. Holy sh*t with the insults around here. I need to calm it down.
Anywho, I’ve began to teach my hair how to stand up straight. You see, with my overwhelming need to wear a headband 24/7, my hair tends to get messed with a lot. Messed with meaning broken. You can’t wear a headband all day, everyday, and expect it look good when you don’t wear one. It’s just dumb. And that’s the issue I’ve been dealing with. In my goals to become more of a lady, I’ve tried to minimize my headband time. But I look weird without a headband. And all the hairs that broke off are now baby hairs. That stand up straight directly at the top of my forehead. That’s not cute people. So I’m forewarning all you headband wearers out there. Split ends are in your future. You’re welcome.
Well since that was an epically boring story, I’ll move on. I had lebanese food the other night. DAMN that meat was good. I had chicken, lamb, and a slab of meat that was lamb and beef mixed together. Holy crap. Smart. I loved every second of it. And the company with was pretty fantastic, not gonna lie. Good smile. This restaurant’s hummus was to die for! Yes, I know hummus is not paleo you freak. And I don’t even care about hummus, but it was AWESOME. Ethiopian and Lebanese food can be checked off my “food I want to try in my lifetime” list. What should I try next, hmmmmm??
Crockpot Mexican Chicken Soup/Stew over Cilantro Lime “Rice”
Ingredients
For your crockpot
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1/2 cup chicken broth (use a little more if you want it more “soupy”)
- 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1 yellow onion, sliced or diced
- 1/2 (14 oz) jar of roasted red peppers
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed (just smash it was the side of a knife)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pepper, to taste
For your cilantro rice
- 3–4 tablespoons cilantro, diced
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 1/2 lime, juiced squeezed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Pull out your hand dandy crockpot. People have been asking for more crockpot recipes so HEAR YA GO!!!! hooooooo ray!
- Literally throw all your crockpot ingredients into the crockpot. Mix around. Turn on high for 3.5-4 hours or until your chicken is shredable (is that a word?) with two forks. I love shredded meat.
- When your crockpot only has about 30 minutes to go, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Pull out a baking dish to prepare your cauliflower. Pull off all the leaves and cut off the stem, then dice your cauliflower into smaller florets and place in baking dish.
- Sprinkle with olive oil and salt. Put in oven and baking for 20-25 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
- Once the cauliflower is done cooking, grab your food processor with the shredding attachment. Add cauliflower and rice it up!
- Add riced cauliflower to a bowl. Chop your cilantro and add that right into your rice. Squeeze some lime juice over the top and mix together.
- Once your chicken is all cooked in your crockpot, take a fork and shred the chicken directly in the crockpot. Then pour ingredients over cauliflower rice. Slice an avocado and put that on top.
- Consume!!!
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This was amazing!! My fiancé is not a fan of cauliflower and loved the “rice.” I’ve now made 3 of your recipes, and loved them all! Thank you for doing what you do!! 🙂
Glad you liked it Brittany!! You should try the rice stuffed bell peppers! So good!
Seriously. COOKBOOK!!!! Of all the recipes I’ve tried on this site, this was the best (and I was a big fan of the others). I didn’t think I’d like the “rice” because I really do not like cauliflower, but I could not stop eating it. My kids actually enjoyed it as well! This one is definately going in the rotation.
I definitely WANT to make a cookbook!! That would be super super cool! But gotta find the time and money first 🙂
This was awesome!! Super easy and quick to pull together, but had a crap ton of flavor. My parents said it was ‘very good’ which is HIGH praise in this household, trust. Thanks for all of your amazing recipes!
haha that’s awesome! glad they liked it!
Juli, you’re freaking amazing!!! How do you always come up with the best, most delicious dishes? Every recipe I’ve tried of yours (and that has been quite a few) has been great. This is the first crockpot dish I’ve actually liked, it was SO good! Can you move to Maryland and marry my brother? I’ll be your taste tester…
I love you.
Another over-the-top recipe! Thank you!
My husband is swooning 🙂
Wowsers! This recipe is AMAZING!! Thank you!! If the next 20 days on the whole30 are like this.. I will continue to be in heaven!
This was soooo awesome! I could eat it everyday! Who would have ever figured that shredded cauliflower tasted like whole grain rice. You’re so awesome..I love your blog and every recipe I’ve tried so far has been delicious!
Seriously Juli!! This was awesome!! My hubby(who really doesn’t like veggies) keeps telling me how great this was! My 2 year old gobbled it up and my neighbor was commenting on the “awesome dinner smell” coming from my front door!! This is SO a keeper! Hope to see it in the cookbook 😉
Hey there. I made this recipe, and tweaked it. It was delicious- I made my neighbor try it and she wanted more! Once the chicken was done and “shredable” I used a hand blender and blended it all together to sort of thicken the liquid. Then I added back in the shredded chicken. It was YUM-MY. I had never tried cauliflower rice. My husband said not to even try to call it rice, but whatever you called it, it tasted good. I have been a Paleo girl for 5 weeks and I love your blog- thank you for your humor, and your recipes. You’ve helped make it really easy!!