Paleo Breakfast Pie...just delicious!

When life gets busy, meals start to get predictable.  I was getting tired of boring breakfast all the time, so I decided to experiment with a few ingredients, and it is awesome!

Ingredients:
1 lb breakfast sausage (in a tube)
7 eggs
1/2 lb bacon, cubed
small sweet potato, cubed
small sweet onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced

1. Mix sausage with 1 egg and press into a baking dish or pie plate (it is slimy).
2. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Pour out extra grease after it cooks.  It won't be cooked through, but it will finish cooking later.
3. While sausage is baking, cook up bacon in a pan until crisp.
4. Remove bacon onto paper towel to remove grease.
5.  Keep some grease in the pan and add garlic, sweet potato and onion.  Cook for about 9 minutes.
6. Top sausage with potato/onion mixture.
7. Add 6 eggs on top of that.  Don't break the yolks!
8. Add bacon to the top. Sprinkle with black pepper.
9. Cook 16 more minutes.  Eggs will look overeasy, but are mostly cooked through.
10.  Enjoy and pass along to your Paleo friends!

Paleo GumbO..YummmmmmO!

Ingredients:
1/4 c bacon grease
3 T coconut flour
3 T almond flour
2 c chopped sweet onion
2 c chopped celery
3 cloves minced garlic
20 oz diced tomatoes w/juice
2 c chicken stock
2 bay leaves
1/2 lb crab meat
1 lb shrimp
1/2 lb sliced andouille sausage
1 T file powder or 1 lb okra (for thickness)

Roux:
Heat bacon grease in stock pot.
Chop veggies & garlic.
Combine flours in separate bowl.
Add flours into bacon grease, stirring constantly until dark brown over medium/high heat. CAREFUL!

Add veggies & garlic.  Stir until onions are translucent.
Add stock & bay leaves.  Bring to a low boil.
Add crab, shrimp and sausage.  Simmer over medium heat.
Enjoy after 1 hr of simmering!
OH MY!

The Best Chili EVER...and it's Paleo!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground pork
1/2 lb bacon, cubed
1 sweet onion, diced
1 red sweet mini pepper, diced
1 orange sweet mini pepper, diced
1 yellow sweet mini pepper, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 (14) oz can Muir Glen Fire Roasted Tomatoes (don't substitute brands!)
2 (8) oz cans Muir Glen Tomato Sauce
1 T garlic powder
1 T chili powder
2 T SMOKED Paprika
2 t cumin
salt/pepper to taste

Cook down bacon in a large pot.
While the bacon is cooking, cut your veggies.  I use the three different colored peppers, but use what you have.
When the bacon is crisp, drain the bacon grease, then add veggies.
Let cook about 6 minutes.
Add pork and spices.
Once pork is brown, add tomatoes and tomato sauce.
Mix well and simmer for at least 8 minutes (I let it go for an hour or so).
Optional: Serve with a scoop of my paleo guacamole right in your chili and some homemade sweet potato fries!  Or, pour chili and guac into a cooked sweet potato.
YUMMY!

This recipe doesn't make very much.  I always double, triple or more!