Jan 27
2011
Another Paleo Recipe
Written by Jenna | posted in In the Kitchen with BCF, Workout of the Day | 5 Comments
Here’s a great dish I made for dinner last night: Braised Beef Brisket with a side of green beans sauteed with red pepper and onions.
Braised Beef Brisket:
6 onions, sliced thin
6 cloves garlic
1 beef brisket (big!)
1 cup homemade chicken stock
2 bay leaves
Dried Thyme
Sea Salt and Pepper
Fat of choice (I think we used olive oil)
1. Heat oil in large dutch oven oven high heat. Generously salt and pepper brisket, then brown for a few minutes on each side. Set aside.
2. Add onions and garlic to dutch oven. Saute until softened.
3. Add homemade chicken stock and a couple of cups of water.
4. Nestle brisket back into pan so it is mostly covered with liquid.
5. Bake at 300 degrees while you go get a workout in, and maybe a couple of errands, too – about 2.5-3 hours.
6. ENJOY.
Side of veggies:
1 bag frozen green beans
1 onion, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
fat of choice
spices of choice – I just used sea salt and pepper
1. This is super easy. Saute the onions and peppers while you are cooking the green beans as directed on the bag – you just want to get them hot.
2. Add beans to onions and peppers, then saute until heated through.
This makes great leftovers – I had it 2 ways. At lunch I put everything in a pot with some leftover liquid and “boiled” it to heat. This wasn’t super good, so for dinner I put everything in a saute pan and heated it through that way. I’m sure you could microwave it – I just avoid the microwave at all costs.
Today’s Workout:
30 Muscle-ups, for time.
If you cannot do the muscle-ups, your coach will help you find an appropriate substitute.
Post time Beyond the Whiteboard.
Whole30: Day 22. Why are we even counting?!?
5 Responses
Shop Rogue
Good to know someone else is microwave free. People think we are odd for not having one! Really!
We have been microwave free for 5 years now. Never missed it. . . not once! If only people realized how much better food taste when baked or cooked on the stovetop!
Cindy – I totally agree! It usually takes the same amount of time to heat on the stove as it does to put in the microwave! Plus, who knows what all that radiation is doing to your food?!?!? We already know it kills some of the good stuff in breastmilk…can’t imagine it’s any better for our hamburgers!
I would starve without my microwave. I don’t have time (and sometimes just lazy) to cook at every meal so I freeze a lot of food. Cooking for one either means zero left overs cuz I only made enough for one ooooooooor I made enough for 27/ Then I either have to eat the exact same thing for 2 weeks straight or freeze it with one other dish and eat the same 2 things for 2 months.
Microwave ovens are not irradiating food. Microwaves are a form of energy, just like radiant heat (your stove top). The quickly oscillating waves cause small, polar water molecules (H2O) to spin rapidly. This rapid motion (think friction) makes energy, i.e heat. Granted there are probably other charged molecules that will be moved by these microwaves, but they are much larger.
Anyhoo. Once a chemist, always a chemist (who likes physics too).
Repectivefully and informatively,
Izo