Some Good Summer Foods!

I go through these phases of Paleo websites….some weeks I just stay stuck on Everyday Paleo. Then I go to Nom Nom Paleo and find myself going back through her history of posts and laughing so freaking hard. I’ve even started reading Nom Nom Paleo husband’s site, Fitbomb which The Soldier likes as well!! I’ve found some other great websites as well but recently, I have been loving The Clothes Make The Girl. She is an excellent writer with incredibly encouraging posts about eating clean and working out.

And the food on her site? Fantastical. I made her stove top carnitas the other day, coupled with her recipe for a cucumber salad with her Paleo mayo.

Now here is the thing…I made Everyday Paleo mayo and Melissa's mayo…and I’m gonna do a post about it. I also used the carnitas for a fried ‘rice’ recipe from Melissa as well and there will be a post on that later too.  But for now, here are the recipes for the stove top carnitas and a cucumber salad.

Stove Top Carnitas!

Here is what you need!!!

3-4lb pork shoulder

½ C lime juice

½ C lemon juice

1 ½ TBSP of cumin

1 TBSP garlic powder

1teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon coriander

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon cayenne

Here is what you do!!

Cut the pork shoulder into bits. Think bite size? Then triple that.

Mix the spices in a bowl together. (this is my favorite thing to do!!)

Then, get a big ole zip lock back, throw the chunks of pork in there and then toss all the spice in the bag and then get The Soldier away from Angry Birds so that he can mix all the pork and spices together real well. And then get approval from Sous Chef Sully.

Then take a bunch of lemons and limes (or you can get the little rubber bottles of the fresh citrus juice…), slice em and then get The Soldier away from Angry Birds so that he can squeeze ½ a cup of lemon juice and ½ a cup of lime juice. He was not pleased.

Put the spice covered pork in a big ole pot. Then put the citrus all over the pork.

Then add water so that it just covers the pork.

Then make that stuff BOIL. Like…really boil!!

Then, of course, tone down the heat to just a little bit of bubble. Keep it uncovered!

Allow this to go on for about 2 hours. At this point, the water should be either gone or almost gone. And the outside of the meat will kind of crisp up (and later taste delicious).

Carefully, turn the chunks of meat so it gets all crispy everywhere!

This is so good and makes a bunch. I decided to make it into a sammich…big lettuce, tomatoes, avocado…perfect. Then I saved some of the pork for some fried ‘rice’ that Melissa wrote up!

Cucumber Salad!

Here is what you need!!!

2 to 3 big ole cucumbers

1 big white onion

A bunch of fresh parsley

Mel’s mayo (there is a post round these parts on this mayo, which is my favorite)

Salt

Pepper (if you want, I didn’t want)

Garlic powder.

Here is what you do!!!

So, here is the deal. Melissa even said on her page that you kinda just have to feel this recipe out. I don’t have amounts for you. I just don’t. So do what I did…do the big stuff first.

Cut your cucumbers up, sliced pretty thin.

Cut the onion up. I didn’t dice the onion…I left rather large thin pieces.

Then I chopped the heck out of the bunch of parsley.

And put it all in a bowl!

I made my mayo. And then dumped about a cup of it in the mixture and stirred it up.

I sprinkled some salt in the mix and some garlic powder (a lot…we lurve garlic here).

And I stirred.

Taste test your salad. Do you need more onion? Cut ½ of one up then. Need some more mayo? Throw some more in there! It’s up to you. But it is worth it and soooo good.

Carry on, my foods people! These two recipes are fantastic for picnics (that aren’t in 100 degree Georgia heat)!!

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