I remember when I first heard about the paleo diet and immediately I began thinking up a hundred excuses as to why I couldn’t eat paleo. My biggest excuse; I assumed that I simply did not have the time. In reality I did not yet have the DESIRE TO CHANGE. It took hitting my own personal rock bottom of being unhealthy in order to decide that I could “fit in” a healthy paleo lifestyle. In reality, cooking any type of meal, paleo or not does take some work. In order to fit cooking in general back into our lives, as a family we had to change some of our old habits that went hand in hand with being unhealthy. Today we do not watch a lot of TV, play a bunch of video games, or spend hours surfing the net or on-line shopping. We have made a commitment to not eat out during the week. We plan ahead and use the weekend to shop and cook. Yes, I spend more time in the kitchen than I did during my pre-paleo days, but I have learned how to make delicious meals fast – thanks to my beloved pressure cooker, slow cooker, food processor, and my decisiveness to make this work! If you haven’t yet added the above items to your kitchen tools, I suggest you do so! Being healthy is a CHOICE, not something that simply happens to you.
Here is a recipe and a cooking demo for Everyday Paleo Cabbage Rolls. Typically, cabbage rolls are made in a slow cooker, but yesterday we made them in the pressure cooker and after 10 minutes of prep and 12 minutes of cook time, we had an amazing feast! We actually ended up taking the cabbage rolls with us to a Christmas Party – you’ll have to watch the demo to get the whole story.
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Everyday Paleo Cabbage Rolls
Everyday Paleo Cabbage Rolls
Sauce:
1 can of diced tomatoes, drained
1 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon dried basil
Black pepper to taste
Cabbage Rolls
1 lb grass fed ground beef
2 cups diced fresh spinach
1 small apple, finely diced
½ red onion, finely diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons flat leaf Italian parsley, finely chopped
1 egg
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
12-15 cabbage leaves
In a large mixing bowl, combine the sauce ingredients and set aside. Remove the core from a head of cabbage and place the cabbage leaves in your pressure cooker with one cup of water. Bring the pressure cooker up to pressure and cook for 30 seconds. Take the leaves out and set aside to cool. In a large bowl, mix together all filling ingredients. Depending on the size of your cabbage leaves, place approximately ¼ cup of filling on the bottom edge of each leaf. Fold in the two outside edges of the cabbage leaf and roll up the filling. Place each cabbage roll seam side down in your pressure cooker. Cover the rolls with the sauce. Bring the pressure cooker up to pressure and cook for 12 minutes. Serve immediately and as always:
Enjoy!
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