(found this in my drafts from last year)
Obviously I have not kept up with this blog, but here is what’s up. Due to the pandemic, I have gotten in the habit of not going out to eat. The biggest takeaway I got from the news concerning COVID-19 is that it is an inflammatory virus and those with comorbidities experience the worst symptoms and are more likely to be hospitalized. SO it was important to me to be on top of my health game and consume lots of anti-inflammatory foods and that is why I was strictly grain free for several months. Although I miss eating fries or gluten free pizza every weekend, I know I am better off for it AND I realized that I prefer to eat at home anyway because we make some good food over here!! And it’s definitely better quality than what I get from restaurants (all organic, pasture-raised, grass-fed, blah blah blah).
The two things that I made that were phenomenal over the past few months were crab cakes and barbacoa. It was my first (and so far only) time making them. The crab cakes were amazing because I followed a paleo recipe that had no filler– just egg and seasonings!! Fried in avocado oil. The next day was THE best though because with the leftover cakes I made crab cake benedict with homemade hollandaise sauce and OMG it was ridiculous. So much butter was used. Worth it. I couldn’t believe I made something so delicious.
Last weekend we were furniture shopping and had no time to cook or grab something from the grocery store so we actually grabbed food to-go, which we’ve only done a handful of times since the start of this year. We got tacos from a small Mexican restaurant. You can order with whatever protein, and then you can choose Mexican style (onions and cilantro) or American style (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese, onions, and cilantro). We did Mexican and got the house made hot sauce. I can do American hot, but it def was not American hot. There was zero reserve in me pouring the sauce on my barbacoa and pork tacos and although it was physically painful to eat, it was delicious. No regrets. I was inspired by this experience. I had a chuck roast in my freezer and was going to do the usual pot roast, but I made barbacoa instead. I had almost all the ingredients to make it, but I did not have chipotle peppers. I did, however, have chipotle hot sauce so I used that. It definitely worked out and I could not believe that I made barbacoa beef. For some reason I thought it would be a lot more difficult than it was.
