Pulled Pork recipe:

1 pork shoulder butt roast
put in the crock pot on low temp for 7-8 hours, with one large onion, filled with water.

Make sure to take time before and after cooking the roast to cut off as much fat as possible.

Green Papaya and Pulled Pork curry:

Sautee diced papaya in canola oil until browned on each side
add water, cover and allow to cook for another 5 minutes or until soft all the way through.
Add pulled pork, coconut milk, thyme, yellow curry powder, salt & pepper.
Simmer for 2-3 minutes
Sprinkle in ground almonds
Serve on top of steamed broccoli, or sauteed zucchini, or some other vegetable of your choice.

Lamb Burgers with Mango salsa

Recipe: 

• 1lb lean ground lamb
• any spice combination you like. I used:
• Cumin
• Coriander 
• Chilli Powder
• Tumeric
• Garam Masala
• Onion Powder
• salt

• Finely diced 1/4 onion, 2 garlic cloves
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup ground almonds

This makes 4 normal sized burger patties

Mango Salsa:

diced mango

finely chopped rosemary

dash of salt

(diced avocado would be highly recommended to add to this salsa.)

Coconut Shrimp

Afternoon BBQ

In between training sessions with our brilliant visiting coach, Randy Stoklos, we're cooking up a bunch of meat and vegetables, really whatever we could find in the fridge (and on our papaya tree). really, the point here is that you can take almost any sort of vegetable, throw it in some tin foil with some coconut or canola oil, some salt and pepper and whatever spices you might like, and make a great, simple lunch.

Paleo Pancakes

So some special guests are in a few of the next videos, they stayed with us for 2 weeks leading up to the NORCECA 2011 beach volleyball tournament's first stop for this season's circuit in which we all competed. A lot of these videos consist of what we were eating before/between training sessions, so definitely performance food.

We're up early this morning, on our way to the beach for a workout, and need a good breakfast to carry us through, so, as well as the avocado yogurt, we're making some almond/banana/blueberry pancakes. This is a recipe that can be put together in just a couple of minutes, and, after 3 minutes of cooking, they're ready to eat!

The recipe is:

1 cup ground almonds
2 extra large eggs
1 banana
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 tbsp cinnamon
dash salt

fry in coconut or canola oil for a 1.5 minutes on each side, so that they stay nice and moist inside. If you like dry pancakes, cook them longer.

Avocado Yogurt

Today, finally, I bring you the first of many videos for the Paleo Recipe of the Day! We have some special guests sitting by, Martin Reader and Chaim Schalk, Canada's top professional beach volleyball team, and they will be the first to try out this recipe, straight from the source.

To make this recipe you will need:

1 large green avocado, or 2 hass avocados
1 anjou pear
1 banana
1/2 can of coconut milk
water
cinnamon (optional, I think I forgot this part in the video)
2 scoops pure natural whey protein isolate or egg white protein

Blend everything together, sprinkle on some ground flax seed and enjoy!

Homemade Beef jerky, or, The beauty of a dehydrator

A dehydrator is one of the handiest tools I ever spent $60 on. Jerky is really the main thing that I use it for, but I put plenty of fruit (pineapple especially) in it, let it dry, then mix with some nuts and seeds for a good little trail mix.
   Any of these snacks are great for just keeping around when needing something to take on the go.

Jerky is pretty simple to make, I prefer beef, so that's what is in the photos. Flank steak is a good, lean meat works really well. For a nice, softer jerky, cut slices against the grain, so that it will pull apart more easily later. If you are a real jerky afficionado, you know that jerky is supposed to be chewy, so cut the flank steak along the grain.

As for spices, use whatever you've got that you think will go well together. This is a little photo of spices that i use, some smoked paprika, cayenne, coriander, cumin, garam masala, tumeric (though just a pinch...turmeric will add bitterness if too much is used!), add a bit of balsamic vinegar....mix all the spices with about a cup of water, then add the beef strips, marinate for a couple of hours at least, or else overnight.
The strips should need anywhere between 2.5 and 5 hours in the defydrator, depending on how thickly you decide you want to slice the beef, and your own preference on moisture left in the meat.
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I like my jerky soft, thick and still slightly moist, so i cut about 1 inch thick slices against the grain, and dehydrate for about 3.5 hours.

More to come about other dried foods in the dehydrator....