Fried Chicken In Coconut Oil

Yes, you can fry chicken in coconut oil! It can take the heat! From coffee creamer to lip balm, coconut oil is widely acclaimed for its multitude of uses. Because it can withstand high temperatures, coconut oil is also a great alternative to vegetable or olive oil when cooking and frying your favorite foods. The key to a successful frying session is to make sure the oil is hot enough and that you have plenty of it.

Sausage-Stuffed Mushrooms

Grabbed this recipe from Ina Garten on Food Network and modified it gluten/wheat free. These little protein bites make delicious meaty appetizers for the holidays or to bring to your potlucks!

My Big Fat Comfy Chicken Pot Pie

This is one of those recipes that can definitely be described as ridiculously decadent because it’s made with real butter (is there any other kind?), and the crust has a little sugar in it, delicious, with some healthy veggies kicked in there too! Makes one big pot pie in the pie pan with some of the stew left over for when you want something hot and comfy without the crust!

Stuffed Red Bell Peppers

Grabbed this recipe from Food Network from Giada De Laurentiis and tweaked it a little using beef instead of chicken and some cheesy queso dip from Whole Foods! These are awesome!!! My husband loved them!

Not sure about you but we love peppers at our house! We grow them in our garden and eat them in everything! We grill them, chop them, put them in salads, and eat them raw too. My husband eats a raw jalapeno every night with his meal! I did, however, buy these 4 big Red Bells on sale at Whole Foods. Ours just don’t grow this big!

You can use chicken or beef in this recipe. I used some grass-fed sirloin that I had my butcher from Whole Foods cut up in little chunks. You could also use black beans instead of corn. I bought some packaged Gluten Free Cheesy Queso dip from Whole Foods over in the cheese section and used that instead of the Avocado sauce. Of course, if you don’t want to use Queso cheese use the Avocado sauce!

I sauteed the beef in about two tablespoons of butter in my iron skillet for about 5 minutes or so. It doesn’t take long. Then I took the gravy it made and put that in the cheese and zapped the cheese in the microwave. Pour the cheese sauce over the peppers right before serving. Delicious with a little sidekick from the queso!!

And if you’re really brave and like a lot of heat, you can always use Pablano peppers!!! Yikes!