A New Twist On General Tso's Chicken: New Recipe Of The Week

One of my favorite Chinese dishes is General Tso's Chicken. That little bit of spicy taste without making steam come out of my ears is awesome. I found a paleo recipe called General Tso's Meatballs so it was a no-brainer that I would try it for my New Recipe Of The Week. The recipe was easy to prep, easy to cook and probably took about 30 minutes from start to finish. It was delicious and it is a five star recipe in my eyes mouth. I made a few minor changes in the recipe. In the meatballs I used ground deer meat instead of ground chicken/turkey and I omitted the almond flour and egg. I doubled the recipe for the sauce and used the ingredients suggested for making it a paleo dish. I also used red pepper flakes instead of the dried chilis. I can't wait until tomorrow to eat the leftovers for lunch. The next time I make this I'm going to double the recipe and see if if freezes well. If the sauce doesn't freeze well, I can make the meatballs up ahead of time and then just whip up the sauce when needed. I definitely see this as being a "go to" recipe if I have some of the meatballs frozen.

General Tso's Meatballs and Crunchy Roasted Broccoli

Tonight I got really energetic and tried a second new recipe. To be honest, someone posted a recipe for Crunchy Roasted Broccoli on facebook and it looked so delicious I decided I had to try it. On my way home from work I stopped at the store to buy some fresh broccoli. This vegetable dish was super easy and super delicious, another five star recipe in my mouth!

I don't know what I'm going to do when summer gets here and I can't coat veggies with olive oil and put them in my oven. I'm guessing I'll be using the grill a lot!


Crunchy Roasted Broccoli
Preheat oven to 375°
Chop a head of broccoli (do not rinse, immediately prior to preparing!)
Mince 2-3 cloves of garlic (I used garlic powder)
Put broccoli, garlic, 2 tbsp. olive oil, and a few shakes of salt and pepper in a ziploc bag.
Shake it up!! (I laid out the broccoli on a cookie sheet and drizzled olive oil over it)
Spread out on baking sheet, place on top rack, and bake for about 30 minutes.
Broccoli will be crunchy and delicious!
Yes it was!!! 

I haven't found too many issues with eating healthy except finding enough storage space for all the fresh produce I buy. I like to keep it in one of the drawers in my refrigerator, but invariably I have to use a second drawer and the bottom shelf for all the colorful fresh foods I bring home on shopping day. Just out of curiosity I googled "refrigerator vegetable crisper" and found an article on The Proper Way To Use Your Refrigerator Humidity Drawers. Hmmm, who knew! Did you know? I sure didn't, but now I do. I need to go do some investigating of my refrigerator drawers and begin making proper use of them. My husband has his own mini fridge that he uses to keep his Diet Dr. Pepper cold. He goes through a ton of Diet Dr. Pepper (that's another story for another time) so we load up the mini fridge each week and he always has cold pop. In a perfect world we'd be keeping fresh produce in the mini-fridge instead of pop.