We went out for supper tonight at 11th Street Precinct. I got their famous tenderloin – no bun of course, with coleslaw instead of fries, along with a Coors Light. While it tasted good, my stomach immediately felt off. This is the problem with becoming primal – you make such tasty, delicious food at home that eating out is a let down! It’s rare to eat something at a restaurant that tastes as good as what you make at home.
Look at these fantastic recipes I made this week:
Avocado Boats These things were super delicious. Essentially you make chicken salad with bacon, red onion, grape tomatoes, mayo (I used full fat Hellmans because last time I made homemade with olive oil it turned out a little janky. I need to try it with avocado oil), garlic, salt and pepper. The recipe also called for “2 Tbs. Peace and Love.” That confused me. I thought maybe it was a spice mix I hadn’t heard of, so I Googled it to no avail. Eventually, by going back to the the recipe site, I realized that “peace and love” are in all her recipes. They are but FIGURATIVE ingredients. I added a bunch of love but no peace, and it still turned out good. Then you make guacamole, scoop it into the avocado shells, and cover it with the chicken salad. The guacamole instructions in the recipe were a little sparse, so I used this tried and true recipe, and it turned out fantastic. I scooped the leftover guac and chicken salad into a small container, covered it with plastic wrap, smooshing out all the air and then ate the leftovers 2 days later. They still tasted fantastic. Next time I might leave out the avocado shell part – the presentation is pretty, but inconvenient. I got guac everywhere, trying to scoop out the last delicious tidbits.
From the week we had lots of leftover meat – hamburger, pork chops, chicken, so I made this Chipotle Slaw to add the meat smörgåsbord. It was, to quote the annoying movie star/secret agent chick on Archer, AMAZING! It was very simple – cabbage, chipotle pepper, lime, apple cider vinegar, honey, cilantro and salt. I topped mine with some avocado and grape tomatoes and ate it with a cold leftover grass-fed hamburger. It was so tasty.
So, now you begin to understand my difficulty. We are spoiled from too much good food at home to appreciate eating out. Of course, eating at home is way better for you and less expensive, but eating out used to be so much fun. You get to go out and see and be seen and mingle and socialize. I guess we’re going to have to widen our comfort zone and start bringing people into our house and make them eat our delicious food. And we’ll make them play cards with us.
