Experiment #239: Red beets with friends

I was studying for my exams and needed a quick break and some grub. I love red beets. I mean, seriously: I love red beets. 

I love everything about them. 

Did I mention that 

I LOVE RED BEETS?

What to do:

1. Grab a red beet
2. Chop it.

3. Boil it for 5-8 minutes.

4. Add ground cumin.

5. Drain the beets by saving the "soup" in your favorite cup.

6. Chop fresh spinach and a bit of broccoli. Add to the mix. 

7. Sprinkle with organic avocado oil, salt & pepper

8. Find some frozen berries in the freezer, add a couple of spoonfuls of coconut milk and VOILA:

A three course dinner!

Red beet starter soup

Hot red beet salad

Frozen coconut berries for dessert :)

Experiment #237: PrimalPanMix

So, my cowboy is upstairs sleeping, and I'm throwing together a quick breakfast before I'm off to work. Unfortunately the fridge is pretty empty, which means:

One has to do with what one has. I.e. ground beef, ruccola, onion, bell peppers and chili.

• Finely chop the onion and chili. I used 1 onion and haf a chili pepper. 
• Chop the bell peppers (about half a cup of each)
• Fry the ground beef in coconut oil. 

I use COCOSA for all my cooking - it's organic, it can take high temperature cooking without spoiling the fatty acids, and it doesn't taste anything - thus, perfect to fry ANYTHING in :)

After frying the meat, onions and chilis, I found some raw BROCCOLI and CAULIFLOWER. Yay! Chop 'em, throw 'em in the pan, and let them cook for a little while.

Season with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika and cilantro. I always add some cayenne pepper, because we love spicy food. 

 The Primal Pan Mix as described above is the basic recipe I use for a lot of my dishes (fried ground beef and vegetables) - but if it's not seasoned properly, it might be a bit boring and bland. I added a couple of twists today:

• 4 tablespoons organic tomato puré
• half a cup of coconut milk

And the result? YUMMM :)

Struggling Sofas

So, I got this amazingly cool old sofa from a friend of mine who wanted it out of his basement - which lead it into my house.

It is gorgeous.

It is also in dire need of serious TLC.

Now, that's fine. I don't mind fixing stuff (or - - - TRYING to fix stuff, in this case), but this time I met my nemesis. I just don't have the patience to do this:

... and this:

...and remove the old fabric, replace it with something new, and then...

PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER...

Needless to say this project is turning out to be the greatest project on the Prairie. 

At least my living room is full of old, new stuff.

If that's a good thing....