Roasted Garlic Pods with a KC Strip

So keeping with my style I decided to try my luck at a dish I had at my favorite restaurant out in St Louis called Prime 1000. This is a simple, inexpensive and yet amazingly tasty way to really fancy up a plain old steak!

Now for those of you who are not huge garlic lovers let me just tell ya....try this and you may change your mind! Roasting the garlic really changes the flavor versus the fresh chopped and minced garlic you are used to eating! Its very subtle without any harsh bit or crunch that is typically associated with garlic.

Ingredients:

1-2 pods of garlic per steak (dependant on how big the pods are and how much you want)

However many steaks you want. I used a nice KC Strip but it will work on any.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Thyme

Preperation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut about 1/2" off the pointed side of the garlic pod to expose the garlic cloves underneath. They should look like this....

Place pods into a muffin tin with cut side facing up and generously apply olive oil making sure it makes its way down into the pod itself. (if you don't have a muffin tin just make some "cups" out of foil.)

Sprinkle some Thyme over the top of them and then cover with foil.

Insert into oven for 35-45 minutes or until the garlic is starting to kinda caramelize and brown around the edges like it looks here.

At about the 30 minute mark take out your steak and cook it for about 6 minutes per side over a medium fire grill. (for med rare)

To serve just place the pod directly on the top of the steaks and there ya have it, a classy looking out of the ordinary steak dish with an amazing taste and gourmet presentation. Now I didn't take photo's of it but the other thing I really enjoy with this dish is to make some hollandaise sauce to drizzle over it as well. The creamy hint of lemon mixed with that roasted garlic sets it off to even a higher level!

Anyways, as I always I hope this helps you make something a little fancier than normal for yourself or your family and I hope you enjoy!

-Ryan

It's a Bean Kind of Sunday

Chickpea Curry

Ingredients
1 can chickpeas
1 C plain greek yogurt
1 T garlic powder
2 T curry paste

Directions
Combine all ingredients and allow to heat until soft. Serve on brown rice.

Nutrition (4 servings)
Cal: 181; Fat: 6.4g; Sodium: 434mg; Carbs: 21.3g; Fiber: 4.6g; Protein:  11.4g


Thai-style Chickpeas

Ingredients
1 can chickpeas
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 C peanut butter

Directions
Combine all ingredients and cook on low for 20 minutes. Serve on brown rice or tofu noodles.

Nutrition (4 servings)
Cal: 326; Fat: 17.8g; Sodium: 1,111mg; Carbs: 34.1; Fiber: 7.3; Protein:  14g


Southwest Style Beans and Corn

Ingredients
1 can black beans
1 can corn
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 C BBQ sauce

Directions
Combine all ingredients and cook on low for 10 minutes. Allow to cool and serve on spinach leaves.

Nutrition (4 servings)
Cal: 245; Fat: 0.4; Sodium: 1,494mg (rinse beans, corn, and drain tomatoes to reduce); Carbs: 51g; Fiber: 6.1g; Protein: 10.6g

The BEST Turkey Meatballs Ever!

And they're Paleo safe!

Ingredients
1 container of ground turkey
3 egg whites
1/4 C coconut flour
1 red onion, chopped
2 T paprika
1 T dried basil
1 T oregano
1 T garlic
Salt to taste

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray
3. Mix all ingredients together
4. Divide mixture into 24 large balls (or you can make small meatballs as well)
5. Cook for 35 minutes

Nutrition (24 servings)
Cals: 72.8; Fat: 3.4g; Sodium: 236.4mg; Carbs: 0.8g; Fiber: 0.4g; Protein: 9.8g