Primal Chow Crab Bisque

Whoa, it's been awhile! So many things have occurred in our family since my last post. We are the owners of 16 chickens, and maybe we will add to our crazy list beekeeping this year. HUGE maybe! The eggs from our hens are amazing and taste buttery! They are free range chickens, but we do supplement their feed during the winter. Unfortunately, my other half has not said "Yes! That's a brilliant idea!" in raising bugs in our basement. The type of feeding we used to use was GMO free, and soy free. Not cheap exactly. So... another brilliant idea came to mind: Make my own chicken feed! I found a wonderful mixture, and because we shop from Azure Standard every month, the items are relatively cheap. It's cheaper than the kind we used to buy at least. Only the best for our hens!

My wonderful family forced me to try skiing.... again! All of our kids are avid skiers, just like my other half. I had to relent and try it. Therefore, I sucked up all my courage. What happened? I crashed the first day! Hurt my ankle, and screamed to everyone in sight: I hate skiing! Looked at the stupid hill, and all of a sudden had this burn in my belly telling me "Tame this HILL!" So I did. Had to rest my ankle first. I rested for two days, and took some more full day lessons. Eventually, tamed the stupid hill, but I also had the courage to get on another hill. Was able to take a picture with my other half and our three specimens. The same hill we skied 14 years ago! Now? I just need to remember this courage for school, and we are on a roll!

Had the pleasure and honor to work at an organic farm that belongs to a friend. He has been a farmer for over 25 years, and I had begged him to take me as an apprentice. He said one day "Do you still want to work for me?" Hell yeah! Bought myself some neat overalls, because my yoga pants were being abused daily. I saw mother nature in action everyday, and loved every minute of it. It was dirty, hard work, but utterly amazing!

We are still living a Paleo lifestyle, but during our skiing trip we fell off the wagon. I got very ill. I also wonder if this is the cause of my pain in my left knee. The knee I had repaired many moons ago from a torn ACL. Will I grunt and moan? Nope! I hitched a ride on the Paleo wagon again. My knee is getting better, but it still aches a bit. I do however feel better from my other ailments. Such as headaches, brain fogginess, and stomach upsets. Just to name a few.

I also decided not to follow facebook for one year. A sabbatical of sorts from gossip, and just trying not to get upset when someone complains of health issues, but still eats the SAD way. Why get upset at things that is not in your control? I still log on some days, because people send me private messages to say hello or wondering why I have not been Food Police today (I have tamed down that role). So.... for this year I want to focus on the positives in our lives. How? Writing each day one recipe and include a quote, conversation or just something funny I heard that day.

What did I cook today?

Crab bisque! 

The recipe I use is this one, but I had to change one ingredient for our taste. It's phenomenal!

Ingredients:

4 cups of chicken broth

7 oz of tomato paste

1 can of coconut milk

1 Tbsp of ghee or butter

1 onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

16 oz of crab meat. Costco sells the real stuff!

14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Instructions:

You mix broth and tomato paste, let it come to a boil. Then turn down to simmer.

In a skillet, melt the butter or ghee and saute the onions. Add the garlic until soft, and add the crab meat.

Add salt, pepper, and tomatoes and let it simmer.

Add crab mixture to the broth, and add the coconut milk.

Let it simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

Chow down and enjoy!

Conversation today: 

Me: "What in the world are you watching?"
Our 7 year old: "What? It's science!"

This conversation happened while he was watching this!