An extra long blog today!  I'm moved which is wonderful.  There are still a few boxes here and there but I'm settled for the most part.  I have a bigger kitchen and a fridge I don't have to share with a roommate!!!!  Bonus points, right?  Still busy at work but at least I can get sleep now.  Anyway here's the recipes from the last 2 days.

Pork Carnitas
1 Pork butt shoulder (about 3#)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cumin (divided)
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile pepper or chili powder
1/2 Tablespoon olive oil
8 oz beef broth
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1/2 green bell pepper, sliced
1 medium yellow onion, sliced
1/2 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped (divided)
Low carb tortillas
fixings: guacamole, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream etc.

Remove and discard bone and excess fat from pork. Place meat on cutting board; cut into baseball-sized chunks. In small bowl combine garlic powder, salt, pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of the cumin and chile pepper; sprinkle over pork. Cover and chill 2 - 3 hours or overnight.

You can then heat oil in frying pan and brown meat. I skipped this step and put it straight in the crockpot. Add broth and peppers. Cook on high 4-5 hours or low 6-8 hours. Taste and stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon of cumin if needed. Use spatula to break meat into shreds. Add 3/4 of cilantro to meat and cook 20 - 30 minutes longer. Serve on tortillas with remaining cilantro and fixings.


Chicken Primavera Casserole
Primavera
1 chicken breast
olive oil
salt and pepper
1/4 red onion
1/4 green pepper, chopped
1/4 yellow pepper, chopped
3 small zucchini, Julianned 
1C Italian blend cheese
veggies of choice
garlic cream sauce

Garlic Cream Sauce
olive oil
1 Tbsp coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
1/4 C white wine
1/3 C frozen chopped spinach
1/2 C HWC
1/4 C water
1/2 - 1 C shredded parmesan (not the green can stuff)
3 oz Cream cheese

For Garlic Cream Sauce:Drizzle a little olive oil in the pan, add garlic and saute for just a moment or two, do not burn. Add the coconut flour and cook for a moment. Add HWC, water, wine and spinach to the flour mixture. Bring to a boil. Add cream cheese stir until blended. Add Parmesan and stir until blended. Set aside.

Primavera:
Cut chicken breast into bite sized pieces. Saute chicken in oilive oil with salt and pepper. Set aside. Dice or chop your veggies and saute in a bit of olive oil with salt and pepper until they are soft. Set aside. I used broccoli and cauliflower as the extra veggies so I steamed them in the microwave. Saute zucchini. Mix zucchini with cooked chicken, veggies and sauce. Spread into 8x8 baking dish and cover with cheese. Bake 25 minutes at 350 or until cheese is brown and dish is bubbly hot.


Now the added bonus! I made the a double batch of sauce, so I took the rest of the spinach and added more cream cheese to make Italian creamed spinach! Divine!