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Skinny Vegetable Coconut Curry

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skinny vegetable coconut curry

This skinny vegetable coconut curry is both vegan and paleo friendly. I’ve made lots of curries over the years but this is my first time posting one of my recipes. This is an Indian curry, using madras curry powder from Koshys that I got at my local Indian market. You can also use your curry powder of your choice or find the one I used online. I normally cook with full fat coconut milk from Native Forest, but I for this recipe I  used what was available at Trader Joes, and the consistency of their coconut milk is very light. So I would err on the side of using a light coconut milk if you have the option of choosing a light or full fat version.

This recipe ended up making a lot of food and curry freezes well, so I plan on using this recipe in the future for meal prepping. It would go great on it’s own to eat like a stew if you are paleo, but my husband prefers it with rice, and I don’t mind a little bit of gluten free rice on occasion. Either way, this curry will be a big hit.

Skinny Vegetable Coconut Curry
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 (15 oz) can of tomato sauce (about 2 cups)
  • 1.5 (13.5 oz) cans of coconut milk (about 3.5 cups)
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 3 tbsp madras curry powder (Koshys brand)
  • 5 carrots chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1.5 lbs of chopped cauliflower
  • 5 cloves of garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp of avocado oil
Instructions
  1. Add 1 tbsp of avocado oil to a large pot or dutch oven on medium heat.
  2. Then add chopped onions and let them sweat for 5-10 minutes until they are reduced in size.
  3. Then add second tbsp of avocado oil, minced garlic, grated fresh ginger, and curry powder to pot and stir for a few minutes.
  4. Add half a can of coconut milk to the pot, and scrape any curry powder or garlic stuck to bottom of the pan.
  5. Then add chopped cauliflower, carrots, and bell peppers to pot. Vegetables should start to cook and steam in the coconut milk.
  6. Add 1 can of tomato sauce and the rest of the coconut milk and bring liquid to a boil.
  7. Then reduce liquid to a simmer, and let it cook on low for a few hours or until vegetables are cooked to desired firmness.

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Nonni’s Sauce

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Nonni's Meat Sauce

This was my attempt at making Nonni’s meat sauce, which I grew up eating with her pasta and meatballs. I have a paleo version of her meatballs posted, and I add a few of them to the sauce for flavor. She also adds 1/2 cup of grated parmesean or romano cheese, but I opted to make this dairy free, and I was still happy with the results.

The sauce cooked down and really concentrated the tomato flavor, so you could skip the tomato paste, or water it down with water, stock, or wine. However, the concentrated flavor actually ended up being a good thing, since zoodles give off water when cooked. So, when I sauteed Non’s sauce and zoodles together the result was perfect.

Nonni's Sauce
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 country style pork ribs
  • 3 sweet Italian sausages
  • 3 cloves of minced garlic
  • 3-5 homemade paleo meatballs
  • 1 tsp of honey
  • 1 tbsp of tomato paste
  • 2 cans of tomato puree
  • 1 white onion chopped
  • chopped parsley (garnish)
  • parsley (a handful including stem)
  • ½ tsp sea salt or to taste
  • a few grinds of fresh ground pepper or to taste
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup of water
Instructions
  1. In a large pot or dutch oven, saute chopped onions in olive oil for a few minutes on medium low heat.
  2. Then, add to pot minced garlic and stir for a few minutes.
  3. Add in country style ribs and sweet italian sausage and brown sides slightly, when finished browning turn heat to low.
  4. Then add two cans of tomato puree.
  5. Add ¼ cup of water to each can of empty tomato puree, swish it around, to get out all tomato puree and add it to the pot.
  6. Add tomato paste, honey, and a handful of parsley with stem and leaves to pot. Parsley will be fished out later.
  7. Cook on low for 1.5 hours minimum. The longer you cook it the thicker the sauce will get. 2 hours of cooking time is ideal.
  8. Salt and pepper to taste while cooking.
  9. When finished, turn off heat and let it come to room temperature before storing it.
  10. Before serving it, fish out parsley.

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