Paleo Vegetables, Paleo Herb Recipes and Gardening

This year has hustled by and it is nearly summer. For Vegans appreciate FREE Paleo Vegetable and Paleo Herb Recipes. Perceive the number of your favorite vegetables and herbs can be developed on your yard or porch. 4 FREE Paleo Vegetable Recipes.

Vegetables and herbs can be grown in backyards and your small plants can be grown on the courtyard.

Arugula has healthy green extended and lobular leaves and originated in the Mediterranean.  Commonly, used in salads comprises Vitamin C and Vitamin K, minerals copper and iron. Arugula is an herb not a vegetable.

Carrots are root vegetables rich in Vitamin B complex and a good source of  Vitamin A.

Cauliflower is a vegetable and comes in variety of colors. The colors variety from white, yellow and purple. Can be grown-up in the backyard or as a flowering plant on the courtyard. Cauliflower has no cholesterol, contains Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C.

Tomatoes are a vegetable. Large tomatoes can be grown-up in the yard but your small cherry tomatoes can be potted and grown on the patio. High fiber vegetable rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C.

Thyme ancient Egyptians used thyme as for preserving, in their baths and used as incense.  A perennial herb usually planted in the spring. Grows best in hot sunny place and soil well drained. Can be used fresh or dried. Thymes medicinal benefits are as anti-bacterial. Thyme is an herb.

In Paleo Diet Recipes rice is not allowed in the Paleo Diet. Rice can be eliminated from the diet or a substitute with cauliflower. Cauliflower is a vegetable closely related to broccoli but its florets tend to be white, yellow or purple and are denser and more compact. Usually the white or yellow cauliflower is used as a Paleo rice substitute. Cauliflower can be eaten raw or cooked.

Arugula Salad - Paleo Vegetable Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 cups fresh Arugula
• 1 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
• 3/4 cup fresh blackberries or cranberries
• 1/4 cup dried raisins
• 1 1/2 cup walnuts soaked
• 1 tea spoon cinnamon
• 1 tea spoon nutmeg

Preparation:

• Wash arugula, strawberries and blackberries/cranberries and set aside to dry.
• Cut strawberries in quarter or halves
• Slice walnuts in halves
• Mix arugula, strawberries, blackberries/cranberries, raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg
• Top salad with balsamic dressing of choice.
• Paleo Balsamic Dressing Recipe: In a small bowl combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar and honey.

Cauliflower

The Paleo Diet does not allow rice or potatoes. A good Paleo substitute for potatoes and rice can be cauliflower. Cauliflower can be home grown and eaten raw or cooked.

Boiling Preparation:

• Keep refrigerated and unwashed until ready to cook.
• Outer leaves should be removed.
• In core of cauliflower place deep X.
• 3 1/2 quarts of salted boiling water place whole cauliflower stem first.
• Cook for approximately 20 -25 minutes and remove cauliflower.
• Let cauliflower cool.
• Once cauliflower has cooled cut cauliflower to a rice-like consistency.

Restaurant Copycat Recipes

Ingredients:

• 1 pound baby carrots
• 8 ounces mushrooms
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tea spoon Kosher salt
• 2 tea spoon. chopped fresh garlic
• 2 tea spoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 tea spoon ground black pepper

Preparation:

Mix the olive oil, kosher salt, garlic, rosemary and black pepper together in a mixing bowl.

Divide this mixture into two equal parts. Toss the carrots in half of the mixture and the mushrooms in the other half of the mixture.

Place the carrots and mushrooms separately on cookie sheets. Roast in preheated oven at 500ºF. Until soft (carrots will take longer).