Buffalo, Beef, and Bacon Meatballs

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground buffalo
• 1 lb ground grass fed beef
• 4 slices of bacon
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup almond meal
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 medium onion
• 1 shallot
• 4 garlic cloves 
• 3 tsp italian spice
• 3 tsp oregeno
• 1 tsp ground mustard
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• Franks red hot sauce

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Slice bacon into tiny pieces place in food processor
3. Dice onion, shallot, and garlic add to food processor
4. Add italian, oregano, mustard, white pepper, and black pepper to food processor
5. Add egg to food processor
6. Process until throughly mixed
7. In a bowl combine beef, buffalo, and contents from food processor mixing by hand.
8. Once mix roll into 16 1/4 lb balls.  
9. If desired dash a bit of hot sauce on top.
10. Place in oven for 35-45 minutes or desired internal temp.

Sweet n Spicy Pecans

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of pecans.
• 1/2 cup sugar (Can use brown sugar as well)
• 2 tsp  chili powder
• 1 tsp red pepper powder

Directions:

1. Rinse pecans in bowl with warm water.  
2. Drain water from bowl leaving pecans damp.
3. Mix sugar and spices in separate bowl until thoroughly mixed.
4. Drain remaining water from pecans then mix in the spice mixture.
5. Lay flat out on baker sheet covered in aluminum wrap.
6. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until sugar has melted but before it starts to caramelize. 
7. Remove from oven and let it cool in the pan.  

Sweet n Spicy Bacon Twists

Ingredients:

• 2 packages of thin center cut applewood or cherrywood smoke bacon (8-10 slices).
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (dark)
• 4 tsp  ground mustard powder
• 1 tsp  smoked paprika
• 3/4 tsp chipotle powder
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

1. Combined brown sugar and spices
2. Rub both side of the bacon
3. Twist the bacon to about pencil size and place on a bakers rack in a baking pan
4. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.  (Depend on how well done)

          Note: The brown sugar at the bottom of the pan may burn a bit

Blueberry Pork Loin

Ingredients:

• Pork loin/Pork Chops 
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 2 tbs garlic powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 onion
• 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar 
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 tsp ground thyme
• 1/2 cup of water

Directions:

Pork loin:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Apply a thin coat of olive oil to baking dish
3. Coat pork loin with mixture of 1/2 tbs of olive oil, garlic powder, sea salt, and pepper
4. Place in oven for about 30 minutes.  (Meat should be around 155 degrees)

Blueberry Sauce:

1. Heat sauce pan with 1/2 tbs of olive oil
2. Finely chop onion and place in hot pan
3. Once golden brown add apple cider and water stirring well
4. add honey and thyme continuing to stir well
5. add fresh blueberries
6. Simmer sauce until blueberries dissolve
7. Once sauce has thickened remove from heat.  

Server slices of pork loin with blueberry sauce.  

Avocado Cream Asparagus wrap

Ingredients:

• 6 serving sizes of Asparagus
• 6 slices of Prosciutto
• 2 Avocados 
• 1 tbs Olive Oil
• 1/2 Lemon
• 1 Lime
• 1/2 tsp of chipotle powder 
• 1/2 tsp of pepper (red, white, or chili powder)
• (optional 1 TBS of sriracha chili sauce)

Directions:

• Avocado Cream:

1. Remove avocado skin and seed.  Blend until creamy.
2. Zest lemon and lime before juicing.
3. Add olive oil, lemon juice, and lime juice while blending (Add optional hot sauce)
4. Add zest, chipotle powder and pepper blending well.

• Asparagus  Wrap:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees
2. In a baking dish coat with a bit of olive oil
3. On cutting board lay out prosciutto
4. Coat top side with a generous amount of avocado cream
5. Put bundle of asparagus (bunch of 20 thin stalks in picture) on right side
6. Roll until fully wrapped.  Place end side on the bottom of baking dish.
7. Repeat 3-6 five more times
8. Place baking dish in oven for about 20-30 minutes.
   Time will vary depending on thickness of asparagus, watch the asparagus tips.
   Remove when tips are golden to dark brown.

Spaghetti Squash Piccata

Ingredients:

• 1 medium Spaghetti Squash
• 8 oz baby Bella mushrooms
• 5 TBS Olive Oil
• 4 TBS Lemon Juice
• 3 TBS capers with juice
• 1/4 cup of water/chicken stock
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp black pepper

Directions:

• Piccata Sauce:

1. Heat up 1 TBS of olive oil in pan
2. Saute garlic
3. Reduce heat and add mushrooms
4. Once mushrooms are brown add remaining oil, lemon juice, water, capers, and black pepper. 
5. Simmer 10 - 15 minutes

• Spaghetti

1. Cut 3-4 slits in squash
2. Cook in microwave for 15-20 minutes on 50% power (Outside should be soft)
3. Split in half (Be careful very hot)
4. Scoop seeds out
5. Spoon out the inside squash into bowl
6. Pour Piccata Sauce over and toss.  

Caribbean Jerk Pork Loin

Ingredients:
    Jerk Rub

• 2 zest lime 
• 1 tbs Coriander 
• 1 tbs ground ginger 
• 1 tbs garlic powder 
• 1 tbs onion powder 
• 1 tbs dried cilantro 
• 2 tsp pepper 
• 2 tsp salt 
• 1/2 tsp thyme 
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
• 1/2 tsp allspice 
• 1/2 nutmeg 

    Main

• 2 tbs olive oil
• Left over rub 
• 1 yellow onion minced
• 4 gloves of garlic minced
• 2 lime juice 
• 1-2 cup(s) broth (beef, chicken,veggie, or water) 
• 3 lb pork loin shoulder

Directions:

1. Combined rub ingredients
2. Generously rub pork loin with rub
3. Heat olive oil in pan and sear pork loin on all sides
4. Combine 1 cup of broth, onion, garlic, lime juice, and left over rub in crockpot
5. Once seared place pork loin in crock pot
6. Add second cup of broth to about half up pork loin.  
7. Cook 6-8 hours on low