Paleo Lunch Bowl

I really like how my lunchtime meals have changed since going Paleo.  Food seems to be so much more interesting and creative.  This is what I had for lunch yesterday.

Beef bone broth and onions, left over kale and garlic mushrooms with homemade turkey meatballs!

Ingredients:

Beef broth
I make beef bone broth in large batches and freeze it in mason jars so I always have some available.  I use a fantastic recipe from Nom Nom Paleo that takes about an hour in a pressure cooker!


Meatballs
At weekends I sometimes make meatballs to freeze for snacks or to have on hand to make a quick meal.  For this lunch bowl I used some frozen Turkey Meatballs I made this weekend. The recipe came from The Spunky Coconut Cookbook. I had made them before several times, but this time I used turkey instead of chicken and made them about the size of small golf balls - 5 was the perfect amount for my lunch bowl!


Vegetables
The night before we had mushrooms and kale as our main dinner meal vegetable.  I melted some coconut oil, added some chopped garlic and chopped mushrooms and sautéed for 10 minutes.  I added half a bunch of washed and torn kale leaves and sautéed for another 5 minutes.  I then seasoned with finely ground Montreal Steak Seasoning, added a 1/4 cup of water and braised for another 5 minutes with a lid on the pan.   We had about a half cup left so I put it in the fridge not really knowing when or if I would use it. Half a cup of garlicky mushrooms and kale was just the right amount to use in the lunch bowl!


The combination of pre-made ingredients and left-overs made for a wonderful lunch!  And while I was heating up everything in the microwave I even had time to chop a spring onion for garnish...much better than the boring cheese sandwiches I used to eat!