October 2014 – Me Paleo.

Door to Door Organics Chicago challenged MePaleo to come up with a new recipe using the delicious ingredients from Door to Door’s online store. With such a great selection of organic food, it is a paleo wonderland and you want to cook with everything! It’s so tough to narrow down the options, hence the challenge. After a great deal of deliberation, we thought comfort food would hit the spot. With Winter just around the corner and brunch at the end of every weekend, a paleo hash recipe sounded perfect. We came up with a spicy little number that is packed with nutrients and full of flavor. Let us know what you think!

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Chorizo Super Hash

Serves 2-4 Prep 15 min Cook 60 min

Ingredients
1 lb Chorizo
2 large Sweet Potatoes diced into 1/2″ cubes
1 1/2 cups Red Onion diced
1 1/2 cups chopped Kale
2 tbsp Cholula Hot Sauce
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Black Pepper
2-4 Eggs
Fresh chopped Cilantro for garnish (optional)

-Preheat Oven to 400
-Lightly brown the chorizo in a pan until crumbly and add to large mixing bowl (grease and all)
-Toss chorizo with potatoes, onions, kale and spices, throughly mixing ingredients together. Pour mixture into casserole dish
-Bake uncovered in oven for 45-50 min
-During the last 5 minutes of baking, pan fry eggs to your liking
-Spoon hash onto plate or bowl, top with fried egg, season with black pepper and cilantro

Enjoy!

This is one of the things you never knew you needed. My particular story started in the Whole Foods produce area. I saw a girl comparing two of those white coconuts, one in each hand, and I couldn’t help but ask what she was doing. She nicely explained that they are young coconuts, full of coconut water. They are pricey at $2.99, so she was trying to figure out which was heavier to get the best value. Packaged coconut water is more expensive and there are always concerns with additives or BPA in the packaging. A fresh coconut seems like a great way to get coconut water directly from the source, right? Well, after trying to hack one open with a cleaver, I can see how the packaged stuff has its place and its price. Is fresh coconut water worth a trip to the emergency room? Hmmmm, I pondered this but still continued to open coconuts the only way I knew how… brute force. I must admit, there is something primal and fun about my method. But, there was an increasingly worried look on Rene’s face every time I assured her that I knew what I was doing. That encouraged me to scour YouTube for a better solution. That, friends, is the day I found Coco-Jack. I ordered one up for myself and also got one for my dad (makes a great gift!). The Coco-Jack is simply amazing. Why the heck didn’t I think of this? It’s cool, works perfectly and has made opening young coconuts a super fun spectacle of wonderment. The Coco-Jack is simple. Basically, it is a mallet and a leverage device. You hammer the circular part of the device into the top of the coconut and push down on the handle part. The leverage pops the top of the coconut into a little round lid. You can go Gilligan’s Island style and pop in a straw the top or, for you sophisticates, pour the coconut water into the wine glass of your choice. I’ve been getting about 2 cups of water out of each coconut. I saved the best part for last… They also came up with a little scooper tool that lets you get all the coconut meat out without smashing the shell open. Again, genius idea! I was pretty pumped about this, so I contacted Coco-Jack. They were nice enough to provide a Coco-Jack discount code for our readers.

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Here are some technique videos for your viewing pleasure. This thing is great! Cheers!