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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Paleo Bruchetta

A coworker of mine, who I shall simply refer to as M'Lady to protect her identity, has embarked with her family on the Paleo Diet adventure. After reading up on what the Paleo Diet is, I thought it would be fun to invent a Paleo recipe just for her. It took two tries to get it right. So here you go M'Lady!

Recipe as written makes 6, scale up as appropriate.
  • 1 medium vine ripened tomato cut in ¼” dice
  • 2 TBLS of  1/8” diced red onion
  • 1 small clove of garlic finely minced
  • 1/4 lemon juiced
  • 2 large or 4-5 small fresh basil leaves chiffonade cut
  • ¼ tsp of red chili pepper flakes
  • ½ TBLS of EVOO
  • Small pinch of salt
  • 6 ¼” slices of English Cucumber, sliced with a heavy bias (steep angle)
Combine all of the ingredients (except the cucumber) in a glass bowl, cover and allow about 1 hour for the flavors to meld.
 
Spoon a heaping TBLS of the topping onto each cucumber slice.
 
Non-Paleo addition - sprinkle a little grated parmesan on top :).
 
And there you have it - So simple even a caveman can do it!
 
 
 




1 comment:

  1. Whooooot! Sounds great and I will try it ASAP! I promise to report back. Hugs, M'Lady.

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