Slow Cooker Pork Shanks

Pork Shanks

First of all, what on earth are pork shanks? The pork shank is a cross section of the leg bone taken from below the knee: they’re kind of the short rib of the pastured pork world! I first came across this cut called “Pork Wings” at a restaurant which served them BBQ-style, with the bone […]

Lazy Upside Down Cottage Pie

Upside Down Cottage Pie

Shepherd’s Pie was one of the first few things I learned to cook. Unfortunately, I also learned to cook it all wrong and didn’t realize that it was supposed to be a meat sauce rather than a tomato-riddled marinara-thon until some time in college. In fact, it was really a kind of jarred tomato sauce […]

Beef Brisket Au Jus

Brisket Au Jus

Minimal ingredients, barely any prep and almost no hands-on cooking time? Yes, please. This is one of those criminally simple dishes that somehow tends to really impress people – yay! The best part is, this beef brisket au jus reheats so well that I tend to throw it in the oven on Sunday, then rest […]

Paleo Sweet Potato Gratin

For years, it’s been a Thanksgiving (and Christmas!) tradition that I make a Gratin Dauphinoise for the Chief Taste Tester over here at Meatified HQ. The first year I made it, he had no idea what it was. His eyes practically rolled back in his head at first taste and every subsequent year he’d beg […]

Paleo French Onion Soup

I like my soup to be full of good stuff and generally shy away from smooth or creamy soups. So this is totally my kind of winter warming bowl: lots of flavor from the slow cooked onions and lots of yummy broth to slurp it up in! That said, I wanted to make mine feel […]