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Turmeric Pork Skillet

6/20/2016

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Turmeric Pork Skillet with Bok Choy and Scallions
​is full of flavor and packed with nutrition 
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I am really into bok choy right now. It's a crispy and nutritious addition to any skillet or stir fry and it takes on the flavor of the dish like an absolute champion. It's also really easy to grow. I grew the bok choy I used in this recipe in a vertical pallet planter and by 'I grew it' I mean I planted it, watered it anytime it hadn't rained in a few days, and mother nature took care of the rest. 

Seriously easy to grow. Seriously easy to cook. Majorly easy to nom.

That's bok choy. 

Whip together this skillet and munch it on its own, over quinoa if that's how you paleo, or like we did, in lettuce wraps. Any way you do it is amazing. Serves 2-3 without quinoa or 4 with it.

Ingredients:
1 lb pork, humanely raised and free range for preference
3 cloves of garlic, smashed
2 heads of bok choy
1/2 lb scallions
1 head of buttercrunch lettuce, romaine could also work
​1 1/2 Tbsp Avocado Oil
1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp Turmeric
​1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp sea salt
Directions:
​1. Heat the avocado oil in a skillet over medium high heat, add the smashed garlic, and get it sizzling
2. Turn the heat down to medium low and begin sauteing the pork
3. While the pork is cooking, chop up the bok choy. You can use as much of the greens as you like, I went about halfway up the stem
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4. When the pork is mostly but not fully cooked, add the bok choy to the skillet
5. and mix it in


--Intermission--
Can we talk about how pretty this awesome vibrant green veggie looks?
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6. Chop up your scallions and toss them in the delicious mix and combine
7. Add the salt, pepper, and turmeric, mix, and let it all get fragrant and awesome together for just a few minutes
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8. Serve with lettuce wraps or however you're serving it, and dig in

You can add chili oil or red pepper sauce to make this skillet zippier, or ginger to add to the turmeric to turn up the tremendous healing properties of this flavorful dish. Turmeric, especially when combined with black pepper is a fantastic anti-inflammatory 

How did you interpret this dish? How did you serve it? Leave me a comment below and let me know in which direction you took this and how it worked for you. Cheers!!
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    Hi, I'm Amanda, a competitive strength athlete, CrossFitter, and extremely slow distance runner in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. I believe that your food is already perfect, so you and and your cooking don't have to be. Read on for great, totally doable recipes with step by step instructions and tips, and remember that you are worth great nutrition and wellness.

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