Mayo and Other Recipes

I realized I don`t have just a plain old mayo recipe on here.  Not sure where I stole this one from but it`s pretty basic.

In a food processor, whiz up:
1 large egg
1/2 tsp mustard powder
the juice of half a lemon OR 1 tbsp white vinegar
sea salt (to taste)

Slowly add:
1 cup oil (olive oil and macadamia nut oil both produce strongly-flavoured mayos... I like both but macadamia nut is my current raining favourite).  Continue processing until the mixture thickens and all of the oil is whipped.

Put into a glass jar and refrigerate.

First meal was 6 eggs fried in ghee and a red tomato with half an avocado.  No photo.  The ghee made for some lovely tasting eggs.

Then I had the last of my roast with an entire fresh batch of kale.

Then I had four squares of 85 percent dark chocolate.

Then I came home to cook.  First was the coconut chicken soup.  Used a bit too much fish sauce so it's a little saltier than usual.  Still good though, which relieves me because I'm going to be eating this for at least a few days.  There's lots there.

Ingredients

Click here for a link to the recipe.  I used more chicken this time.  About 2 kilos of chicken thigh.  And here is the full pot and first bowl.

I also made Hardcore Ang's delicious spice mix:

If my horrible penmanship leaves the note indecipherable, it is as follows:
 1 tbsp each of pepper, cumin,
2 tsp of chili powder, curry powder, salt
1 tsp paprika, allspice, cayenne, cinnamon

Then, I used the spice to crust one of those grass fed round steaks I have:

 At this point, I wasn't sure if I wanted to add either ghee or coconut oil.  This stuff is so low in fat, you have to add something to it to slow roast it in the oven.  I opted for coconut milk:

It now looks disgusting.  Regardless, it's going in the oven at 215F overnight and then I'll reduce the juices and it will be delicious, nutritious and no longer look like some kind of prop substance from The Walking Dead.  I'll post a photo once it's beautiful.  And next time I make it, I'll give the ghee a shot in it instead.  The ghee has such a lovely flavour.  It's my new favourite fat.

I also did up the yams.  Mmm, yams.  Peel and cube, toss in pumpkin pie spice, garlic powder, sea salt and cracked pepper.  Melt some ghee and then toss and roast in the oven at 405F until crispy and browned.  Mmm.

Rest day.

Sleep: 2:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (7.5 hours... went out with friends last night.  Had a couple of gin and sodas with fresh lime.  Didn't seem to impact sleep and I had a good visit!)