Variety and Soup

Coconut Fish and Kale Stew
Variety is the spice of life, right?
We are trying to add more variety in our diets. There is a whole world of meats that we can eat and we barely scratch the surface.
I’m learning that the key to this Paleo life is to step out of the comfort zone. It’s not easy! The thought of eating liver is enough to send running and screaming to the nearest vegetarian support group. The sight of fish heads brings horrible memories from childhood and eating anything that is fermented is not on my bucket list. But truth be told, and I credit this with actually enjoying food since removing all grains, gluten, etc. I actually enjoy food now and want to try everything. In fact, since September I have come to like cabbage (at least raw cabbage), zucchini, and wait for it red meat! These are all things that I would never eat before but of which I am now a fan.
So in my quest for variety, I decided to make a Coconut Fish Stew with Kale. It looks good doesn’t it? Well, the picture isn’t very good but it tastes so good. I need to stop taking pictures with my phone.
Ingredients
- 3 Large Cod Filets cut into bite-sized cubes
- 1 can of coconut milk (or 1.5 cups of homemade coconut milk, or 1 cup of Heavy Cream)
- 3 tbs Coconut Oil
- 1 cup of fine coconut flakes (I put coconut in a food processor and pulsed until fine)
- 1 small red onion (optional but I liked the flavor)
- 1 bunch of green onions
- 1/2 green pepper
- 1/2 tomato
- 2 bulbs of garlic
- 1 palm of sea salt
- 1 palm of dry cilantro
- 1 palm of dry oregano
- 1 palm of ground pepper
- 1 palm to 2 palms of Old Bay
- 1 cup of Fish Bone Broth to cover (you can also use chicken stock)
- 2 cups of kale washed and torn into bit-sized pieces.
Instructions
- Heat a large ceramic soup pot and had coconut oil.
- Sauté onions until brown.
- Add peppers, and tomato.
- Add dry herbs starting with the salt and ending with the Old Bay.
- Add fish and stir slightly to coat with seasoning.
- Let cook for about 2 minutes and then remove (yep, scoop them out)
- Add broth scraping the bottom of the pan to get all the sauteed goodness. Bring to a boil.
- Add coconut milk and coconut flakes. Stir and bring to an almost boil.
- Add fish and cook for 5 minutes.
- Turn pot off and add kale. Cover again and let kale soften.
- Enjoy!

