I absolutely hate liver! I don’t like the way it looks, I can’t stand how it smells and I have never, ever wanted to eat it of my own free will. My dad always said that eating liver was like eating the oil filter out of your car. I didn’t find that idea very appealing. The Wahls Protocol sings the praises of organ meat and one of the recommendations is eating 4oz of it a week. Never one to back down from a challenge, I decided I had to find a way to make this at least okay if not good. Not only did it end up tasting good, but my kid who hates everything had seconds!!!! I repeat, he had two bowls full! He wasn’t impressed with the zucchini noodles but he loved the meat. I have to admit I smirked smugly at my husband. I realize past posts have had us avoiding nightshades. Today I picked up the freshly pressed Wahls Protocol and Dr. Wahls makes no assertion about them. I will say that this is a perspective of someone with MS. Someone with rheumatoid arthritis might have a completely different opinion or experience. We were quite thrilled to be able to have tomatoes again! I decided to make a spaghetti sauce and it turned out better than any I had made before! Not just good for a special diet, but actually freakin’ good. I used tomatoes in my freezer from last year’s garden but fresh tomatoes will work just as well. I also used roasted sweet potato in place of tomato paste. Sweet potato acted as both thickener and natural sweetener to combat the acidity of the tomatoes. I served the sauce on finely julienned zucchini. All I did to prepare the zucchini was lightly salt it and pour the sauce over it to soften. It does not need to be cooked or you will end up with mush.
Here is the recipe.
2TBS coconut oil divided
1lb beef liver
1lb ground beef
TSP sea salt divided
1/2 TSP pepper divided
1/2 TSP roasted garlic powder
4 cloves garlic minced
1 cup onion finely diced
1 cup yellow sweet pepper finely diced
5 medium tomatoes pureed with 1/2 cup of hot water.
1/2 cup mashed roasted sweet potato
TBS fresh oregano
TBS fresh basil
First you have to cut the liver into bite size chunks. Cut off any hard or dark bits. Anything that seems like it will be tough will be. Get rid of it. Put liver into food processor or blender and puree into a slurry. Mix processed liver and ground beef together. Add 1TBS of coconut oil to large stew pot on medium high heat. Brown meat after sprinkling with 1/2 tsp of garlic powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Remove from pot and set aside. In blender or food processor liquify five medium tomatoes with 1/2 cup of warm water. Strain liquid to remove skin and seeds. Add additional 1 TBS of coconut oil to stew pot. Saute garlic, onion and pepper until softened. Add in liquified tomato, 1/2 cup of mashed sweet potato and remaining salt and pepper. Bring to boil and reduce to low heat. Let simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in fresh herbs. If you want to use dry herbs, use a tsp of each and add to sauce when you add your tomatoes. Dry herbs need time to reconstitute to release flavour.
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