Cocoa Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

I have always loved chipotle sweet potatoes, whether I am making a cheater version with powdered chipotle or enjoying a more time consuming creation like my friend Lyla makes. So when I saw a mashed sweet potato with cocoa recipe, my thoughts immediately went to the awesome chocolates I have had with a bit of a spicy kick.  I kinda tossed it together when I didn't have alot of time, and it was a bit of a mushy mess, but still absolutely delicious.  I am going to note what I did but also how I think it could be made much better.

Cocoa Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

Whatcha Need

2 large sweet potatoes
coconut oil for coating baking dish
6 ounces full fat coconut milk
3 small chipotle en adobo (I didn't measure them, but they were prb about 1TB each, maybe a bit smaller)
2TB cocoa powder
1 ts salt
1/2 ts pepper

Whatcha Do

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For my first try at this, I popped the sweet potatoes in the microwave for 15 minutes because I needed to run out to the store.  I didn't expect them to be totally soft from that, but they were.  I just went ahead and pulled the skins off and cut them up.  I would recommend peeling and cutting them up in chunks and steaming for about 15 minutes instead.  Coat a baking dish with coconut oil and put the sweet potatoes in.  Put the coconut milk, chipotle, cocoa powder, salt and pepper in a food processor and mix until smooth.  Pour over the sweet potatoes and bake for about 30 minutes or longer based on how soft the potatoes are.  Yum!

Delicious Crockpot Pork Roast

I wanted to get this written up ASAP because it came out soooo good.  I put some honey in it, so it isn't technically Whole 30, but I am going to tag it as such because I think it would still be great without it, or you could throw some raisins into the sauce or some other fruit to sweeten it up if you want.   Plus, it is super easy peasy!

Delicious Crockpot Pork Roast 

Whatcha Need

3-5 pound pork roast

1 cup chicken bone broth

1 onion, chopped

3 garlic cloves

3 TB olive oil

3 TB apple cider vinegar

2 TB honey (leave out for whole 30)

1 ts oregeno

2 ts chili powder

2 ts dried rosemary 

2 ts ground cumin

2 ts salt

Whatcha Do

Put your roast in the crockpot and pour the bone broth around it.  Put everything else in a food processor and pulse it until the onion is in small pieces.  Pour it on top of your roast and cook it on low until it is falling apart.  Really, that's it.  I was using a roast that was about 3 1/2 pounds, and it took about 6 hours.   I ate it by itself with cole slaw one night and then used it to make a taco salad type thing the second.  Amazing both ways!