Paleo Beef and Winter Vegetable Soup: Made Quick and Easy

Craig Hartranft

Paelo Beef and Winter Vegetable Soup{ My wife and I have been moving to the Paleo lifestyle in recent weeks, meaning less refined sugar, refined grain products, and processed foods. Looking for good recipes, especially soups, chowders, and stews, for the cooler Fall and colder Winter weather, I found this beef and winter vegetable recipe. The original recipe (see link at the end of the article) seemed to plain, lacking in flavor and color. Here’s my modification, and it arrived savory and delicious. }

Paleo Beef and Winter Vegetable Soup Recipe

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DIY: How to Make a Homemade Oven (or Stove Top) Smoking Box for Less Than $25.00, and Smoke Some Mighty Tasty Baby Back Ribs.

Craig Hartranft

I can’t afford a stand alone outdoor smoker, and haven’t quite figured out how to use my gas grill to smoke. So for Father’s Day I got a Camerons Stove Top Smoker Box. Nice. It easy to use, works great, and holds two racks of ribs (overlapping). But $50.00.

And then there’s the problem that, if my wife wants ribs, because she has food allergies, they can‘t be smoked together. This made it necessary to have another box. But not spend another 50 bucks.Homemade Smoker Box

This is what I came up with, and it works just as well as the Cameron’s product.

 

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