So, the mister’s taken us paleo. What the hell does that mean? In essence, forget anything white: bread, rice, potatoes. It’s rather similar to a gluten-free diet but they generally outlaw dairy, too.

NOOO!

We haven’t given up cheese but I’ve cut back other dairy (no milk in my coffee, sniff sniff) quite a bit. Recently, I was jonesing for buffalo chicken, but breaded = no no, so here’s my solution!

YOU WILL NEED:

* chicken breasts or tenderloins (I used the Trader Joe’s tenderloins and thawed them)

* really really good blue cheese dressing (my favorite) or just blue cheese if you want to kick it old school chunky chunky.

* one bunch of celery

* one small bottle of Frank’s Red Hot

HOW TO:

* make sure chicken is thawed; saute in pan (I used my cast iron pan sprayed with a smidge of olive oil so it wouldn’t stick) until slightly golden brown and totally cooked through.

* chop chicken into largish (1 inch cube or slightly bigger) pieces in a bowl.

* add enough Frank’s to make everything uniformly pinky-read, mixing as you go and adding more or less depending on how much of a spice addict you are

* add enough blue cheese dressing to create a creamy base when mixed with the Frank’s (it’ll be a peachy-orange color when everything mixes up) — if you use straight up blue cheese crumbles, just thoroughly incorporate them throughout.

* chop celery into small pieces (yes, the whole thing) and mix through

Eat all by itself (me) or over lettuce that probably should’ve gotten pitched already (boyfriend).