Paleo Bread!

I want a BLT. No offense to the whole using a romaine lettuce leaf as the bread part but I need the texture or else it is not a true BLT.

I have never made bread before - Paleo or non Paleo. This was a very exciting time in my life (no, I don't get out much). I have only tried this one recipe and can say that it is pretty darn delicious (from www.elanaspantry.com <-- have you checked out her site by the way?! It's amazing!).

If you are in need of "bread" - try this! 

Next stop - Almond butter and strawberry jelly sandwich!!

PREP: 8 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Total: 38 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups blanched almond flour

2 tablespoons coconut flour

¼ cup golden flaxmeal

¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

5 eggs

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

DIRECTIONS: 

Place almond flour, coconut flour, flax, salt and baking soda in a food processor and pulse ingredients together

Pulse in eggs, oil, honey and vinegar 

Pour batter into a greased 7.5 x 3.5 magic line loaf pan

Bake at 350° for 30 minutes 

Cool and serve

 
Please note: if you use a loaf pan that’s bigger than the size recommended above, your loaf of bread will be wider and shorter than the loaf in the photo above.

Enjoy!

-- ALl the Best

Recipe from www.elanaspantry.com

Eggs Stuffed in Avocado

I love avocado. I would eat it by the handful if I ever thought about it. This little treat can be a meal or a snack. It is filling, for sure.

What's neat about this recipe too, is you CAN reheat it. I did. I made it last night and put them in a zip loc bag in the fridge to have for lunch today. It was great! You'd never think warm avocado would be even slightly appetizing. It is tasty! Try it- at least so you can say you did!

PREP: 3 minutes
Cook time: 15-20 minutes
Total: 18-23 minutes

Serves: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 Avocado

2 Eggs

Salt & Pepper

2 Slices Bacon, Cooked - Optional

 

DIRECTIONS 

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F 

Cut the avocado in half and scoop out the avocado (with a spoon) so the hole matches the size of your egg – this helps by keeping the egg in the avocado and not leaking onto your baking sheet

Crack each egg into your avocado halves. Try balancing the edge of the avocado on the side of the cookie sheet – you will be glad you did – to avoid the eggs spilling out.

If you chose to use bacon. Duh. Place the pieces of bacon on top. I would lightly fry your bacon (in a skillet for about 3-4 minutes). Just to make sure the bacon is fully cooked and not limp. Ew.  

Depending on how you like your eggs cooked- cooking time will vary. You will know the eggs are mostly done when the whites- turn white. I know. Brilliant. Watch the yolk too- it will turn a dark yellow if overcooked.  

Once they are done enough to your liking, add salt and pepper to taste 

I didn’t get a picture of my avocado stuffed with eggs. So I found one. It’s way better than mine would have been anyway. Photo Courtesy of: www.californiaavocado.com

Enjoy!

 

--All the Best!

 

 

Blueberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Dang sweets. Ok... not really.I love sweets. I decided to try these lovelies. Being as they have fresh blueberries in them and all. They were pretty good! I admit- I ate about 90% of them. I'm weak, don't judge me. 

This would be a fun dessert to make with kids! It comes out purple!

PS- I'll have a fish taco recipe tomorrow. I would eat desserts all day and everyday, if they wouldnt hate me in return.. Check back tomorrow!

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook time: 25 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Serves: 15 (Mine made 17) 

INGREDIENTS

2 cups blueberries

1 cup walnuts (I didn’t have walnuts in the house so I used pecans)

2 tablespoons walnut oil (or almond or coconut oil- I used walnut oil- since I bought it special for this recipe- but then found out I didn’t have any walnuts when I got home. Doh.)

1.5 cup almond flour

1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

3 tablespoon maple syrup

1 egg, whisked

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Dash of salt

DIRECTIONS

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees 

Place the two cups of blueberries in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 6-8 minutes, make sure to stir often  

While your blueberries cook, toss your walnuts (pecans) to your food processor and puree until they are turning into a thick nut butter 

While your food processor is still running, add your walnut oil to make a walnut butter 

Add your blueberries to your food processor with your walnuts. Puree until they are completely mixed together (careful those blueberries are hot!)

2 TBS will make big cookies!

Pour your batter into a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients and mix well

Use a spoon (I used a TBS measuring cup) to scoop out 1-2 tablespoon sized blob of batter. Place each blob on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet

Bake for 23 – 25 minutes. Your cookies will be soft, so they may not look done- but they will be! 

Let cool. Mine stuck a bit when I tried to move them to a container. Try using a soft flipper or spatula

 Enjoy!

-- All the Best!

Recipe: www.paleomg.com (LOVE this blog!!)

Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes. It is 8:56 a.m. and I am having one of these amazing treats. Don't judge me.

I would never lie to you. These are seriously some of the best cookies I've had. They taste just like "normal" chocolate chip cookies. Add a small glass of coconut milk and it will take you away on whatever dream world you want to go on. Or at least it will make you smile and solve your sweet tooth.  It's the simple things that make us happy. This is a very simple recipe = me happy!
 
PREP: 10 minutes

Cook time: 15 - 20 minutes

Total: 25 - 30 minutes 

Makes between 24 - 36 cookies. If you do the TBS scoops, it'll make closer to 36!

INGREDIENTS  

Pictures never do justice!

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

1 ½ cup Dark Chocolate Chips

1/2 cup Coconut Oil, Organic, unrefined

1/2 cup Maple Syrup, Grade B

2 whole Eggs

3 cup Blanched Almond Flour 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375°F

In a medium-sized mixing bowl combine dry ingredients

In a small mixing bowl beat eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla extract with a hand mixer (I used a spoon on my second batch- worked just fine)

Pour wet ingredients into dry and beat with hand mixer until combined (again, used a spoon and it worked)

Melt coconut oil, pour into batter, and continue to blend (stir) until combined

Stir in chocolate chips. It may seem like there are way too many chocolate chips with how much dough there is - but it is the perfect amount. Besides, is there really ever a scenario that there's too many chocoate chips?? If so. We may not be friends anymore

On a parchment-lined baking sheet, drop balls of cookie dough, about a tablespoon in size

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes. Keep watch. I set the oven for 15 then bumped it up 4 more minutes just to get a nice crisp on the outside

Let cool and don’t forget the small glass of coconut milk!

Enjoy!

-- All the Best

Recipe from: http://beta.primal-palate.com/recipe/chocolate-chip-cookies/

Paleo Frittata

Who doesn't like breakfast any time of the day?! If you have leftover meat or any type of meat in the fridge/freezer- Get. It. Out. You can use your imagination for this one. Really. Basically any kind of meat(s) and any kind of veggie(s). You decide. This is awesome as leftovers- you can eat it heated or cold!

PREP: 5 minutes
Cook time: 13 - 18 minutes
Total: 18 - 23 minutes
 

INGREDIENTS

 

1 tablespoon coconut oil or fat of choice

1 cup meat of choice- we used breakfast sausage

1 cup frozen broccoli (or any leftover or frozen veggies)- we added mushrooms!

4 large pastured eggs

2 tablespoons coconut milk

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Freshly-ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Preheat your oven to 350°F

Heat the coconut oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat

Add your meat to the skillet and stir until heated through

While your meat is cookin', place the frozen broccoli in a medium microwave-safe bowl, cover it with a wet paper towel and nuke it until it’s thawed. Use a pair of kitchen shears or a knife to cut the broccoli into bite-sized pieces. If you have broccoli from the fridge, cut it up into small pieces and toss into your skillet with the meat to cook

Break the eggs into a medium bowl - add the coconut milk, salt, and a few grinds of pepper

Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the bottom of the frittata is set

Then, place the skillet in the oven (do not put a regular skillet in the oven- transfer to a pizza pan or cookie sheet, if possible)

Cook for 10 to 15 minutes, and then crank the heat up to broil for another 2 minutes or until the frittata puffs up and is cooked all the way through

Carefully transfer the frittata to a plate, slice, and serve

Enjoy!


-- All the Best 

Thank you www.nomnompaleo.com

Dry Rub Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries

All I Can Say is - YUM. 

Dry Rub Burgers

PREP: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 35 - 40 minutes

Total: 50 - 55 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ tbsp chili powder

2 ½ tsp paprika

1 tsp cumin

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

¼ tsp ground white pepper
2 1/2 lbs grass fed ground beef (makes about 7-9 medium sized burgers)

sea salt to taste (optional)

DIRECTIONS

 

Mix all dry rub ingredients together

Form hamburger meat into patties and cover both sides generously with the dry rub

Let the burgers sit in the fridge for about 30 minutes before cooking

Either grill or pan fry about 4 minutes each side for medium, less for rare, more for well

Sprinkle the sea salt on after burgers are cooked (optional)

We added a couple eggs to our burgers along with some avocado (DELICIOUS!) 

Zach's Burger

My Burger!

Sweet Potato Fries

PREP: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 35 - 40 minutes

Total: 50 - 55 minutes

INGREDIENTS

2-3 yams

3-4 egg whites

oregano

thyme
garlic powder

ground black pepper

sea salt

olive oil

aluminum foil

DIRECTIONS

 

Slice sweet potatoes (we did spears but you can do discs if you want)

Separate eggs and add seasonings (as much seasoning as you would like)  

Dip each sweet potato into the egg mixture and lay flat on a aluminum foil lined cookie sheet

Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil and sprinkle on more seasoning – this is key – and then sprinkle on a little sea salt.  

Bake at 350 for 30 - 40 minutes

For more crispy fries, turn the broiler on for about a minute

Enjoy!!

All the best --

Recipe from Sarah Fragroso