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Chia Seed Pudding Cups

Chia Seed Pudding Cups are super easy to make and a tasty and healthy paleo snack! You mix chia seeds into a cup of coconut milk, add some flavor and toppings, refrigerate for a few hours and voila! 🙂 No baking, no cooking, no fuss!

Ingredients (1 serving)

1 cup coconut milk
1 Tbsp chia seeds
Flavor/topping of choice (pick one or make up your own combo!) 🙂
- 1/2 tsp almond essence + chopped almonds
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom or cardamom seeds (open the pod)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence + fresh berries (I used red currants)
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon + cinnamon sticks

Directions

Mix the coconut milk, chia seeds and flavor well
Pour into serving cup
Cover and refrigerate for a few hours or up to a couple of days
Serve and enjoy

Paleo Carrot Cake

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Love Carrot Cake? Yes, please! You could top this with some chopped walnuts or toasted coconut! Even just the carrot cake and cream cheese frosting is delicious. Make this as a cake or 12 individual muffins. 10 eggs seem like a lot for a recipe like this? It’s just under 1 egg per muffin. I think of it as a great source of protein! Ingredients

5 whole Raw Carrot, peeled and shredded
1 cup Grade B Maple Syrup
3/4 cup Coconut Flour, sifted
1 Tbsp ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking Soda
Pinch of Sea Salt
10 Eggs
10 Dates (Medjool)
1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 cup Organic Coconut Oil, melted
2 cup Cream Cheese Frosting (below)

Directions

In a food processor, using the grating blade, shred carrots and then place in a large ziplock bag or bowl with lid.
Pour maple syrup over carrots and let marinate in the fridge for an hour.
Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a small mixing bowl, add sifted coconut flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
Make date mixture by combining dates and a little water and microwaving for a minute – mash with a fork.
In a large mixing bowl or kitchen mixer, blend eggs, vanilla, melted coconut oil, and date mixture.
Add dry ingredients to wet and blend.
Remove carrots from the fridge, and drain the excess maple syrup from the carrots using a colander. Stir grated carrots into cake batter.
Grease two 9-inch cake pans with coconut oil – or – line a 12-muffin tin and pour batter into pan/s.
Bake for 35 minutes, ~25 if making muffins
Test center with a tooth pick—if it comes out clean, then the cakes are done. Remove from oven and cool.
Frost cake with cream cheese frosting, garnish with walnuts or toasted coconut, and serve.

Frosting Ingredients (Ok, cream cheese is not paleo.. but Elana’s Pantry has a coconut frosting that looks delish!)

1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Grade B Maple Syrup
16 oz Full Fat Cream Cheese (bring to room temperature to soften)
2 Tbsp Ginger Root, grated (optional.. sounds good, but I have not tried this option yet!
1 cup Toasted Coconut (for garnish)
Directions: Blend all ingredients (except coconut) with a mixer. Use immediately or refrigerate. Top with toasted coconut!

Thanks and modified slightly: http://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipe/carrot-cake/

Paleo Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

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This is a variation of the Paleo Cinnamon Coffee Cake I posted a few weeks ago! I added some almond essence and sliced apples to make this Paleo Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake!

Ingredients

Cake

2 ½ cups blanched almond flour
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup coconut oil
½ cup honey or maple syrup
3 large eggs
1 tsp almond essence (optional)
2 apples, thinly sliced (I prefer a tart apple like Granny Smith which is also great for baking)

Topping

¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup coconut sugar (or maple syrup also works great)
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
½ cup sliced almonds (optional)
To make topping, combine coconut oil, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and sliced almonds in a bowl

Directions

Grease a 9-inch round baking dish with coconut oil and dust with almond flour
In a food processor, combine almond flour, salt, and baking soda
Pulse in coconut oil, honey, eggs and almond essence
Spread the batter into prepared baking dish
Place sliced apples into the batter
Brush topping over cake batter
Bake at 350° for 25 to 35 minutes
Cool and serve

Paleo Cinnamon Coffee Cake

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Paleo coffee cake? This is gluten and grain free and made with high protein almond meal. It turned out fluffy and perfect and the kids loved it as well. I am working on a version with apples that I will post later. 🙂

The flowers shown are from my Dogwood tree. Not edible, but they are a gorgeous rosy pink.

Ingredients

Cake

2 ½ cups blanched almond flour
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup coconut oil
½ cup honey or maple syrup
3 large eggs

Topping

¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup coconut sugar (or maple syrup again works great)
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
½ cup sliced almonds (optional)

Directions

Grease a 9-inch round baking dish with coconut oil and dust with almond flour
In a food processor , combine almond flour, salt, and baking soda
Pulse in coconut oil, honey, and eggs
Spread the batter into prepared baking dish
To make topping, combine coconut oil, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and sliced almonds in a bowl
Brush topping over cake batter
Bake at 350° for 25 to 35 minutes
Cool and serve

Thanks and inspired by Elana’s Pantry

Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs

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Need a quick go-to meal that includes protein and veggies? My quick fix meal is tossed salad and scrambled eggs (yes, I’m a fan of Frasier..:-)). You can add all sorts of veggies, cheeses, or leftover cooked meats for a delicious quick meal!

Here’s a my super fast recipe for scrambled eggs. Basically you put some oil in the pan and add whatever raw veggies/meats you wish, cooking for a few minutes, then crack the eggs directly into the pan stirring occasionally until no longer runny. Add cheese at the end, and mix it in by fluffing a bit with fork and serve!

Ingredients

Eggs
Oil for cooking
Veggies (my favorites include chopped asparagus, fresh spinach, artichoke hearts and sundried tomatoes)
Cheese (my favorite is goat, but try cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan or pepper jack or others)
Fresh herbs, spices, salt & pepper (to taste)
Cooked meats (bacon, chopped ham, etc)

Directions

Heat oil and saute herbs and veggies (onion until it’s translucent and garlic until fragrant if using either) for a few minutes
Crack eggs directly into pan and stir occasionally until eggs are no longer runny
Add cheese and salt/pepper to taste
Serve with tossed salad (salad greens + oil + balsamic vinaigrette)

Enjoy! 🙂

Oat Nut Raisin (or Chocolate!) Balls

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I wanted to make a low sugar variation of Classic Oatmeal Cookies – something I could give to the kids for breakfast or as a snack – without the sugar rush and totally spoiling appetites!

These are high protein, low glycemic (low sugar) and my kids approved of these big time! Make them with raisins or mini chocolate chips for some added sweetness!

Ingredients

1 stick butter, melted
3 eggs
1 Tbsp agave syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup coconut, shredded and unsweetened
1/2 cup raisins, currants or chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts, broken up in pieces (optional)

Directions

Beat eggs, agave, vanilla and eggs
Mix all dry ingredients
Mix all together
Roll into balls and place on baking sheet
Bake @ 350 for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown

Super Mom Tip: a fun cooking project for tots – they can measure and help mix! 🙂 Also these cookies freeze really well in a sealed bag or container!

Coconut Apple Pancakes

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Coconut Flour Pancakes with Apples – yum! Even the little tummies in this house were fans! Perfect grain-free and paleo breakfast for a cold winter morning and great way to start off the new year. Happy New Year everyone! 🙂

Ingredients

4 eggs, room temperature
1 cup coconut milk
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 tablespoon honey or agave
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of sea salt
1 apple, sliced in very thin boats
coconut oil or butter for frying

Directions

In a small bowl beat eggs until frothy, about two minutes (I used a food processor for this – works great!). Mix in milk, vanilla, and honey or agave.
In a medium-sized bowl combine coconut flour, baking soda, and sea salt and whisk together. Stir wet mixture into dry until coconut flour is incorporated.
Grease pan with butter or coconut oil. Ladle a few tablespoons of batter into pan for each pancake. Spread out slightly with the back of a spoon. The pancakes should be 2-3 inches in diameter and fairly thick. Lay sliced apples on pancakes.
Cook on low to medium heat for a few minutes on each side, until they start to turn golden brown.
Serve hot with butter, coconut oil, honey, syrup, or fruit.

Inspired and modified from the Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes on NourishingDays.com.