Valentine's Treat

Happy Valentine's Day!

I found a great Paleo web site with tons of recipes called PaleOMG! 

I was looking for a yummy treat that we could all enjoy and found Chocolate Coffee Banana Donuts.  The only difference what that I made them in a mini-muffin pan, instead of the donut pan (since I don't have one those in my baking arsenal).  I served these nice and warm to my hubby before he took off to work this morning!  He <3 them!

Super easy to prepare and really yummy! 

Buen provecho!

Tuna Salad on Cucumber Chips

If you decide to go Paleo or even just reducing your wheat/grain consumption, you become creative. I use to just go for a sandwich or a wrap but not anymore.

It's only been a month and half since I started following a Paleo diet; and there are days I want to eat a traditional sandwich.

 

Well, sandwiches with bread are out of the question.  So that got me thinking what normally goes in a sandwich? Lunch meat, tuna fish salad...oh, yea! Tuna fish!

 

So I came up with tuna fish salad on cucumber chips!

 

Clean Tuna Fish Salad on Cucumber Chips

 

Ingredients:
Half cucumber, peeled and sliced
Tuna fish (I used a pouch)
2 tbsp of red onion, chopped
2 tbsp of celery, chopped
2 tbsp of artichoke hearts, chopped
Juice of a small lime
3-4 basil leaves, chopped
1 tbsp of raw sunflower seeds
Salt and pepper to taste

 

Mix all ingredients together, except the cucumber. Top all cucumber chips with tuna mixture. 

 

Buen provecho!

  

Kings Cake, Caveman Style

Happy Mardi Gras!

 

Being that today is Mardi Gras, I tried "googling" and looking on Pinterest for a Kings Cake that was Paleo friendly.  Well, much to my dismay, I didn't find one.  So, I thought I would experiment a little in the kitchen with some Paleo baking and hopefully come up with a recipe.

 

I found a recipe for coconut bread but I made some modifications from there.  I was planning on baking the bread in a bundt pan but with the move (okay---yes, that was over 6 months...hehehe), I couldn't find it, so I opted for the muffin pan. 

Now the tricky part was the icing and the colors on top of the cake.  Well, in Paleo cooking, you don't use sugar or artificial food coloring.  I decided that the easiest thing was to make just a make a fruit glaze to achieve the color and get some of that sweetness.

Paleo Kings Cake (sort of) Recipe

Bread Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 4 tbsp of raw honey
• 1/2 c of coconut flour
• 1 tsp of baking powder, gluten-free
• 1 tsp of coconut oil

Directions:
Preheat oven at 285 degrees F. Oil pan with coconut oil.
Beat the eggs, vanilla and honey together with a electric mixer or by hand until well incorporated.  Sift flour and baking powder and slowly incorporate into wet ingredients until there are no lumps. 
Pour into pan.  Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Fruit Glaze Ingredients:

• 1 c of strawberries
• 1 c of blackberries
• 1 c of water (divided into two half-cups)
• 2 tbsp raw honey
• handful of unsweetened coconut flakes

Directions:
Slowly heat up strawberries with 1/2 c of water and 1 tbsp of honey.  Once heated, mash the berries with a potato masher.  Set aside and let cool.  Repeat the process with the blackberries.

Assembly
Once the bread and glaze are cooled, pour the glaze, alternating the colors all around the bread.  Sprinkle some unsweetened coconut flakes around the cake for decoration.