Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

I love love this recipe! My sister bought me mini muffin pans for Christmas and I decided to play around with some recipes and made this! All my coworkers loved them!

2 medium size bananas, mashed
2 eggs, whisked
¾ cup almond flour
¼ cup honey or coconut sugar
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup tapioca flour
2 tbsp coconut flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Coconut oil (for greasing pan)
1/3 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (paleo approved) or regular mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Set your oven to 350 °.
Place all ingredients in a food processor besides the chocolate chips. Then add the chocolate chips and pulse a couple times. Put one tablespoon of batter in a greased mini muffin pan and bake for around 10 mins. Makes about 33 muffins. Enjoy! I adapted this recipe from South Beach Primals Chocolate Banana Bread, but made it my own!

Crispy paleo waffles

Amazing recipe. Love love love this recipe! Mine look a bit dark because I used honey as the sweetener. Brittany Angell is amazing!

http://brittanyangell.com/extra-crispy-waffles-2-versions-paleo-or-gluten-free-vegan

Paleo Plans Banana Tapioca Crepes

Amazing recipe! I love it. Finally decided to make it at home. My mother in law makes them whenever we come over.

Here is the recipe:

http://www.paleoplan.com/2012/09-06/banana-tapioca-crepes/

Red Pepper & Mushroom Pork Sausage Meatballs with roasted Green beans

These are so good and easy to make! Just making them into balls takes up most of the time, but I was jamming out with some music so I didn't mind :)

Ingredients:

2lbs pork sausage
Small to medium red bell pepper, minced
Handful or two or mushrooms, minced
2 eggs, whisked

Seasonings:
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 1/2 tsp of sea salt
(I put 2 tsp originally, but found it a tad salty)
1 1/2 tsp of pepper

Pre-heat oven to 350°. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Mix ingredients and seasonings in a separate bowl then pour seasonings into the pork sausage mix and mix well. I used my hands :). Make one inch balls and place in cookie sheets. About a finger width apart is fine. You should fill both cookie sheets no problem. Bake for about 15 mins or until cooked all the way. Check after 10 minutes. Originally set timer for 25 mins, but smelt something burning lol. Bottoms were a little crisp :].

Once cooked place in dining plate.

Roasted greenbeans:
A couple handfuls of fresh green beans

Place rinsed and trimmed green beans on same cookie sheet (after you have removed the parchment paper). Bake at same temperature for about 15 minutes. Flip green beans halfway through. Cooked when skin is getting wrinkly and crisp. Garnish your meatball plate with them and put extra in its own dish.

Eggplant fries

Don't know what to do with all the eggplant you got from your CSA or garden? Make eggplant fries! I used a little tapioca flour in the mix, about 1/6 of a cup and used coconut oil instead of olive oil. Great recipe!

http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/09/low-carb-gluten-free-eggplant-fries-2.html#

Zucchini fries

Melt in your mouth goodness! :) Ididn't use the called for cheese and would flip over the fries at ten minutes rather then fifteen. I also used a French fry cutter on the smaller grate. Recipe below!

http://www.primallyinspired.com/baked-zucchini-fries-bloomin-onion-dipping-sauce-grain-free-gluten-free/

Paleo tortillas by Ms. Paleo Eats

Joyous day in the Grandjean home! After years of not having a paleo friendly tortilla I finally found an amazing recipe! I didn't have lard so I just used chilled butter. Turned out great! Doubled the recipe and baked in the oven for 5min at 400 degrees. Will try the skillet next because the edges were too crispy. Here is the link to the recipe. Made enchiladas with them. So flexible and easy to work with once cooled.

http://lvlhealth.com/easy-tasty-tortillas/

Paleo Skillet Egg Bake

Hi everyone!

So me and my husband started getting our first bag of CSA groceries and they were full of greens! :) We got a full share so it's quite a bit. I decided to make a frittata to use up some. It tasted really good, but a tad dry. I think I over cooked it by just a bit so I lowered the cooking time in this recipe! I was inspired my Nom Nom Paleo's Easy Bake Frittata recipe.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon coconut oil or fat of choice

3 pieces of bacon, cooked & diced

2 Adelle sausages,cooked and diced ( chicken & apple is my fav)

2 cups of diced greens (chard, spinach, kale)

2 green onions, minced 

6 large pastured eggs

3 tablespoons coconut milk

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Freshly-ground black pepper

First, preheat the oven to 350°F and heat the coconut oil in an 8-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat.Saute greens & green onions. In a small bowl whisk eggs, milk of choice, and salt and pepper. Once greens are cooked add protein and mix together in skillet. Pour over egg mixture and cook for 3 mins. Put in oven for 8 to 10 mins, then broil for a couple mins until frittata fluffs up. Serve & enjoy! 

GAHHH!!

Sorry I haven't posted in YEARS! I have been slacking. Started working two jobs for a couple years. Got Pregnant last year and had a son 11/26/2013. His name is Claudio Ryker Grandjean. He goes by Ryker :). Anyways I am getting a new phone and all my recipes I've saved will be lost :(. So I thought I would start up again to keep them in one easy area. So get ready to see a lot of posts.

Coconut Flour Pie Crust by Nutty Kitchen

Yummmmm!

    So my husband has had trouble digesting nuts for a couple months so I started researching new pie crust for thanksgiving since the ones I made last year had nut crusts. Came across this recipe by Nutty Kitchen. Very simple and easy! Turned out great and have no complaints! Was able to eat a healthier dessert for thanksgiving with success! I filled it with homemade pumpkin pie filling. Here is the link to her website and recipe. 

http://nuttykitchen.com/2011/11/08/coconut-flour-pie-crust-pumpkin-pie/

Easy Cheesy Rolls By Mrs. PaleO Eats

HELLO!!!!!

    Ok so when I came across Mrs. PaleO Eats website I was thrilled!!!!!!! I had to try her recipe! All of them sound amazing and pretty simple in directions and ingredients. I recently came across tapioca flour a couple months ago and am pleased to say it makes a very good alternative to flour or corn starch as a thickener. I found out about it when I started making sweet potato fries! Any who this recipe is AMAZING! I cannot express how amazing these rolls taste warm! I also didn't hand mix it like the recipe called for. I just threw it together in my food processor so it was well blended and even more bread like. 

Here is a link to her recipe!!! 

http://lvlhealth.com/super-easy-cheesy-rolls/

Red Snapper Azteca

Continuing with the seafood theme, here is a recipe for Red Snapper. Red Snapper is great for people that don't really like the "fishy" taste that is associated with fish normally. Red Snapper is a white meat and more milder in taste. Behind Salmon, Red Snapper has the best protein of any fish out there. Here is a recipe I found online. It is pretty simple and I thought it was pretty tasty. Esther even tried it and like it! This feeds 2-3

 Ingredients
-1 lb red snapper fillets
-juice of 1 lime
-juice of 1/2 lemon
-1 tsp chili powder
-1 plum tomato coarsely chopped
-4 green onions, sliced in ½ inch sections
-1 small Anaheim pepper, chopped
-1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
-handful fresh cilantro, chopped

Instructions:

Place red snapper in a shallow baking dish.
Combine lime juice, lemon juice and chili powder in small bowl and sprinkle over snapper.
Marinate 10 minutes, turning a few times.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350℉.
Sprinkle chopped onions, tomato and peppers over snapper.
Cover and bake for 20-30 minutes or just until snapper flakes in center.
Let stand, covered, 4 minutes before serving.
Garnish with fresh cilantro.

http://www.paleoplan.com/2009/12-31/red-snapper-azteca/

Note: I actually didn't cover my fish when I cooked this and didn't realize I needed to add the onions, tomatoes and peppers on the fish until it was about 5 minutes left for baking. It was still great.

Bay shrimp and egg scramble

CJ again. Here is another recipe to incorporate bay shrimp. It makes the perfect breakfast when pair with eggs.

Ingredients:

-1/4 cup of bay shrimp
-2 eggs
-half a head of broccoli
-about a 1/3 of a leek (yes a leek again!)
-3 or 4 cherry tomatoes
-1 tsp of both garlic and onion powder
-about 1/2 tsp of both paprika and chili powder
-dash of salt and pepper to taste (try to be as light as you can on the salt)

This fed me for one morning. Its kind of a lot of food but I was hungry that morning and this completely satisfied me especially with a side of blueberries and blackberries. Again saute the shrimp for about 2 and a half minutes first. Saute in olive oil or coconut oil (you don't need much just enough to coat the surface). After that crack the eggs on top of the shrimp and mix in the vegetables and the spices. Stir constantly. Don't allow it to sit too long because it will change the texture of the eggs. Once the eggs are cooked all the way through... enjoy! Great Paleo breakfast!!

Bay Shrimp Scampi

Hello, this is CJ making a guest post. Esther says that I have some great cooking ideas and I think I should suggest some ideas for people trying to make a healthy transition. Seafood is probably the best kind of food to eat and I'm not a big fan of it myself, but it is just too healthy to pass up. This following recipes I find very good and tasty and it takes away some of the "fishy" kind of taste. Bay Shrimp is the best of all the seafood in terms of protein and I have a couple of good recipes. This is the Bay Shrimp Scampi.

Ingredients:

-1/2 - 3/4 Cup of Bay Shrimp
-1/2 of a Leek (a Leek?!)
-Head of Broccoli
-1 tsp of Onion and Garlic Powder each
-Dash of Salt and Pepper to taste

This feeds about 2 people. Chop the Broccoli not too finely but just enough. Cut the Leek as you would cut a green onion. If you want more Leek, cut more. Saute the shrimp first for about 2 minutes cooked with a little bit of olive oil or coconut oil (doesn't matter if its regular or extra virgin). Then add the vegetables and the spices. Cook for about another 3 to 4 minutes. Very simple and very satisfying. Surprisingly not very fishy tasting either. 

The Urban Poser Cauli-Fried Rice

    Haven't made cauliflower rice in quite some time so I thought I would give it a go and find a great recipe. Well The Urban Posers recipe is divine! I edited mine a bit since I didn't have some ingredients, but all in all I followed her instructions carefully. Especially how to cook the cauliflower rice and adding the egg to the mix to get the "rice" fluffy. I must say it worked! Nice dish if you are missing rice. Great recipe and very versatile! Here is the link to her website:

http://urbanposer.blogspot.com/2012/07/vietnamese-cauli-fried-rice-wnuoc-cham.html

Everyday Paleo Pulled Pork Recipe

OK THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!! Can't believe I haven't been using my crockpot! We are currently on the 30 day Paleo Challenge for the month of September and I wanted to expand my horizons as far a using the crockpot. So I had my husband go to New Seasons on his way to visit his parents and ask the butcher for the best cut for pulled pork. He gave us over 3lbs of pork shoulder. Everyday Paleo's recipe is amazzzing and tasty and the only differences are I used one red & one sweet onion & the amount of pork & cut.So easy! Prepared it before bedtime and when we awoke....

Tender pork! I brought out a steak knife LOL boy, was I silly! It just falls apart!!! No knife necessary! Also the onions... OoooH myyyyy heavens, the caramelized onions were to die for! Complimented the pork so nicely!Seasoned to perfection as well. I have nothing bad to say about this recipe!  Here is the link to it. Try it out, you will not be dissapointed.

http://everydaypaleo.com/2012/01/09/beyond-easy-pulled-pork/

Son of Grok Pancakes...

Made this recently using my son of grok waffle recipe. I think it tastes so much better as a pancake fried with butter :). Just made half of the recipe since It's just me and the hubs. Had to share a pretty pic too! Ate them with fresh berries and maple syrup. Here is the link to the recipe. So sad his website got closed down. Good thing I saved his recipe! 

http://estherandprimalgoodness.blogspot.com/2011/12/son-of-grok-waffles.html

Banana&Almond Butter Ice Cream (Paleo/Vegan)

I was trying to figure out how to make coconut ice cream with out eggs and was searching and searching the web and I couldn't find a recipe that was paleo friendly and wasn't to complicated. Partly because I didn't want to have to boil the mix and wait two hours before I could stick the mixture in the ice cream maker lol. My husband wanted to mix coconut ice cream with banana ice cream and see how that tasted so I just thought making coconut ice cream with bananas will still make a creamy texture without eggs! So here you go. It is AMAZINGLY GOOOOOOD! Sweet & salty goodness.

Ingredients:

3 frozen bananas, peeled and diced

12 oz of canned coconut milk

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 teaspoon of maple syrup

1 to 2 tablespoons of salted almond butter

Add all ingredients except the almond butter to food processor. Mix well. Transfer to a ice cream maker and add almond butter five minutes before ice cream is finished. Tada! It is such a great combination of sweet from the bananas and salty from the almond butter. Makes a little over a pint. Enjoy.

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Paleo Sloppy Joe

Sorry for the delay! I made this recipe about a month ago and have been neglecting my blog :(. Not to fear, Esther is here! :). Anyways I had the real urge for some yummy sloppy joe! It was my favorite dish growing up so I had to give it a try to make a paleo version and not straight out of a can (yuck). I eat the mixture with no bun. DON'T EVEN CARE FOR A BUN BECAUSE IT'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOD!

Ingredients:

2lbs of ground beef

1 green bell pepper, diced

1 yellow onion, minced

1 1/2 cup of celery,diced

1 (12oz) can of tomato paste

A couple of spoonfuls of honey, to taste

garlic powder, chili powder, salt & pepper to taste

    Cook ground beef in a large saucepan. Mash and cook halfway through then add vegetables. Season how ever you like. Once meat and veggies are cooked add can of tomato paste and honey. Just add a spoonful at a time to get the right amount of sweetness. 

    Don't be shy with your spices either. Tomato paste can be overpowering, especially with the amount you are going to put in. So I usually add more spices (especially salt) after the honey and tomato paste are added. Then tada you are done! Let cool for 5 minutes then serve! I usually eat a huge bowlful right after because it's addicting and YES CELERY!!!!!!!!!!! the combination is quite amazing.... :) ENJOY!

*WARNING* 

YOU WILL BECOME ADDICTED 

AND WANT TO MAKE THIS EVERY NIGHT :}

Paleo Plan's Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

   
    One of my favorite recipes! My mother in law showed me this one last year and I never could make them as good as her until I realized she used blanched almond flour instead of almond meal! They are so good and moist. My family loves them. Especially with the Enjoy Life brand for the chocolate chips, which are soy & dairy free! Here is the link to the recipe:

http://www.paleoplan.com/2011/01-25/grain-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Number of Servings: 32

Ingredients	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Local - Natural Raw Honey, 8 tbsp	480	136	0	0
Honeyville Farms - Blanched Almond Flour, 3 cup (28g)	1,920	72	168	72
Great Day Farmers Market - Large Egg Grade A, One Dozen, 2 egg	140	0	10	12
Spectrum - Organic Coconut Oil-Expeller Pressed, 8 tbsp	960	0	112	0
Baking soda, 1 tsp	0	0	0	0
Spice Islands - Mediterranean Sea Salt, 1 tsp	0	0	0	0
Mccormick's - Pure Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp	12	1	0	0
Enjoy Life - Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips, 24 Tbsp, 15g	1,800	216	120	24

                                                              calories              carbs           fat       protein

Total:	5312	425	410	108
Per Serving:	166	13	13	3