Date Nut Bars

Date Nut Bars

How many of you have tried a Lara Bar? These are great bars to eat for a snack- they contain fruit and nuts.  None of that artificial stuff! My favorite is the Apple Pie one!

I just recently made my own version of a Lara Bar and man were they good!! It is really good with coffee!! It's also SUPER EASY to make!!!!! Check out the recipe at the bottom.

Dates have a lot of nutritional value.  Dates have a lot of vitamins (Vitamin A, C, E, K, B6, Thamin, Niacin and Riboflavin), essential minerals (iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium), strengthen muscles, improves stamina and assists in digestion.  Be careful of the sugar content though! You don't want to eat too many!

Here's the recipe!  It is from the Civilized Caveman's Thanksgiving ebook.  He has some good recipes!

1 1/2 cups packed Dates

6 TBSP Raw Almonds

1/2 TSP Organic Vanilla Extract

1/2 TSP Ground Ginger

1/2 TSP Ground Cinnamon

1/4 TSP Nutmeg

1 TBSP Coconut Oil, melted

Pinch of Sea Salt

Basically, throw everything into a food processor and then flatted it onto a piece of parchment paper.  That's it!!!

Paleo Friendly Cookies!!

Paleo Friendly Cookies!!

I love, love, love my cookies!!! Before committing to the Paleo Lifestyle, cookies was the first Paleofied dessert that I just had to make!! I was skeptical at first, but they were DELISH! 

Here's the recipe!

Kale Stuffed Chicken wrapped in Bacon

Kale Stuffed Chicken wrapped in Bacon

I've been enjoying bacon lately!! I saw this recipe from Paleomg.com and had to make this! The recipe calls for spinach instead of kale, but I had a bunch of kale to use up.  I also added red pepper flakes to the kale mixture so it had a little bit of a kick.  Plus, instead of chopping the bacon and stuffing it with the kale, I wrapped the chicken with bacon.

It was so good!!! :) Here's the recipe!

Paleo Apple Fritters- OMG so Yummy!

Paleo Apple Fritters- OMG so Yummy!!!!

My man has been in the mood for apple fritters so I looked up how to make Paleo friendly apple fritters.  

My FAVE paleo website (www.paleomg.com) had a recipe for them and I simply HAD to make them!!

Doesn't this look yummy?!?!

I went ahead and prepped all the ingredients and put them in different bowls before cooking the apples since this was my first time making this.  

Ground Cashews

Dates, honey, applesauce and coconut oil; Eggs and vanilla extract; Coconut flour, baking soda & powder, cinnamon, and salt.  Add each bowl and puree then add the next bowl and etc.

All pureed!

Cooked two apples in coconut oil and covered it until soft.

While the apples were cooking, I combined coconut milk, almond butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and a bit of salt

Mixed the apples with the cinnamon sauce.  This is so DELISH!! My favorite part!

Next, I put the batter halfway up and then put a couple TBSP of apple topping on top of the batter.

Fresh out of the oven!

Added more of the apple cinnamon mixture on top! I would recommend making a double batch of the apple mixture!

This is a must! :)  My man ended up eating 3 1/2 in one sitting!!! That's how yummy it is! :-D

Vanilla Chia Coconut Pudding

Vanilla Chia Coconut Pudding

I was flipping through my Women's Health magazine and there was a section that covered coconut recipes! I saw this and decided to make it.  To my surprise, it was delish! Very light! You could add cinnamon if you wanted to.  I had this with blueberries and raspberries.  It takes less than five minutes to make it, BUT it needs to be in the fridge for at least a couple hours.

I did a blog posting about Chia Seeds if you want to read about the health benefits.  Here is the recipe that was posted in the Women's Health magazine.

Coconut Carrot Curry Soup

Coconut Carrot Curry Soup

I made delicious soup the other day!  I got the recipe from Women's Health magazine.  It is really good!

Here's the recipe!

1 TBSP Coconut Oil
1 pound carrots, chopped
1 Sweet potato, chopped
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 TBSP chopped ginger
3 cups low sodium vegetable broth
2 cups coconut water
2 TBSP lime juice
1-2 TSP curry powder
1/4 TSP cardamom

1.  Heat oil in a pot, add carrots, onion and sweet potato.  Cover and cook- stirring occasionally until they brown slightly which is after about 10 minutes.  Add ginger and cook for another minute before adding the broth.  Bring it to a boil and partially cover the pot.  Cook for another 10 minutes.
2.  Puree the soup and add coconut water then put it back in the pot.  Add lime juice and spices.  Heat it throughout and serve!

Sausage Spaghetti Squash Bake

Sausage Spaghetti Squash Bake

Last night, I made a yummy dinner! I made a sausage spaghetti squash casserole dish.  It was delish!! 

Wasn't that hard to make- you could make this ahead of time and just put it in the oven.  I had it with asparagus.

Here's the recipe!  It is from one of my favorite Paleo websites: www.paleomg.com.