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!

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.

Paleo Valentine's Day Dessert- Strawberry Cream Pie

Valentine's Day Dessert

I made a yummy Paleo friendly dessert for Valentine's Day! I made Strawberry Cream Pie. It was so easy! It didn't take longer than 15 minutes and it doesn't require the use of an oven! I only used a food processor! :)

I melted some chocolate and drizzled over it which made it even yummier! I can't wait for leftovers tomorrow! :)

Here's the recipe! 

Paleo Donuts!

Sunday Morning Paleo Donuts!!

I made yummy Paleo donuts!! :) Check out my videos below and the recipe at the end.

Video 1- Putting Together the Donuts

Video 2- Maple Frosting

Video 3- Results

The one on the left is with chocolate and the one on the right is with the maple frosting.

Thumbs Up!!

Here's the recipe.  Let me know if you have any other Paleo friendly donut recipes that you like!

Primal Cauliflower Pizza with Raw Cheese!

Hey there!!

I recently made Primal Cauliflower Pizza which was interesting!! I can't have flour as I'm on Paleo.  One of my favorite foods is pizza.  I found a recipe for Cauliflower Pizza and ended up trying it.

The crust was very flavorful, but soggy! :-( I'm on the hunt for the perfect paleo crispy pizza crust.  If you know of one, please SHARE! :)

I used one of my favorite sausages that I bought from Whole Foods.  It's called Mulay Killer Hot Italian Sausage.  I buy it from Whole Foods- it's a lil pricey, but it doesn't have any added sugar (Dextrose) and it is so yummy!

I also used raw cheese from Whole Foods.  This fits with more of the Primal Lifestyle.  I have decided that I will add cheese to my diet every now and then as a treat, but it has to be raw cheese and from grassfed cows.  Again, it's more pricey, but if it is gunna be my treat every now and then, it's worth it. :)   Trader Joe's also sells raw cheese- I've found three different kinds.  It's yummy! :-D

So, those that are waiting in anticipation for the picture of my pizza, here it is! :)  

Here's the website for the recipe.

Sweet Potato Waffles with Apple Butter (Whole30 Friendly)

Yummy Waffles without Sugar or Flour!! 

I'm on Day 21 of the Whole 30 detox program! I'm feeling great! :) It sure has been fun looking for healthy and different things to cook that fit with this program- a bit of a challenge that's for sure!

This morning, I made Sweet Potato Waffles with Apple Butter.  It sure was good!  I did double the spice for the waffles, but next time I will triple it! I like cinnamon. ;-)

When you open the waffle maker it looks kind of weird, but if you flip over the waffles it actually does look like a waffle! :)  My roomies wolfed them down! 

Instead of using just plain applesauce, I used apple butter which fit PERFECT with this recipe!  I made the apple butter a couple days ago and thought it would go well with this and it did!

I'm thinking about adding blueberries to the waffles next time! If you do something different, please let me know! :)

Waffles

Yummy Apple Butter! 

    

Throw out your pasta!!!!!

Spaghetti Squash

I remember last year someone telling me that they made spaghetti squash for dinner instead of pasta. At the time, I was like ew! I can't imagine eating that instead of my beloved pasta!!

Well, since I've jumped on the Paleo bandwagon, I can't eat pasta anymore.  I LOVE spaghetti and meatballs! I've been seeing a lot of recipes lately for spaghetti squash during my hunt for yummy paleo friendly recipes.

Last night, I decided to muster up the courage to make it.  To my surprise, it was DELISH! I'm now fine with throwing out my pasta and eating my now beloved spaghetti squash! It's EASY to make!

Basically, chop the squash in half (length wise).  Put both facedown in a pyrex dish and add water halfway to the top.  Bake it on 350 for about an hour.  Dump the water out and flip the squash over to let it cool for 5-10 minutes.  Take a fork and shred it from the sides.  Voila! You got "pasta"! :) 

Share some of your squash pasta recipes!! :) 

Whole30 Approved Recipes

Whole30 Approved Recipes!

Here's a great website for Whole30 recipes: click here.

Sweet Potato Lasagna (Paleo)

Hey all!

It's day two of my Whole30 regimen.  So far I'm doing great! Last night, I cooked a sweet potato lasagna.  It was delicious! I follow MyHealthyDish on Instagram and got her recipe.  See pictures below.  One thing though, I would roast the sweet potatoes in the oven while making the sauce to cook the potatoes halfway since the potatoes weren't completely cooked.

Let me know if you make adjustments to the recipe or if you have any paleo recipes to share! :)

Spinach Smoothie

Hi!!! How many have you seen me walk around with a green smoothie???! haha! See pic below (one of my older pics):

I drink that stuff every morning! Yes- every morning and it's absolutely delicious!!! What do I put in it?? Lots of stuff! I'm starving in the mornings!! :)

I use a blender like this because it's perfect for portion control and you can drink out of it too (cheap too- I bought it on amazon for like $20):

Ingredients:

• Water
• Spinach
• Banana
• Few frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries, etc)
• 2 tbsp Flax seed
• 1 scoop Whey protein powder
• 1 scoop of Oatmeal

First, I add water and spinach.  I fill the whole thing up with Spinach and some water then blend it.  Then I add a banana (if it's a big one, then half) along with some frozen berries (makes the smoothie cold and sweeter) and blend.  Then lastly, I add 2 tbsp Flax seed, a scoop of Whey protein powder, a scoop of oatmeal and BLEND.  That's it.  Takes less than 5 minutes and I take it with me to work.  :)

Yummy stuffed bell peppers!

I had such a delish dinner tonite!!!!  My guy and I made stuffed bell peppers with quinoa (I posted about quinoa a week or two ago) and chicken sausage along with mushrooms, onions, etc.  I got the recipe from Jillian Michaels' website: Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe.  The only thing that I did differently was that I added ground chicken sausage which I think made the recipe! I simply threw chicken sausage in a food processor and added that in the pan.  YUM!!!

Check out the pics below!

Cooking up a storm!

My sexy man giving a helping hand!! ;-)

Aren't these peppers cut to perfection?!

Taste test! Passed!

Result: two thumbs up! :)

If you have any yummy healthy recipes, please share!! 

Pumpkin Protein Bars Recipe

I’m trying to avoid the store bought protein bars and making my own.  Here’s my first attempt! Tastes like pumpkin bread! 


Recipe: Pumpkin Protein Bars Recipe

Yum!