With the holiday’s right around the corner, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to share with you all a food item very commonly served at my Polish family’s table around Christmas time: breaded crepes stuffed with sautéed mushrooms and … Continue reading
Feeling very inspired today 🤗 There’s something about this weather, seriously! 🍂❤️ On this fine #FreakyFriday the 13th I was so stoked to try out 2 ingredients I’ve never cooked with before: 🌺 Pomegranate & Hibiscus Flowers 🌺 With 70s tunes 📻blasting in the background, I actually was able to create something magical 🔮 with these exotic flavors: #glutenfree #wheatfree #paleo #eggfree #sugarfree Thumbprint cookies 👍🏻with a 
pomegranate & hibiscus “compote”❣
For the cookies: in a food processor, mix
-1 C almond flour
-1 C garbanzo bean flour
-4 Tbs coconut oil
-drizzle in raw local honey until a moist dough forms
Spoon tablespoon sized balls on to tray lined with foil and press thumb in to center of each dough ball.
For the compote: in a food processor, mix
-fresh seeds from 2 pomegranates
-rehydrated hibiscus flowers
– about 4 Tbs of honey
-1 tsp flaxseed meal
– 1 tsp lemon juice
Bake at 350f for about 10 mins. Serve completely cooled (as the cookies will appear very soft at first)
Makes about 15-20 cookies.
Enjoy!
There’s just something about this weather; ️ how it’s sunny, but there’s still a windchill,the beautiful colors on the trees and just the way it smells outside! I LOVE going for walks around the neighborhood with my love, enjoying everyone’s decor. So, long story short: I’ve got the baking bug & a 🏼 BWB’s 🏼craving for PUMPKIN! (&chocolate &pecan pie) — Pumpkin Pecan Bread with a #dairyfree Chocolate Swirl. Made with fresh ground Pecan Butter (never tried it & it’s AMAZING!) #FallForDesserts As most of my baked goods are, this is: #glutenfree #grainfree #wheatfree #paleo
1/2 C Apple sauce
2 Tbs coconut oil, melted
4 flax ‘eggs’
2 tsp ACV
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 C maple syrup
2/3 C coconut flour
2-3 Tbs brown rice flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
Dash of cinnamon
Dash of sea salt
1/2 C fresh or frozen blueberries (I used frozen)
💙Preheat oven to 350f.
💙Mix the dry ingredients INTO the wet ingredients.
💙Then mix in the blueberries.
💙Line a greased muffin/cupcake tin and bake for roughly 20 mins.
💙Texture will be moist and soft.
Haven’t been feeling completely 💯 lately thus I’ve been lacking creativity and new creations 🙍..talk about comfort food though 🙌 Single serving Bananas Foster Almond Cake 🍌🌰 stuffed with a rich and moist coconut oil-caramelized banana “custard” 🍮 topped with perfectly caramelized banana slices 🍌 & a vanilla protein frosting 🍥🍥
3 Tbs almond flour
1 Tbs coconut flour
2 egg whites
1 Tbs vanilla
1/4 tsp baking powder
A small splash of water
-Grease a large mug or small soup bowl with coconut oil
-Mix all ingredients well
-Microwave for 2-2.5 mins
🍌🍌🍌🍌 banana “custard”
-Microwave a whole banana for 1 minute then mash.
-sauté in pan heated with a coconut sugar and coconut oil mixture until a faint brown color
– cut out center or cake and stuff with banana mash
🍥🍥Top with greek yogurt mixed with vanilla protein.
Enjoy 💋
IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS!!!!! Know the facts, and take care of yourself. That is all 🙂
‘Tis the season of sweets, love, food, & more sweets! ❤️👏🍥🎂🍪 My job during the holidays is to bring on the dessert 😊 So definitely brining these #paleo #glutenfree #wheatfree #eggfree #dairyfree Almond Snickerdoodle cookies to my aunt’s for Thanksgiving 💋 These are inspired by an original recipe by @theurbanposer with a few of my own additions and tweaks 👌
1.75 C fine Almond flour
1/4 C almond meal
1 tsp ground flaxseeds
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 C melted coconut oil
1/4 C 100% pure maple syrup
1.25 tsp lemon juice
1/2 Tbs vanilla extract
1/2 Tbs almond extract
2 Tbs coconut sugar
1 Tbs pumpkin pie spice
1 Tbs cinnamon
➡️ Preheat oven to 350F
➡️ Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
➡️ Mix dry ingredients first. Then wet ingredients & combine them.
➡️ prepare the sugar and spices.
➡️ Roll tablespoon sized balls between palms and sprinkle the sugar spices all round the dough, then flatten the cookie on the sheet with the bottom of a glass or your palm.
➡️ Bake for 9 mins, then let cool completely. (Mine were very soft, but the edges were crisp 👌👌)
Tonight’s desert was just pure heaven 👌 Full of fiber, sweet potatoes are a staple in my pantry!
1 medium sweet potato
➡️ ends cut off, washed, & holes poked all around. Then microwaved for around 7 mins.
Toppings:
1 Tbsp natural PB
1 Tbsp cacao nibs
1 Tbsp Jamie Eason’s Natural Vanilla Whey Isolate http://www.labrada.com/store/wheyisolateforher.html
-mixed with 1 Tbsp of water.
Cinnamon & ginger to taste
OH. MY. 🙆🙆🙆🙆 Surprised myself again👌 Taste is just so on point!! 👅💦 (Obvi need to mess around with the temp & timing since they’re a tad on the crisp side🙈🔥) I give you: Vanilla “PRO-Conut” Macaroons 🍈🍥🍈🍥 You would NEVER be able to tell these are: #glutenfree #paleo #wheatfree #highprotein #lowsugar 💁 I used Jamie Eason’s Natural Vanilla Whey Isolate @leanbodyforher @jamieeasonmiddleton The natural sweetness is just the perfect addition 💕 I highly recommend you check it out 👍👍 by @labradanutrition #leanbodyforher Jamie Eason’s Natural Vanilla Whey Isolate
🍥🍈 yields 18-20 macaroons
1.5 C coconut powder (coconut shreds processed in food processor)
1/2 C almond flour
1 Scoop vanilla protein
1/4 C fancy coconut shreds
2 pinches of sea salt
1 Egg white
4 Tbs coconut oil, melted
1 tsp vanilla
4.5 Tbs 100% pure maple syrup
➡️ Preheat oven to 250F
➡️Mix dry and wet ingredients separately.
➡️Pour the wet into the dry, slowly and simultaneously mixing.
➡️ Scoop tablespoon sized portions evenly on to tray lined with parchment paper.
➡️ bake for 10 mins
➡️ then, raise heat to 325F and bake for 5 mins
➡️ then turn off oven completely and let macaroons sit inside oven for 5 more mins.
I couldn’t agree more with this article! The points made are, in my opinion, so strong and valid! Diet fads and trends have been making their bold debuts over the years, and if you think about it, some of them are just plain old CRAP!!!!! Here’s some food-for-thought… 🙂
https://www.yahoo.com/health/8-positive-outcomes-of-the-paleo-trend-101439975577.html
A Craving For Wholesome 