Paleo Pumpkin Bread

When eating strict paleo I try to have a "bread" of some sort around at all times.  It helps with the cravings and makes you feel less like you're on a diet, and more so that you're just living this lifestyle.

This is so delicious that most people can't tell that it doesn't have flour or sugar!  Enjoy!

½ cup (generous scoop) Coconut Flour

2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

½ tsp Ground Nutmeg

¼ tsp Ground Cloves

1/4 tsp Ground Ginger

½ tsp Baking Soda

¼ tsp Sea Salt

½ cup + a little more Organic Pureed Pumpkin

6 eggs

4 Tblsp Coconut Oil

1/4 cup Pure Grade B Organic Maple Syrup

1/4 cup Honey

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Organic unsweetened Raisins or Walnuts if desired (about ½ cup to taste)

Preheat the oven to 400°.  Wisk dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.

In a mixer, beat eggs.  Add remaining ingredients except for pumpkin and mix well.  Add pumpkin and mix again.  Slowly mix in flour and beat until most of the flour lumps are gone.  Fold in raisins, etc.

Grease loaf pan VERY VERY well with cooking spray.  If you’re making muffins, use a bare pan well greased, or aluminum foil muffin liners.  Do not use paper as it will stick to the muffins.

Bake Bread for approx 30mins or until cooked through.  Start checking it at 25mins as some ovens cook differently.  

Bake Muffins for 18-20mins

Makes 12 muffins or 1 loaf of bread

Sweet Potato and Apple Goodness

This recipe comes from Thomi- the queen of Paleo :)
It's perfect for dessert, breakfast, or a snack!  Let me preface with: I don't like sweet potatoes normally, but this, I LOVE!!

Here's what you'll need:
*This makes enough for dessert every night for a week for myself

2 large Sweet Potatoes
2-3 large Organic Pink Lady apples
Ground Cinnamon

Bake the sweet potatoes on a foil lined pan (poke holes in them first) at 425degrees for 40mins
While the potatoes are baking- cut up the apples into tiny squares and toss them in a baking dish.
After the potatoes have cooked, drop the oven to 350degrees
Cut up the potatoes into tiny squares as well, and mix in with the apples.  You should have fairly equal parts potato and apple.
Sprinkle cinnamon all over and mix the potatoes and apples until they look ugly/brown coated.

Cook the baking dish of potatoes, apples, and cinnamon in the oven for another 30mins until the apple juices have started leaking.

Eat cold or reheat in the microwave.

Enjoy!

2 large sweet potatoes

Be sure to peel the skin off before cutting into tiny squares

Potatoes and Apples mixed pre-cinnamon

Post-cinnamon ugly but o-so-good and ready to cook!

Paleo Banana Bread

Some people can eat paleo without ever craving "bread."  I'm not one of those.  So here's my solution- "bread" without all the bad stuff.  I make mini-muffins most of the time, that way I can just pop one in my mouth and feel like I'm part of America :)  Enjoy!

PALEO BANANA "BREAD"

½ cup (generous scoop) Coconut Flour

2 Tbs Ground Cinnamon

½ tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder

¼ tsp Sea Salt

1 cup Smashed Bananas (the more rotten, the better)- usually around 2-3 whole bananas

6 eggs

4 Tblsp Coconut Oil

1/4 cup Pure Grade B Organic Maple Syrup
1/4 cup Honey

1 Tbs Vanilla Extract

Organic unsweetened Raisins or Walnuts if desired (about ½ cup to taste)

Preheat the oven to 400°.  Wisk dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.

In a mixer, beat eggs.  Add remaining ingredients except for banana and mix well.  Add banana and mix again.  Slowly mix in flour and beat until most of the flour lumps are gone.  Fold in raisins, etc. if desired.

Grease loaf pan VERY VERY well with cooking spray.  If you’re making muffins, use a bare pan well greased, or aluminum foil muffin liners.  Do not use paper as it will stick to the muffins.

Bake Bread for approx 30mins or until cooked through.  Start checking it at 25mins as some ovens cook differently.  

Bake Muffins for 18-20mins
Bake Mini Muffins for 12-14mins

* Makes 12 muffins/24 mini muffins or 1 loaf of bread