Paleo Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Almond Flour
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
2-3 Ripe Banana’s (smashed)
2 tsp Honey
4 tsp Cinnamon
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 cup Walnut Halves
1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce

Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Use 2 bowls. 1 for the dry ingredients and 1 for the wet.
Mix well until combined
Grease the pan with olive or coconut oil
Bake for 40 minutes

Spaghetti Squash Scramble

This is really easy if you already have the spaghetti squash made. If you don't, go to the store and buy one (they are in season so should be cheap). Then cut it in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Preheat your oven to 350, and place cut sides down on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Cook for 30 min, or until sharp knife can be inserted with little resistance. Wait about 10 min. to cool, then scoop out spaghetti with a large spoon. This will make tons, that will last you at least all week. You can also cook the squash in the microwave by poking it several times, and cooking it like its a giant potato, 12 min. or so. Anyways I suggest doing this part on a different day unless you want to be cooking for a long time, but I try to keep all of these recipes short. So here it is when you already have the spaghetti squash made:

You need:
2 eggs
broccoslaw
feta cheese (not required since its not paleo)
1 bell pepper (cut in 1 in. squares)
sun dried tomatoes
3/4 cup cooked spaghetti squash
spaghetti sauce (no crap added to it)
olive oil
seasoning

Heat olive oil in skillet. Add sun dried tomatoes, broccoslaw, and bell pepper. Wait a couple minutes and add all of the remaining ingredients. It will be done in 5-10 min. Yummy! You can basically cook anything with spaghetti squash, add chicken instead, any type of veggies you want, avocado instead of feta too.

Quick and easy blueberry paleo pancake

This one is suppper quick. If you are in a big hurry, its great.

2 eggs
4 T of coconut flour
1 T of coconut milk
cinnamon
vanilla
blueberries
nuts of your choice

Mix together everything except nuts and berries. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients and heat for an additional 30 seconds or until egg is fluffy throughout. Add some agave if you prefer and enjoy! Obviously this isn't an amazing pancake choice, but its great if you are pressed for time and need a paleo breakfast to keep you going.

Paleo Starbucks Mocha

Yes you can still have your Starbucks fix while still eating completely Paleo and not drinking black coffee!!
I went to Starbucks today and bought a Doppio espresso. (Its just two shots in a small cup) Then I went home and heated about 6 oz of coconut milk/water mixture (enough to fill the rest of the cup). I added cocoa powder and cinnamon to this while it was heating up. Then I poured the mixture into my doppio cup. soo delicious, i dont think I need a dairy latte ever again!

Whole 9 Seminar

If you are thinking about going Paleo or just want to learn more about it, check out whole9life.com I went to one of their seminars, and although I thought I already knew alot about nutrition, I learned sooo much and got the modivation to go all out Paleo, in which I have now been doing for a week and a half and already feel sooo much better! One thing I learned was that just cutting out a tiny bit of something non-paleo (such as dairy)(cream in your coffee everyday), can make a huge difference. I used think dairy was okay, but now I'm realizing, its for baby cows, not humans! Anyways, if you don't agree, try cutting it out completely for 30 days, and just see what happens. Its only 30 days of your life. The main thing that is hardest for me is not drinking lattes! But the post above this one will have a delicious alternative to lattes, check it out.

Almond butter apple chicken

Breakfast today:

1 small apple cut in cubes
2 cups of spinach
1 chicken breast
2 tablespoons of almond butter
cinnamon

Cook chicken in microwave for 2 minutes, (or 4 if from frozen). Heat skillet with olive oil, coconut oil, or butter. Spread almond butter on chicken, then add apples and chicken. Cook for 2 minutes, then add spinach and cook until wilted. Remove from heat and add cinnamon.

Mango apple pancakes with mango sausage

1 person serving:

1/3 cup of almond flour
1 egg
1 t of vanilla extract
cinnamin
1 sausage link (i used tj's mango chicken sausage)
1/2 sliced banana
frozen mango chunks (defrosted)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

Heat coconut oil on skillet. Mix almond meal, egg, vanilla extract, and cinnamin. Drop 3 small pancakes onto skillet. Flip them of course (don't wait too long, they cook fast) Cut up sausage into chunks and drop it all onto skillet too.
In the meantime, heat mango and applesauce in the microwave (it makes a sweet syrup). You should be done with this within 5-10 minutes. Enjoy!