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Friday, November 23, 2012

Pizza

cauliflower-based crust pizza with kale 

http://www.fresh4five.com/2012/11/cauliflower-carrot-kale-grain-free-pizza-crust/


Cauliflower, Carrot & Kale Grain Free Pizza Crust
 
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Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 cups shredded cauliflower
  • 1 cup shredded carrot
  • ½ cup shredded kale
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 3 tbsp coconut flour – or- 3tbsp ground pepitas and 2tbsp tapioca flour
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 4 egg whites
Instructions
  1. Place the cauliflower, carrot and kale in a large bowl. Sprinkle in the sea salt and toss it around with a fork, this will help the vegetables sweat. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 400F
  3. Using your clean hands squeeze out as much liquid as possible and place in a large bowl.
  4. Now add your herbs, flour and mix well. Add the egg whites and mix well, use your hands to kneed like a dough.
  5. place on a large piece of parchment paper and cover with another piece. Roll out the dough to about ½ in.
  6. Gently move to a baking sheet, and bake WITH the parchment paper on top for 20 minutes.
  7. Remove the cover and top as desired. Place back in the oven for about 5 minutes to heat up all your toppings, or melt your cheese.

Breakfast

No crust spinach quiche
http://paleodietlifestyle.com/basic-spinach-quiche/

Breakfast casserole (sausage)
http://cavegirlcuisine.net/2012/05/24/breakfast-casserole/

Squash frittata
http://betacyanin.com/squash-frittata/

Purple sweet potato frittata
http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/frittata-with-purple-sweet-potato-fid-1244322

Assorted Truffles

pumpkin flavor filling
1. 1/2 c pumpkin puree or squash puree, 1/2 c nut butter, 2-3 tbs honey, 1 tbs coconut oil
2. 3/4 almond flour, 1 tbs pumpkin spice, 1/4 tbs cinnamon, pinch of salt
3. mix the wet and dry
4. refrigerate for over 6hrs to harden (first batch came out too soft to form a ball, works well with shredded nuts)

coconut flavor filling (not tested)
1. 1.5 c coconut meat, 2-3 tbs honey, 1/3 c almond flour, 1/4 c coconut oil, pinch of sea salt

date flavor filling (not tested)
1. 1 c nuts, 8 dates, 1 tbs vanilla extract, 1/8 tbs sea salt, 4 tbs coca powder
can add flax meal (dark color) when use prunes (not as moist as dates)

savory potato filling
1. mashed purple potatoes  sautéed chopped green onions, cilantro, sage, rosemary  (all spices), cumins, nutmeric, nutmeg, etc
2. mix and form balls

The follow is from the source
http://swisspaleo.ch/chocolate-fudge-coconut-bars/




Chocolate Fudge Coconut Bars

Chocolate Fudge Coconut Bars
I love coconut and I love chocolate. And I especially love them together. These bars are, for me, kind of a paleo-friendly version of a  Bounty Bar, an Almond Joy and a fudge brownie all combined into one. I will not be eating them all myself, tempting as that may be (they are really, really good). I love trying out new things and making desserts, but I absolutely believe that treats should be for ‘sometimes’, not ‘all the time’. I’ll be taking these in to work or in to Fit2Day to share.

The Bottom Fudgy Brownie Layer

This part is actually a recipe that I have been making for years. I make little fudge truffles out of it. I roll the dough into balls and try not to eat them all. I thought the dough would make the perfect chocolaty base for this recipe. Feel free to just make this part and roll it into little truffle bites (they are really good rolled in grated coconut).
  • 1 cup of nuts (any), today I used almonds
  • 8 large medjool dates (about 225 grams), pitted–must be medjool dates, other kinds are just too dry
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 4 Tablespoons of cacoa powder
These are the dates and the cacoa powder that I use. I got the dates at Coop and the cacoa powder at Migros.

What you’ll need
  1. Throw it all into a food processor together and mix until a dough ball forms.

    What it should look like
  2. Grease an 8″x8″ pan and press your dough into it. Use a spatula or a spoon because it’s a little sticky.
  3. Set your bottom layer aside while you make the coconut part.

The Coconutty Layer

  • 1 1/2 cups grated coconut (“Kokosnuss gerapselt”), unsweetened and finely shredded
  • 2-3 Tablespoons honey (I used 2)
  • 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • pinch of salt
Put it all in a bowl and mix it up together until well combined. Spread this over your bottom layer and use a spoon to press it down firmly.

The Fancypants Part

  • 25 grams of 70% dark chocolate
  • 20 almonds
I tried to make these bars look all pretty by drizzling melted chocolate over the top. I’m pretty sure I’m not very good at drizzling…

My drizzle skills are lacking
I melted 25 grams of 70% dark chocolate (1/4 of a bar) over low heat. I don’t have a microwave, but that would totally work. Then you drizzle. Easier said than done. I used a spoon, but you could probably use a piping bag or something fancy like that. Then place your almonds on top in neat little rows so that you end up with one per bar.

Ready for cutting
Now put it in the refrigerator for an hour (or the freezer for 15-20 minutes if you are impatient like me) before using a knife to cut into squares.

Taste as good as they look!

Raw power bar

Raw pistachio bar
Ingredient: almond butter, cashew butter, coconut butter, raw blue agave nectar, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, gojis, bacon crumbles

Choco-espresso bar
dark chocolate, almond butter, coconut butter, blue agave nectar, espresso bean, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almond, walnuts


Blog Reborn

It's been so long since the last post. I have picked up cooking skills and hence the diversion of focus in this blog. Hope this would be a long lasting asset of this blog. Here are some Paleo recipes:

Cookie
1. 1/2 c coconut oil, 6 eggs, 1 tbs vanilla, 1/2 c honey, 1/4 c protein powder
2. coconut flour, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp sea salt, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger
3. mix dry ingredient with the wet one
4.mix in apple cubes, carrot, raisin, walnuts
5.bak 20-25 mins or until brown on top at 375F


Banana bread (very moist)
1. 4 bananas, 4 eggs, 1/2 c almond butter (or combination of puree and any nut butter), 4 tbs coconut oil
2.1/2 c coconut flour, 1tbs cinnamon, 1tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla extract, pinch of sea salt
3. mix the wet and dry
4.grease loaf pan with oil of choice
5. bake 45-60 mins at 350F