Thursday, November 13, 2014

Paleo shortbread cookies with walnuts and cocoa

Paleo shortbread cookies with walnuts and cocoa

Hi everyone ...
Here we go again for a new goodies: biscuits ...
You know the version of the cocoa Grancereale ?! That's ... that's the whole Paleo version;-)

INGREDIENTS
  • 130gr of almond flour
  • 30g walnuts
  • 3 tablespoons of coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp of cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons wildflower honey (or to taste)
  • half a teaspoon of baking soda
  • cinnamon to taste
NB: for these quantities you'll get a handful of biscuits, not many. If you want to eat for a few days, because you keep well closed in a box, I recommend at least double the recipe.


PROCEDURE:
  1. First take the almond flour and sgranatela with the help of a fork in a large bowl or finely chopped blanched almonds if you bought those (as I usually do).
  2. Fate then boiling water and soak in the walnuts. Leave them to soak for a few minutes and with a boxcutter put away the peel bitterness. Let them dry on a bit 'of paper towels and then chop them and add them to the almonds. Add dried fruit, cocoa powder, a bit 'of cinnamon to your pleasure and baking soda (perhaps by passing the sieve to avoid lumps).
  3. By melt together the honey and coconut oil and add to dry ingredients. Mix well, make a ball and roll it in plastic wrap. Way to rest in the freezer for 30 minutes.
  4. Past the time, place the parchment paper on a baking sheet and turn the oven to 150 °.
  5. Take a small ball of the dough, knead with your hands (since they tend to crumble) and then formed with calm and care your cookies, freehand or with the help of stencils.
  6. Bake for about 15 minutes, this will also depend on your oven as always.
  7. Once cooked, let cool to room temperature so soft and warm will become brittle and crispy.
Et voila ...

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Paleo Chocolate Salami

Paleo Chocolate Salami

Who has never eaten a slice of the classic "chocolate salami" ?! Good right ?! I liked very much and I thought well recreate a version paleo. Want to know a thing ?! I like so much more and also my guests really enjoyed.

Let's see how to do this ...

INGREDIENTS
  • 300 grams of peeled almonds and hazelnuts
  • 200 grams of dark chocolate 85%
  • 150 grams of lard
  • 100 grams of honey
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • seeds of a vanilla bean (optional)
PROCEDURE
  1. Toasted almonds and hazelnuts. Let them cool and chop coarsely.
  2. Meanwhile, melt over low heat your chocolate extra fondente.
  3. In a bowl with a spatula or a hand whisk lard (left for a while 'at room temperature), honey, egg and vanilla.
  4. United cream thus obtained the cocoa powder, melted dark chocolate and mix well. Only at the end, add your almonds and chopped hazelnuts.
  5. Put your bowl with the mixture in the refrigerator for about an hour, occasionally turn and mix well. This will make it easier then shape your chocolate salami because the mixture is too sparse beginning to be worked.
  6. After this time, roll out a sheet of parchment paper on a work surface and formed the classic salami. Well can close the baking paper and wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil. Put in refrigerator to let it solidify.
  7. I let it sit for 24 hours.
  8. Pull it out of the refrigerator at the very moment in which you want to serve it.
  9. Cut into slices and enjoy your meal ...
^ _ ^

VARIATIONS & TIPS
  • If you want the mixture congeals before you can add the ground almonds or coconut.
  • Dried fruit used you can choose it according to your preferences.
  • If you do not have lard pure homemade or from a butcher, you can use coconut oil.
  • You can spice up your chocolate salami adding a cup of coffee (bitter fluid) but in this case I would add another tablespoon of cocoa powder or would leave the mixture in the bowl in the refrigerator to rest for more time.

PALEO can be a vegan or a vegetarian

PALEO can be a vegan or a vegetarian?

Here's the short answer: Yes, I think you can be a vegetarian and Paleo at the same time, depending on what you call "vegetarian", however, you can not be vegan and be Paleo.
Let's start from the end.

If you're vegan, you probably eat a lot of soy, beans, grains, vegetables and fruits and hope. Probably a bit 'of nuts and seeds. People need protein, and all these things except for the fruits and vegetables provide a measurable amount of protein.

For comparison, I would like to point out that 100 grams of beef steak gives you about 29g of protein, and 100 grams of chickpeas they give you about 8 g.
Many experts have said that for optimal health and wellness, people need between 0,7-1g of protein per kilogram of body mass per day.

In this case, I personally would need to eat more than 2 pounds diceci every day to balance the recommended dose of protein. O 1kg. almonds, or 23 slices of whole wheat bread, or 450g.di tempeh (fermented soybeans).

So, if you take away the soy, grains, beans, and more to make your Paleo diet, were nuts and seeds as the main sources of protein, and I said that I should eat 1 pound of almonds a day to meet the my needs.

So you can be vegan and Paleo? Well, you would have resulted in an increase in weight, caused by the need to get a good amount of protein, so my answer is no.

Here is an account of a former vegan converted to Paleo, describing what you can do as a vegan to make your diet better without consuming animal products.

"As for vegetarians, we need to understand who is a vegetarian. I never understood why one is considered "vegetarian" and continue to eat fish, eggs or poultry at times. The last time I checked, salmon and chickens were not among the vegetables ... However, if you're that kind of "vegetarian", then you can live well with the paleo. You should try to eat more poultry, fish, and if you do not have problems of consumption of eggs, also eat more of those.

If you are a vegetarian and the only source of animal food that you eat are dairy products, so try to buy them at zero distance or from a local producer and always full. Sarai Paleo if you do so? No, and I do not encourage people to eat dairy products.

If you eat dairy and follow all other Paleo principles, you will be "Primal".
Primal is close enough to the Paleo, but with the addition of a high-fat, high-quality, preferably fermented milk if you can digest it.

One cup of whole milk still only provides about 8 grams of protein, but it is certainly better than nothing, if you do not eat soy, beans, and other grains as a protein source.
in which case you may not be Paleo.

In addition to this, if you want to become vegetarian or vegan diet, you do these things. Avoid vegetable oils such as soybean, corn, cotton, and other oli treated high in omega 6. Do not drink your calories in the form of sugary drinks or juices. Avoid refined sugar, including high fructose corn syrup, white cane sugar, and many others. Do not consume food, obviously false, as aspartame, other fake sugars, food coloring. Do not rely on caffeine to keep you awake during the day. Also, I recommend a good multivitamin so you do not become deficient in substances that are found only in the flesh. "

Paleo Bread Integral

Paleo Bread Integral

Today's recipe is a Paleo Bread "Integral" with flax seeds. I wanted to get a kind of "dark bread paleo" rich in fiber, so I mixed the almond flour with ground flax seed bread turning out very similar to appearance and flavor to the full. I have worked on this bread for some time, removing and adding ingredients and this recipe is one that satisfies me the most. A few weeks ago I took a loaf of this bread home from friends who were surprised by the quality, softness and flavor because they did not believe it did not contain cereal flours.

This bread is naturally gluten-free, because it lacks any cereal, is suitable to accompany meats, meat and eggs, I really like it toasted.

Ingredients
  • 100 grams of flour blanched almonds
  • 30 grams of flax seed
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon salt integral Atlantic
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon of organic honey acacia
  • For the cover
  • 10 grams of sesame seeds
Proceedings
  1. Put flax seed in an electric coffee grinder and grind to flour is not too fine.
  2. Mix the ground almonds with flour flax seed, salt and baking soda.
  3. Beat eggs with honey.
  4. Combine the wet ingredients to the dry ones and mix well.
  5. Cover with wax paper, a loaf pan (size 21 x 7 x 5 cm in height) and pour the mixture.
  6. Cover the surface of the bread with sesame seeds and bake at 170 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown, regolandovi with your oven and doing the toothpick test cooked.
  7. Let cool and slice.
Tips: This bread is preserved for a few days wrapped in waxed paper inside a bag for foods. Adapts to be toasted and you can freeze sliced.

Paleo Maki Sushi

Paleo Maki Sushi

Sushi is the food most famous Japanese cuisine, born in ancient times to preserve fish. In fact, originally put the fish in the cooked rice that brewing allowed to keep the fish for several months, marinating lasted years then passed to the cleanup phase throwing the fermented rice, a long process that eventually was made ​​faster thanks to 'vinegar. He began to sell the first tidbits in the stalls, and since then the sushi has become a food takeaways.

If you've been in a Japanese restaurant, you will have seen that the sushi is raw fish, rice, seaweed and vegetables. The maki is a version of which is used in rolled sushi nori to wrap and compress the contents of the form rolls.

To adapt the maki sushi food Paleo (which does not include cereals, dairy products and legumes) I enjoyed replace rice with cauliflower, combining ingredients known by other less known and I must admit that this Paleo Maki Sushi is delicious, a version surely unknown to the Japanese J redone trying other alternatives, convenient to carry to work, suitable for the 'aperitif or a savory snack.

Makes about 20 Paleo Maki Sushi
  • 5 sheets of nori seaweed for sushi (measures 20 x 12 cm)
  • 400 grams of broccoli cauliflower
  • 80 grams of smoked wild salmon
  • ½ avocado
  • A small carrot
  • sea ​​salt with algae
  • 1 teaspoon of organic apple cider vinegar unpasteurized
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • Bamboo mat for sushi
Proceedings
  1. Wash the cauliflower and steam until soft; cool and put in a food processor and operate the blades for a few seconds until a "rice" of cauliflower.
  2. Remove the cauliflower from the robot and season with salt, sesame oil and vinegar.
  3. Cut the smoked salmon into strips.
  4. Peel and cut the avocado into thin strips.
  5. Peel and cut the carrots into thin strips.
  6. Place a sheet of nori on the bamboo mat, with the shiny side facing down.
  7. Spread a thin layer of cauliflower sull'alga, freeing a portion of about 2 cm at the top in front of you; leveling the cauliflower with the back of a spoon.
  8. Arrange horizontally on the first half, strips of smoked salmon, avocado and carrots.
  9. Carefully roll maki sushi, with the help of the mat, by joining the ingredients until well seal the roll.
  10. Repeat the procedure with the other sheets of seaweed until all ingredients are used.
  11. With a sharp knife cut the roll into slices with a thickness of about 2.5 cm.
  12. Serve.
Tips: The "rice" of cauliflower has a neutral flavor, it can reduce the thickness of the layer according to your preference. Any balances remaining avocado and carrots can be served separately. The drink usually served with sushi is green tea with a delicate aroma like green tea Bancha.

Info: The seaweed nori are prepared from red algae, shredded, dried and pressed, sold in thin sheets suitable to prepare rolls. They have a high content of vitamins, minerals and Omega-3.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Paleo mashed carrots

Paleo mashed carrots

Today I'll discover a classic of our grandmothers but adapted to the Paleo diet recipes. The recipe is not very different from the original recipe, but I find that the result is really best.

Important : those who do not like the taste of coconut will feel not at all in the recipe. It is a bit like coconut oil that has virtually no coconut taste when used for cooking.

Ingredient
  • 1 kilo of carrots
  • 1 box of coconut milk
  • 1 pinch of garlic
  • 1 sprig of fresh basil
How to cook
  1. Peel the carrots using a steward
  2. Cut into slices carrots
  3. Put the carrots in a pan of hot water and boil for 15 minutes (stitch carrots to see if they are cooked)
  4. Drain the carrots and put them in the blender.
  5. Add the coconut milk, garlic and herbs and mix everything.
  6. Enjoy your meal

Paleo Orange Jam

Paleo Orange Jam

Who said that being Paleo could not eat jam? A fairly simple recipe which allows to make delicious jams Orange relieved by the cinnamon.

Ingredient
  • 4 medium-sized oranges
  • 4 cases of honey
  • 1 cac of cinnamon
How to cook
  • Cut the oranges in half
  • Separate the skin from the flesh of the oranges
  • Cut the equivalent of an orange peel into small pieces
  • Boil for 20 minutes with the addition of cinnamon
Now, the Paleo jam it is eaten with what and how? If you have ideas please contact us in the comments.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Paleo Diet Menu

Paleo Diet Menu

The Paleo diet is a diet that is designed to replicate the same diet that our ancestors ate. This means that many of the foods we are used to eating in the modern age are restricted, such as packaged and processed foods, processed meats, grains, dairy products, refined sugar, refined fats, fruit juices, and soda. The Paleo diet is heralded as one of the best diets for weight loss and is now catching on with health enthusiasts. But given how the diet restricts many of the foods we have all grown to find comfort in, many people find it difficult to switch to the diet because they are not sure what they should be eating. Contrary to what you may believe, the diet does indeed offer a variety of meals. A good way to start of your transition to the Paleo diet is with a Paleo diet menu.

With the right Paleo diet recipe, you will barely notice that you are missing the foods you have grown accustomed to eating. Even without dairy products and grains, you can still enjoy plenty of well balanced and delicious meals. While you might be accustomed to breakfasts that consist of milk with cereal, pancakes, eggs or toast, the paleo diet gives you a whole different perspective on breakfast. A good breakfast in the Paleo menu can consist of things like pumpkin muffins, eggs with salsa, a breakfast smoothie, a good omelet with Paleo friendly fillings, or a sweet potato hash. You don’t need dairy or grains to make a good breakfast. With this diet, your breakfasts can consist of eggs, muffins, smoothies or shakes, lean meat sausages, and even bacon. Making your breakfasts Paleo diet friendly is much easier than it seems.

For lunch, forget about the typical sandwiches, beef hamburgers and burritos. With a Paleo diet menu, enjoy healthy, nutritious and tasty lunches that consist of things such as turkey burgers, chicken cutlets, baked tilapia, or other seafood, salads, or any combination of those foods or other Paleo friendly foods. You can always try to look up a paleo diet recipe for ideas on what to serve. Your options with a Paleo diet lunch don’t have to feel limited at all; in fact, they are much healthier than the average lunch choices of fast food or microwavable meals. One example of a Paleo diet recipe for lunch is this recipe for Chicken Sliders. You can still enjoy the foods you are familiar with, just make sure they’re Paleo friendly.

Dinner is usually the most awaited meal of the day. Making it a Paleo dinner is quite simple. With a paleo diet menu dinner, you can still enjoy your favorites like steaks, pork or lamb chops, meat loaf, burgers, seafood, vegetables, and more. Just choose Paleo friendly meats instead of meats that you usually buy. The diet restricts processed meats and fatty meats, so stick to lean meats and try to invest in grass fed beef and organic meat. It will cost more or be more difficult to find, but it will definitely be worth it in the end.

Paleo Diet Dessert Recipes

Paleo Diet Dessert Recipes

Many people want to live a healthy lifestyle. Some of them engage in diet programs that include eating raw foods that eventually sacrifice the real taste of a food. Are you craving for sweets, but you don’t want to destroy your diet? Paleo diet can help you maintain your diet as well as please your sweet tooth with its dessert recipes.

What is Paleo Diet?
 
Paleo diet is derived from the word “Paleolithic”. This diet is also known as the Paleolithic or ancestor diet because the foods in this diet are the foods being prepared during the Paleolithic period. These foods are the meals that are eaten by the caveman during this era.
 
Paleo recipes are rich in protein as well as vitamins and minerals. The ingredients used are all organic and natural. These recipes are designed for people who want to eat fresh foods that are free from chemicals and preservatives. Paleo recipes use fresh meats, vegetables and other raw ingredients. These ingredients cannot be seen in stores and supermarkets because these ingredients need to be freshly harvested from farms.
 
Dessert Recipes
 
If you think that Paleo recipes are just for main dishes, there are also Paleo diet dessert recipes that can complete the meal. These recipes will satisfy your cravings for dessert while having a healthy diet. One of these dessert recipes is the Paleo’s Chocolate Cranberry Pie.
 
Paleo’s Chocolate Cranberry Pie uses almond flour, coconut oil, coconut milk, cocoa, egg and cranberries. It uses these organic ingredients as a substitute to the ordinary ingredients of pie. Though this recipe uses natural ingredients, it won’t sacrifice the desired taste of this dessert.
 
Other recipes are apple pie, raspberry cones and spiced cake. These desserts will satisfy your craving for desserts that are prepared in unique ways. You can also have a hands-on experience on this recipe because you will be the one to prepare it for yourself.
 
Benefits of Paleo Diet Recipes
 
Paleo diet dessert recipes and other recipes in Paleo diet cookbooks serve as alternative recipes for the usual desserts that are being processed in stores and restaurants. They make use of farm fresh ingredients. These ingredients have natural nutrients that are supplied to the body. The nutrients help in losing weight and fats as well as gaining muscle tissues. It also helps in having a stronger immune system and increasing the energy of the body. It can also give you healthier skin and teeth.
 
People make their own recipes to please their tongue. To make it a more enjoyable experience, they cook and prepare the meal for themselves. Paleo diet is not a boring diet because searching for fresh ingredients will be the most challenging part of meal preparation. You have to befriend farm owners to easily buy those ingredients. If you love cooking, then this diet is perfect for you. It is because you will be the one to prepare the meal as instructed in the cookbook. You can also make your own recipe using those ingredients and create your own specialized Paleolithic dish.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Paleo floating islands vanilla blueberry

Paleo floating islands vanilla blueberry

A simple light dessert, good and healthy ...

These glasses can be made with any fruit! You to test! :-)

Chef: Blandine
Kitchen: Paleo Recipe type: Desert paleo Number of persons: 4
Preparation time: about 20 mins Cooking time: about 1 min Total time: 21 mins

Ingredients
  • Blueberries (fresh or frozen) 400g
  • honey (or maple syrup): 40g
  • Egg whites: 4
  • Vanilla 1 pinch
Instructions
  1. Start by preparing the grout blueberries. Put blueberries (frozen or fresh) in a saucepan with 100g of water and honey. Cook for 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, up the egg whites in which you put vanilla. Stiff.
  3. Put them into 4 small ramekins and cook 30 seconds at low power in the microwave.
  4. Aside.
  5. Mix blueberries into a sauce.
  6. Pour into the glasses.
  7. Post-y egg whites cooked.
  8. Refrigerate at least 25 min.
  9. Garnish with fresh blueberries.
  10. That's it! :-)
Information
Waiting time: 25 minutes in the refrigerator Level of difficulty: easy

Paleo glasses almond-orange

Paleo glasses almond-orange

Probably one of my favorite desserts! Light, fresh and tangy wish. The almond-orange glasses are a delight for the taste buds!

Try them and you tell me the news!

Chef: Blandine
Kitchen: Paleo Recipe type: Desert paleo Number of people: 6
Preparation time: about 15 mins Cooking time: Total time: 15 mins

Ingredients
  • Oranges (or orange juice) 3 (or 250 ml)
  • Almond Milk: 300 ml
  • Egg yolks: 3
  • Honey (or maple syrup): 30g
  • Arrowroot: 20g
  • Vanilla 1 pinch
  • Agar: ½ teaspoon
  • Whole almonds crushed: A handful (for decoration)
Instructions
  1. Dissolve arrowroot and vanilla in the cold almond milk. Put it to heat gently in a saucepan.
  2. In a bowl, beat egg yolks with honey.
  3. Pour the boiling milk over the mixture while beating. Return to the heat until thickened, whisking constantly (it thickens very quickly).
  4. Divide the cream in the glasses.
  5. Squeeze the oranges, or use orange juice. Dilute the juice with agar-agar and bring it to a boil in a saucepan.
  6. Remove from heat and let cool. Then pour into the glasses of almond cream.
  7. Book 1 hour in the refrigerator.
  8. Before serving, sprinkle with chopped some almonds.
  9. Enjoy! :-)
Information
Quantity: 6 glasses Waiting time: 1 hour in the refrigerator Level of difficulty: Medium

Paleo apricot tart

Paleo apricot tart

Apricots announce the coming summer! Their tangy flavor and orange delight as pupils that the taste buds!

This recipe for apricot tart Paleo is a cinch! Test it and see for yourself! :)

Chef: Blandine
Number of people: 6
Preparation time: about 10 mins Cooking time: about 30 mins Total time: 40 mins

Ingredients
  • Fresh apricots: about 18
  • Almonds: A small handful
  • Honey: 10 g
  • For the dough:
  • Almond powder: 100g
  • Grated coconut: 100g
  • Honey: 40g
  • Egg: 1
  • Salt: 1 pinch
Instructions
  1. Start by setting your oven preheating to 180 ° C
  2. Put all the ingredients for dough in a food processor and blend!
  3. You get a paste that you can spread directly by hand in a pie pan.
  4. Cut apricots into 4 and place them on the dough.
  5. Bake it!
  6. Halfway through, add a little honey on apricots and sprinkle with sliced ​​almonds.
  7. Re-bake in a low T ° C oven to 150 ° C.
  8. Finish cooking in the oven always watching (the edges tend to brown quickly!)
  9. That's it! The hardest part is waiting for it to cool a little before serving! :)

Paleo banana mousse with cinnamon

Paleo banana mousse with cinnamon

Have a little overripe bananas in your fruit basket? No problem, use them to do this off and you will give them a second life!

This recipe is best to use a little overripe bananas! And she is super easy to make! :)

Chef: Blandine
Number of persons: 4
Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: Total time: 10 mins

Ingredients
  • Ripe bananas 400g peeled
  • Egg whites: 4 (about 120g)
  • Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
  • Vanilla 1 pinch
  • Lemon: 1
  • Agar: ½ teaspoon
  • Honey (optional): 40g
Instructions
  1. Put in a pan to heat, agar-agar with 50 ml of water or vegetable milk if you (a glass bottom) ,. Stop the fire to the boil.
  2. Mix the bananas with the lemon juice (zest too if you want), vanilla, cinnamon and liquefied agar and heated (this is the result of the heat that gives it its gel strength).
  3. Whisk an egg whites with a pinch of salt.
  4. Gently mix the banana cream with egg whites.
  5. Pour into ramekins and place them in the refrigerator at least 3 hours to get a fairly firm foam.
  6. Decorate with slices of banana and pinches cinnamon (and cinnamon sticks if you have!)
Information
Waiting time: 3 hours Difficulty: Easy

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Paleo kiwi-coconut glasses

Paleo kiwi-coconut glasses

A quick and refreshing notes of exotic dessert ... the glasses kiwi-coconut! Perfect after a rather heavy meal .... And you can also replace the Kiwis by any fruit!
 
Kitchen: Paleo Recipe type: desert paleo Number of persons: 4
 
Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: Total time: 10 mins

Ingredients
  • kiwis: 5
  • Coconut milk: 400 g
  • Honey (or maple syrup): 40g
  • Arrowroot: 20g
  • Vanilla 1 pinch
  • Coconut powder: A few pinches (for decoration)
Instructions
  1. Peel the kiwis, detail-½ slices and line the bottom with glass jars. Itemize the other 4 diced (they will go on top of the glasses). You can also mix them.
  2. Dissolve arrowroot, vanilla and honey in the coconut milk and put it in a pan to heat. Stir until you get a thick cream.
  3. Pour into the glasses.
  4. Divide the diced kiwi (or mixed if you prefer) on top.
  5. Then sprinkle coconut for garnish.
  6. Refrigerate 45 minutes.
  7. That's it! Perfect little easy, fresh, vitamins and desserts. You can also substitute another kiwi fruit of your choice.

Paleo mini burgers

Paleo mini burgers

Summer is coming, and it smells like BBQ evenings with friends on the terrace. Who says BBQ, burgers often said. As the traditional burger contains bread, it was inspired to offer an equally delicious alternative!

Mini burgers paleo

The whole gives about 14 bites.

What?

For the meatballs:

500g minced beef (see the list of organic producers to receive your copy)

1 c. tablespoons Dijon mustard

1 c. teaspoon organic honey

1 c. paprika

1/2 c. teaspoon hot sauce (optional)

7-8 cherry tomatoes

50g cheddar cheese (or any cheese you prefer)

Some toothpicks

How?

In a bowl, mix the minced meat with Dijon mustard, honey, paprika and hot sauce. Using your hands, make small meatballs. We offer this presentation, you might as well do the usual format of the burger. In a skillet, cook the meatballs in a little olive oil or coconut oil, until the meat is cooked.

Cut the tomatoes and cheese into small pieces. Using toothpicks, assemble the mini-burgers with patty, tomato and cheese.

As a side dish, we suggest you a creamy coleslaw. For 1 cup finely chopped cabbage, it takes about 1 to 2 tbsp. tablespoons Greek yogurt (excellent source of protein), 1 c. mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

A guaranteed success with friends!

Paleo Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

Paleo Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

We love to find an alternative to conventional paleo to impress our non-paleo friends always tanks. In seeking a recipe for cupcakes gluten and sugar (not easy), we stumbled upon this blog in English paleo adorable, The Paleo Project where the blogger qualifies as imperfectly paleo (I love that phrase that describes me perfectly) . Supporting evidence (that is our own picture), we try the recipe for Paleo cupcakes with chocolate frosting and it was a success. You'll never want to go back to pre cupcakes that you will find far too sweet.

The original recipe is in English, so here is a free translation from us.

Preparation: 15 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Total time: 35 mins

Ingredient

For the cupcake:
  • 6 eggs (small personal variant, 4 eggs and 2 egg whites)
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • ½ cup coconut oil
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 c. tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 c. teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ c. teaspoon baking powder
For the chocolate icing:
  • 1 cup dark chocolate 70% or more
  • ½ cup coconut oil
  • 2 c. tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 c. Soup to extract vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a bowl, combine coconut flour, sea salt and baking powder. Mix well.
  3. In another bowl, combine eggs, coconut oil, honey and vanilla. Mix well.
  4. Add the cream mixture to the dry mixture and mix well to obtain a homogeneous and smooth. Finally pour the mixture into your molds.
  5. Cook for 20 minutes. Remove and let cool.
  6. For the chocolate icing, chocolate making based and properly mixed with coconut oil and maple syrup.
  7. Once mixed, place the mixture in the freezer for about 10 minutes or until frosting is cooled and thickened. Then beat with an electric mixer until desired consistency.
  8. Finally, the icing to decorate the cupcakes and all, sprinkle with grated coconut.

Paleo hot chocolate

Paleo hot chocolate

What could be better after a day of skiing relax under a blanket with a good book or watching a movie, slowly sipping a hot chocolate. No need for the ski day this week, with the cold wave that promises to Quebec, a simple walk outside you will appreciate both the blanket and hot chocolate.

Here is a simple and quick way to get a delicious hot chocolate recipe.

Cooking about time: 10 mins Total about time: 10 mins
Servings: 1 person

Ingredient
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 c. tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 1 c. teaspoon coconut sugar
  • Pinch of cinnamon (to taste)
How?
  1. In a pot, heat the milk over medium fire.
  2. Add cocoa powder and sugar coconut and mix well.
  3. Stirring often, leave it on the heat until the desired temperature (5-10 minutes).
  4. Serve in a mug with a pinch of cinnamon.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Paleo chocolate mousse

Paleo chocolate mousse

The chocolate mousse is one of the easiest to achieve revenue and more popular (unless you're the grumpy smurf and you do not like chocolate.) The new version I offer is signed by a top chef pastry.

Chocolate is one of the snacks that you can give to satisfy your sweet cravings. Obviously, the more chocolate is black, the better! Why? Because then contains less sugar, more cocoa and therefore more antioxidant , but also more fatty acid that take your breath hunger. Prepared foam you operate another type of gustatory pleasure.

I had already proposed the chocolate mousse in the program in 5 weeks to reward you for your efforts. It was the simplest form: eggs and chocolate. Today, to reward you for your efforts to take care of yourself by eating paleo, I propose an improved version, inspired by my favorite pastry chef and creator of the finest delicacies: Pierre Hermé.

For this paleo version, the milk is replaced with coconut milk. A little sugar is used. If you are paleo-adapted, you do not need that extra sugar.

Ingredients
  • 170 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
  • 80 g of coconut milk
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 4 egg whites
  • 20 g sugar cane least refined as possible (Optional)
Instructions
  1. Heat the coconut milk.
  2. Meanwhile, cut the chocolate into pieces (the best being the chop).
  3. When milk is hot, pour it over the chocolate and stir gently. Add the egg yolk and mix.
  4. Beat the egg whites while adding sugar rain.
  5. Stir in 3 egg whites to the chocolate.
  6. Put mixture into ramekins and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Tip
Cane sugar is less refined than the normal sugar. Then that's what I used. You can replace it with any.What other sweetening substance that will bring his little personal touch. I thought the coconut sugar, but it requires a certain budget.

Paleo nutella rolled

Paleo nutella rolled

Who says Rolled pancake said. And who says crepe, said wheat flour. But for this recipe you have that paleo products and no almonds (found a little too much for my taste in sweet recipes). And to top it off, three practical advantages over the standard version.

The main ingredients in this recipe are plantains and eggs. Do not use flour brings three advantages over the classic version:
  1. You do not have to let the dough rest.
  2. You certainly will not get lumps.
  3. You can not miss a pancake (it's just too easy to do).
Surprisingly, the taste of eggs does not feel that is a good point. And the use of plantain brings good texture. And bakery any difference gram can change everything, I bring you the exact dosage that I used.

Ingredients
  • 210 g of plantain (about one large)
  • 160 g egg (about 3 medium)
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 pinch salt
Instructions
  1. Mix all the ingredients to form a smooth dough.
  2. Make pancakes in a frying pan non-stick.
  3. Spread pancakes nutella paleo.
  4. Roll the pancakes and cut off the ends with a knife.
Tip
You can cut pieces the size of a maki and serve skewered on a wooden pick appetizer.

Paleo cereal bar

Paleo cereal bar

In the family of paleo snacks, I ask the cereal bar. Obviously this recipe contains no cereal. But if you ever tired of eating dry fruits alone, and the muffin is not for you, here's a recipe for energy bar to fill your cravings.

Ingredients
  • 250g hazelnuts
  • 200 g of dried apricots
  • 2 eggs
  • 15 squares of dark chocolate 64%
  • 2 pinches of salt
Instructions
  1. Mix nuts and dried apricots.
  2. Beat the eggs, add them to fruit and mix well.
  3. Cut into small squares of chocolate chips and add to mixture Salt.
  4. Roll out to a thickness of about 1.5 cms (with those amounts, I could fill a frame pin 20x20 cms)
  5. Bake bar about 25 minutes at 180 ° C. Bring cereal bar to cold
Tips

Vary according to your taste: you can substitute hazelnuts for walnuts or almonds, dried apricots with prunes. In the first photo, the bar is 4 x 16 cms. On the second, the squares have 4 cms aside. But I warn you that you eat more with this format every innocent appearance. You can also prepare hazelnuts: soak them overnight and let drain 30 minutes. Roast in the oven at 150 ° C for 40-45 min (soaking them wet)

Paleo fruit cake

Paleo fruit cake

Here is another example showing that the recipe wheat is not essential even for cakes. This recipe for mini fruit cakes in convenient format (you can easily get to work) will ensure you a good taste paleo.

Ingredients
  • 150g ground almonds
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 100g raisins
  • 50g pecans
  • 50 g hazelnuts
  • 4 eggs (about 230g)
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Mix the ground almonds, salt and baking soda
  2. Add the dried fruit
  3. In another bowl, beat of eggs and add vanilla extract, coconut oil and honey
  4. Mix the contents of both bowls and pour into a greased mini cake ( the one I use )
  5. Bake 30 minutes at 180 ° C.
Tips

If you do not like raisins, you can easily substitute another dried fruit (apricots, dates, prunes). Similarly, you can use almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts ...

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Paleo lasagna without pasta

Paleo lasagna without pasta

Paleo lasagna recipe without pasta, bechamel or is this always lasagna? Out of respect for Italian culture, I would say no. But the principle remains the same: alternating layer of meat sauce and tomato slices ...

... Eggplant. Pasta is replaced by eggplant and béchamel a preparation 100% paleo. That the right products for a paleo recipe, perfect to introduce your family to the paleo diet.

Ingredients

To prepare meat-tomato
  • 500g minced beef
  • 500 g tomatoes (about 5 medium)
  • 250g onion (about 1 large)
  • 1 clove garlic
  •  tomato paste
  •  oregano
  •  salt
For "bechamel" paleo
  • Nuts 100 g
  • 50 g almond
  • 200 ml water
  • Pasta lasagna paleo
  • 250/300 g eggplants (about 2 medium)
Instructions
  1. Cut the eggplant slices for about 5 mm (if the slices are too thin, they burn in the oven). You must get enough slices to cover your baking dish twice.
  2. With a brush, brush the eggplant slices with olive oil (you must act quickly because the flesh absorbs oil quickly) Put in the oven at 160 ° C in grill mode for 10 minutes. Watch the slices do not burn. When it begins to brown, turn slices.
  3. While the eggplant is cooking, cut the onion, garlic and fry them in the pan, in olive oil until onions are translucent.
  4. With ground beef, shape with your hands into small balls and add them to the pan with the onions. Stir.
  5. Cut the tomatoes into slices. And add them to the pan when the meat is cooked on the surface. Stir.
  6. Mix together the walnuts, almonds and 200ml of water. You get a dough should be the consistency of a thick sauce, not liquid. If it is too pasty, add more water. You must be able to spread easily. Salt
  7. Pour half of the water that is in the pan and add the tomato paste to give consistency. Adjust seasoning with salt and oregano. Stir.
  8. Pour 1/3 of your preparation beef-onion-tomato in the dish. Cover with a layer of eggplant slices, then your preparation walnut-almond.
  9. Repeat step 8
  10. You finish by covering your preparation beef-onion-tomato. Please do not top with a layer of walnut-almond paste.
  11. Bake 20 minutes at 160 ° C.
Tips

Good meat
Depending on where you live, supermarkets offer a meat counter very correct. Rather than taking ground meat already packaged, ask the butcher to make you from a real piece of meat, you're sure (e) to have a fresh product.

Cut an onion without crying
Cut the ends of the onion and soak it in a container of water. Peel the onion under water. Take it out of the water, cut it in half and immerse briefly (2 sec) 2 pieces in water. Now you can chop your two pieces of onion without shedding a tear (you do not need to rush you but do not put 3h either).

Mounting lasagna
Why not end with the preparation walnut-almond?
Because the oven will roast nuts and give them a stronger flavor that will take too much.
The interest of the walnut-almond preparation is to have a texture that is similar to the bechamel. The taste of nuts should be minimal, and for that they must remain inside the flat.

Paleo Chicken Stew

Paleo Chicken Stew

This is a rather special dish I book you because it relates to my childhood. In fact, my father had us regularly this recipe which has always been one of my favorites. I realized some time ago that it is fully compatible with the paleo diet. I remade last weekend and I share it with you.

Ingredients
  • 1 chicken farmer (gross 2,4kgs, 1.8kg of useful material)
  • 1 onion
  • 3 tomatoes (about 300g)
  • 70g tomato paste
  • 150 ml water
  • 50g ghee
  • 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
Instructions
  1. Remove skin from chicken and cut it into pieces with a knife or kitchen shears
  2. Chop the onion and fry in a pan with clarified butter
  3. When the onions are nicely browned, add the meat and cook surface.
  4. Meanwhile, mix the tomatoes with the concentrate and ginger.
  5. When the meat is entered, pour the sauce and add enough water to almost cover everything. Mix well.
  6. Cook, covered, over low heat for 30 minutes.
  7. Remove the lid and cook for 20 minutes
  8. Serve with cauliflower mixed and steamed (it is cauliflower in the picture, and not rice:-))
Tips
Prepare this dish the day ahead. When finished cooking, let stand, covered, overnight and reheat over low heat the next day. It will only get better.

Feel free to cut the thigh bones and wings 3, in order to properly release the bone during cooking.

Your chicken farmer will normally be accompanied by the offal (liver, gizzard, heart, kidney). Cut the gizzards and liver into pieces and add all the rest of the meat.

When you remove the skin, fat can remain on the meat: you can leave.

This dish has a lot of bone and it can be tedious to remove the flesh. Keep this dish for your family and eat the most difficult pieces with your fingers. You have no choice if you want to enjoy the nutritional properties of the bone stuck in the bone.

Paleo chicken with turnips and honey recipe

Paleo chicken with turnips and honey recipe

It's not very sexy turnips. Besides, this is what a bad movie they say. But it is a great mistake because turnips, as rutabagas , is rich in minerals and vitamins. Raw, it has a slight taste of radishes.
 
In today's recipe, you have the option of cook and put up with a sweet touch salty ( it's my time ).

Ingredients
  • 300 g of chicken
  • 4 turnips
  • 4 shallots
  • 2 teaspoons of ghee
  •  sliced ​​almonds
Instructions
  1. Heat the water to cook turnips steamed.
  2. Meanwhile, peel the turnips and cut them into slices.
  3. Cook the slices with steam for 5 minutes.
  4. Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee and fry the shallots.
  5. Cut the chicken into pieces and add it to the shallots.
  6. Add honey and mix well. Add the slices and let them brown on each side.
  7. In a saucepan, brown the sliced ​​almonds in 1 teaspoon of ghee. Salt.
  8. Make the base: make a stand with the sliced ​​turnips. Add the chicken and sprinkle with sliced ​​almonds.
Tip
ou can replace the honey very caloric and not given by cider or apple cider vinegar (or wine or verjuice, I guess it's okay paleo), Full versions spicy and cool are possible because chicken and turnip are chameleon food ...

Paleo recipe of marinated duck with orange

Paleo recipe of marinated duck with orange

A nice little recipe, combining the sweetness of the oranges with the force of a duck. Very colorful and "brilliant," the pleasure of the palate happens after viewing pleasure.

Ingredients
  • 300-400 g of duck
  • 2 small peppers (one red, one green)
  • 1 onion
  • 4 oranges
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Cut the duck breasts into strips and the strips into pieces (you get nugets)
  2. Squeeze the oranges and mix with olive oil and salt.
  3. Let marinate the duck pieces for at least 30 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, cut the peppers into small cubes, chop the onion and fry all in a little olive oil for 5-6 minutes.
  5. Drain the duck pieces. Reserve 2 tablespoons marinade and pour the rest over the vegetables. Let reduce by half.
  6. When the sauce is reduced by half, sear the duck pieces one minute on each side.
  7. Arrange the duck pieces on the plates. Deglaze the pan with 2 tablespoons marinade and pour the juice over the duck pieces.
  8. Serve with vegetables.
Tips

This recipe will give you pieces of peppers tender and easy to digest. But if you have trouble digesting peppers normally, you can blanch (remove the skin). Boil some water. Meanwhile, make a cross-shaped notch in peppers. Turn off the heat and dip the peppers for 1-2 minutes. This time is sufficient for the skin peels off alone at the notch. You just have to pull it to remove it.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Paleo recipe of chicken wrap, bacon and salad

Paleo recipe of chicken wrap, bacon and salad

In the summer, you do not have too hungry: it's hot and you have better things to do than cook. That's good because me too.

Today as well tell you right away, I did not trodden. I cut the chicken breast, I surrounded by bacon and hop in the oven. Result: a small plate quickly run to eat paleo.

Ingredients
  • 300g chicken breast
  • 14 thin slices of pork belly
  • 10 lettuce leaves
  • 28 wooden picks appetizer
Instructions
  1. Cut the chicken into 28 bite-sized pieces.
  2. Coat 14 pieces with a slice of smoked bacon. Hold everything with a wooden pick.
  3. Bake 15-20 minutes at 200 ° C. Turn halfway through cooking.
  4. Meanwhile wash the salad leaves and cook in a pan the other 14 pieces of chicken.
  5. Allow to cool and coat the pieces of salad. Do keep it off with a pic.
  6. Serve hot and cold appetizers.
Tips
Ask your butcher to cut you off thin slices (proposed on the stall are often thick)

Paleo chicken coconut curry

Paleo chicken coconut curry

Like the exotic? You do not have time to cook? Perfect! This simple and effective recipe is ideal when you come home from work at night and you do not have much time. Its exoticism you will travel to make you forget the daily routine.

Ingredients
  • 400 g of chicken
  • 400 g cauliflower
  • 200 ml of coconut milk
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tablespoon curry (1 tablespoon = 15ml)
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
Instructions
  1. Heat the coconut oil in the pan
  2. Slice the onion and chicken
  3. Sauté 3-4 minutes over high heat in coconut oil
  4. Meanwhile, cut the cauliflower into pieces
  5. Add the coconut milk and cauliflower in the pan.
  6. Mix well and put on low heat, covered
  7. Cook for 5 minutes.
  8. Add the curry, mix well and cook for 2 minutes uncovered.
Tips
Before serving, you can add a few shavings of fresh coconut and coriander leaf for color.

Paleo leg chicken roasted lemon with vegetables Recipe

Paleo leg chicken roasted lemon with vegetables Recipe

Svenja TrierScheids, She think this recipe for creme guides could not be easier and it is still tasty and healthy at the same time. Have fun cooking!

For 2 servings you will need:
  • 2 chicken legs
  • 1 sweet potato, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1-2 thumb-sized pieces of chorizo, roughly chopped
  • 1 zucchini, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Kaffir lime leaves powdered,
  • Chili flakes
  • Garlic pepper, optional chopped garlic + pepper
How to cooking Paleo leg roasted lemon with vegetables Recipe
  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °.
  2. Ghee, lemon juice, salt, pepper and seasoning mix to a paste.
  3. Add the vegetables, chorizo ​​and the leg thoroughly with the paste rub until everything is covered.
  4. Put the vegetables with the chorizo ​​in a baking dish / on a baking sheet and put the legs chicken on it.
  5. Bake for about 50 minutes.

Paleo Mexican Chicken Mole Recipe

Paleo Mexican Chicken Mole Recipe

For this weekend has Svenja Trierscheid be inspired by the Mexican cuisine. There are Mole chicken!

For 2 servings you will need:
  • 2 chicken thighs
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • fresh chopped chilies, to taste
  • 200 ml of chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • Cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, coriander seeds
How to cook Paleo Mexican Chicken Mole Recipe
  1. The legs in a large, deep pan with lid in plenty of ghee or coconut oil saute until they get color and take out again.
  2. Garlic, onions and spices, heat briefly in the remaining fat.
  3. Fill with the tomatoes, the cocoa powder and cook the leg put back inside.
  4. The pan now cover the legs and simmer for about 7-10 minutes until they are cooked through.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Paleo Picadillo Recipe

Paleo Picadillo Recipe

No recipe brings the three main ingredients of Paleo-kitchen - meat, vegetables and fruit - so enjoyable and aromatic together like this dish: Picadillo.

It is pronounced: "Pikadiyo" because the double "l" is spoken in Spanish as "y". The court comes namely from the Caribbean, more specifically from Cuba.

I've found it in a Caribbean cookbook called Essential Caribbean  *, Has an American friend gave me times. The Caribbean cuisine is full of paleo-compatible recipes, one must only here and there highlight some flour from the list of ingredients, occasionally omit batters and ignore the rice. Otherwise, 80% of the recipes can be incorporated virtually ummodifiziert. So who is the English language cooking powerful, is this the Caribbean Cookbook  * Recommended.

Literally translated means "picadillo" really only "Small Cut" in the sense of "Chopped", and that is the main ingredient: mincemeat. To this end, peppers, tomatoes, olives, onions and raisins join. And plantains.

Plantains - The tropical alternative to potato

Plantains are recently found in some supermarkets. They are significantly larger than normal bananas and less sweet: If they are still green, they taste neutral, almost like potatoes. The more yellow it will, over time, the more mature they are. Then they develop a slightly bananiges flavor and are always sweeter. So they become a flexible leaflet in moderation harmless, "good" carbohydrates supplies.

Curious? Here comes the recipe to try at home, it is actually quite simple and for our use, I have adapted the recipe a little:

Recipe: Picadillo

Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 2 onions chopped,
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced,
  • 2 bell peppers, cut into cubes
  • 1-2 packs of minced meat (approx 600-800g)
  • 6 tomatoes (or tomato puree 0.5l)
  • 3 tablespoons raisins
  • 3 tablespoons olive pitted,
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon cumin (Cumin)
  • Chili powder (to taste)
  • 1 dash of vinegar
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 plantains, medium ripe (yellow shell, alternatively 3-4 normal bananas)
  • 4 tablespoons butter (for cooking bananas)
Preparation
  1. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. In it the chopped onions, garlic and bell pepper fry.
  2. The minced meat and fry, stirring, until it is browned through.
  3. Tomatoes (mark), raisins, olives, bay leaves, cumin, chili powder and vinegar, salt and pepper and leave for 20 minutes at low heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, until the court slightly thickens.
  4. Meanwhile, peel the plantains, cut in half lengthwise and cut each half again in the middle, transversely.
  5. In another pan fry the plantain pieces on medium heat in the butter turning occasionally, until golden brown.
  6. Serve the picadillo on plates and serve with the fried bananas on it.
Enjoy your meal!

Picadillo-Tuning

The ground meat should already be of good quality. Either you take organic minced or better ground beef from grazing animals, because of better fat composition (minced meat from grazing animals, there are recently more often in frozen food, imported, unfortunately, from as far away as New Zealand, as in this country real grazing animals are rare to find).

The original recipe also had capers in it, if you like it you can like to stir.

Who stand around vegetable scraps, they may be happy to use - there are no fixed rules, what belongs into precisely in a picadillo or not. If I my father (the Chilean and therefore the court knows of course) tell that we cook picadillo, he immediately asks: "picadillo with what?" The type of meat can be varied arbitrarily.

Picadillo is now an integral part of our weekly schedule. The ingredients you can get anywhere (instead of plantains you can not quite ripe bananas take) and they are cheap, so that this court can give an exotic Paleo highlight for guests even for the small purse.

Your Picadillo variants

How do you like this dish? What options you have to come up with you? Write your experiences below in the comments or send me an email!

Paleo chocolate cake

Paleo chocolate cake

The Paleo-rum-raisin stollen from the pre-Christmas article is a real winner, I have now been determined baked 10 times.

It is not even that my most baked recipe. This privilege is one of my absolute favorite pie tonight - with very special guests, but more about that in a later article - has provided enjoyment.

Can there be a better dessert than chocolate cake? Better said: "Tarte of Chocolate", an original French family recipe that my wife Friederike brought back from their au pair time.

I have modified the recipe to make it Paleo-fit countless times: wheat flour replaced with almond, coconut or other flours, taken more or less eggs, with or without baking soda, honey instead of sugar, cocoa powder instead of chocolate, various back- times and cool-down strategies, etc. Anything I've tried it.

Today, it has become a proven, guaranteed delicious, yet extremely simple recipe. Can be so simple chocolate cake!

Since then, the recipe has changed a little bit again: The eternal struggle between cocoa powder (bitter) and honey (sweet) has calmed down a bit and reaches a milder level. The preparation has been a bit more optimized.

Overall, this cake is so easy to make that it can be casually - just the thing for busy kids budget.

Here's the latest version:

Ingredients
  • 6 eggs
  • 100g butter (or coconut oil)
  • 2 go. Tbsp cocoa powder (100%)
  • 3 tablespoons honey forest
Preparation
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
  2. Separate the eggs, beat the egg whites in a food processor very stiff with a pinch of salt.
  3. Meanwhile, melt the butter in the saucepan over medium heat and turn off the heat as soon as a majority of the butter is liquid.
  4. The cocoa powder into the butter dissolve completely using the residual heat.
  5. Successively egg yolk, honey (highest stirring stage) and chocolate butter (medium stirring stage) beat with the food processor with the egg white. In this case, stop as soon as the color is no longer dark.
  6. Pour the mixture into a buttered cake pan, either retained about 5 tablespoons ground. Bake the cake for 20 minutes.
  7. After expiry of the baking time the oven off, but keep the cake in the oven.
  8. After another 20 minutes, remove the cake from the oven and let cool 20 minutes.
  9. Alternatively, the finished cake on a plate and sprinkle with the remaining chocolate mixture.
Cake Tuning

This cake does not need any flour - eggs take over the whole structure work. The gentle cool-down method ensures that the cake less collapses and stays nice and airy.

That you can use the raw dough than chocolate, is the special attraction of this cake. You can also bake all the dough and it shorten the baking time a bit, then the core remains juicy and adds a distinctive melting. Caution: The cake should be consumed in both cases within 2-3 days.

If you want to have a tougher cake, you can of course also fully bake the whole batch of dough as described above.

Of course you can also decorate the cake, eg for birthdays: with melted chocolate (80% strength it should be already) or powdered sugar (1 teaspoon = 5 grams can be for children ever get over).

Instead of a springform pan, you can also muffin pans with the dough bake, or try classic ring cake or loaf tins. Each form has its own characteristics, because the inside of the cake different temperatures arise, which can vary the consistency.

Your Cake experiences

I'm really looking forward to your feedback! So if you bake this cake, please write me (preferably with a photo) in the comments below or via email, as he has become, which variants have your baked and how he has tasted you and your guests.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Paleo Apple Pie

Paleo Apple Pie

The weekend is approaching, the weather is better and it announces itself to visit. So the other day I was experimenting in the kitchen around a bit - and came spontaneously to this recipe: A Paleo-apple cake and just takes a moment.

A fruit cake is really quite simple: you need a dough as a base, then get fruit on it, and maybe even something fluid, so it is not too dry.

In the classical world, there is a cake-batter mostly of flour. In the Paleo-bakery we avoid the other hand, flour and all grain products, because corn is harmful .

Instead, we take it (as have almond worked well) and tie them with eggs: We give the dough mass, the egg binds them together and replaced the sticky ingredients of flour.

Instead of toxic sugar we take honey, and it as little as possible: honey is chemically essentially of fructose and glucose (such as sugar too), but contains at least a couple of valuable ingredients and is sweeter than sugar with the same amount, so that it takes less .

We also have some natural sweetness in store: Now come namely sliced ​​apples and a little applesauce (so that the cake is not too dry) to do so. Some cinnamon gives the cake a refined aroma.

Here is the exact recipe: Paleo Apple Pie

Ingredients:
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 200g ground hazelnuts
  • Butter or coconut oil for the cake pan
  • 2 apples, each cut into 16 equal columns
  • 9 tablespoons applesauce
Preparation:
  1. The oven to 180 ° C preheat.
  2. The eggs with the honey in the mixer at the highest level hit as creamy as possible.
  3. The mixer on medium level switch and the Nußmehle add gradually.
  4. Pour the batter into a buttered cake pan and cover circular with the apples. Consult a computer for the optimal lay-algorithm so that the cake is so evenly at first, like in the picture.
  5. Spread the applesauce evenly over the cake and sprinkle cinnamon on top. This may be a bit chaotic.
  6. The cake 25 minutes to bake in the oven.
Ready!

It's amazing how quickly and easily this cake is baked, it is therefore suitable for great surprise visits. In less than an hour you have conjured up a great cake on the coffee table!

Write your experiences with this cake in the comments and tell me how he has arrived at your visit! I for one am looking forward to Saturday.

Have a nice weekend!

Paleo Banana Spread

Paleo Banana Spread

Now there is this delicious coconut patties, then of course must for breakfast or coffee something delicious on top. Something that one also sweetens without adding more sugar the day.

Bananas are ideally suited for a fruity spread, without which one needs further gelling. The simple recipe:

Ripe bananas, 1 tsp lemon juice per banana, 1-2 El water

Cooking Paleo Banana Spread
 
The banana zermusen and immediately heat the lemon juice and water in a saucepan, simmer until the Bananenmus has become quite tight enough.

This can be just like I do here before for a meal with 1 banana, or to cook something more on the same stock, then it should but simmer at least 4 minutes right and then immediately filled and sealed to the edge in clean jars. Then cool and dark storage and use within one month.

This mass is also suitable as a cake covering, as a sauce for pancakes or sweet pastries to stir in coconut milk or coconut cream and for further processing as smothie or shake. If you want to consume it quickly it can be concomitantly used as fill for the pie dough.

Hmmm ... but simply delicious, tastes like The Morning)

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Paleo Potato Gratin

Paleo Potato Gratin

Who has not, you feel like something really hearty but you do not want to throw Paleo completely overboard. I love potato gratin but the normal recipe is made with cream and that is not quite Paleo. I've experimented a bit and the best gratin that I made on Paleo base was made with coconut milk.

For 4 people active //: // 35 minutes Total of: 90 minutes

Ingredients
  • 2500 g potatoes (raw)
  • 250 ml coconut milk
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
  • 1 pinch (s) salt and pepper
Kitchen Accessories :

Gratin dish (loaf tin / bread pan) , Aluminum foil

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C preheat (top and bottom heat)
  2. Peel the potatoes and place in a bowl of water so they do not turn brown and remain fresh.
  3. Herhacken the garlic finely and add along with the coconut milk in a large pan or pot until it boils and then easily let simmer 2 minutes more.
  4. Cut the potatoes into thin slices in the meantime. This is best achieved with a planer
  5. Take the coconut milk from the heat and season to taste with salt and pepper
  6. Now give the potato slices and sprigs of thyme to the coconut milk and mix everything well
  7. The gratin dish streak with the olive oil (or line with parchment paper), pour in the Paleo potato gratin mixture and press with a spoon everything "fixed"
  8. Who is ok with Parmesan can now sträußeln the Parmesan over it - but as I said not a must
  9. Now cover the baking dish with aluminum foil, place in the oven and bake for 45 to 50 minutes
  10. After 45 to 50 minutes remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes
  11. Now the baking dish from the oven, let cool slightly and serve the Paleo potato gratin. When serving, please rauszunehmen it respect the thyme sprigs

Serve with
  • Meatloaf with egg
  • Pork in coffee crust with blueberry sauce

Our tip

If you like the Paleo potato gratin something hearty you can fry some bacon in the pan and this place for the last 10 minutes still on the gratin and mitbacken.

The Paleo Potato Gratin tastes good cold the way also, so if what then remains quiet the next day ready to eat.

(Instead of olive oil can also be used baking paper - simply interpret the shape of it)

THE POTATO GRATIN TASTES! AND ... NOT TO COCOS.

Many think of coconut milk immediately to the heavy coconut flavor and I know many that this is too strong. By bake at 200 degrees I've had the experience that the taste is as good as gone. Means the potato gratin Paleo really tastes almost exactly the same as as if you would do with normal cream - and gratin is at dinner or barbecues always a highlight.

Paleo hamburger with pineapple

Paleo hamburger with pineapple

There it is again: Our popular combination of savory and fruity culminates in the most spectacular recipe - the hamburger with pineapple. The photo of this taste explosion originated in the recordings for our cookbook " PALEO - Power for Life "- in our opinion one of the best photos from the book. But this Paleo Hamburger buns with pineapple as spare not only looks good but also tastes quite excellent!

For 4 people active //: // 35 minutes Total of: 35 minutes
Nutrition information per serving: 408 kcal // 31 g 29 g // E F // 7 g KH

Ingredients
  • 600 g minced (happy) beef
  • 1 pineapple
  • 1 large red onion
  • 1 small onion
  • 0.5 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 pinch (s) salt
  • 1 pinch (s) pepper

Preparation
  1. The pineapple from the shell free, then cut 8 slices of it and they release from the stalk in the middle of each. The red onion peeled and cut into large rings.
     
  2. Peel the small onion, cut into small cubes and mix with the minced meat, the chilli powder and salt and pepper into a paste. Then from the meat dough forms 4 burgers.
     
  3. Add 2 cups 1 tablespoon coconut oil over medium-high heat. Then distribute the burger, pineapple and onion rings to the pan and fry until everything is lightly browned. Turning once. The burgers over medium heat until fry until they are through. Can be tested simply by gently pushing on it with the spatula - if not more meat juice leaks, they are cooked.
     
  4. To serve the hamburger as follows on warmed plates cause: At the bottom, a slice of pineapple, then a burger (as desired something Guacamole Put a layer of onion rings and finally the second slice of pineapple).
Our tip

If too little is place in the pans, you can use the pineapple in two passages fry. Then the already finished wheels keep warm in the oven.

HAMBURGER WITH PINEAPPLE - DARING BUT TASTY

Pineapple is certainly not the first thing one comes to mind when one thinks of hamburgers. But we have already made so many good experiences with fruity combinations - and this Paleo Hamburger is one of our absolute highlights.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Paleo Egg Muffin Recipe

Paleo Egg Muffin Recipe



Ingredient
  1. Egg 1 egg
  2. Bacon Slice 200 Grams
  3. Tomato Slice
  4. Almond meal muffin
  5. olive oil 1 Tsp.
  6. Ground Pepper 1/8 of Tsp.
*Almond meal muffins can be bought at health food stores.

Cooking Paleo Egg Muffin
  • Take a small circle dish or ramekin and place oil on the dish. Crack egg and place in greased dish. Using a fork, pierce the yolk several times before cooking so yolk is bleeding into white of egg. Then place in steamer or microwave for at least a minute.
  • Take *almond meal muffin and toast in toaster. Sprinkle remaining oil over both sides and then place bacon and tomato slice on one side.
  • When egg is done, place on top of tomato slice and top with other side of muffin. A totally paleo recipe for breakfast. Serves one.
This Paleo Egg Muffin is easy paleo recipe. It is a high protein and low crab for loss weight or bodybuilding.