I played around with a oldie but one of my favorite Paleo cookies from the recipe box.  If you like the Banana Chocolate Chip Cakies then you might like these little Paleo cookie treats.  I really didn’t change much but added some cacao powder and removed the apple butter from the mix.  I was in the need for a chocolate treat and these so satisfied that chocolate tooth I had.  Like the original recipe these cookies are super soft.  So if you are a soft cookie lover, these are for you!

This week will be a little limited on the blog….sorry in advance. I’m taking off for a spring break vaca with the little ones.  We aren’t headed too far, just off to visit some family a little further north.  We are all looking forward to getting away from it all.  We have a busy week ahead of us filled with a lot of activities.  With all that being said I’m going to keep this short so I can finish packing and doing all those things you do before heading away.  I’m sure I’ll forget something…always seems to happen!

Before I say farewell, I have to share this picture with you.  I think I have future food bloggers on my hand…or they are so used to seeing mommy taking pictures of the food.  What do you think?  They both insisted they needed to take pictures with their camera’s before I cleaned up.  I think they got more photo’s then I did!

  

Enjoy the cookies!  See you back here soon! 

Double Chocolate Cakies

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1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (about 2 bananas)

2 tablespoons almond butter

3 1/2 teaspoons cacao powder

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (just because I love cinnamon)

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1 1/4 cup almond flour

1/4 cup dark chocolate chips/chunks

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

In a large bowl, mash bananas using a hand mixer.  Add almond butter, cacao powder, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and mix to combine using hand mixer.  Add almond flour to bowl and mix everything until well mixed.  Stir in chocolate chips/chunks into batter until well incorporated.

Scoop even scoops using a ice cream/cookie scoop and place on prepared baking sheet.  Bake cookies for 15 minutes or until cookies are slightly golden on tops and bottom.

Note: Cookies are even better the next day.  Due to their “cake” like texture I prefer to keep them in the refrigerator so they stay fresh longer, but they probably won’t last too long. 

Makes 10 to 12 cookies

For all of you who have left a comment for the Eat Like a Dinosaur telling me why you want to win a copy of the cookbook…you have amazed me!  I seriously wish I could give a copy to everyone.  You all left me speechless on how you not only want to make steps to better your own health but the little ones in your life.  It speaks mountains and I want to really thank you all for your words.  You amazed me and made me realize just how wonderful you all are and how much you care about your health.  You are the reason why I love to blog and to create new recipes.  Thanks for inspiring and for pretty much rocking!  Love you guys!  Now if you haven’t entered for a chance to win a copy of Eat Like a Dinosaur you have until Sunday 12 midnight EST to enter.  So go now….but come back of course so I can share this recipe with you.

Breakfast….it pretty much rules in my opinion.  I love it!  Not sure what I would do without a breakfast of some sort.  I look forward to it….call me crazy but seriously if I could pick one meal of the day that is my very favorite…breakfast would win hands down.  Now breakfast on the weekends….get out!  LOVE!  I usually wait a little longer on the weekends so officially my breakfast is really brunch…but honestly does it matter because you can technically have breakfast for dinner and what would that be brinner?  ha!  Ok, rambling.  Breakfast/brunch (whatever you prefer) was what was needed this past weekend.  After picking up some fabulous produce at my local green market I had a well stocked refrigerator to make this spur of the moment breakfast casserole.  Everything you want in one little dish.  Pretty outstanding!  even better….great leftovers for those weekday mornings!  That is if its not all eaten the moment it comes out of the oven.  Another pretty amazing thing about this casserole is you can play around with what you put in it.  I love sweet potatoes and spinach and I’m a little obsessed with both of them these days so those were magic for me in this casserole.  Am I rambling again?  I tend to do that when I’m over tired and stressed….yes I’m both.  Life is pretty much crazy.  I promise I will share soon…at least I’m hoping I can share soon.  The good thing is next week is V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!!  Over the moon about taking some much needed time off from work (yes, I have a 8-5).  Kids are on spring break so we are headed off for some fun filled days.  Yippee!  With that being said posting might be a little limited next week.  I’m hoping to come back well rested and have some more recipes to share.

Oh…added the print button below so you can print the recipes.  I will start adding that now to all recipes.  I stopped for awhile (I was being lazy…sorry).

Ok, I’m off…have a great rest of your week and weekend and remember to enter for the Eat Like a Dinosaur Giveaway if you haven’t already.

Breakfast Casserole

Print Recipe

1 pound breakfast sausage (highly recommend this one)

1 large sweet potato or 2 medium to small, diced

2-3 cups fresh baby spinach, chopped

1 green onion, diced

10-12 large eggs

sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a 9×13″ glass baking dish with coconut oil or whatever you choose (grass-fed butter?).  Set aside.

Prepare veggies.  Dice sweet potatoes, chop spinach, and dice up green onion.  Let each seperately aside.

Heat skillet over medium-high heat.  Remove sausage from casing and add sausage to skillet.  Cook until browned and cooked through.  Remove sausage from skillet keeping the sausage grease.  Add sweet potatoes to grease and cook until tender, stir occassionally, about 10 to 15 minutes.

Remove sweet potatoes and place in bowl.  Toss sweet potatoes with spinach, green onion, sausage, and salt and pepper until well combined.  Place the mixture into your prepared 9×13 glass dish, spreading evenly across the bottom of the dish.

In another large bowl, whisk eggs.  Pour egg mixture evenly over the sausage and veggie mixture in dish.

Bake in preheated over for 25 to 30 minutes or until set.  Allow to cool slightly before serving. Cut into squares and serve.

Makes 8-10 servings.

Enjoy!!

I was over the moon when I arrived home from work early last week to find not one but two Eat Like a Dinosaur from the Paleo Parents. I was so excited I even posted about it on my facebook page.  I immediately opened the book and flipped through the pages with excitement.  This book is full of family friendly, super healthy, super delicious, kid-friendly recipes….and of course Paleo.  A win for the whole family! 

I met Stacy in the blog world and I can’t tell you how sweet of a person she is.  We chatted through a couple emails and in one of the emails she had the brilliant idea of doing a Paleo New Year’s Eve post.  I couldn’t resist and what fun it was!  Also in the emails Stacy and I talked about the upcoming Eat Like a Dinosaur cookbook.  I was so excited for this cookbook! 

Here are a couple reasons why:

Over 100 quick and easy, fun, family friendly recipes…and again Paleo

The fact they are parents and they changed their lives (and their families) with food and want to share that with others.  Pretty awesome!

Special chapter for parents, sharing tips and tricks on how to approach food changes with your kids.

Illustrated story describing the Paleo diet, perfect for those little people in your life!

Here is a video with a look inside Eat Like a Dinosaur cookbook.

Now once I got my hands on the cookbook here are a couple more things I love about this cookbook:

Allergen Index with visual icons

Tips on packing lunches

Stories behind each recipe

How the kids can join in and help with certain recipes

Now for the fun part!  Like I said, I received TWO copies!!  I’m holding onto one but I’m giving away the other to a lucky person. 

Here’s how to enter to win:

1.)    Leave a comment letting me know why you want to get your hands on a copy of Eat Like a Dinosaur cookbook.

2.)    Like Paleo Parents on Facebook, come back and leave a comment you did.

3.)    Like Multiply Delicious on Facebook, and come back and leave a comment that you did.

Each comment gives you more chances to win!  Giveaway will stay open until Sunday, March 18^th at 12 midnight EST and I will announce the winner on Monday March 19^th.  

And of course you can find Eat Like a Dinosaur on Amazon. 

 

Chocolate….Bananas …..oh how I have missed you….

Fruit was a semi No and Chocolate was a for sure No on my recent challenge at my CrossFit box, but my challenge is over.  Yippee!  Don’t worry I’m not going to go super crazy but gosh darn it when I have a craving for chocolate, bananas, and almond butter I’m going to see what I can do to make something using them.  Especially after two months of not having these treats in my life.  This weekend the kiddos kept me busy.  They always do but for some reason this weekend seemed over the top. By the time Sunday afternoon came along I was dragging and even the kiddos were.  We all needed a little pick me up and we needed one quick.  Out came the blender and out came the imagination.  The results was this super quick and easy smoothie!  Best part is it’s filled with antioxidants, potassium, fiber, and protein!  The pick-me-up we all needed on a Sunday afternoon.  Who needs coffee?  Ok, I know I’m not going to win that battle…coffee is still needed but this smoothie will have you swooning!  The kiddos ended up enjoying most of the smoothie but I did manage to get a small cup in for myself and it was just the right amount of a Paleo-friendly treat I needed.  We even had enough left over that we put into popsicle molds so we can enjoy on a future warm South Florida day.  So note to self, turn this into popsicles come summertime!

Now that I’ve talked smoothie, popsicles, chocolate, treats, etc.  I’m going to take a little minute to talk recipes.  You can skip this if you prefer but I just want to get a little something off my chest.  I started my blog over 2 years ago to share.  Share what I consider my stress reliever and my creative outlet…..my recipes.  Lately my sharing is a little different because I’m sharing recipes that have changed my life and how I feel.  By changing to Paleo over 8 months ago I have seen amazing results and I’m a happier person because of it.  Now when I share the recipes it is exactly that…. I’m sharing these recipes with you because I love this thing called Paleo and want everyone to try it and to see how gosh darn easy it is to follow.  And most importantly I want you to feel good!  So by putting the recipes out there, I’m hoping you will try them (if you wish) and hopefully enjoy.  My families preference in recipes and even ingredients I use may not be to the liking of everyone.  So a recipe we love may not be a hit in your house.  At first I would apologize for that and feel bad if someone didn’t like how the recipe turned out, but the more I have thought about it lately the more I’ve come to terms that my recipes are my recipes….simple as that.  They are something that I share (and enjoy doing so) because I tested them in my house and happen to love them.  I don’t post things I don’t like…and trust me I’ve made a lot of things that I haven’t liked and I would never share those mishaps with you.  Everyone is different and everyone likes different things….gosh darn it that’s what makes the world go round, right?  So don’t give a girl a hard time because you happen to not like something.  Because you don’t prefer an ingredients texture, taste, smell, etc.  Then don’t use it…simple as that.

Ok, I got it off my chest.  That may come back to bite me in the rear but this is my space to speak freely so here I am speaking freely.

Honestly guys all I want to do is to spread the Paleo love through my recipes because Paleo has brought my body back to the place it always needed to be.

Ok, enough babbling….now go make a smoothie!  The treat is on me!  Ha!  Seriously this treat is worth the treat!  Enjoy and thanks for letting me babble!

Chocolate Banana Smoothie

2 cups frozen sliced bananas (about 2 to 3 bananas)

2 teaspoons raw cacao powder

2 tablespoons almond butter

1 cup coconut milk (canned) or almond milk

¼ to ½ cup ice cold water

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ cup ice cubes

½ tablespoon honey (optional)

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to blender and process until smooth.  For the water, add ¼ cup first and blend.  If you prefer your smoothie thick then the ¼ cup should be fine.  If you prefer it a little more smoother then add an additional ¼ cup and blend.  Serve immediately and enjoy!!

Makes about 3 servings.

Note: If you don’t have banana’s, just add more ice or another frozen fruit of choice.  If you don’t have cacao powder, add regular cocoa powder.

It was a overcast yucky weekend in my neck of the woods.  Yuck!  So what does a mom who is about to go crazy with two couped up kids….you bake!  You pull out the bowls, spoons, and pans and the rest turns into a fun day in the kitchen.  I haven’t been baking as much these days due to the MVT Challenge at my CrossFit box, but my challenge is over.  Woot!  So I have a little more freedom…but I have to say I’m going to stay on track because I do feel pretty awesome.

Now let’s talk muffins because my eyes are tired and tomorrow morning I have to wake up to hit my daily WOD.  So this recipe all came about because I had two ripe banana’s….and then what’s better than banana and cinnamon swirled all together into a muffin?  Not much!  These muffins are only sweetened by banana’s!  And a small amount of maple syrup in the cinnamon topping, which you could totally eliminate.  These muffins didn’t last very long with two little ones and a husband…I only got 1!  It’s ok, because I would prefer to share.  I have to say the best part about these muffins is I got to make them with my little ones and we had a fun and messy time in the kitchen!

Enjoy!!

Banana Cinnamon Bun Muffins

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

4 eggs

1/3 cup coconut milk (canned coconut milk)

1/2 cup ripe banana, mashed (about 1 banana)

Cinnamon Topping

1 tablespoons cinnamon

2 tablespoons ripe banana, mashed

2 tablespoon coconut oil, melted

1 tablespoon maple syrup

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.

Whisk dry ingredients together.  Set aside.

In a small bowl add mashed banana, eggs, and coconut milk and mix with a hand mixer until well blended.  Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and with a hand mixer until well combined.

Add batter until prepared muffin cups.  Filling to about 3/4 filled.

In a small bowl, combine cinnamon, mashed banana, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup (if using).  Drizzle mixture over top of muffins and using a toothpick swirl the topping into the muffin batter.  Reserve some of the cinnamon topping.

Bake muffins for 20 – 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.  In the last 5 minutes of baking add more cinnamon toping to the tops of the muffins.

Allow muffins to cool in pan 5 – 10 minutes then transfer to wire rack.  Enjoy immediately, but I prefer them the next day…..if they last that long.

Enjoy!

Makes about 10 to 12 muffins.

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