Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

Week one of the Open 2014 I brought this tasty treat to CrossFit Wachusett to share! They went over pretty well so I thought I would repost the recipe.

The original recipe is from HERE... seriously, check out this amazing food blog. Its called "Living Healthy with Chocolate," I mean, how can you go wrong with that!?!? Of course be careful with the word "paleo" as the chocolate is not exactly 100% paleo and dependant on the brands and types of ingredients you use. 

Also, I doubled the recipe that is listed on the website link because I was making them for a large group. I divided the pan up into 60 small servings. I put the recipe into My Fitness Pal and this is the result of one serving:  Cal. 103, Carb 5g, Fat 8g, Protein 2g.

What you need for the Base:

2/3 C. Pecans

1 C Almond Flour

8 Tbsp Cacao Powder

10 Pitted Dates

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 Tbsp Melted Coconut Oil

What you need for the Top:

1/2 C. Melted Coconut Oil

6 Tbsp Full Fat Coconut Milk

3 Tsp Vanilla

2 Tbsp Honey

3 C. Almond Flour

1 C. Enjoy Life Chips

What You Do:

- In a food processor grid up pecans, put them in a small bowl and set aside

- In the same food processor grind up dates (with no pits) into a paste, might need to add a little water to get it to loosen up.

- In a bowl using a spatula mix together the pecans with almond flour, cacao powder, dates, vanilla and coconut oil. This is not an easy process and will look like it is going to take forever to come together. Don’t add more water just keep working it, it will happen.

- Line a 13X9 pan with parchment paper and press the mixture into the bottom. Set it aside

- Mix together coconut oil, coconut milk, vanilla and honey in a large bowl.

- Add almond flour, do not over mix

- Fold in chips.

- Spread “cookie” over base and refrigerate for at least an hour.

- Enjoy!

 *this pic also came from her website, I forgot to take a good pic before they got devoured!!

Paleo Banana Bread Muffins

Original recipe comes from Robb Wolfe, http://robbwolf.com/2011/04/21/recipe-paleo-banana-bread/, I tried it first as a loaf, but prefer the muffins. This makes 15 muffins.

*Disclaimer: Honey is considered Paleo in moderation. If doing a Paleo Challenge check the "rules" of your challenge to be sure that it s allowed in moderation or risk losing points.*

What you need:

- 2 cups almond flour

- 1/4 cup flax seed meal

- 2 tsp cinnamon

- 1 tsp baking soda

- 1 tsp baking powder

- 2/3 cup pecans

- 4 really ripe bananas

- 2 tbsp honey

- 4 eggs

- 1 tsp vanilla

 

What you do:
- Preheat oven to 375

- Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl

- Mash bananas in a food processor or masher

- Mix all wet ingredients together with bananas in a separate bowl from dry

 

- Make a well in the dry ingredients, add wet ingredients and fold together

 

- Grease muffin pan with coconut oil

- Fill each muffin about 3/4 of the way up

 

- Bake for 20-25 minutes (or until toothpick is clean)

Paleo Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes

We love pumpkin at this house and fall is the best time for that pumpkin flavor. We found this recipe and wanted to try it right away!! They came out great... and the second time I made them I threw in some Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (which are gluten free, dairy free, peanut free, tree nut free soy free, egg free and casein free) I had in the freezer leftover from when I made brownies. They were so good!

Got the original recipe here... http://cfscceat.blogspot.com/2011/01/pumpkin-paleo-pecan-pancakes.html

What you need:

1/2 C pumpkin puree, organic, unsweetened

1/2 C almond butter

1/4 C chopped pecans, toasted

2 eggs

2 T honey

1 T vanilla

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. fresh ground nutmeg

(chocolate chips if you have them)

What you do:

Preheat grill to 350 degrees

Mix everything together

Pour on grill and let cook for about 2 minutes

Flip (be careful, the nuts make the pancakes heavy so they arent that easy to flip)

Cook of the other side for 2-3 more minutes

Serve...