Sweet Potato Pancakes

These are DELISH!! We started making them and now they are a staple at least once a week. They are so easy and they taste great! You can modify as needed, and if you dont like spicy, dont add the green onion or Cayenne... experiment as needed!!

*Disclaimer: Sweet potatos are considered paleo in moderation. If you are trying to maintain the Paleo Lifestyle be careful when you consume these. If doing a Paleo Challenge typically sweet potato is "allowed" only within 30 minutes of a WOD.*

What you need:
- Two Sweet Potatoes (this makes 8 pancakes)
- 4 Pieces of All Natural Bacon
- Green Onion
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Tsp Sea Salt
- 2 Tsp Cayenne
- 2 Tsp Black Pepper

What you do:
- Fry up bacon while peeling sweet potatoes.
- Use cheese grater and shred 2 sweet potatos

- After bacon is done, drain grease and leave pan coated and add grease as needed. 

- Cut up green onion and bacon, add to potatoes.

- Add 2 eggs to shredded potatoes and mix by hand.

- Add sea salt, Cayenne and black pepper

- Mix up very good by hand, mix will be very sloppy

- Preheat nonstick fry pan at Medium heat.

- Shape pancakes, try to make them about only about 1/2 to 3/4 of inch thick.

- We save bacon grease when we make bacon any time, so either add some more bacon grease right before starting to cook them or add a little olive oil to pan before dropping them on.

- Should take about 7-8 minutes per side but just watch them so they don't burn, only flip them once and dont handle them a lot while cooking or they will fall to pieces! 

These are GREAT reheated with lunch for work the next day... we had them above with sausages... YUMMY!!

Spicy Chicken and Bacon Poppers

These were GREAT for the Patriots game! Hubs whipped them up while I was getting some other things ready to take with us.

We got the recipe HERE... quick, easy and FANTASTIC!! Who dosent like bacon and pepperoncini!!


*Disclaimer: Unless you use nitrate free bacon this recipe is  not considered totally Paleo, so if you are doing a Paleo Challenge or staying completely 100% Paleo this recipe will cost you points.*

What you need:
(note, this makes 6-8 poppers, so increase as needed)
- 1 Large Chicken Breast
- 6-8 Pepperoncini
- 3-4 Strips of Bacon

What you do:
- Cut the chicken breasts into cubes
- Marinate the chicken if desired
- Slice each pepperonccini in half and stuff with cube of chicken
- Wrap with half a piece of bacon
- Secure with a tooth pick
- Cook on grill until chicken and bacon is cooked thoroughly.

http://cfscceat.blogspot.com/2010/08/spicy-chicken-bacon-poppers.html

Paleo Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

These have to be my FAVORITE breakfast!!

They were the first Paleo breakfast we tried and we make them a lot!! Got the original recipe HERE.

*Disclaimer: though the chocolate chips are dairy, nut and soy free they are not considered totally Paleo, so if you are doing a Paleo Challenge or staying completely 100% Paleo this recipe will cost you points.*

What you need:
- 1/2 Cup Almond Butter
- 1 Ripe Banana
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips
- Dash of  Cinnamon

What you do:
- Preheat griddle to 350 degrees
- Slice up banana really thin (which makes it easier to mix)
- Mix everything else together except for chips
- Make pancakes in a size you desire and sprinkle chips onto each on right away
- Cook as you would a "normal" pancake, let the edges bubble, than flip.

ENJOY! They are sooooooo yummy!!

Almond Flour Breaded Chicken

We make this quite a bit, it originated in the scallopini recipe, but we like it so much we have made it with speghetti squash and organic pasta sauce with mushrooms. You can substitute this chicken anywhere you would have breaded chicken. Its great alone or with a topping.

What you need:

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

1/2 C almond meal

1 T dried parsley

pinch sea salt and 1 tsp. black pepper

What you do:
- Pound chicken breasts pretty thin (about 1/4 inch).
- Combine almond meal, parsley, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl.
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan.
- Dredge chicken breasts in almond flour mixture.
- Brown chicken breast in olive oil, about 5 minutes on each side.

At this point you can continue with the scallopini recipe or you ca do what we did here, serve with spaghetti squash and organic sauce.

Acorn Squash and Ground Lamb

This was something we haven't tried before. We had walked past the acorn squash 100 times and thought, what could we do with that when perusing the veggies at the grocery store. Hubs went shopping and came home with one, and ground lamb was on sale, so he picked that up too. This is the result.

What you need:
- Acorn Squash
- 1lb Ground Lamb
- 1 Red Onion
- 1 Green Onion
- Cayenne Pepper (to taste)
- Black Pepper

What you do:
- Cut squash in half and bake at 375 for about 45 minutes
- Saute red onion in pan with olive oil
- Add lamb to pan and brown
- As it gets close to being done, add green onion
- Season with cayenne and pepper to your desired taste
- When squash is done stuff with lamb mixture and serve

Egg Muffins

Seeing as how I get up at the butt crack of dawn every day to head to the gym, when I get back I have no time for breakfast. I pop my protein shake after my workout, try to get in some carbs when I get home but by the time I get to work I am hungry again.

Hubs makes these Egg Muffins for me on Sunday and they last all week!! I toss them in the microwave for about a minute and have a yummy protein and veggie filled breakfast every day!

What you need:
1/2 lb of 85% Lean Ground Beef
1 Can of Mushroom Pieces and Stems
1 Can of Diced Tomatos and Chilis
1/2 White Onion
10 All Natural Free Range Eggs
Olive Oil
Coconut Oil

What you do:
- Preheat oven 375
- Brown the beef until done and set aside
- Chop and saute onions in olive oil until done set aside
- Crack all 10 eggs and whisk in a separate bowl
- Grease muffin tins with coconut oil
- Fill muffin tins with meat, onion, tomato and mushrooms
- Pour eggs into each tin and gently mix each one slightly
- Bake 20-22 minutes
- Pop out of muffin tins to cool on rack.

Notes: We use a "Texas Muffin Pan" bigger than regular size muffins. This recipe makes 8 muffins...

Beef Jerky

Decided to take a shot at home made beef jerky. A friend offered to lend me his food dehydrator for the weekend so after a little research for a good recipe to start with I picked up what we needed to make it on the way home Friday from work.

The base recipe came from here... http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-your-own-jerky/

What you need:
2lbs Flank Steak (thats the cut we chose to use)
¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. liquid smoke
3 minced or crushed garlic cloves
2 ½ tsp. onion powder
2 tsp. hot chili powder
½-1 tsp. each of salt and black pepper
1 tsp cayenne (we added this)

What you do:
- Cut the flank steak into strips
- Mix all the ingredients together
- Pour marinade into a zip lock bag and add meat
- Let marinate for 1 hour

- Lay each strip of jerky it food dehydrator and turn that baby on!
- Enjoy the glorious smell that fills your house for the next 10-12 hours