The Best Chicken You Will Ever Eat. Ever. Jun 9, 2009 Posted by Mel on Jun 9, 2009 in Meats/Eggs, Recipes | 241 comments The Best Chicken You Will Ever Eat. Ever. I grew up in my dad’s restaurant, and cooking (and the associated eating) is the one activity on which my whole family can agree. My dad owned the Country Squire until I graduated from high school. I love the science of following recipes (much to my dad’s chagrin), and Cook’s Illustrated magazine has, hands-down, the best recipe for just about anything you might want to make… where “best” does not take into consideration the health of the eaters nor the potential time constraints of the cook. Thanks to CrossFit and Spartan Challenges and Mission 17 and my desire to do pullups and to look as awesome as possible, I don’t indulge in my Cook’s Illustrated stash very often anymore. Now I’m going to share the secrets with you… enjoy! The Best Chicken you Will Ever Eat Secret #1: Brining You will think it’s not necessary. Secret #2: Spice Blend Secret #3: Moroccan Dipping Sauce
Peanut Butter Ice Cream - Vegan and Dairy-Free It is hot and steamy here in New England. And I am not cooking. I am not even boiling water for my habitual ritual of afternoon tea. I am sitting in front of a petite blue desk-top fan. Eating ice cream. Homemade ice cream, to be exact. Who am I to argue? It is indeed fabulous. The inspiration came via one of our favorite Los Angeles restaurants- Akasha, in Culver City. One of the gluten-free dessert choices at Akasha is vegan peanut butter ice cream. It. So I decided to try my hand at re-creating it. Here's what I came up with. I started with chilled full fat coconut milk (my favorite go-to vegan alternative to cream). The result? Bliss. We've made it three times now. Yes, it is decidedly not low calorie. So what are you waiting for? Whip up a batch. Recipe originally posted August 2012. The blend of creamy coconut milk and natural peanut butter gives this vegan ice cream a truly decadent richness many dairy-free ice creams lack. Ingredients: Instructions: Add in the shaved dark chocolate.
Girl Gone Primal: Recipe: Easter's Fruit Buns Gone Primal! (Before I begin, please let me apologise for the SUCKY quality of the following pics - the food was delicious, but the time of night was far from ideal for phone-cam photography :( For the last two years, there have been many a delicious aroma flooding the air of the staff corridor at school: buttery popcorn, pizza, crepes... Yet, no delicious scent tugged at my nose hairs (...ew) so much as that of freshly toasted Hot Cross Buns! Both years, I have planned to try my hand at a grain-free, sugar-free version, and somehow missed the boat. Not this year! Despite my punishing holiday schedule of play rehearsals, holding choir auditions, hosting visitors, supporting friends' Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows, and recovering from a post-term stress flu, I put today aside as a cooking day, making a huge batch of Nola for the beau, and a pile of cauliflower pizzas for tonight's dinner and tomorrow's lunch. Then - bun time! Ingredients: Method: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Chocolate Frosting Shots! If you received an email from Pinterest saying I didn’t want recipes pinned, this is NOT true! I’m so sorry for this and have no idea why they would send out such a message! As is obvious from the fact I have a Chocolate Covered Pinterest Board, I love and appreciate when people pin my recipes. Please accept my apologies and by all means keep pinning whatever you want… I’m honored when people pin my recipes! -Katie Tequila? What’s that? Healthy Frosting Shots? Maybe you’ve heard of the popular bakery, Sprinkles? Yesterday, I made my own chocolate frosting shots: Thick Chocolate Frosting… You can try this on my delicious Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes or even the Black Bean Brownies. Or skip the cupcake, like I did, and simply serve yourself a big glass of unadulterated chocolate bliss. (or chocolate mousse!) Healthy frosting recipe: Open your coconut milk, and if it’s not already super-thick, leave the can (or transfer to a bowl) uncovered in the fridge overnight.
Simple Healthy Paleo Granola OMG! My FAVORITE paleo recipe book is on sale today! Check it out here! Paleo granola is a wholesome and healthy way to snack and it is quite simple to prepare. Paleo enthusiasts everywhere love to munch on this treat while at home watching TV or out and about with the kids. The following are the ingredients you will need to prepare this nutritious treat: 5 cups of a variety of seeds or nuts such as: pumpkin seeds, pecans, flax seeds or sunflower seeds.1 cup of unsweetened coconut2 teaspoons of vanilla1 cup of raisins1/3 a cup of coconut oil or another Paleo friendly oil1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg Paleo granola cooking instructions: In a saucepan bring oil, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg to a boil over the stove. There are some creative twists that you can add to this recipe to give it some extra flair if you wish. Looking For A Specific Recipe? Looking To Stay Healthy? Looking To Lose Weight? Click Here To Get The Best Paleo Diet Cookbook!
Sweet Potato Brownies | PaleOMG - Paleo Recipe This weekend didn’t feel like a weekend. Probably because I was stuck inside for most of it. It snowed like 3 feet. Not really, probably like 16 inches, but I’m pretty sure my car only comes 5 inches off the ground, no it’s not a ghetto low rider, well maybe, but I seriously couldn’t even pull onto the street. I spent 30 minutes cleaning off my car to only make it 2 feet into the street. Ok, that was an exaggeration. But the weekend still turned out pretty fun. see, even the guys are sporting the tanks. So I wore my big girl bra to a show we went to see downtown. Guess what else I did this weekend?! I’m watching Dirty Dancing. OH!!! holy crap, huge butt. told you it was ginormous Sweet Potato Brownies 1 sweet potato3 eggs, whisked¼ cup Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, melted⅓ cup raw honey¼ teaspoon vanilla extract3 tablespoons Coconut Flour2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder¼ teaspoon baking powder¼ teaspoon cinnamonpinch of salt½ cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free & Vegan) Just last week I posted a recipe for Paleo Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies. A salad or a healthy fish recipe would seem to be in order after that. Posting two dessert/treat recipes in a row seems overly indulgent. But I have been having a lot of fun experimenting with almond flour and this Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is the result. I can’t wait to share it because it turned out really well. Almond flour has a high fat content. This cookie is also non-political and loves puppies and little children. Here’s Nathaniel posing for me. Ingredients 2 cups blanched almond flour2 tablespoons coconut flour1/2 teaspoon Celtic sea salt1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I use double strength)1/2 cup ghee or coconut oil (or butter), melted1/2 cup coconut nectar (maple syrup works well too)3/4 cup dark chocolate chips** Instructions Remove to a wire rack to cool. Makes 30-36 cookies The cookies were surprisingly similar to other chocolate chip cookies I have had.
I Eat Therefore I Am: Buttery Almond And Coconut Cake This Buttery Almond and Coconut Cake is once again from Belind Jeffery's Mix and Bake. She can do no wrong. I've yet to make anything from this book that was good or great. This cake is so simple but is definitely in the great category. It's an extremely easy cake to make. Buttery Almond and Coconut Cake INGREDIENTS 180g almond meal 2/3 cup desiccated coconut 1/4 tsp salt 250g castor sugar 4 eggs 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp almond essence 200g unsalted butter, melted and cooled 2 tbsp flaked almonds icing sugar (optional) for dusting 1. 2. 3. 4.
Paleo-Zone: Paleo Cookies - U asked for it!! 1st I gotta warn ya - it's hard not to be a glutton with these darn things. I came across this recipe last summer and enough people have asked about them (even my Mother!) that i figured I would go ahead and post it and just give credit where credit is due. I think i came across these at this site first I would warn you against adding the protein powder (U can buy EGG protein powder BTW - not exactly delectable) that is mentioned as an option in the recipe at that site. I tried it - ack-pooeey! A note about honey and glycemic index... .. and now i'm gonna rant about berries for a sec. Here's that cookie recipe - but first - this is your chance to buy a food processor and have it pay dividends. Mix the dry stuff first, then add the honey. Cheers!
Coconut-Lemon Meltaways Whew! It's good to be back and even better to be toting a recipe that I'm super excited and proud of! Originally I thought about making these cookies after purchasing something very similar at my local grocery store a couple weeks ago. The main difference between my cookie and WR's is the consistency. These are just too easy to make... Coconut-Lemon Meltaway Cookies Makes roughly 22 to 24 Cookies Step 1. Dry Ingredients 1 & 1/2 cups Almond Flour (you can make this, or buy it - however most store bought Almond flour is not raw) 1 & 1/2 cups dried Shredded Unsweetened Coconut (I used medium shred, but fine shred would also work well) 1/3 c Coconut Flour 2 big pinches of Salt Mix all of your dry ingredients together - set aside and move onto the next step. Step 2. Wet Ingredients In a small mixing bowl combine the following: 6 Tbsp Agave//or//Grade B Maple Syrup//or//Raw Organic Honey 4 Tbsp Lemon Juice 2 tsp Vanilla 1 Tbsp Lemon zest (Tip: Zest your Lemon before you juice it) Almost done... Step 3. Oh boy!
Guest Post, Against All Grain: Paleo Breakfast Cookies If you haven’t yet heard, Wednesdays are our Guest Blogger Series day! It’s a day where Matt and I get a bit of a mid-week break while getting to share with you some of our favorite online bloggers. And for their hard work, they get the benefit of your readership – we encourage you to please show all of them your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! This week we have another recipe for an autoimmune friendly baked good. The creator is the fabulous Against All Grain who took on the challenge of not only an autoimmune protocol friendly cookie, but also an idea for breakfast. We have tried these and can confirm that they are as good as advertised. A few weeks ago – Stacy mentioned on Twitter that she was missing baked goods while on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol and asked Jenni (The Urban Poser) and I if we had come up with anything. My biggest obstacle on the AIP was breakfast. A note about AI Protocol Baking: Ingredients (yields 1 dozen) Method 1.
Community Foods - Goody Balls Goody Balls Goody Balls are a sweet yet healthy treat. Easy to make and popular in kids lunches. Ingredients 1 cup raisins or sultanas1 cup dates or figs1 cup almondshalf a cup of pepitashalf a cup of sunflower seeds1 teaspoon of vanilla essence2 tablespoons of tahini freshly squeezed orange juicewater (if extra liquid is needed)honey to taste (if you have an extra sweet tooth)Dessicated coconut or sesame seed for rolling in Note: Ingredients in bold are generally available from Community Foods Directions Combine all fruit, nuts, seeds, tahini, vanilla essence in food processor adding enough orange juice to bind (not too much). Either roll into balls covered with coconut or sesame seeds. Keeps well in the refrigerator.
Sustainable Food for Thought: Sustaining Snacks: Homemade Lara Bars In desperate need of an alternative to the packaged cookies and crackers and mid-afternoon trappings of my office lunch room, I set out to recreate my favorite good-for-you-and-tasty-too snack using a few bulk ingredients and a happy food processor. I love Lara Bars. I really do. Their ingredients lists are short and sweet: real foods, no preservatives, no GMOs, no crazy-hard-to-pronounce-fifteen-letter-words. But at upwards of $1.79/each (though I have scored a few times on the $1/ea sales), it's hard justifying more than a few stock-ups in fits and spurts, and even then, I end up going through them too quickly or playing the martyr and trying to make them last too long. Additional note: While looking into the origins of the Lara Bar, I discovered that the company was sold in 2008 to....General Mills ("The World's Sixth-Largest Food Company" their website tagline proudly proclaims). The Basic Ratio: The Basic Gist: { Xocolatl Fig }1 C. { Apricot Almond }1/2 C. ~Bethany