Chilli Roasted French Beans

Now don't get me wrong, I love vegetables as much as the next paleo fiend but let's be honest they get pretty boring sometimes!

Here is a good way to spice up your green beans!

Ingredients
French beans
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Chilli - chopped very finely OR dried chilli flakes
Garlic - minced

1) Mix the olive oil - enough to coat the beans well - with salt and pepper, chilli and garlic - then stir through the beans until evenly coated.
2) Cook in the oven at a medium temperature for about 20 mins

Carrot muffins

Carrot Muffins

Ingredients
1 cup almond flour
1 cup coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup argave nectar or honey
1/4 cup walnut oil
3 eggs
2 large carrots grated
1/2 cup dates chopped
1/2 cup walnuts chopped

1) Sift almond flour and coconut flour and add cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.
2) In a separate bowl mix eggs, argave nectar and walnut oil.
3) Add carrots, walnuts and dates to wet ingredients.
4) Stir flour mixture in.
5) In mini muffin cases bake for 10 min.

Pink Berry Muffins

I made these muffins using essentially the same recipe I used to the brownies as a bit of an experiment - and they turned out really well!


Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut milk
10 dried dates - chopped into small pieces
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups almond flour
2 eggs
Frozen berries - I used a few black currents, red currents, cherries and raspberries
A few drops of pink food colouring (not very paleo but I used the tiniest bit to make them more appealing!)

1) Blend the coconut milk with the dates until the dates are in very small pieces. Add the eggs, flour and baking powder (and food colouring if you want!) until mixed thoroughly.

2) Spoon the mixture into cake moulds and then press a few berries into the top of each one and bake for 10 mins.

Paleo Pork Rub

Ingredients
1 lemon - the zest and the juice
1 tablespoon of mustard (I used dijon but wholegrain would also work well)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoon of rosemary (fresh is best but I used dried and it worked well)
2 cloves of garlic - minced
1/4 cup olive oil

Pork

1) Mix all the marinade ingredients together and then coat the pork.

2) Ideally leave overnight but for at least two hours will do. If only leaving for a few hours leave the meat out of the fridge.

3) When ready to cook, seal the pork for a minute or two on each side on a hot griddle then cook in the oven for 30-45 mins.

I can't believe they ARE paleo brownies!

Wow! These are amazing! You must try them NOW! And the best bit...totally paleo!

Ingredients 
100g dark chocolate 70% or more (one large bar!)
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup unsweetened dried dates
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups almond flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1) Blend coconut milk and dates in the blender till dates are in small pieces
2) Melt the chocolate into the dates and coconut milk in a saucepan on a low temperature

3) Beat the eggs in a bowl and add the chocolate mixture
4) Add the almond flour, the sea salt and the baking soda
5) I baked them in mini muffin cases and 10 mins was a bit long so if you are doing them small I would recommend 8 mins....if you want to make bigger muffins you may have to experiment with timings...

Chicken and Bacon Mash

So this is a recipe which originally came from all the left overs I had but it worked so well that it has become a bit of a regular!

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 small white onion
Garlic
4 rashers of bacon
4 chicken breasts
1 packet of mushrooms
1 large butternut squash
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

1) Dice the onion and crush the garlic and fry in olive oil for a few minutes till soft.

2) Cut the chicken into chunks and add to the pan with a little salt and pepper. One the chicken is cooked on the outside add the bacon, chopped. Once the bacon has changed colour add the mushroom and cook until all the meat is cooked, on a low heat to make sure it stays tender.

3) Meanwhile boil the butternut squash and mash with a little butter and salt and pepper.

4) Serve the chicken and bacon on the mash.

Spanish Chicken

So my favourite Schwartz have come through again!

They have created these great spice packs which help you create delicious meals very easily!

They do contain some yeast and wheat products but only a very minimal amount as they are essentially just spices.

This one is my favourite but the Chicken Tikka is great too - and you can just substitute non-paleo ingredients such as milk for paleo friendly versions like coconut milk.

Spanish Chicken
1 yellow pepper
1 onion
4 chicken breasts
4 rashers of smoky bacon
1 tin of tomatoes
Olives
Olive oil

1) Dice the onion and chop the pepper and chicken into chunks.

2) Fry the onion in olive oil until brown. Add the chicken and bacon and some of the spice mix until the chicken in white then add the pepper and the rest of the spice mix and cook for a few minutes longer.

3) Add the tin of tomatoes, the olives and some water if necessary. Now simmer for 20 minutes until the sauce has reduced and is nice and thick.

4) Serve with whatever you like - roasted veg, butternut squash or cauliflower rice! My favourite however is to stuff roasted peppers with the sauce.