To Beer Or Not To Beer? That Is The Question!

Today I had the bright idea that we would move ALL the kids rooms around (4). I told my husband maybe you should get a some beer so you can do this wonderful project of mine! He then informed me he can't because we gave up gluten! Duh beer is made of wheat! Way to go me! So my amazing husband decided that he would give the ONLY gluten free beer that was available at the store a chance. Lets just say it is not what he is use to. ( If you like Budweiser then you should be fine) I feel bad. But as he puts it "If the whole family is not having gluten then he is not too!" Who wins Dad Of The Year?! Peter!!

Forget Skee Ball, How Many Tickets Do I Get For Paleo Cupcakes!

So heres the deal...... As a parent I have started to wondering how we were going to do outings with the kids that involved other people and "normal" food.  Our daughter has been doing great with taking lunch to school every day.  So one challenge done!  Last Sunday we were invited to my nephew's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.  And as we all know birthday parties involve pizza and cake....which are YUMMY, but filled with gluten, dairy, refined sugars and artificial dyes which we all have given up.  So super mom mode kicked in!  Ok,  obviously we lunch at home before we go, pizza part is now dealt with.  Now on to the cake...... Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes, some with Paleo Chocolate Frosting, and some with just Carob Chips onto (in photo below)!  These cupcakes were so good that the kids didn't even think twice about them!  Chalk one up for the rents!!

Peter LOVING his cupcake with chocolate frosting! (see above for links to recipes)

Love cups

Bacon Egg Love Cups!

Breakfast this morning was great! It was the favorite, Paleo Banana Pancakes and bacon, but today we threw in a little protein blast and had these amazing bacon and egg cups. These are super delicious and really easy to make!

Here's how:
Start by pre-heating your oven to 350 F. Now lightly spray a muffin pan with olive oil cooking spray. Now cook the bacon about half way, or a little more. You want it safe to eat but not crispy.
Once your it's ready place one piece in each muffin cup and wrap it so it forms a little cup of bacon love. Now season and whisk your eggs. Four eggs should make six of these. Be careful not to over fill the cups as they will expand in the oven. About 2/3 full is plenty. Bake them for about 15 min. or until the egg is no longer runny. Remove from the oven and serve hot. Delish!!

Not food, but still FUN

So I know our blog is about eating better but wanted to share these super cool ornaments I found online...... http://www.wooz.dk/?p=4522.

Grease whatever cookie cutter you want to use. I had some neat ones from Ikea. There's a moose and squirrel. You just can't go wrong with those two! Lol then grease a baking pan. I used a crappy one I use for projects like these! Then place cookie cutters on pan and place perler beads in cutters. Only do one layer of the beads. Place in oven at 375 F for about 25 mins or until they have started to melt. Take out of oven, let cool for a couple of minutes. Remove from place and place in cool water to completely harden. I found that a couple some what stuck to the pan and had to use a spatula to help loosen them. When adding string to them some have holes where the string will go through others I had to make a hole with a nail and hammer!

Enjoy! Easy and fun to make!

Parent FAIL....Daughters lunch today!

Might Not Qualify For Parent Of The Year!

Since we have started packing lunches for our daughter for school we have been struggling finding foods that would be fun yet on our diet that she would love to bring for lunch.  For the most part we have won, but man today we FAILED! We made what we thought at the time would be a good Gluten Free wrap.......well lets just say the wrap tasted like.....ASS! I cant believe we didn't taste them before we sent her to school with that! LOL Well Lesson # 3, "Maybe try new food before sending daughter to school with it!"  I promised her I will make up for it tomorrow........with  CHICKEN MEATBALLS, she cheered!

I Like To Roll Chicken!

Bacon Chicken Rolls

This might be one of the easiest recipes we have made lately, and the most fun.....I got to use a HAMMER!!! And no I didn't end up get hurt, or breaking anything! LOL Also this meal fits into our diet of being Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and of course Dye Free!

(Servers 4)

Stuff you will need:

- 2 BIG chicken breast, trimmed of fat
- 8 slices of bacon
- 12 pieces of asparagus
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
(And really any other seasonings you want to add, I added a little garlic in ours too.)

Now filet each piece of chicken.  Next flatten chicken piece with hammer or meat tenderizer. Then roll chicken up with 3 pieces of asparagus and wrap chicken with 2 piece of bacon. Place in slow cooker on low for 4 hours!  

This meal is now added to our family's list of favorites!!

OMG Coconut Doughnuts!

These coconut doughnuts are FREAKING AMAZING!! Our 7 year old daughter came up to me and told me I was the best mom ever!!! Ahhhh! Best part is that they are Gluten-Free, Dairy Free and Naturally Sweetened!

Coconut Flour Doughnuts!

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup coconut flour

- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

- 6 eggs

- 1/2 cup honey

- 1 tablespoon vanilla

- 1/2 cup coconut oil - softened 

Method:

- Preheat oven 305 degrees F

- Mix all dry ingredients together in bowl

- Use a mixer on low, and blend in all the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

- Mix till well-blended

- Fill doughnut pan about 2/3 full

- Bake for 14 mins, or until toothpick comes out clean

Honey Dipped Toasted Coconut Topping!!

- Warm a few tablespoons of honey in microwave (about 10 seconds). Toast coconut in oven at 300 degrees F for about 6 mins.  Dip each doughnut into honey then into toasted coconut.

ENJOY!!!!!

Aunt Gina and Uncle Matt Banana Pancakes

Banana Egg Pancakes

(1 serving) makes 3 small/med. pancakes

This super yummy, yet so simple recipe comes from Aunt Gina, Uncle Matt and Chester! Thanks guys for introducing us to these amazing pancakes!

Stuff you need......are you ready???

1 ripe banana
1 egg

Really, thats it? Yep!! Now mash the banana and egg together in a bowl. We like to use again thanks to them coconut oil in the pan so the pancakes wont stick. We use just a little bit for each pancake. Now pour some batter into the pan and cook just like a normal pancake, just a couple mins on each side till they are golden brown!

We can make 3 pancakes (small) out of 1 egg and 1 banana. So for each person eating use a egg and banana per person! To make them even more yummier add a side of strawberries and bacon. And we then top the pancakes (3) with 1 tablespoon of real maple syrup!

So far we have made this breakfast 6 days in a row. The kids freaking LOVE them!!!! Again thanks Matt, Gina and Chester!!!!