Zucchini Bread - Paleo Style

You must try this zucchini bread!  I got the recipe from Running to the Kitchen.  Loving this site!

Here’s what I did for the bread:

1 ½ cups almond flour

1 ½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon (little more if you like :) )

3 egs

3 tbsp honey

1 tbsp coconut oil, melted

1 ripe mashed banana

1 cup shredded zucchini (squeeze out water)

Steps:

1.       Mix all dry ingredients.

2.        Mix all wet ingredients other than the zucchini.  Blend on medium for a couple minutes until smooth. 

3.       Add zucchini to wet mixture and mix on low until combined. 

4.      Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture

5.       Grease loaf pan well with coconut oil and then pour into loaf pans.

6.       Cook for about 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven, until a toothpick comes out clean.

7.       Let bread loaf cool on a wire wrack and then enjoy.

My iPhone picture does not do it justice. haha.

I think this would be awesome with a little added chocolate :)

Paleo Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

I love everything pumpkin! Plus, I’ve been craving pumpkins or waffles…didn’t matter which.  So Saturday morning was a perfect fall morning to mix the two.  I tweaked the recipe from Running to the Kitchen.  Here’s what I did…

Ingredients:

·      ½ cup almond flour

·      2 tablespoons coconut flour

·      pinch of salt

·      ½ tablespoon cinnamon

·      1 tsp all spice

·      1 tsp nutmeg

·      ¼ teaspoon baking soda

·      ½ cup pumpkin puree

·      ¾ cup egg whites

·      2 tablespoons honey

·      ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (I always add a little bit more :-) )

·      butter for cooking pancakes

Directions:

1. In a medium sized bowl, mix all your dry ingredients.

  2. In a separate bowl, mix your wet ingredients.

  3. Combine the dry and wet ingredients.

  4.  Heat a pan and butter it.   I usually have it on about medium heat. 

  5.  Pour approximately ¼ cup of batter onto the pan for each pancake.  I spread out the batter some to make them thinner.  The thinner they are, they easier they are to flip.

  6.  Let them cook about 5 minutes and then check to see if they can be flipped. If the pancake wants to fall apart, it's not ready to be flipped.

( I tried to flip one and it tried to separate.  I just left it and let it cook some more.  Patience is always a virtue. I waited a couple more minutes and the pancake flipped easily. *** Check frequently by lifting the edge. 

**I used to small spatulas to flip with more ease.

We top all pancakes/waffles with a mixture of honey and water. (equal parts)  They would also be good with some raisins or maybe almond butter on top! :)

These are delicious…hope you enjoy them as much as we did!