Peach Streusel Coffee Cake

Danielle Walker, the author of Against All Grain, is a wonderful resource for paleo recipes.  She is also a REAL person with a REAL life.  She just shared on her blog the horrible news that her unborn baby girl has a serious medical condition and will likely not be born alive or will only live a few hours. Here's a link to the blog post I'm referring to.  So, as you make any of her wonderful recipes in the coming weeks, say a prayer for her. 

I made a favorite of hers today called Peach Streusel Coffee Cake.  This is a published recipe she does not share on her website.  I had all the ingredients on hand and takes about 20 minutes to put together.  It takes 55 minutes to bake.  This is wonderful for dessert or breakfast.  Please email me at renaeats@gmail.com if you would like the recipe. 

Roasted Chicken, Stir-Fry Veggies & Raspberry Zinger

I roasted a chicken tonight.  This was a big bird and took 2 hours to bake!  It made the house smell wonderful.  I put olive oil, Simply Organic All Purpose Seasoning, Organic No-Salt Seasoning, salt, pepper and a lemon on my chicken tonight.  I ate my roasted chicken on top of fresh garden lettuce.  I also make this for a side dish:

Stir- Fry Veggies
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups fresh broccoli florets
1.5 cups fresh carrots, jullienned
salt & pepper
1 Tbsp oil (I used avocado)

Heat oil in skillet with a lid.  Saute onion a few minute, add garlic and saute a minute longer.  Add broccoli and carrots and saute for a few minutes.  Turn heat down and top the skillet with a lid.  Cook about 5 more minutes.  Season & serve.

 

We also made a raspberry zinger for dessert.  Here is my paleofied Vitamix recipe:
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup honey
10 drops stevia
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 lb frozen unsweetened raspberries

Place all ingredients into the Vitamix in the order listed and secure lid.  Turn machine on and slowly increase to variable 10, then to high.  Use tamper to press ingredients into the blades.  In about 30-60 seconds, the sound of the motor with change and 4 mounds should form.   Stop machine, do not over mix or melting will occur.  Serve immediately.




 

Homemade Stain Remover

I have had good results with this stain remover.  It has worked especially well on cooking grease spots.

Crock Pot Garlic and Balsamic Chicken

Some days are crock pot days.  Today was one of them for me.  I had a 3 lb package of organic chicken breasts, so I 1.5 all the ingredients and and tried this new crock pot recipe.  It turned out really good.  I served mine on mashed cauliflower as the recipe suggested.  Also had some fresh spinach.  This seriously took me no more than 5 minutes to put in the crock pot and was perfectly cooked in 6 hours on low.  Enjoy!
 

***Be careful what brand of balsamic vinegar you purchase.  Many list caramel color in their ingredients.  Look for brands that only list balsamic vinegar as the ingredient.***

Grilled Steak, Brats and Spiralized Potatoes

Here's what we had for supper tonight.
 
The steak was seasoned with some mesquite seasoning I made for the sloppy joes I made in this post.  The brats are from some grass fed beef I had ordered.  It is difficult to have good quality ingredients in something like a brat, so having your local locker make them with beef you are buying in bulk is a great option.  The potatoes are a mixture of sweet & red with salt, pepper and fresh chives.

Dutch Babies

We have made what we call "oven pancake" or "German pancake" for years.  I guess this process can be called Dutch Babies, too!  Since I have Dutch and German blood, either one is acceptable.  :)  Whatever you want to call it, this recipe turned out really well.  We drizzled ours with fresh lemon juice right out of the oven, then topped them with blueberries and maple syrup. 

2 Pizza Crust Reviews (Both Egg Free)

I have seen recipes for cauliflower pizza crusts for a long time.  One of paleo bloggers that I follow and typically has good recipes posted this revamped & better than ever cauliflower pizza crust.  I followed the ingredients in the recipe exactly.  She gave a few options.  I chose the arrowroot, flax meal, and melted butter options.  I baked it on my stone that I had generously greased with butter.  It was crispy and the flavor was fairly good.  It was easy to make and I had all the ingredients on hand.   I could taste the cauliflower, so if you hate cauliflower, I'd pass on this one.  I don't know if I'd make it again since we have other recipes we

The other recipe I tried was from Brittany Angell too.  It is so similar to the one I have posted before and we all like.  The main difference with this one is that it is egg free.  We liked it just as well as the other one, so I will probably make this pizza crust recipe occasionally.

It's been great to find a couple more good options that are both paleo and egg free!