Parmesan Tomatoes

I never used to be much of a tomato eater, but of course as I have altered my eating habits, my tastes have followed suit. A couple of days ago, I tried a recipe that I found on Pinterest for parmesan baked tomatoes. That was a very good decision. It is super easy, takes just a few ingredients, and reheats well in the microwave. It is comprised of tomato slices topped with parmesan, oregano, salt, pepper, and olive oil. All you do is bake it in the oven for about 10 minutes and then eat it all up!  I think it tastes the best with really good quality Parmesan cheese. Try it!

Homemade Almond Milk

I just made homemade almond milk. Oh my goodness. I feel like I should be getting started on churning  butter next! Haha just kidding. It was fairly tasty though and I thought I would share the recipe here.  Why did I go through all the trouble of making it myself you might ask? Well, this article explains it best, but basically there are things in the store brand almond milks that are not paleo and not necessarily good for you. Almond milk is nice to have to make things like paleo milkshakes if you want a slightly different taste than what you get when you use coconut milk. Ice creams, milkshakes and yogurts are some of my FAVORITE sweets so I like to have some recipes I can turn to when I am craving them.

As it explains in the recipe, the almond pulp that is left over can be used as almond butter or almond flour. These can be used in paleo tortillas, cookies and other foods that might normally require flour. Basically, the recipe is a win-win. Try it!

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Coconut Milk again.

I almost forgot! I recently started mixing raw honey with coconut milk when I craved a sweet creamy drink, which is more often now that end-of-the-semester stress has awakened my sweet tooth. It is very yummy. I have added unsweetened cocoa to the mixture--that was okay, but I am going to try blending fruits in with it to make things like strawberry coconut milk, banana/blueberry milk, etc. Maybe adding ice would make it more like a milkshake. Who knows. Mmmmm I'm so excited for my next glass of the stuff!

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Almond flour!!!

Okay so almond flour is SO great. I was craving something bread-ish today and decided to make these tortillas (the tortilla recipe is at the bottom of the page on the recipe site) made with almond flour. Oh my goodness they are good. Add some honey on top and they taste like sopapillas. This is a Paleo miracle!!! *cue Angelic music*

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Squash Fritters taste good??

My boyfriend and I decided to try this recipe for squash fritters a couple of days ago. We made it with another paleo recipe but surprisingly the fritters were the best part of the meal! They are so good that even my anti-squash boyfriend was completely loving them. Try them!

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Coconut Milk

Tonight I tried something I saw on a Paleo site for dessert. I put some frozen blueberries and some cut strawberries in a bowl and poured coconut milk over them. It's like fruit soup and it's awesome! I think it might be a good replacement when I am craving something like ice cream. WOOT!! Try it!

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Bacon and Blueberries?

This morning I took this recipe from paleOMG for blueberry breakfast stuffed sweet potatoes and altered it a bit due to lack of proper ingredients and it was surprisingly delicious! I used leftover sweet potato instead of cooking a new one and I used bacon instead of sausage. It was SO good. I highly recommend it and it is pretty much paleo except for the sugar used in curing the bacon. I never  thought to use blueberries with bacon!

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