Sweet Potato Casserole
We grew up having a sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving and Christmas with pineapple, streusel and marshmallows. It was so good! I decided this year to try and replicate it (and omitted the marshmallows, though you certainly could make homemade ones to put on top)! It has the tangy-sweetness from the pineapple and a crunchy-sweet streusel topping. I have made it around the holidays, but think it would be a good side dish for any time of the year. And depending on where you live and the time of year, servings can cost as little as $.60!
To view the recipe, see my guest post at The Nourishing Gourmet! Click here.
Flatbread (Paleo-Scandinavian Version)
Haha, Paleo-Scandinavian…this phrase is like an oxymoron! BUT, I am Scandinavian and LOVE my Grandma’s whole wheat/oatmeal flatbread recipe…so I ventured to make my own…without oatmeal or whole wheat. I am happy to say that the end result satisfied my craving for flatbread! I think there are lots of versions and variations of flatbread, so I apologize if this is not what you were thinking it is. This version is thin and fairly crispy. We love it topped with butter and honey-sweetened strawberry freezer jam, but you can put whatever you want on it! Enjoy!
Flatbread (Paleo-Scandinavian Version)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup almond pulp flour (I dry my leftover almond pulp from making Homemade Almond Milk on a baking pan at 250 degrees until dried out. Then I put it in a blender or food processor to break up the clumps and make it more of a flour-consistency.) *NOTE: Almond flour does NOT work the same.
2 Tbsp arrowroot
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup almond milk
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
3 Tbsp. softened butter
3 Tbsp. coconut oil, soft
1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
(extra arrowroot if needed)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix almond pulp flour, arrowroot and salt in a bowl.
3. Combine almond milk and lemon juice in a small bowl and let sit 1-2 minutes.
4. Add almond milk mixture, butter, coconut oil and honey to dry ingredients and mix well with a hand mixer.
5. Thinly, roll out dough between two pieces of parchment paper. You may need to add more arrowroot if the dough it too sticky. (I rolled mine to a thickness of about 1/8″ or less–the thinner you make it the crispier it will be.)
6. Cut into desired sizes with a pizza cutter or pastry cutter. (Mine range in sizes from 4″ x 3″ to 3″ x 2″.)
7. Using a metal spatula, carefully lift pieces of flatbread and place on a cookie sheet.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes or until edges start to brown. (Time will vary depending on how thick you make your flatbread.)
9. Remove from baking sheet to a cooling rack to cool. Top with butter and whatever else you like and enjoy!
Almond Butter Cookie Cups
Finally! A recipe I am going to put in the “Christmas Goodies” category! So…these are bit time-consuming, as so many things are with paleo if you are going to try to avoid refined sugars and such–but, we voted the end result was worth it! They are messy as the chocolate doesn’t seem to harden up like typical “candy”, but still tasty. Basically, I’ve combined my Almond Butter Dark Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe with the Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups recipe, made a few minor changes and this is the end result.
Almond Butter Cookie Cups
Ingredients:
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. honey
2 tsp. coconut oil
2/3 cup almond butter
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. arrowroot
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup almond butter
1/3 cup honey
1 egg
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 Tbsp. flaxseed meal
2/3 cup unsweetened coconut
Directions:
*Disclaimer: I have two different sized “mini-muffin pans”. I used the smaller of the two for the candy cups and the bigger of the two for the cookies so the cups would fit in them…I have not figured out a good way to do this if you don’t have two different sized pans…sorry.
1. Line [smaller] mini-muffin pan with 24 mini-muffin paper liners.
2. Melt unsweetened chocolate, honey and coconut oil in a double-boiler over low heat.
3. Using a spoon or pastry brush, coat bottom (and sides if you can) of paper liners with melted chocolate. Place pan in fridge.
4. Combine 2/3 cup almond butter, 1/4 tsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. honey, 2 Tbsp. arrowroot and 1 tsp. vanilla in a small bowl.
5. Once chocolate has hardened, spoon almond butter mixture over the bottom of each cup.
6. Top with more of the melted chocolate. Place pan back in fridge to harden. Once hardened, remove cups from pan and remove papers from candies. Place candies in fridge or freezer until cookies are ready.
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Combine last section of ingredients and mix well. Scoop dough evenly among 24 greased [larger mini-muffin pan] cups.
9. Bake in preheated oven for 7-9 minutes or until edges are starting to brown.
10. Remove pan from oven and immediately press one chocolate almond butter cup into each cookie (press down). Let cool completely in pan, remove from pan and enjoy!
*Notes: The chocolate doesn’t seem to harden up like a typical candy. If you use my other recipe for Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups using dark chocolate chips, it should harden up more in the fridge. I was trying to figure out a way to make a chocolate that didn’t contain soy lecithin and refined sugar…hence the unsweetened chocolate. Let me know which way you try and if you like it!