Remember the Coconut Almond Bark I posted a few weeks ago? That came from Healthful Pursuit!! My variation of the recipe was the Almond Butter Coconut Bark. Needless to say, Leanne creates yummy desserts in the kitchen and is here to share them with you as well!! Here is info from Leanne on this beautifully put-together book:

Overview

The Dessert Freedom Recipe Guide is a grain-free, vegan dessert cookbook on a mission. Think Tom Selleck, Magnum P.I. style.

It’s a lovingly crafted collection of 20 supreme dessert recipes and 20 health-promoting techniques to help you embrace your allergies, conquer your cravings and liberate your dessert dilemma.

Eat unrestricted, embrace good, be free.

This recipe guide is packed with goodness to help you…

• Enjoy desserts… guilt-free
• Crush your sugar cravings
• Overcome your restrictions
• Fall in love with your food sensitivities, allergies and restrictions
• Nourish yourself

Dessert Freedom is a 76-page, full-colour PDF digital/ebook, full of huge photos for every recipe, clickable resource links and supreme techniques to help you enjoy many a guilt-free dessert. PDFs can be read on computers, iPads, iPhones, Kindles and Android devices.

Closer look at the Dessert Freedom Recipe Guide

• Guide to: Technique Insiders. The inner workings of the recipes, actions, methods and steps, along with a couple of life lessons that I live by.
• Guide to: Popular Ingredients. Descriptions and substitutions for the 9 easy to find ingredients that make up the bulk of the recipes in the book.
• Guide to: Buying Ingredients. Where to find ingredients and how to save cash on the goods.
• Nut-based Recipes. Strawberry Chia Squares, No-bake Snickerdoodles, Fruit and Nut Biscotti, Coconut Joy Squares, Cream “Cheese” Crumble Cake… and more!
• Nut-free Recipes. Lemon Meringue Shake, Carob Orange Crunch Cookies, One Bite Cranberry Blondies, Trail Mix Muffins, Raspberry Apple Crumble… and more!
• Health-Promoting Techniques. Methods and actions to living guilt-free, how to bust through your cravings, live a life of abundance and how to celebrate your allergies.
• Nutrient Grotto. A little space where you’ll find all the calories, fat, carbs, fiber, sugars and protein stats for each and every single recipe, all in one place.

The cost of the guide is $14.95 USD

Read reviews, swoon over recipes and photos, or buy the digital book at healthfulpursuit.com/Dessert-Freedom

So go check-out the book and Leanne’s blog at the same time!! Enjoy this great book and try not to eat your computer screen!! Below are two more pics from this book!

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Over 5,000 Primal Life Kits have been sold (and this sale just started Tuesday)!! I just wanted to let you all know, that there is only a limited time left to grab your Primal Life Kit!! The sale ends Tuesday, April 9th at 11:59PM EST. I also wanted to include some pics of the items included in the bundle–I am a visual person so I figured if there is anyone out there like me, they might appreciate it. Here are some of the awesome products included in the kit:

What’s The Primal Life Kit?

The people at PaleoPlan.com have put together a really exciting opportunity for you! When you purchase the $39 Primal Life Kit, you get $485 worth of the most popular and life-changing Primal and Paleo products:

• 22 ebooks
• 2 meal plans
• 3 magazine subscriptions
• 2 fitness programs
• 1 short audio book
• and 8 discount codes

These educational and potentially life-changing Primal and Paleo products are being sold at more than 90% off their original retail value for one week only – April 2 through April 9. Included in this Primal Life Kit are a meal plan made by Primal Blueprint, a recipe ebook by Bill and Hayley over at primalpalate.com, a fitness program by Sarah Fragoso of Everyday Paleo, and a subscription to Paleo Magazine, among many other popular products. All the ebooks are in pdf format, so you can read them on your computer or the e-reader of your choice.

Please see the full list of what you’ll get when you purchase this bundle below.

This $39 kit will give you all the tools you need to eat, cook, work out, and live Primally.

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!!

12 Recipe and Meal Planning eBooks

• Paleo Crock Pot: 25+ Beef, Pork, & Chicken Recipes by George Bryant and Abel James of CivilizedCavemanCooking.com ($2.99)
• 30-Day Intro to Paleo by Hayley Mason and Bill Staley of PrimalPalate.com (authors of Make It Paleo) ($15)
• Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat by Melissa Joulwan of TheClothesMakeTheGirl.com ($14.95)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 100 Paleo and Primal Recipes Shared with FastPaleo in 2012 + 4 bonus ebooks (below) by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com ($14.97)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Muffins of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Beverages and Smoothies of 2012 + 4 bonus ebooks by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Cookies of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Ice Creams of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Toadally Primal Smoothies by Primal Toad of PrimalToad.com ($5)
• Paleo Power Lunch: Easy, Filling, & Delicious Workday Meal Strategies by Stormy Sweitzer of maoomba.com ($27.50)
• The Paleo Breakfast Recipe Book: Over 100 Pages of Recipes by Suzanne Crawt of paleo.com.au ($17)
• Sow: Planting the Seeds for Health, Well Being, and a Superhero Life! by Joe Rignola of wellnesspunks.com

4 Autoimmune and PCOS eBooks

• 21-Day Paleo Cleanse: 3 Week Autoimmune Protocol Meal Plan by Neely Quinn of PaleoPlan.com ($25)
• Awaken: 30+ Egg-Free and Grain-Free Breakfasts by Karen Sorenson of lowcarboneday.com ($9.99)
• The Autoimmune Paleo Plan: A Revolutionary Protocol to Rapidly Decrease Inflammation and Balance Your Immune System by Anne Angelone of expandingqi.com ($4.99)
• PCOS Unlocked: The Manual by Stefani Ruper of paleoforwomen.com (special abridged 53 pages for this sale includes discount on remainder of her ebook) ($19)

5 Informational and How-To eBooks

• The Wild Diet by Abel James of FatBurningMan.com ($17)
• 21 Life Lessons from Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb by Jimmy Moore of livinlavidalowcarb.com ($15)
• Primal Deliverance: How Paleo Saved My Life From Addiction by James Gregory of fastpaleo.com ($14.97)
• Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health on a Minimal Budget by Carolyn Rush of PrimalTightwad.com ($14.95)
• Free The Animal: How to Lose Weight and Fat on the Paleo Diet by Richard Nikoley of FreeTheAnimal.com ($7.95)

2 Meal Plans

• Primal Blueprint Primal Meal Plan - 1 month subscription to weekly Primal meal plans, grocery shopping lists, and the accompanying recipes for just $.01 from Mark Sisson and primalblueprint.com ($9.99)
• 6-week Paleo Meal Plan - 1 free 6-Week Paleo Meal Plan from Paleoista, by Nell Stephenson (author of Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat and co-author of The Paleo Diet Cookbook) at paleoista.com ($59)

2 Fitness Programs

• Sarah Fragoso’s Everyday Paleo LifeFit fitness and nutrition training program – 1 month for $.01 from the author of Everyday Paleo and everydaypaleo.com ($20)
• The Obstacle Course Race Training Program ebook by Stew Smith, CSCS and former Navy SEAL at stewsmith.com ($16.99)

3 Magazines (Online Subscriptions)

• The Performance Menu: Journal of Health & Athletic Excellence - Free 1 year subscription (12 issues) and 1 year of back issues from catalystathletics.com ($70)
• Paleo Magazine - Free 6-month online subscription (3 issues) and access to all back issues ($29)
• Paleo Living Magazine - Free 3-month (4 issues) iPad subscription (no expiration) ($15.96)

2 Bonuses

• Primal Moms Look Good Naked by Peggy Emch (theprimalparent.com) - Audio recording of a portion of this new paperback book spoken by the author (Free)
• The Modern No-Nonsense Guide to Paleo ebook by Alison Golden of (paleononpaleo.com) - Three ebook chapters on Paleo shopping, kitchens, & lunches from her new book (Free)

8 Discounts

• Kasandrinos Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 30% off Greek extra virgin olive oil from Tony Kasandrinos’ family farm until December 31st, 2013
• Bulletproof Coffee Kit - 20% off Monthly Bulletproof Coffee Kit (24 oz. of coffee and a 32-ounce bottle of MCT oil) from BulletProofExec.com (no expiration date) ($9.80 value)
• Primal Life Organics - 20% off organic, Paleo, gluten-free, vegan skincare products, hair care products, and deodorant until May 1st, 2013
• Amrap Nutrition Refuel Bars - Buy one 8-Count box of Refuel Bars on Amazon and get 1 box free until April 30, 2013 ($23.95 value)
• Optimum Performance Training - 15% off apparel, supplements, and online fitness training course until Dec 31, 2013
• Paleo On The Go - 10% off Paleo food delivered to your home from paleoonthego.com until May 1
• Squatty Potty – 15% off all products through April and 10% for the rest of 2013.
• Sport Journals – 20% off WODbooks (for recording your workouts) until May 11, 2013

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!!

Get all of this (retail value $485) for just $39.

Seriously.

That’s normally the price of just one or two of these products! After you purchase the kit, you’ll be sent an email with a link to all of the downloadable products, as well as the coupon codes for all of the discounted products.

NOTE: Due to the short duration of this sale, there will be no refunds. These products are downloadable ebooks, online magazine subscriptions, and discount codes. You will not be shipped any physical goods with your purchase of the Primal Life Kit.  Please contact neely@paleoplan.com with any questions about the Primal Life Kit.

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Anyway, I contacted Leanne from www.healthfulpursuit.com and asked her if I could link to it on my site! She agreed so here we are! Her recipe for the Coconut Almond Bark is here. If you aren’t avoiding sweeteners, you can add 1-2 Tbsp. of honey to the batch to make it a bit sweeter. I also ran out of almond extract (after making it multiple times) and just subbed more vanilla for the almond extract.

Leanne’s Coconut Almond Bark recipe sent my mind spinning with variations that would be just as yummy! And that is how “Almond Butter Coconut Bark” was born…Sorry to be confusing about the names! Hoping that the pics with the names on them clarifies it a bit!

As far as the coconut butter goes, here are two recipes that I found helpful: Homemade Coconut Butter and Toasted Almond Butter (though I didn’t toast mine…it sounds yummy!) I will explain how I made mine below.

Almond Butter Coconut Bark

Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup coconut butter (see my recipe for homemade coconut butter below)
2/3 cup pecans
1/2 cup sliced almonds
2 Tbsp. coconut oil + 2 tsp. for toasting nuts
1/4 cup almond butter
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup dried, unsweetened coconut for topping

Directions:
1. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.
2. Put pecans, sliced almonds and 2 tsp. coconut oil in a skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently to avoid burning. Cook until ever-so-lightly browned/toasted.
3. Mix 2 Tbsp. coconut oil with the coconut butter. If not using fresh-made coconut butter that is still runny, soften coconut butter in a double boiler (with the coconut oil).
4. Add toasted nuts, almond butter, vanilla, cinnamon and raisins to the coconut butter mixture.
5. Spread mixture evenly in 9×13 pan lined with parchment paper. You may have to move around the raisins/nuts with your spatula so that they are evenly distributed.
6. Sprinkle 3/4 cup dried shredded coconut on top of the bark. Press down with a spatula. Place pan in fridge to cool until hardened. (I’m not sure how long this took…maybe an hour?)
7. Break Almond Butter Coconut Bark into pieces and enjoy!!

*This is best kept in fridge to keep its firm texture.

Jen’s Simple Coconut Butter (derived from the two recipes linked-to above)

Yield: approximately 1 1/2 cups coconut butter

Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups unsweetened, shredded coconut
2 tsp. coconut oil

Directions:
1. Put coconut and coconut oil into a food processor. Grind.
2. Occasionally you may need to scrape down the sides. Grind some more.
3. Grind the coconut until it becomes runny. The transformation is so cool (I’m easily amused)! It shocked me that all the dried up coconut could become liquidy in texture!! Mine never became completely smooth, but for this recipe, it doesn’t need to be. Just make sure it is somewhat liquidy and runny.
4. The end! Now go make some Almond Butter Coconut Bark!!

*I had to make my coconut butter in two batches as I have a smaller food processor. If 4 1/2 cups doesn’t fit in your food processor, don’t try it. Do it in smaller batches

If you haven’t checked-out the HUGE SALE Primal Life Kit, check-it out here! Sale ends on April 9th!

And here is the link again for the Coconut Almond Bark (pictured below).

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First of all, can I just say that I’m super-excited about this bundle?!?! I have seen a lot of “health-related” e-book bundles lately and most of them don’t include products I’ve heard of. If you follow many paleo or primal websites, you will recognize multiple products in this bundle! I was super-stoked to get the “Well Fed” e-book by The Clothes Makes the Girl, a 6-month online subscription to Paleo Magazine (one of the participants in my last giveaway), and the “Awaken: Grain-free and Egg-free Breakfasts” e-book! I also am excited that the FastPaleo e-book is included!! I am honored to have 7 recipes featured in the FastPaleo e-book bundle (one main e-book of 100 recipes and 4 mini e-books). If you just bought the FastPaleo e-book ($14.95), the Well Fed e-book ($14.95) and the Awaken e-book ($9.99) separately, you will have spent as much as this whole bundle costs! Check-out the other items featured in it below!

What’s The Primal Life Kit?

The people at PaleoPlan.com have put together a really exciting opportunity for you! When you purchase the $39 Primal Life Kit, you get $485 worth of the most popular and life-changing Primal and Paleo products:

• 22 ebooks
• 2 meal plans
• 3 magazine subscriptions
• 2 fitness programs
• 1 short audio book
• and 8 discount codes

These educational and potentially life-changing Primal and Paleo products are being sold at more than 90% off their original retail value for one week only – April 2 through April 9. Included in this Primal Life Kit are a meal plan made by Primal Blueprint, a recipe ebook by Bill and Hayley over at primalpalate.com, a fitness program by Sarah Fragoso of Everyday Paleo, and a subscription to Paleo Magazine, among many other popular products. All the ebooks are in pdf format, so you can read them on your computer or the e-reader of your choice.

Please see the full list of what you’ll get when you purchase this bundle below.

This $39 kit will give you all the tools you need to eat, cook, work out, and live Primally.

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!!

12 Recipe and Meal Planning eBooks

• Paleo Crock Pot: 25+ Beef, Pork, & Chicken Recipes by George Bryant and Abel James of CivilizedCavemanCooking.com ($2.99)
• 30-Day Intro to Paleo by Hayley Mason and Bill Staley of PrimalPalate.com (authors of Make It Paleo) ($15)
• Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat by Melissa Joulwan of TheClothesMakeTheGirl.com ($14.95)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 100 Paleo and Primal Recipes Shared with FastPaleo in 2012 + 4 bonus ebooks (below) by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com ($14.97)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Muffins of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Beverages and Smoothies of 2012 + 4 bonus ebooks by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Cookies of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Fast Paleo Top 100: The Top 10 Ice Creams of 2012 by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell of FastPaleo.com (free bonus ebook)
• Toadally Primal Smoothies by Primal Toad of PrimalToad.com ($5)
• Paleo Power Lunch: Easy, Filling, & Delicious Workday Meal Strategies by Stormy Sweitzer of maoomba.com ($27.50)
• The Paleo Breakfast Recipe Book: Over 100 Pages of Recipes by Suzanne Crawt of paleo.com.au ($17)
• Sow: Planting the Seeds for Health, Well Being, and a Superhero Life! by Joe Rignola of wellnesspunks.com

4 Autoimmune and PCOS eBooks

• 21-Day Paleo Cleanse: 3 Week Autoimmune Protocol Meal Plan by Neely Quinn of PaleoPlan.com ($25)
• Awaken: 30+ Egg-Free and Grain-Free Breakfasts by Karen Sorenson of lowcarboneday.com ($9.99)
• The Autoimmune Paleo Plan: A Revolutionary Protocol to Rapidly Decrease Inflammation and Balance Your Immune System by Anne Angelone of expandingqi.com ($4.99)
• PCOS Unlocked: The Manual by Stefani Ruper of paleoforwomen.com (special abridged 53 pages for this sale includes discount on remainder of her ebook) ($19)

5 Informational and How-To eBooks

• The Wild Diet by Abel James of FatBurningMan.com ($17)
• 21 Life Lessons from Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb by Jimmy Moore of livinlavidalowcarb.com ($15)
• Primal Deliverance: How Paleo Saved My Life From Addiction by James Gregory of fastpaleo.com ($14.97)
• Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health on a Minimal Budget by Carolyn Rush of PrimalTightwad.com ($14.95)
• Free The Animal: How to Lose Weight and Fat on the Paleo Diet by Richard Nikoley of FreeTheAnimal.com ($7.95)

2 Meal Plans

• Primal Blueprint Primal Meal Plan - 1 month subscription to weekly Primal meal plans, grocery shopping lists, and the accompanying recipes for just $.01 from Mark Sisson and primalblueprint.com ($9.99)
• 6-week Paleo Meal Plan - 1 free 6-Week Paleo Meal Plan from Paleoista, by Nell Stephenson (author of Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat and co-author of The Paleo Diet Cookbook) at paleoista.com ($59)

2 Fitness Programs

• Sarah Fragoso’s Everyday Paleo LifeFit fitness and nutrition training program – 1 month for $.01 from the author of Everyday Paleo and everydaypaleo.com ($20)
• The Obstacle Course Race Training Program ebook by Stew Smith, CSCS and former Navy SEAL at stewsmith.com ($16.99)

3 Magazines (Online Subscriptions)

• The Performance Menu: Journal of Health & Athletic Excellence - Free 1 year subscription (12 issues) and 1 year of back issues from catalystathletics.com ($70)
• Paleo Magazine - Free 6-month online subscription (3 issues) and access to all back issues ($29)
• Paleo Living Magazine - Free 3-month (4 issues) iPad subscription (no expiration) ($15.96)

2 Bonuses

• Primal Moms Look Good Naked by Peggy Emch (theprimalparent.com) - Audio recording of a portion of this new paperback book spoken by the author (Free)
• The Modern No-Nonsense Guide to Paleo ebook by Alison Golden of (paleononpaleo.com) - Three ebook chapters on Paleo shopping, kitchens, & lunches from her new book (Free)

8 Discounts

• Kasandrinos Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 30% off Greek extra virgin olive oil from Tony Kasandrinos’ family farm until December 31st, 2013
• Bulletproof Coffee Kit - 20% off Monthly Bulletproof Coffee Kit (24 oz. of coffee and a 32-ounce bottle of MCT oil) from BulletProofExec.com (no expiration date) ($9.80 value)
• Primal Life Organics - 20% off organic, Paleo, gluten-free, vegan skincare products, hair care products, and deodorant until May 1st, 2013
• Amrap Nutrition Refuel Bars - Buy one 8-Count box of Refuel Bars on Amazon and get 1 box free until April 30, 2013 ($23.95 value)
• Optimum Performance Training - 15% off apparel, supplements, and online fitness training course until Dec 31, 2013
• Paleo On The Go - 10% off Paleo food delivered to your home from paleoonthego.com until May 1
• Squatty Potty – 15% off all products through April and 10% for the rest of 2013.
• Sport Journals – 20% off WODbooks (for recording your workouts) until May 11, 2013

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!!

Get all of this (retail value $485) for just $39.

Seriously.

That’s normally the price of just one or two of these products! After you purchase the kit, you’ll be sent an email with a link to all of the downloadable products, as well as the coupon codes for all of the discounted products.

NOTE: Due to the short duration of this sale, there will be no refunds. These products are downloadable ebooks, online magazine subscriptions, and discount codes. You will not be shipped any physical goods with your purchase of the Primal Life Kit.  Please contact neely@paleoplan.com with any questions about the Primal Life Kit.

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If you want to avoid the refined sugars completely or aren’t a big fan of chocolate–they taste great without it! And they make a great Coconut Milk Ice Cream topping when you chop them up!

Ingredients:
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/3 cup water
3/4 cup almond butter
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
(Optional for chocolate coating):
3/4 cup (approximately) dark chocolate chips
1/2 tsp. coconut oil

Tools:
-Candy Thermometer
-Small to medium saucepan (try to avoid using a super-thin/cheap one–it will be more likely to burn)
-8×8 square baking pan
-Parchment paper
-Double boiler (or some other way to melt your chocolate chips)

Directions:
1. Prepare 8×8 baking pan by lining it with parchment paper. (I have tried this greasing the pan but they don’t come out as nicely. They come out in pieces instead of bars.)
2. Combine honey, coconut sugar and water in saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-low heat stirring occasionally.
3. Once the mixture has come to a boil, insert candy thermometer making sure the tip isn’t touching the bottom of the pan, but is in the liquid. Don’t stir the mixture once it is boiling.
4. In the meantime, combine almond butter, baking soda, vanilla and salt in a small bowl.
5. Cook until the candy thermometer reads 300 degrees.* Immediately remove saucepan from heat. Pour almond butter mixture into the saucepan and stir quickly to combine.
6. Pour and spread the candy mixture into the 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper (you need to work quickly–it starts to set really fast!).
7. Within 5-15 minutes, take a sharp knife and cut the candy into desired sizes/shapes, but leaving it in the pan. This helps for when it is completely cooled, you can break the pieces apart easier into the sizes that you cut. I cut mine 4 rows one direction and 6-8 rows the other direction.
8. Allow candy to cool completely. Lift the parchment paper out and carefully break apart the candies (where you cut them). Place on a plate in the freezer until you are ready to dip them.
9. Melt the dark chocolate chips in a double boiler with 1/2 tsp. coconut oil.
10. Dip the candy bars in the chocolate, shake off excess chocolate. Place on a parchment paper-lined plate or pan. Place in fridge to set. Keep refrigerated until ready to eat! Enjoy!

*If your liquid is about to boil over, try placing a wooden spoon across the top of the saucepan…it totally brought the bubbles down on mine!

Shared at Allergy-Free Wednesdays!

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Cinnamon Crunchies (cereal or crackers)

Ingredients:
1 cup almond flour (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
1 Tbsp. ground white chia seed + 3 Tbsp. water (or 1 egg in place of the chia seed and water)
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, softened
1 Tbsp. honey
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
(optional for sprinkling on top):
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. coconut sugar

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together almond flour, ground chia, water, coconut oil, honey, 1 tsp. cinnamon and salt.
3. Roll dough out between two pieces of parchment paper. (I rolled mine into a very thin rectangle approximately 10″x15″–it doesn’t have to have perfectly straight edges–mine weren’t even close to straight!)
4. Carefully peel off the top layer of parchment paper. Place the bottom layer with the dough unto a baking sheet.
5. (Optional) Combine 1/4 tsp. cinnamon with 1 1/2 tsp. coconut sugar and sprinkle some of the mixture on top of the dough. I used just a small amount of the mixture!
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cut into squares (I used a pizza cutter and cut mine into small, Cinnamon Toast Crunch sized pieces).
7. Return pan to oven and bake 2-5 more minutes or until lightly browned. Because I didn’t get my dough perfectly even in thickness, the outer pieces were done first. I removed the pan every couple minutes and would take off the pieces that were lightly browned.
8. Place cereal/cracker pieces unto a cooling rack to cool completely.
9. Eat plain or in a bowl with your favorite milk! (I like almond milk.)

*The “crunchiness” of your crackers/cereal depends on how thin you roll it out and how long you bake it. There is a fine line between “done” and burnt…so watch it carefully! The thinner you make it, the crunchier it will be.

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*Check-it out because there are some new notes–Cappello’s has given us a 10% off code to use, Glacier Grown is making a DC run, new low pricing on Practical Paleo at Amazon, etc.!

GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $231.72) : Stacy S.
-US Wellness Meats $75 Gift Certificate ($75)
-Practical Paleo book ($39.95)
-Cappellos Pasta Mixed Case ($43)
-Bob’s Red Mill Set of Four Grain-free Flours: Almond Flour ($11.59), Organic Coconut Flour ($5.67), Arrowroot Powder ($6.19) & Hazelnut Flour ($9.67)
-LunchBots Duo Orange Container ($17.99) & (1) Condiment Dips Container ($6.66)
-Stirs the SOUL Date Chocolate Bars: 5 pack sampler ($16)

SECOND PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $126.23) : Cait P.
-Paleo Nick One-Year Subscription ($48)
-Paleo Magazine One-Year Subscription ($30.25)
-White Lion Baking Company Pumpkin Muffin Mix ($6.99) & Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookie Mix ($22.99)
-Theo Chocolate Ultimate Dark Chocolate Bar ($4), Rich Dark Chocolate Bar ($4), ECI Vanilla Nib Chocolate Bar ($5) & ECI Pili Pili Chili Chocolate Bar ($5)

THIRD PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $89.85) : Mike M.
-Paleo Magazine One-Year Subscription ($30.25)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-Glacier Grown Karen’s Super Healing Salve ($18)
-Coconut Secret Coconut Flour ($11)
-Stirs the SOUL Honey Chocolate Bars: 3 pack sampler ($9.60)

FOURTH PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $63.90) : Drew B.
-Larabar Variety Pack ($27.95)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Mini Assorted Pack Color Powders ($14.95)

FIFTH PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $60.55) Beverly C.
-Mountain Rose Herbs Epicurean Organics Line Products: Extra Virgin Olive Oil ($5.00), All Purpose Seasoning ($4.90), Italian Seasoning ($4.90), Mexican Seasoning ($4.90), & Black Lava Salt ($4.90)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-FastPaleo E-Cookbook: FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012 ($14.95)

…AND the seventeen companies that contributed!!! Check-out the sales and specials that are running!!

1.  US Wellness Meats offers multiple grass-fed meats including bison, beef and lamb! And I am excited to announce that I am an affiliate of US Wellness Meats now!

2. Practical Paleo: The 14x New York Times best-selling book Practical Paleo is a FANTASTIC resource. I was sent a copy to review and I absolutely love it. I think it will be a great reference for years to come! This booked is packed with great recipes, easy-to-understand information and several 30-Day Meal Plans tailored to specific health conditions. I just made Diane’s Blueberry Muffins this morning (recipe in the book) and they were delicious! They are the best coconut flour muffins I’ve ever tried–they are WAY better than my own coconut flour muffin recipes! Check-out her website and blog at Balanced Bites.
*Amazon recently dropped the price on her book! Their prices fluctuate constantly, but I last saw it at $22.69 ($39.99 value!) Go buy her book on Amazon here!

3. Paleo Nick—Paleo Nick is a cook and a Crossfitter and your guide to Culinary Fitness! You can subscribe monthly or yearly to his sight and each month this is what you will have access to: (1) a minimum of 8 Paleo Cooking Videos with accompanying recipes in PDF format, (2) A minimum of 4 relevant, educational, Paleo Cooking related articles, and (3) Membership to a site that will simplify your life and help you live longer!

4. Cappello’s Grain-free Pasta –Yum. That is the word to describe Cappello’s GRAIN-FREE pasta!! We were sent some of their delicious pasta to sample and tried the Fettuccine the other night–it was fantastic!! I love that the main ingredient is almond flour and not a grain–woohoo! Anyway, they have three types of pasta: Fettuccine, Lasagna, and Gnocchi and it has amazing flavor! The really cool thing is the fettuccine cooks in 45 seconds once you drop it into the boiling water–no having to guess what time your company is going to arrive here to have the pasta timed just right–when they walk in the door, drop it into your boiling water and before they even sit down it will be ready! Presto!
*10% off of your online order using the code “Unrefined” — Thanks, Ben! This offer will run through March 11th — so hurry!

5. Primal Pacs Large Pacs –These are great Paleo snacks for on-the-go! Organic, grass-fed and grass-finished beef dried (to form jerky) combined with yummy nuts and dried fruits (sweetened not with refined sugar, but apple juice!). LOVE it. These are so great for camping, road-trips or even just to keep in your purse or in your car for when you need a snack (that will also be tasty and HEALTHY!!)
*Primal Pacs has brand new packaging–check-it out!

6. Paleo Magazine–I was sent a copy of Paleo Magazine’s Feb/Mar 2013 issue and loved it! It was so exciting to look through a magazine in which most of the articles applied to me, the recipes I could actually eat and even the ads were enjoyable to look at because I was actually interested in the products (a little different from the regular magazines packed with recipes and products I will never be able to eat/use…) If you haven’t signed-up to receive Paleo Magazine, check-it out! The issues are printed every other month resulting in 6 magazines a year!

7. Bob’s Red Mill Package of Four Grain-free Flours–I love Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour. It is the almond flour I use all the time! In my opinion, it is a great almond flour that is generally more affordable than other brands on the market. Bob’s Red Mill gave one winner a package of Almond Flour, Organic Coconut Flour, Arrowroot Starch, and Hazelnut Flour/Meal! I was sent one of each of those packages as well and already know I will love the Coconut Flour and Arrowroot Starch and I can’t wait to experiment with the Hazelnut Flour as well!

8. White Lion Baking Company Pumpkin Muffin Mix and Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookie Mix –White Lion Baking Company offers grain-free baking mixes and grain-free baked goods! They have cupcakes, muffins, crackers, cookies, brownies and breads. “Our products are grain-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free, free of processed high-omega-6 vegetable oils, soy-free and low in lactose. For those with a casein allergy or moderate to severe lactose intolerance our cookies, crackers and many of our cakes can also be made completely dairy free (and even nut-free and egg-free!)” Check-it out!

9. LunchBots Duo Orange Container and (1) Dip Condiment Container –These containers are so cool! I had not heard of LunchBots before someone on Facebook mentioned they’d like to see their containers as a prize! LunchBots sent me a Duo Orange container and a Condiment Dip container. These containers are an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bags and plastic containers that may or may not be leaking chemicals into your food. They are also super-cool looking! After LunchBots sent me those products to review, I promptly signed-up to be an affiliate! Check-out there many products through my affiliate link here!

10. Mountain Rose Herbs Products from their Epicurean Line (Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, All Purpose Seasoning, Italian Seasoning, Mexican Seasoning and Black Lava Seasoning–I was sent these five products to review and I was really impressed! I figured they would be good and tasty like most spices, but UNLIKE most of the other spices I have used, they create wonderful flavors that taste FRESH!! I was pleasantly surprised and also promptly signed-up to be an affiliate of them as well! I loved each of the products I tried and am totally intrigued by the Black Lava Salt. ”This Hawaiian Sea Salt that has been solar dried with lava rocks and then infused with activated charcoal.” It is a delicious salt packed full of minerals!

11. Larabar Variety Pack –Sweetened with dates, these great on-the-go snacks contain a handful of ingredients–most of which are nuts and dried fruits with some seasonings. These are a great snack to keep on-hand at work or in the car for when you need a sweet treat.

12. Glacier Grown’s Karen’s Super Healing Salve 4 oz. –I love Karen’s Healing Salves. We have both the Super Healing Salve and the Super Emollient Salve and we use and love both! I use them for diaper rash, dry skin and for small cuts and burns! Glacier Grown is local to me here in the Flathead Valley and Karen is a good friend of mine! Glacier Grown also has grass-fed bison, beef and lamb, but are not currently shipping the meats (they DO ship the salves though!) They serve the Flathead Valley in Montana and also make meat runs to Southern California a couple times a year. Go check-out their website!
*Glacier Grown is making a delivery in the greater DC area in early April.  They sell everything ahead of time, so if you are interested, you would need them to contact them ASAP!!

13. Stirs the SOUL Raw Chocolate Bars (3 Honey Sampler and 5 Date Sampler–total: –Stirs the SOUL sells raw chocolate bars sweetened honey and dates! I was sent a few flavors to try and fell in love with their Honey Dark Chocolate. I was so impressed with how great the flavor and texture was and was so surprised it could be that good sweetened with honey! Their Date-Sweetened Chocolate was great too! This is a great option for some dark chocolate treats! Stirs the SOUL chocolates are dairy and soy-free (woohoo!!), fairly traded and raw.

14. Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Mini Assorted Pack Color Powders – Chocolate Craft Kits is a cool company I discovered while researching options for my daughter’s birthday cake last fall. I pinned their site but decided to attempt creating my own natural food coloring by cooking, dehydrating and grinding up beets…it worked, sort-of. I broke my coffee grinder in the process AND it took a TON of time to make it. I am THRILLED to say that next time I make a cake, I have Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Food Coloring Powders to use instead! I was sent samples of the powders to try and sure have been enjoying trying them in frosting! My current favorite is the orange! It made such a bright and cheery addition to the cookies I was experimenting with! Her food color powders are all made from vegetables and spices such as cabbage, turmeric, spinach and carrots! She also has liquid food coloring as well!

15. Theo Chocolate Bars (one of each: Ultimate Dark Chocolate, Rich Dark Chocolate, ECI Vanilla Nib & ECI Pili Pili Chili–I was sent one of each of these bars to try! My personal favorites were the Rich Dark Chocolate and the ECI Vanilla Nib–delicious!! You must know that I am such a wimp when it comes to spicy foods that medium salsas make my tongue feel like it is on fire. So…I shared the ECI Pili Pili Chili Chocolate bar with a friend of ours who LOVES spicy foods and thought it was amazing! These chocolate bars are fair-trade and soy and dairy-free! (It is not that common to find chocolates that are soy-free, so when I do–I get excited!)

16. FastPaleo e-Cookbook FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012–This is FastPaleo’s first e-cookbook that is compiled of paleo recipes from many different people! Their website is a recipe sharing site that anyone can submit recipes to be shared. I am honored to have seven of my recipes from The Unrefined Kitchen featured in this e-cookbook set (four mini-e-books are included along with the main Top 100 e-book)!
*This e-book is $14.95!

17. Coconut Secret Coconut Flour –”Our Coconut Secret Coconut Flour is dried, defatted and ground coconut meat. It’s fresh, organic, raw with a wheat like consistency that can be used in recipes calling for flour for those who have allergies to gluten, and or who prefer the taste and texture.  Commonly 15%-25% replacements of Coconut Flour in baking recipes can be used without drastically altering the outcome.” I personally like to combine coconut flour and almond flour to make great grain-free baked goods! I love Coconut Secret’s Coconut Flour and Coconut Aminos (soy-free soy-sauce substitute) and use them all the time!

–I was not paid by any company to make the above statements. I was however sent samples/products to review by multiple companies so that I could include an honest review of their product. I am thrilled to have been able to partner with all 17 of these companies for this giveaway! Show them your love and support as well!

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So here is how this is going to work–I will list each individual company and their prizes below so you can meet each of them and see what they are contributing! Then, I will explain the FIVE prize packages–no, I’m sorry, there won’t be a separate winner for each prize. BUT, there will be five winners and there are LOTS of opportunities to get entries into this giveaway (you can have up to 20 entries!!). Multiple of the listings will also include a short review on the product if I have used it before or if I was sent a product from the company to sample. And I do apologize for the length of the post–but it was so hard to keep short all that I wanted to say about each of these companies–and let’s face it–I am super-wordy…

So, without further ado–17 fantastic companies!! THANK YOU each and every one of you who have contributed to this giveaway! It has been a joy to correspond with you and hope that everyone reading this will be as excited about your products as I am!!!

1. US Wellness Meats $75 Gift Certificate ($75 value): US Wellness Meats offers multiple grass-fed meats including bison, beef and lamb! What a perfect paleo prize for your fridge and freezer!
*2-25-13: I am excited to announce that I am an affiliate of US Wellness Meats now!

2. Practical Paleo ($39.95 value): The 14x New York Times best-selling book Practical Paleo is a FANTASTIC resource. I was sent a copy to review and I absolutely love it. I think it will be a great reference for years to come! This booked is packed with great recipes, easy-to-understand information and several 30-Day Meal Plans tailored to specific health conditions. I just made Diane’s Blueberry Muffins this morning (recipe in the book) and they were delicious! They are the best coconut flour muffins I’ve ever tried–they are WAY better than my own coconut flour muffin recipes! Check-out her website and blog at Balanced Bites and go buy her book on Amazon here.

3. Paleo Nick One Year Subscription ($48 value)—Paleo Nick is a cook and a Crossfitter and your guide to Culinary Fitness! You can subscribe monthly or yearly to his sight and each month this is what you will have access to: (1) a minimum of 8 Paleo Cooking Videos with accompanying recipes in PDF format, (2) A minimum of 4 relevant, educational, Paleo Cooking related articles, and (3) Membership to a site that will simplify your life and help you live longer!

4. Cappello’s Mixed Case Grain-free Pasta ($43 value)–Yum. That is the word to describe Cappello’s GRAIN-FREE pasta!! We were sent some of their delicious pasta to sample and tried the Fettuccine the other night–it was fantastic!! I love that the main ingredient is almond flour and not a grain–woohoo! Anyway, they have three types of pasta: Fettuccine, Lasagna, and Gnocchi and it has amazing flavor! The really cool thing is the fettuccine cooks in 45 seconds once you drop it into the boiling water–no having to guess what time your company is going to arrive here to have the pasta timed just right–when they walk in the door, drop it into your boiling water and before they even sit down it will be ready! Presto!

5. Primal Pacs (9) Large Pacs (total for 9: $63 value)–These are great Paleo snacks for on-the-go! Organic, grass-fed and grass-finished beef dried (to form jerky) combined with yummy nuts and dried fruits (sweetened not with refined sugar, but apple juice!). LOVE it. These are so great for camping, road-trips or even just to keep in your purse or in your car for when you need a snack (that will also be tasty and HEALTHY!!) Primal Pacs has contributed 9 Large Pacs to be spread amongst three different winners (sharin’ the love)!

6. Paleo Magazine (2) One-Year Subscriptions (total for 2: $60.50 value)–I was sent a copy of Paleo Magazine’s Feb/Mar 2013 issue and loved it! It was so exciting to look through a magazine in which most of the articles applied to me, the recipes I could actually eat and even the ads were enjoyable to look at because I was actually interested in the products (a little different from the regular magazines packed with recipes and products I will never be able to eat/use…) If you haven’t signed-up to receive Paleo Magazine, check-it out! The issues are printed every other month resulting in 6 magazines a year! Two winners will each receive a one-year subscription to Paleo Magazine!

7. Bob’s Red Mill Package of Four Grain-free Flours (total: $33.12 value)–I love Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour. It is the almond flour I use all the time! In my opinion, it is a great almond flour that is generally more affordable than other brands on the market. Bob’s Red Mill has generously offered to give one winner a package of Almond Flour, Organic Coconut Flour, Arrowroot Starch, and Hazelnut Flour/Meal! I was sent one of each of those packages as well and already know I will love the Coconut Flour and Arrowroot Starch and I can’t wait to experiment with the Hazelnut Flour as well!

8. White Lion Baking Company Pumpkin Muffin Mix and Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookie Mix (total: $29.98 value)–White Lion Baking Company offers grain-free baking mixes and grain-free baked goods! They have cupcakes, muffins, crackers, cookies, brownies and breads. “Our products are grain-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free, free of processed high-omega-6 vegetable oils, soy-free and low in lactose. For those with a casein allergy or moderate to severe lactose intolerance our cookies, crackers and many of our cakes can also be made completely dairy free (and even nut-free and egg-free!)” Check-it out!

9. LunchBots Duo Orange Container and (1) Dip Condiment Container (total: $24.65 value)–These containers are so cool! I had not heard of LunchBots before someone on Facebook mentioned they’d like to see their containers as a prize! LunchBots sent me a Duo Orange container and a Condiment Dip container. These containers are an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bags and plastic containers that may or may not be leaking chemicals into your food. They are also super-cool looking! After LunchBots sent me those products to review, I promptly signed-up to be an affiliate! Check-out there many products through my affiliate link here!

10. Mountain Rose Herbs Products from their Epicurean Line (Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, All Purpose Seasoning, Italian Seasoning, Mexican Seasoning and Black Lava Seasoning–total: $24.60 value)–I was sent these five products to review and I was really impressed! I figured they would be good and tasty like most spices, but UNLIKE most of the other spices I have used, they create wonderful flavors that taste FRESH!! I was pleasantly surprised and also promptly signed-up to be an affiliate of them as well! I loved each of the products I tried and am totally intrigued by the Black Lava Salt. ”This Hawaiian Sea Salt that has been solar dried with lava rocks and then infused with activated charcoal.” It is a delicious salt packed full of minerals!

11. Larabar Variety Pack ($27.95 value)–Sweetened with dates, these great on-the-go snacks contain a handful of ingredients–most of which are nuts and dried fruits with some seasonings. These are a great snack to keep on-hand at work or in the car for when you need a sweet treat.

12. Glacier Grown’s Karen’s Super Healing Salve 4 oz. ($18 value)–I love Karen’s Healing Salves. We have both the Super Healing Salve and the Super Emollient Salve and we use and love both! I use them for diaper rash, dry skin and for small cuts and burns! Glacier Grown is local to me here in the Flathead Valley and Karen is a good friend of mine! Glacier Grown also has grass-fed bison, beef and lamb, but are not currently shipping the meats (they DO ship the salves though!) They serve the Flathead Valley in Montana and also make meat runs to Southern California a couple times a year. Go check-out their website!

13. Stirs the SOUL Raw Chocolate Bars (3 Honey Sampler and 5 Date Sampler–total: $25.60 value)–Stirs the SOUL sells raw chocolate bars sweetened honey and dates! I was sent a few flavors to try and fell in love with their Honey Dark Chocolate. I was so impressed with how great the flavor and texture was and was so surprised it could be that good sweetened with honey! Their Date-Sweetened Chocolate was great too! This is a great option for some dark chocolate treats! Stirs the SOUL chocolates are dairy and soy-free (woohoo!!), fairly traded and raw.

14. Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Mini Assorted Pack Color Powders ($14.95 value)– Chocolate Craft Kits is a cool company I discovered while researching options for my daughter’s birthday cake last fall. I pinned their site but decided to attempt creating my own natural food coloring by cooking, dehydrating and grinding up beets…it worked, sort-of. I broke my coffee grinder in the process AND it took a TON of time to make it. I am THRILLED to say that next time I make a cake, I have Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Food Coloring Powders to use instead! I was sent samples of the powders to try and sure have been enjoying trying them in frosting! My current favorite is the orange! It made such a bright and cheery addition to the cookies I was experimenting with! Her food color powders are all made from vegetables and spices such as cabbage, turmeric, spinach and carrots! She also has liquid food coloring as well!

15. Theo Chocolate Bars (one of each: Ultimate Dark Chocolate, Rich Dark Chocolate, ECI Vanilla Nib & ECI Pili Pili Chili–total: $18.00 value)–I was sent one of each of these bars to try! My personal favorites were the Rich Dark Chocolate and the ECI Vanilla Nib–delicious!! You must know that I am such a wimp when it comes to spicy foods that medium salsas make my tongue feel like it is on fire. So…I shared the ECI Pili Pili Chili Chocolate bar with a friend of ours who LOVES spicy foods and thought it was amazing! These chocolate bars are fair-trade and soy and dairy-free! (It is not that common to find chocolates that are soy-free, so when I do–I get excited!)

16. FastPaleo e-Cookbook FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012 ($14.95 value)–This is FastPaleo’s first e-cookbook that is compiled of paleo recipes from many different people! Their website is a recipe sharing site that anyone can submit recipes to be shared. I am honored to have seven of my recipes from The Unrefined Kitchen featured in this e-cookbook set (four mini-e-books are included along with the main Top 100 e-book)!

17. Coconut Secret Coconut Flour ($11 value)–”Our Coconut Secret Coconut Flour is dried, defatted and ground coconut meat. It’s fresh, organic, raw with a wheat like consistency that can be used in recipes calling for flour for those who have allergies to gluten, and or who prefer the taste and texture.  Commonly 15%-25% replacements of Coconut Flour in baking recipes can be used without drastically altering the outcome.” I personally like to combine coconut flour and almond flour to make great grain-free baked goods! I love Coconut Secret’s Coconut Flour and Coconut Aminos (soy-free soy-sauce substitute) and use them all the time!

Below is the breakdown of the prize packages.

GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $231.72)
-US Wellness Meats $75 Gift Certificate ($75)
-Practical Paleo book ($39.95)
-Cappellos Pasta Mixed Case ($43)
-Bob’s Red Mill Set of Four Grain-free Flours: Almond Flour ($11.59), Organic Coconut Flour ($5.67), Arrowroot Powder ($6.19) & Hazelnut Flour ($9.67)
-LunchBots Duo Orange Container ($17.99) & (1) Condiment Dips Container ($6.66)
-Stirs the SOUL Date Chocolate Bars: 5 pack sampler ($16)

SECOND PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $126.23)
-Paleo Nick One-Year Subscription ($48)
-Paleo Magazine One-Year Subscription ($30.25)
-White Lion Baking Company Pumpkin Muffin Mix ($6.99) & Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookie Mix ($22.99)
-Theo Chocolate Ultimate Dark Chocolate Bar ($4), Rich Dark Chocolate Bar ($4), ECI Vanilla Nib Chocolate Bar ($5) & ECI Pili Pili Chili Chocolate Bar ($5)

THIRD PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $89.85)
-Paleo Magazine One-Year Subscription ($30.25)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-Glacier Grown Karen’s Super Healing Salve ($18)
-Coconut Secret Coconut Flour ($11)
-Stirs the SOUL Honey Chocolate Bars: 3 pack sampler ($9.60)

FOURTH PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $63.90)
-Larabar Variety Pack ($27.95)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-Chocolate Craft Kits Natural Mini Assorted Pack Color Powders ($14.95)

FIFTH PRIZE PACKAGE (value: $60.55)
-Mountain Rose Herbs Epicurean Organics Line Products: Extra Virgin Olive Oil ($5.00), All Purpose Seasoning ($4.90), Italian Seasoning ($4.90), Mexican Seasoning ($4.90), & Black Lava Salt ($4.90)
-Primal Pacs: 3 Large Pacs ($21)
-FastPaleo E-Cookbook: FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012 ($14.95)

RULES:
1. This giveaway is only open to residents in continental 48 United States. (I’m sorry international followers!)
2. You MUST use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter the giveaway. Make sure you use an email address that I can contact you easily with if you win!
3. The winners will be randomly generated by random.com through rafflecopter.com and will be notified within 48 hours of the giveaway’s end. The winner will be given 48 hours to respond to the email to confirm their prize. If 48 hours has past since I notified the winner and I have not heard back from them, another winner will be chosen.
4. No prize can be traded-in for cash or anything else. The prizes are as stated.

–I was not paid by any company to make the above statements. I was however sent samples/products to review by multiple companies so that I could include an honest review of their product. I am thrilled to have been able to partner with all 17 of these companies for this giveaway! Show them your love and support as well!

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Thank you to all of you who support and follow my blog and for all the encouraging comments and messages! It is so fun to create and adapt recipes to fit the “paleo” way of eating that are still enjoyable for my family and I to eat. It is even more exciting sharing those recipes with others!

I pray that God would be glorified in this website and in what I do. He is the one who has blessed me with the ability to recreate recipes and I am grateful to the Lord for showing me how much eating this well helps so many areas of my health.

So here you go! (As you will notice, 8 out of the 10 are desserts…ahem. It’s obvious I like to bake…)

Top Reader Favorite Recipes from The Unrefined Kitchen:
(All recipes listed are grain-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free & most have dairy-free options.)

1. No-Bake Cookies

2. Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites

3. Fruit Pizza

4. Coffee Cake

5. Pizza Crust

6. Almond Butter Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

7. Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

8. Pumpkin Streusel Pie

9. Grain-free “Cornbread”

10. Pumpkin Bars

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Good morning! I am so excited to announce you that I am having a giveaway today for the brand new e-Book by FastPaleo called FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012!! FastPaleo is a website where anyone (you can too!) can submit their paleo recipes and they are posted to their site. They have over 2,500 recipes on their site currently, and this is one way to have some of those recipes at your fingertips! Searching through that many recipes can be daunting and time-consuming, so the team at FastPaleo put together the best recipes submitted in 2012! And the exciting part is that I am honored to have had SEVEN recipes chosen to be in the books! If you like e-Cookbooks, this one is definitely for you! They have teamed up with the contributors of the book so that I am an affiliate. If you buy the book through my link, I will receive commission! The cost of the book is $14.95 — BUT it is more than just the main e-Cookbook. Purchasing the book for $14.95 also will get you 4 mini e-Books in addition for FREE! This is a $40 value with a 60-day money-back guarantee! Click on the link here to find out more!

To kick off the release of this brand-new e-book, I am holding a giveaway for one right now! This giveaway will end on Sunday, February 3rd at 12:00am EST (that is 10:00pm Saturday night for those of us in Mountain Time –so hurry and enter now! And for those of you who can’t wait for the giveaway to end–go buy it and enjoy cooking!

Giveaway Rules:
1. Open Worldwide!! (Woohoo!)
2. The prize for the giveaway is one copy of the E-Book FastPaleo Top 100 in 2012 to one winner. There will be no substitutions.
3. You MUST enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. You may have up to 4 entries in the giveaway.
4. The winner will be chosen at random through my rafflecopter widget by random.org

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