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HAM AND PINEAPPLE FRITTER (yes its good!)
Ingredients
1 slice pineapple
2 slices finely sliced ham
1 egg
Almond meal
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Allspice
1 tsp Oil
Avocado (optional for serving)
Instructions
In a bowl, beat egg with some cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice to taste.
Spread some almond meal on a plate. Place ham on one side of the pineapple piece and dip into
the beaten egg to coat. Coat the pineapple/ham in the almond meal and place on a heated fry pan with oil and lightly cook until almond meal has browned.
Serve with avocado (optional)
Creamy Avocado Dressing
1 avocado
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1/4 celtic sea salt
1/4 black pepper
1. Place avocado, olive oil, lemon juice and water in blender.
2. Puree until smooth then blend in salt and pepper
3. Serve over green or chopped salad.
Cilantro Shrimp
1 pound gulf shrimp
1/2 cup each finely chopped celery and cilantro
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1-2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons almond flour or arrowroot
1 bottle clam juice
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
1. Peel and devein shrimp. Finely chop onion, celery, cilantro and garlic. Squeeze lime juice and set aside.
2. Heat olive oil and stir in almond flour or arrowroot and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Add onions, celery and garlic. Cook 3 minutes
4. Gradually stir in clam juice. Add cilantro, salt and pepper. Cook 1 more minute.
5. Add shrimp and toss to coat. Cover skillet and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring halfway through, until shrimp
turn from translucent to pink. Remove from heat, add lime juice and season to taste. Serve immediately.
Salad Dressing
1/4 cup basil flavored olive oil
1 clove garlic diced
1/4 tsp superfine ground mustard
1/4 tsp oregano
fresh sqeezed lemon juice (1/4 small lemon)
salt and pepper to taste
shake well.
Honey Mustard Dressing
1/2 C spring water
1/2 C olive oil
1 t mustard powder
1 pinch of white pepper
1/8 t garlic powder
2 T honey
shake well.
Grilled Cumin Fish with Salsa
2 fish fillets
large 1 garlic clove, finely grated
1tbs ground cumin
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
Salsa
1 cup cherry tomatoes
halved 1 red capsicum
diced 1 bunch parsley
roughly chopped 1 avocado
diced 1tbs olive oil
2tbs apple cider vinegar
Combine garlic, cumin, olive oil and lemon juice. Place fish in a bowl and rub on cumin mixture. Cover and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Pre‐heat a grill to medium heat. Place fish on grill and cook for 3‐4 minutes each side, or until cooked through. To make the salsa, place all salsa ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine well.
Garlic Crackers
Ingredients
1 cup almond meal
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tsp olive oil
1 egg white
Dash
Dash ground hot paprika (optional)
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place all ingredients in a bowl and combine well. Place mixture on a sheet of baking paper, and place another sheet of baking paper over the top. Roll mixture out into a 3-4mm thickness using a rolling pin. Score pastry with the back of a knife into individual square pieces. Carefully remove baking paper from the top of pastry, then holding the baking paper on the bottom of the pastry mix, move onto an oven proof baking tray. Place in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until slightly browned. Leave to cook then break crackers into individual pieces.
Chocolate Macaroons
Ingredients
3 large egg whites
1/3 cup natural honey
3 tbs cocoa powder
¾ cup chopped walnuts
1½ shredded coconut
1/3 cup almond meal
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place egg whites in a bowl and beat using
an electric beater until stiff peaks form. Fold in honey, cocoa powder, walnuts,
coconut and almond meal until just combined to minimise the handling of the
batter.
Spoon 1-2 tbs of mixture per macaroon into onto an oven proof tray lined with
baking paper. Bake in oven for 15 minutes for medium sized macaroons, or 18 minutes for larger
size macaroons, or until light brown in color. Cool before serving.
Cashew Nut Hummus
2/3 Cup Cashews – unsalted
2 TBS Olive Oil
2 TBS Lemon Juice
1-3 cloves garlic (to taste)
Blend ingredients together and serve with carrots or celery
Free Recipes from Catalyst Athletics:
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Free Recipes from Paleo Mama:
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Free Recipes from Mark’s Daily Apple:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?s=recipes
Paleo Recipe Books, cost $40 well worth the price for what you get:
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Where do you all buy items such as unsweetened coconut, almond meal/flour, and coconut oil? In Summerville we really have no healthy food stores, and I am realizing the traditional grocery stores do not carry many items that are included in paleo recipes.
Denise,
I found Almond Flour at Publix in the health foods section, and unsweetened coconut, almond butter, and other items at Earth Fare. You might try Whole Foods (only one is in Mt. P, I think).
Brian,
For the recipes that you’ve added, when you include sea salt are you deducting a point? Are we only supposed to deduct if it’s regular iodized salt?
Cari,
Contrary to many Paleo recipes that include sea salt as an ingredient for taste. Sea salt is salt. Therefore, you will have points deducted per serving. Rule of thumb for the purposes of the Paleo Challenge, any recipe with sea salt, does NOT include the sea salt ingredient!
Dennies, you can make your own Almond Meal cheaper than buying it from the store. Go to Costco and buy a 3lb bag of raw almonds ($9.00). Then purchase a coffee grinder ($20.00). Use the coffee grinder to grind the raw almonds. A lot better deal than paying $10.00 for a small bag of almond meal from the grocery store!!
Additionaly, you can buy almond butter from Costco ($5.00) for a pint. Again, cheaper than any other store!!
The avocado dressing was very good! I only made 1/2 a recipe, so then I did the other half, cut back on the water, added some red wine vinegar and cilantro. Very tasty!
Tried the avacado dressing tonight. Added a little jalapeno, cilantro, and used lime juice instead of lemon. Very good!!
This was the best meal yet:
Chicken pineapple skewers on the grill
cube up chicken breast and marinate for 30 min
Marinade:
juice of 2 limes
fresh minced garlic
fresh grated ginger
unsweetened coconut flakes
sage
(I just got creative with flavors and amounts)
Skewer w/ cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, and pineapple
and grill….this was really flavorable unlike all the other bland crap we’ve been eating! pineapple and ginger really make it.
Also found that a squeeze of lime on top of any dish acts as a good salt substitute.
As for the avacado dressing, don’t you deduct 1 pt for using red wine vinegar per serving?
I didn’t think about the deduction for vinegar. I assumed “most salad dressings” meant bottled ones, because of added salt & sugar. I’ll have to do some adjusting if that’s the case.
Beth~I am trying your chicken skewer recipe tonight! I too am so sick of bland food. No matter how much I marinade it all still makes me crave salt. I’ve also been using a lot of jalapenos and cayenne pepper, as we are flavor junkies and sometimes the heat helps with the blandness.
I’ve been using garlic powder as a sub for salt.
Just thought I would share something I do, to have breakfast or snacks on hand:
I sautee veggies and whatever meat I have leftover from a meal, add seasoning and then generously grease a muffin/cupcake pan (I guess you could use paper or foil inserts if you wanted) then pour egg (I whip about 12 per pan) over them, almost to the top. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes (or until done). Once they cool I stick them in a container in the fridge. Works great, little mini quiches to go!
Great on fish: 1 avocado – mashed, 1 tomato – diced, 1/2 onion – diced, 2tsp fresh garlic, 1/2 lemon squeezed, add cilantro to taste. All in a bowl and mix.
I’m sharing a few 30min or less Paleo recipes. I do not measure ingredients. I usually throw things together, and hope for the best, but these were really good.
Sauteed Shrimp
Heat 1tsp olive oil on skillet. Add 1-2 cloves minced garlic. Once garlic is brown, add 1lb. raw, peeled shrimp. When shrimp is almost all pink, add cayenne pepper (amount depends on how spicy you like your food), 1 squeezed lime, chopped parsley. I like my food spicy and tangy, so I used a wedge of lemon to add more flavor.
Baked Tilapia
The Food Lion near Crossfit sells McCormick seasoning with no salt. I used it to season tilapia fillets with lemon juice and Pam olive oil. Broiled high for 5min on each side.
Mango/Cucumber salsa
1 ripe mango, diced
1/2 cucumber, diced
1 green onion, chopped
fresh basil, chopped
lime
Mix mango, cucumber, and lime (depends on how tangy you like your food). Add basil and green onion last. Great on the seasoned tilapia from above.
Hope you guys like it!
http://www.tiana-coconut.com/coconut_flour_recipes.htm
some great recipes that are either paleo or very close. I just made the chocolate chip cookies with coconut oil and my kids love them! I’m going to try muffins next….
I am always on the lookout for new and exciting recipes to add to my Paleo diet – I get tired of eating the same old thing. Good job!
Banana nut muffin:
3 ripe bananas, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, 2 tablespoon almond butter. Blend ingredients in a blender. bake at 350 for 15-20min. Sometimes i add either blueberry, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and/or walnuts, pecans.
Apple Pie:
Crust: mix dates and pecans in a food processor. Then press the mixture on baking dish. Bake at 350 for 10 min. Save some of the mixture for topping.
Filling: slice apples. I’ve used red delicious and granny Smith. Both are good. Pinch of nutmug. 2-3pinches of cinnamon. 1-2 tablespoons honey. Mix and placed on baking dish of pecan/date. Bake for 20-25 min covered. Uncover and bake 10 min.
For all those looking for a good Paleo dessert for the holiday season….
Almond Butter Pumpkin Brownies
http://thisprimallife.com/2009/10/primal-almond-butter-pumpkin-brownies-only-5-ingredients/
pico de gallo
3 tomatoes (diced) and 1 red onions (diced)
1 tbsp garlic powder, 1tbsp onion powder, 2 tsp black pepper
1-2 limes (depending on desired tartness)
marinate the above for at least one hour
add chopped cilantro and jalapeno when ready to eat
shrimp ceviche
ground shrimp in food processor.
squeeze 1-2 limes of ground shrimp. marinate overnight.
stir shrimp. squeeze another lime juice to cook shrimp to continue to cook the shrimp. Shrimp is cooked when it is pink in color. Drain cooked shrimp from lime juice.
Mix cooked shrimp with pico de gallo, cilantro, and/or jalapeno. Add extra lime juice if desired. (good with garlic crackers from above post)
guacamole
dice one avocado. combine with pico de gallo, cilantro, and/or jalapeno. Add extra lime juice if desired. (good with garlic crackers from above post)
Chocolate Cake recipe (http://crossfitrebels.com/archives/3795). I tweeked it a bit since no honey is allowed.
1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
2 eggs
1 cup almond meal/flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder (I used dark chocolate unsweetened)
3 bananas mashed
Prepare:
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F
Mix applesauce and eggs in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
Add almond meal, cocoa powder and bananas
Mix well.
Bake for somewhere between 25 and 45 minutes, or until the toothpick test comes out clean!
Store the cake in the refrigerator.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
Ingredients:
1/2 bar of Ghiradelli dark chocolate (100%)
1/2 cup coconut oil
1-2 mashed riped banana
1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut milk
Prepare:
In a small saucepan over very low heat, melt chocolate and coconut oil
Stir in 1/2 mashed banana
Place frostin gin freezer for 15 minutes to chill and thicken
Remove from freezer and whip frosting with a hand blender until it’s thick and fluffy. (this was really bitter… so I modified it a bit more).
Blend 1 banana with 1/4 cup coconut milk until smooth. Mix 1/2 of the above frosting in a Magic bullet until thicken.
Frost over cake, cookies or cupcakes!
Here’s another good recipe for chocolate cake…
http://hyperbolicdiet.tumblr.com/post/3477194284/paleo-recipe-dark-chocolate-coconut-cake
Chocolate chip cookies
(http://www.primal-palate.com/2010/12/chocolate-chip-cookies.html)
My version:
Ingredients:
3 cups Almond Flour
1/2 cup Virgin Coconut Oil, unrefined
1 mashed riped bananas
2 Eggs
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 Ghiradelli 100% dark chocolate (chopped)
Process:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium sized mixing bowl combine dry ingredients.
In a small mixing bowl beat eggs, mashed banana, and vanilla extract with a hand mixer.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and beat with hand mixer until combined.
Melt coconut oil, pour into batter, and continue to blend until combined.
Stir in chocolate chips.
On a parchment lined baking sheet, drop balls of cookie dough, about a tablespoon in size.
Bake for 15 minutes.