This little gem is really quick and easy to make – gluten free, paleo – and best of all – they will never know!!
Ingredients:
- 1 C almond meal
- 1 C shredded coconut
- 1/2 t baking powder
- 1/2 C oats
- 1 T coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 3T coconut oil
- 3 T honey
- 1/2 t vanilla essence
- 1 T water
Method:
If the honey and or coconut oil aren’t soft and runny, you may need to heat them up a little to soften them (particularly in cold weather) so that the mixture comes together easily.
In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients, then add combined wet ingredients.
Press into a lined tray (this makes it easy to get out later on) and bake in moderate oven until golden. Cool in tray and then cut into slices.
Hummus
Hummus would be one of my favourite go-to foods. It’s nice for a snack with biscuits, or slathered on toast with butter, or as a side with a steak. This recipe is so different to the store bought one – the difference being that we use tinned pears and cashews which gives it a rich smoothness – this is one recipe you will have to try – and, as a bonus it will freeze plus it’s really cost effective compared to store bought hummus.
Ingredients:
- 1 tin of chick peas, drained
- 1 400g tin of pears in juice (not syrup!) drained, retain juice
- 1 cup cashews
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 T tahini
- 2 T olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Method:
In a food processor or blender, place all ingredients and blend until smooth. If the hummus is too runny, add more cashews. If the blend is too dry, add pear juice.
Refrigerate.
To freeze, place in ziplock bags and make sure all air is removed from bag. Defrost in fridge, you may need to put through the blender again with a little more olive oil.
Paleo Bliss – Chocolate Slice!! Ready in no time – Thank YOU!
So this recipe started off as Paleo Bliss Balls…and I would be standing there – rolling, rolling, rolling…what felt like about a hundred of these balls and (yawn) I’d be thinking “there are other things I need to do right now….” You get the idea.
So, the Paleo Bliss Balls turned into Chocolate Paleo Bliss – Slice – you’re welcome!
So I changed it up. Who said they have to be balls anyway to be a mouthful of bliss? Follow my thinking? (Rebel Mel is breaking out of her bonds again, lol).
Anyway, I’ve been making this slice for months now, and my hubby and son love it – the chocolate flavour hides the dates extremely well, and the dates – well you know what dates can do for your colon! So, I say to hubby “how do you like that date slice I make?” to which he replies: “when did you make data slice??” hahahaha – I win – he thought it was chocolate.
Here goes, you can thank me later for how much time I will save you…
Ingredients:
- 15 Medjool Dates
- 1 C Cashews (or other nut)
- 3 T Coconut Oil (needs to be in liquid form, you may need to melt it)
- 1 t Cinnamon
- 2 T Raw Cacao Powder
- 2 T Chocolate Protein Powder (or any flavour you have or like)
- Coconut (either flakes, desiccated, whatever you have)
Method:
In a food processor, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth – add more coconut oil if needed – you want it to be of a binding consistency but not a wet squishy consistency – if it’s too wet, add more dried ingredients.
Line a slice tray with baking paper so that you will be able to grab the paper once the tray has the filling in it. Sprinkle lightly with some of the coconut flakes.
Press the bliss mix into the tray and spread to each corner, try and get the top as level as possible. Sprinkle more coconut into the top of the slice and press into the slice.
Refrigerate until set.
Using the paper which you can see at the sides of the tray, gently lift up the slice and cut into squares.
Keep refrigerated.
