Everyday Paleo (40 page)

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 40 minutes

Serves: 3–6

• 3 Granny Smith apples
  
• 1/3 cup pecans, chopped
  
• ¼ cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut
  
• ¼ cup raisins or dried cranberries
  
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  

1.
Preheat oven to 350F.

2.
Carefully remove just the core of the apple.

3.
Mix all other ingredients together and stuff into the hole in the apple.

4.
Bake the apples in a glass baking dish for 40 minutes or until the apples become tender.

Nutty Cookies

What can I say about these cookies except that they have forever changed my relationship with The Cookie. Cookies for me used to mean
a lot
of cookies, followed by guilt, followed by feeling sick, followed by eating more cookies. Not a good relationship to have. My Nutty Cookies, however, make me happy. I can eat one, enjoy it, and move on with my life. I can let my kids have these cookies with breakfast and not freak out. I can say yes every time my kids ask me to make cookies without the added stress of future, “No you can’t have another cookie” battles. I hope these cookies improve your cookie relationship as much as they did mine.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

• 2 bananas, smashed
  
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
  
• ¾ cup almond butter
  
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/3 cup raw walnuts, chopped
  
• 1 apple, finely diced
  
• cup coconut milk
  
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  

1.
Preheat oven to 350°F.

2.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, use a fork to smash the bananas.

3.
Add the coconut flour, almond butter, and baking soda, and mix well. Using a handheld chopper or food processor, chop the walnuts and apples to a very fine dice.

4.
Add the walnuts, apples, coconut milk, and cinnamon to the bowl and mix well.

5.
Cover two cookie sheets with parchment paper and spoon heaping tablespoons of the cookie mix onto the parchment paper, placing an inch or two apart. Bake for 25 minutes. Makes approximately 20–22 cookies.

Recipe Variation

1.
Add ½ cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut and top with a few sprinkles of coconut.

2.
Take out 1 banana and add ½ cup of canned organic unsweetened pumpkin

3.
Add ½ cup dark chocolate chips.

Feelin’ Peachy

Make this desert at your next dinner party and I guarantee that even your friends who do not eat paleo will beg for more. The last time we made these, they were amazing right out of the oven, and the next day proved just as good cold!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Serves: 8

• 3 tablespoons water
  
• 4 freestone peaches, halved with stone removed
  
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds
  
• 1 cup unsweetened dried apricots
  
• ½ cup golden raisins
  
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  
• ½ teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  

1.
Preheat oven to 400°F.

2.
Add the water to the bottom of a glass baking dish and place the peach halves, sliced sides up, into the dish as well.

3.
In a food processor, add the remaining ingredients and process until the mixture is finely chopped.