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Over the weekend I woke up with the overwhelming feeling of needing to eat  pancakes.  So I thought, what would be the best way to accomplish Paleo Pancakes and what ingredients could I use?  I began to scour the internet at 8:30a.m. on a Saturday determined to find a good recipe. I came across one that called for 3 eggs, Ghee, Coconut Flour and a sprinkle of salt from Nom Nom Paleo.   I thought…That's easy, and I have Coconut flour.  Score! I ran to my kitchen and began to prepare.   I got out the griddle pan.  I buttered the pan and turned on the heat.  I cracked 3 eggs into my cooking bowl and opened the cupboard looking for the Coconut flour.  I had so many gluten-free flours, but I didn't have coconut flour.  But I wasn't going to give up.  I scoured through my gluten-free flours again and decided on  Arrowroot and Flaxseed Meal, since those were the only two Paleo friendly flours I had, and I hoped for ...

In my creative kitchen leftovers are the perfect playground for creative masterpieces.  I find it so easy to create "wow" appetizers for company by using little scraps of the previous night's leftovers.  I kid you not, the less I have the more creative I can get.  Instead of having the supermarket at my disposal or a fully stocked kitchen at my disposal, I am left with less, making my body and mind go into instinct mode.   Have you ever stood in your kitchen and let your instincts do the cooking?  the guiding?  the directing? Friday night I was having my cousin come by for a True Blood Marathon and decided I would make a cauliflower pizza for the first time ever.  And for that I went out and bought additional cauliflower.  But I didn't just want to serve that entree.  Would that be enough?  I wanted to add in an app.   Appetizers are easy ways to practice your creative cooking skills in small servings. In my fridge I had le...

What I love about my chocolate smoothies, is that they are anything but chocolate. I pack my "chocolaty" smoothies with tons of vegetables.  Heck there is even frozen broccoli in this one and a lot of it. Green smoothies are my favorite. Your kids would never notice the difference and neither would you. And this is why I love eating clean. There is nothing in this smoothie that is processed.   You know your body is getting the BEST.  And that means you will feel your best!   WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 3/4-1 cup frozen broccoli (stems and trees) 7 frozen cucumbers 1 handful spinach 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk 1 medium size frozen banana 2 heaping tsp. raw cacao powder  a pinch of nutmeg, cinnamon, cardomom ice or additional frozen cucumbers Optional-1 capful sugar free vanilla extract DIRECTIONS: 1. In a high speed blender blend broccoli, spinach, cucumbers, 1/2 frozen banana and coconut milk until icy consistency.   2...

I'll let you in on a secret lovelies!! I get cravings too.  Who doesn't?! There are days where I just want to eat cake.  All.  Day.  Long.  With chocolate frosting, perhaps some custard-I'd pass on the sprinkles but a side of Ice cream I wouldn't mind.   And then I would want pizza with extra cheese, and throw some fries in too.  I kid you not.  If I could, I probably would, I definitely used to (not all at once though, and not all day).   Wouldn't you?  And I'll tell you, I haven't had anything near this decadence in a long time. (Praise the lord)! While it's fun to imagine scoring the golden ticket to the world made of chocolate, and fantasize about living the life of Charlie from the Chocolate Factory , my body could NEVER handle that amount of sugar.  I'd end up with a sugar hangover.  I would feel horrible.  I'd break out with more acne then life itself, not to mention terrible stomach upset, more eczema and wha...

So what can you eat?   Is there anything left?   Do you have to do that forever?   What are you going to do when you go out to a restaurant?   What do you do when you go out on a date? And who is this doctor that you went to that would prescribe such a diet?   Are you doing this for weight loss?   But I thought you were Celiac and gluten-free.  Now Paleo too??   No cheese?  How are you going to live?  No candy? OMG.  No added sugar?  What do you mean?! You can't drink alcohol?  When the eff are you gonna get off this diet so we can go out drinking? Not even wine?  Come on, wine never hurt anyone!  Have some wine.  "No thanks I'm good".  Come on just a sip. What are you like a health nut now? Do you even feel better on this diet? What does it feel like to eliminate so much? What do you mean you can't add sweetener to your coffee?  What? No coffe...

Peel them, slice them, bag them, freeze them and eat them frozen!!  It's one of the best treats I have ever made and I feel I must share the cucumber love and let you in on this amazingly hydrating secret.  I would not steer you wrong.  I have gotten quite a number of my friends, family and co-workers sharing the frozen cucumber love. First off Cucumbers are a water vegetable.  No harm there.  They have large amount of Silica which is great for your hair, skin and nails!  Tons of Vitamin A in the skin of this veggie.  Lots of Vitamin C and Folic Acid.  All good stuff.  And this lovely veggie hydrates the Eff out of you! What I have also noticed is that it calms my sugar cravings and those moments when I get Hangry (hungry and angry because of low blood sugar).  I swear, I could be in the bitchiest mood but the moment I munch on some frozen sliced cucumbers? I'm golden!  All calmed down back to my normal self and ready to g...

Hello Lovelies!! I think this is probably one of the funniest and most honest posts I have ever written!  It's condensed into story form, but please keep in mind this sugar addiction took a long period of time since childhood to accumulate and evolve into an addiction.  And only after recently going Paleo, did I realize I had one. As of now, I follow the Paleo diet strictly, and eat clean. That means I don't eat anything processed.  I stick with animal protein, seeds, whole veggies, healthy fats and on the occasion low sugar fruits like berries. It all started with my childhood.  My parents never had obvious sugar in the house. Soda was a random occasion allowed at the movies only.  Fruit Roll-ups and candy were never seen at my house, unless on Halloween, and even then we could only eat that stuff for a certain amount of time before my mom took it away.  "Candy rots your teeth"!  Ugh, how many times did I hear that one?  The best we could f...

Hello Lovelies! Did I catch you with that awesome title?   I have been concocting this amazingly delicious chocolaty smoothie!   This one took about 3 times to get it just right.   I was so grateful yesterday for finding my mission in life I woke up as excited as I would be for Santa Claus or Chanukah Harry!!  I was ready for this smoothie to ROCK.  And it did!!!  This is so freaking delicious.   There are four things you need to know about this smoothie. 1.   This Smoothie is Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan and has no Refined Sugar. 2.  It's a dessert smoothie.  Meaning I wouldn't make this your breakfast.  Because of the raw cacao content and the use of dates and coconut water, it's a tad bit sugary then other smoothies I make. Perhaps serve as a snack or even a dessert.   If the idea of chocolate sounds too rich, I suggest a dessert shot!   And if you want, this is something I did not do, but if you w...

Hello Lovelies!! A super cold week just lends itself to this amazing recipe .  Once I went Paleo I had to say goodbye to white potatoes of any kind all together.  I never really ate them often, but I definitely like having that option, plus I had just gone to the Farmers Market and bought a bunch of Fingerling potatoes.  That was definitely a bummer.   In my beginning days of Paleo, I just didn't know what to eat or what to cook, and what to cook that would make me feel full and satisfied until I came across Cauliflower Mash.  I had always heard of making faux mashed potatoes from Cauliflower, but the inspiration to make it never took place.  I was set in my ways.  Until I couldn't be set in my ways any longer. I started looking at Paleo blogs, and searching for easy recipes that I could make that wouldn't take a long time.   And I came across one of my now favorite blogs called Nom Nom Paleo by Michelle Tam and Henry Fong.  I ended ...