Paleo Oatmeal

I woke up to snow for the first time all year! And what's better on a snowy winter morning than a big bowl of oatmeal. Well truth be told I'm not a fan of oatmeal, but I find myself craving it on days like today. I found a "recipe" online that was basically smashed banana with butter. Well if I wanted a banana I'd have a banana! I had previously read about using coconut flakes as cereal. Then I knew I had it...!!!

Paleo Banana Oatmeal

Ingredients:

• 1/4 Cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1/4 Cup coconut milk
• 1 ripe banana

Directions:

• Wisk together coconut flakes and milk in small sauceman
• Smash banana into the sauce man
• mix together until hot

I topped mine off with some honey and cinnamon, but of course this can be flavored in the same way as any oatmeal! Consensus WAY better than regular oatmeal! I loved the texture, and my two year old gobbled it up. She had to go potty during breakfast and insisted on taking it with! 

Pan fried eggs and bacon

This morning I went for the basic eggs and bacon from breakfast, I just added a bit of sliced avocado because I'm not really a huge fan of the taste of fried eggs (even when I cook them in bacon grease). Well actually it may be the texture that I don't like because I LOVE eggs. While I made breakfast I boiled a dozen eggs. I see hard-boiled eggs showing up here soon!

 Eggs and Bacon

 

Ingredients

• 3 eggs (I shared with Delilah)
• 4 slices of bacon
• 1/4 acocado sliced

Directions

• Fry bacon in a pan (I like mine super crispy!)
• Remove bacon from pan and fry eggs in bacon grease

I also ended up having a banana too. I love having fruit with my breakfast, but nothing too high in sugar!

Omelet

I woke up STARVING this morning and much earlier than necessary thanks to my garbage pick up being at 6 am. Nothing like a garbage truck outside to wake you up! So I decided to actually cook this morning. I had a ham and cheese omelet, sausage patties, a cutie, some avocado and sweet potato hash browns! Even though I made one plate and then split it with my daughter it was still way too much food we couldn't finish it! Guess my eyes were bigger than my stomach! It was an awesome way to start my day!

Ham and Cheese Omelet

 

Ingredients: 

• 3 eggs
• 1 thick slice of ham (chopped)
• cheese
• Splash of milk

Directions:

• beat the eggs and milk in a medium size bowl
• pour into a greased pan, cover, and cook until eggs are done
• heat up ham
• add cheese and ham to one half of cooked egg
• fold egg in half

I added some avocado to the top of my omelet because I love the flavor avocado adds!

banana walnut chocolate chip muffin

I was feeling pretty lazy this morning, and hey I'm on vacation so it's allowed! We didn't get out of bed until 9:30! I figured by the time I actually got moving and cooked something it would be almost lunch time. So I had a banana walnut chocolate chip muffin and a cutie!

Paleo Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 Cups almond meal
• 2 ripe bananas
• 3 eggs
• 4 Tablespoon coconut oil (softened or melted)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Cup 80% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips
• 1 Cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:

• Preheat over to 325
• Grease cupcake pan with coconut oil
• In a large mixing bowl smash bananas (I like to use my potato masher)
• Add eggs, coconut oil, vanilla, sea salt, and baking soda
• Add almond meal 1/2 cup at a time 
• Once all ingredients are mixed together add the chocolate chips and walnuts
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean
• Let cool on a rack before eating them all at once!! 
• only kidding, I only ate 2!

Mini Quiche

A week ago I went grocery shopping and picked up two dozen eggs. My sister was with me and said REALLY? Why so many? Well it turned out that I didn't have enough!! Now that I have mayonnaise I want to make so Deviled eggs, but I don't have any eggs left over to boil. Between baking and making these amazing mini quiche I used up almost all 24 eggs in a matter of 3 days. These are perfect. I tossed them in the fridge and throughout the week tossed two or three on a plate, in the microwave for 2 minutes and breakfast was served!

 Mini Breakfast Quiche

Ingredients:

• 12 eggs
• coconut oil (or other grease)
• bacon
• broccoli
• cheese
• onion
• Of course you can put whatever ingredients in your quiche that you want. I'm going to make some mushroom, spinach, and bacon   later today!

Directions:

• Preheat over to 325
• grease cupcake tin with coconut oil   
• cook meat (bacon, sausage, whatever you want!)
• mix veggies and meat together
• divide the mixture evenly into greased tin
• add cheese
• beat 12 eggs until frothy, then pour over veggies
• Bake for 20-25 minutes

Breakfast is served! Complete with protein and vegetables! 
  

Muffins!

This morning we had a couple slices of Applewood bacon, a banana, and lemon poppyseed muffins. Let me tell you when I made these muffins it took all my self control NOT to eat ALL of them! They taste so yummy I can't believe they're paleo! I will probably make slight adjustments to this recipe to make other muffins because it is by far the best!

   Paleo Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

Ingredients:

•  1/2 Cup raw honey
• 3 cage free eggs
• 5 Tablespoons coconut oil (softened or melted)
• 3 Tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
• 3/4 Tablespoon fresh lemon rind
• 3 Cups almond flour

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325
• Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners
• In a large bowl beat honey, eggs, coconut oil, applesauce, lemon juice, lemon extract, baking soda, and salt until well mixed
• NOTE when you add baking soda on to the lemon extract it may start to bubble and fizz :) 
• Stir in almond flour, lemon rind, and poppy seeds.
• Scoop into liners 
• bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean
• enjoy! But not all at once!!