Category: Sweets
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Primal Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Brandon’s birthday was the other day and neither one of us wanted to gorge out on birthday cake, but believe me, that does happen every once in a while. So I decided to challenge myself by making something that was “health-bent” and still better than edible. Gotta say, I’m tootin’ my own horn with this…
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Nachos
Okay, I’m going to start right out by saying these suckers have the same carbohydrate load as a regular corn chip set of nachos. We just had a hankering for a cheat night, but really didn’t want to ingest corn, wheat or other cereal grains. We are so embarrassingly barbaric with these, we lay down…
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Paleo Chocolate Chip Bakies
Do these taste like what your mama used to make? No. Are they soft and chewy or thin and crispy? Nope. Are they delicious, cheap and easy to make? Abso-freakin-lutely. They’re not cookies, but cookie-like, so we’re gonna go with “bakies.” This is pretty much the cheapest and quickest way to make a Paleo cookie–I…
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Paleo Peach Frangipane Muffins
Don’t be intimidated by the foreign-ness of the name; frangipane (fran•japan) is a classic French almond pastry filling, most commonly found inside croissants and tarts. I’ve cut the sugar and switched coconut oil for butter. It’s very simple to make and incredibly versatile. These muffins are so easy to make, that the hardest part of…
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Cocoa Roast Almonds
Who doesn’t like Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds? Maybe you haven’t read the nutrition label, maybe you have. Let me inform you these babies are sweetened with sucralose–the ambiguous name for Splenda. Like we posted on Crash Course on Sugar, Splenda is a calorie-free sweetener BECAUSE we cannot digest it–read diarrhea and the likes. So yes,…
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Paleo Almond Joy
After tasting these, you couldn’t pay me to eat the real thing. A recent trip to my grand-ma-ma’s had us partaking in a slice of chocolate cake. It had been quite a while since we had eaten anything like this. I really noticed my taste buds perceiving sweet differently. I had an epiphany, I do…
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Paleo Fudgy Brownies
These brownies are seriously dangerous. They’re too good. I swear, neither one of us could tell the difference between these and “conventional” brownies–except for the fact these don’t make you feel like poo after you eat them. I made 2 batches in two days and….they’re all gone. Oops. Besides the fact that these are completely…
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Pina Colada Ice Cream
All I’ve done here is take Easiest Ice Cream ever and added ONE more ingredient. The variations are endless! Ingredients 3 bananas 1/2 c coconut milk 1/2 c frozen pineapple chunks Method Do this, but add the pineapple also. Add some macadamia nuts to the top (or whatever you fancy). Easy-peasy, right?
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Paleo Chocolate Pudding
Rich, thick and easy. Good luck not eating all of this in one sitting! Ingredients 2 c coconut milk 1/2 c cocoa powder 1 t vanilla extract 1 t instant coffee powder 1/4 t salt 6 egg yolks 1/4 c sugar Method Over medium high heat, whisk together the coconut milk, salt and cocoa powder…
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Easiest Paleo “Ice Creamâ€
A 3 ingredient ice cream. You won’t know what hit ya! Anyone can make this and it’s a pretty darn good (and cheap!) switch-a-roo for store bought coconut ice cream or the likes. Ingredients 3 bananas* 1/2 c coconut milk 1 t vanilla extract Method Remove the peels from the bananas and discard. Place the…
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Coconut Creme Fraiche Ice Cream
This is the creamiest ice cream I have ever tasted. Top it with fresh berries, nuts or toasted coconut. It’s hard not to lick the bowl, at least for me. Ingredients 3 c coconut milk, canned or carton 8 oz. creme fraiche* 1/4 c sugar 1/4 t salt 6 egg yolks 1 t vanilla extract…
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Paleo Coconut Mocha
Brandon & I actually bought a coconut for this recipe! Please note the multiple ‘hacks’ made to this poor coconut. We finally broke down and sourced YouTube for some guidance. We were thinking it would taste much more coconut-y than canned coconut milk. Let me tell you, just buy the canned stuff. Reserve some of the…