Paleo Chocolate Fudge Recipe! Yum!

Paleo Chocolate Fudge Recipe! Yum!

Recipe:

• 2 TB Thoroughly Melted Creamed Coconut (the kind that comes solidified in a box) 7 TB Melted Coconut Oil 
• 8 TB Pure Coco Powder
• 2 TB Cinnamon (or just add more Coco if you don't want cinnamon chips)
• 2 TSP Organic Vanilla (I make homemade extract by putting two vanilla beans in a bottle and filling with vodka)
• 5 Medjool Dates
• 2 TB Arrowroot Starch

Method: Put all the ingredients into a Vitamix (or other high powered blender) and blend until smooth! Line a pan with waxed paper and distribute the mixture all over the surface, then place another sheet of waxed paper on top and then use a rolling pin to even it all out. Or you can roll it into balls and dust with coco powder for delectable bon bons! Let it chill in the freezer and enjoy!

An Even Greener Smoothie!

I have been on the lookout for fruit free smoothies on my quest to naturally resolve my digestive issues and I found one! Check this one out! And it tastes good. No, its not sweet, but it does have a creamy pleasant taste and I had no issues swallowing the whole glass! So many green smoothie attempts have ended in me gagging  since I have a very strong gag reflex, which doesn't help when I am trying so hard to be healthful! But the journey to a healthier way of eating, is all about finding healthy and TASTY ways to build a healthful diet that you can sustain and this recipe accomplishes both! There is a big difference between being "on a diet" and "eating a diet". When a person goes "on a diet" it is always short lived and usually treated like a punishment. What makes a life long difference is to just eat a healthy diet, all the time!   

Ingredients

Fruit Free Green Smoothie

Altered from the recipe found: here

• ½ organic cucumber, chopped
• ¼ cup parsley
• ¼ lemon, peeled
• 1 tsp Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
• ½ avocado, pitted and peeled
• 1 romaine heart
• ½  cup coconut water (or water)
• 3 ice cubes

 

I just discovered this website where you can type in your recipe and voila! Out comes the nutrition information! When eating Paleo, food doesn't often come with nutrition labels, so its hard to know exactly what the difference is between pure natural whole foods and other commercially packaged foods! But WOW! Take a look at this baby! What a whopper of a nutrition label! (I had to add the extended version too because I was so excited!)

And apparently romaine lettuce is a source of protein, who knew? Check out the low down on romaine and learn 10 Surprising Nutrition Facts About Romaine Lettuce!

THE REAL LOWDOWN ON

the

Fruit Free Green Smoothie 

Liquid Salad! (aka. Lemon Ginger Green Smoothie)

The Great Green Smoothie of Deliciousness! 

Look at that amazing smoothie! Even the picture makes my mouth water (good thing I am sipping on said smoothie at the moment!) This smoothie is so easy to make, it doesn't use a ton of fruit so its lower on the glycemic index and it tastes AMAZING! Yay! I was very skeptical of how liquid salad could taste good....believe me when I say, its delicious! The lemon, ginger and coconut oil are sort of like the salad dressing! The coconut oil and almonds help lend some creaminess to the whole thing (you could also use almond or coconut milk in place of the water) and honestly, I hardly eat a salad without apple in it, so obviously that had to go in! ...I still can't rationalize why the banana works with the whole salad-in-a-smoothie flavor concept I had going there...ah well! It works with all the flavors, so who needs to question it?


Lemon Ginger Salad-in-a-Smoothie
Recipe:
1 Romaine Heart
1/2 cup Water
1 Banana
1/2 Apple
1 TB Coconut Oil
1/8 cup Almonds
1/2 of a Lemon (with the peel cut off)
3/4" cube of Fresh Ginger (I left the peel on)


Method:
First blend up the romaine heart with the water in your high powered blender (like a Vitamix), then add in everything else and blend till smooth! Pour all that goodness into a glass and sip it down while subscribing to my blog! ;) Ha ha! Just kidding, but not about the part of sipping all that goodness down!

I hope you enjoy!
-JJ

Healthy Gluten Free Chips and Dip!

I discovered how to make a very satisfying chip and dip combo! The best part? No gluten, no sugar and no hydrogenated fats! Yum, now thats my kind of a snack! I have no specific recipe, just add as much or as little of each ingredient to suit your needs/tastes! I love lemon, so I added a lot :)

How to:
1. Take half an avacado and mash it up a bit.
2. Add some fresh squeezed lemon juice.
3. Add salt, paprika and a bit of chipotle powder to taste.
4. I added some delicious unpasteurized organic grated cheese to the mix (you may try substituting fresh coconut or coconut oil or nuts [I added a pecan on top of my chip before Iate it and it was surprisingly amazing!] to add some creaminess if you are lactose intolerant).
5. Thinly slice half a cucumber.
6. Enjoy your crispy, tangy cucumber chips and dip! :)