I mentioned in a post here that I was giving Paleo a try. The recipes you can find are incredible. Easy, delicious and obviously pretty darn good for you. I am a sweets addict, so when paging through Paleo cookbooks on my Kindle I was drawn to cakes, muffins, breads and cookies. I attempted my second Paleo “sweets” last night…my first was the Paleo Banana Bread…

Paleo Carrot Cake Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
• 3 eggs
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup shredded carrot (about 1 medium carrot)
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut (unsweetened)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Mix dry ingredients (up to coconut oil). Whisk together eggs, honey, & vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and then stir in carrot, walnuts and coconut. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool. Enjoy:-)

Caveman Chili and Cauliflower Rice

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef (I used grass fed)
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 green peppers (chopped)
• 1/2 onion (chopped)
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• garlic

Directions:

Saute the peppers, onions and garlic in olive oil until they are soft. Pour in ground beef and let it brown for a few minutes. Transfer all ingredients to crock pot and cook on low for 6 hours. I also added 1/2 avocado and some grape tomatoes to the top. YUM

Cauliflower Rice is SOOOO easy and delicious…take a head of cauliflower chop it up a little and place in a food processor…grind or chop it up then place in a microwave for about 5 minutes…put some garlic/salt/pepper and wham!

and something that is not Paleo……

I think I can handle less than 50 days until summer:-)