primal cavewife

 

I tried lamb saagwala for the first time at an indian restaurant a couple months ago... best decision I have ever made. It's so good and I can't get enough of it, I decided I should try and make my own. Lamb Saagwala is basically a creamy spinach sauce with lamb. Since the boyfriend suggested we have more vegetables in our diet, adding a whole bag of spinach in our food seemed like a simple and easy way to incorporate that. Green is a yucky colour, but lately I have been really into adding random colours to our dishes, especially after I found out there are more varieties of every fruit and vegetable than there are offered at the supermarkets. There are yellow tomatoes, white eggplants, yellow zucchinis etc. Since they can't easily be obtained, I've decided to grow more different kinds of vegetables. We'll see how that goes!

 

Ingredients:

butter/coconut oil

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1 bay leaf

2-3 cardamom pods

1 tsp cumin powder

1 onion, sliced

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp ground garlic

1 tomato, chopped

1 cinnamon stick

1 tsp coriander powder

1/4 tsp garam masala

1/2 cup water

boneless lamb, cubed

1 bag spinach

1/4 cup coconut cream

salt

pepper

If you want to have something sweet but don't want to go through the whole process of mixing all these things to bake a cake just to satisfy your cravings, here is something healthy, quick and easy to make

 

Ingredients:

few handfuls of blueberries

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 cup almond meal

1/4 cup melted coconut oil or butter

stevia

1/4 tsp cinnamon

2 pinches salt

1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts

So since my post about cutting chocolate out, I have fallen off the wagon around July. So I went on a chocolate cut for about 7 months before I decided to have some again. Some became more than some and finally my boyfriend decided I have to quit eating chocolate for a while again because according to him, I'm addicted. So my first day of no sugar no chocolate started on 29th September 2013. It had been 5 days since I last had anything sweet - Saturday, we both decided Golden Gaytime ice cream would be my final naughty dessert before I commence weaning off my sugar addiction on Sunday.

 

The first few days was alright. I brought banana to work so that I would have something sweet and not go digging in the chocolate box we have at work. Then yesterday (Thursday), someone brought cake to work. First work cake I did not have. :( and then my boss offered me Tim Tams. First time someone offered me something and I had to say no. TWICE IN A DAY! There was sugar all around me so finally I decided enough was enough. I have an addiction, I need to get off sugar but I WANT sweetness.

 

I have recently come across Pinterest, and they have amazing paleo recipes on there. I found this crepes recipe and used it as an inspiration and made my own version! Delicious. Last night was also the last night my boyfriend would be home before he went on a car cruise over the weekend so I decided to make us a little treat for dessert before he went off. It is amazing. It's not very sweet, but sweet enough to help with sugar cravings and it is healthy!

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp almond meal

3 eggs

1/2 cup coconut cream/ coconut milk

1/2 tbsp cacao powder

1/4 tsp stevia

1 tbsp vanilla extract

coconut oil

fresh fruit

cinnamon powder

cream (optional)

This is the next South African dish I made, a melktert! Melktert is basically what it sounds like... a milk tart!

I substituted sugar with stevia, and kind of mixed it in blindly. I've never had a proper melktert before so I don't know how sweet it is meant to be. The boyfriend has a sweet tooth and he said it's not sweet enough for a melktert, so you might want to taste test the batter first.
 

Ingredients:

3 cups milk

2 cinnamon sticks

2 tbsp butter

3 eggs

1 tbsp stevia

1/4 cup cornflour

cinnamon powder

So this is the third and final loaf of banana bread from last week - milk chocolate banana bread! Unlike the first loaf, it's not made of cocoa powder. This one is made from milk chocolate buttons. Yummm. If you don't like your banana as sweet, go for this one.

 

Ingredients:

1 cup almond meal

2 large bananas

1/2 cup milk chocolate buttons

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 egg

1 scoop whey protein

cinnamon powder

Instead of making a big batch of banana bread to use up all my bananas, I decided to make a few small banana breads with different flavours. So, following the Chocolate Banana Bread, I decided to bake this delicious Hazelnut Banana Bread. I prefer this one, probably because it is sweeter  (maybe because by now my bananas are more riped and there is no cocoa powder to make it bitter). I also added a bit more oil than the other one so it comes out a bit more moist as well. Try it and let me know which one you prefer!

 

Ingredients:

2 large bananas

1 cup almond meal

1 egg

1/2 cup roasted hazelnuts

1/4 cup coconut oil

cinnamon powder

We had bacon and eggs and sweet potato chips this weekend for breakfast. Whaaaat? Chips for breakfast? It's delicious! It's crunchy and healthy... made from sweet potatoes, spiced with cinnamon and cooked in coconut oil. YUM and it's super easy to make!

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 small sweet potato

cinnamon powder

Alternatively you could bake it in the oven. Just oil the sweet potato slices and sprinkle cinnamon powder over them and bake in the oven at 170 degree until they turn golden brown and then turn them over.

My boyfriend likes weird stuff. He doesn’t have a particularly sweet tooth, but he likes fruits in mains and food you generally see in mains in dessert. I’ve tried a couple recipes and they have all turned out surprisingly well! Here is one of them!

Ingredients:

2 cups almond meal

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

3 tbsp butter

4 tbsp honey

2 large eggs

1 cup grated sweet potato

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

2 bananas, mashed or 1/2 cup of blueberries, optional

Ingredients:

Spring’s here in the southern hemisphere, but it still gets a little chilly at night. Here is a recipe that is bound to keep you and your belly toasty warm!

Ingredients:
3 tbsp chicken stock
4 cups water
6 carrots, chopped
cinnamon
oregano
pepper
2 cups cauliflower, chopped
1 can coconut milk

• Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a large soup pot, and then add the carrots and spices.
• After a few minutes, add the cauliflower.
• Boil the whole mess together until the vegetables are soft.
• Pour in the can of coconut milk.
• Pour the soup in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth.