primal cavewife

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)

Avocado, creamy sauce, chicken... hmmmmm...

I also baked some sweet potato which we had with sour cream, and made some cauliflower mash. I messed up the cauliflower mash because I had put in too much parsley and milk and the parsley was too overpowering, hence the green. I am lucky to have a backyard though because the parsley, chives, lemon and cauliflower were from our backyard. Guaranteed freshness!

Ingredients:

2 avocados
1 can coconut cream

1 lemon, optional

3 tbsp coconut oil

salt

pepper

dried herbs (I used chives and parsley)

sesame oil

bacon

salt

pepper

coconut oil

I don't like salad. So I've never conscientiously ordered salad and have never made a salad before. Not a fan of raw vegetables and don't like any of the dressings. But there was all these vegetables in the backyard and I don't have to use conventional dressing. Why not do it a paleo way?

 

This turned out to be the most delicious salad I have ever had/made and my boyfriend loved it too. Best thing was, apart from the egg, bacon and coconut oil, everything was from our backyard! It went so well as a side for our surf and turf for lunch! I have never seen him eat all the vegetables so eagerly!

 

Ingredients:

2 eggs

bacon, diced

coconut oil

kale

spinach

capsicum

rocket

salt

pepper

herbs (optional)

The cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli have been taking over our vege patch with their massive leaves and one day my boyfriend said we should juice the leaves because apparently chlorophyll is really good for you. I was a bit skeptic about eating the leaves so I looked it up online and woah!!! I found out you can do all sorts of things with the leaves! You can juice them, cook them or even make chips out of them! I was so excited when I found out, I went home and plucked a couple leaves off each plant to make sure they don't go bare and started to make the first batch. Here I used kale, spinach, broccoli leaves, cauliflower leaves and cabbage leaves.

Ingredients:

broccoli leaves

cabbage leaves

cauliflower leaves

spinach

kale

coconut oil

salt

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