Pecan Peanut Butter Slice

Pecan Peanut Butter Slice - Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free

Easy to make and super delicious.

Grain free, gluten free and dairy free.

This Pecan Peanut Butter Slice requires no baking and is grain free, gluten free and dairy free.

I love peanut butter and was searching for a new recipe with peanut butter in it. I was thrilled when I found this Pecan Peanut Butter Slice.

The recipe was actually a bit different but I simplified it and it tastes divine.

I am sure you will love it as much as my friends did. They devoured it in minutes and your friends will too and then they will ask for more. 

Fear not that it has a few layers. It is so quick and easy to make and won't take you much time at all.

Give it a try. You will be glad you did. Let me know how you go.

Pecan Peanut Butter Slice

Ingredients

Top Layer:
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
1/4 cup maple syrup

Base Layer:
1/2 cup coconut oil melted
1/4 cup cocoa powder
3 tbs maple syrup
1/3 cup chopped almonds

Nut Layer
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Instructions for Base Layer
Line a 20cm x 10cm (8 in x 4 in) baking tin with baking paper.

Combine all the ingredients for the base in a bowl.

Spread along base of baking tin and place in freezer for about 20 minutes to set.

Instructions for Top Layer
While base is setting combine ingredients for the top layer in bowl.

Spread this mixture over the base layer then sprinkle pecans over the top pressing into the top layer as you go.

Return to the freezer for an additional 20 minutes then cut and serve. 

Note: Store in refrigerator as this will melt at room temperature.

Adapted from Paleo Newbie.

Healthy Buckwheat Pancakes

Lovely honey on my Buckwheat Pancakes and a
delicious cup of peppermint tea. 

Perfect breakfast for a Sunday morning.

These healthy Buckwheat Pancakes are gluten free, easy to make and super delicious.

I was craving pancaked and don;t really like almond meal pancakes are they are just not right and do not want 10 eggs in coconut flour pancakes. Nope nope. Then I heard about buckwheat which is naturally gluten free and not wheat at all by the way.

Then I remembered a pancake recipe from Jamie Oliver that uses three ingredients. He uses self raising flour but I thought it will still work with buckwheat and I was right.

I am glad I gave this recipe a try. I will be making it more often. It it light on the tummy and tasty too. It is the perfect breakfast.

Healthy Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Ingredients
1 cup buckwehat
1 egg
1 cup lactose free milk or any milk of choice


Method
Whisk all ingredients in a bowl until combined. Do not over beat.

Heat up a frying pan, spray will olive oil or oil of choice and pour in batter.

Once bubbles start to form flip the pancake over. Give it a minute and flip onto your plate.

This recipe makes 12 large pancakes. 

Paleo Chocolate Cake

I was looking for a chocolate cake recipe that was grain free, gluten free and lactose free the other day because we were craving chocolate cake at work.

Our computer system was down and we had nothing to do until it got fixed so we started talking cakes - chocolate cakes. Then I went searching for a recipe and found this delicious Paleo Chocolate Cake at Super Glue Mom.

The recipe specifically said the milk had to be full fat milk. I used low fat milk by mistake and it came out moist, light, soft and fluffy. It even had the volume I have been missing since going grain free!

This is not a sweet cake but delicious none the same.  Light on the belly and will keep you happy all day. Definitely a keeper.

Paleo Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
½ cup coconut flour
¼ cup almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
400ml lactose free milk or any non dairy milk
½ cup honey
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Method
Preheat oven to 175C/350F then  line a 20cm x 20cm (8x8 inch) square baking tin with baking paper.

Sift coconut flour, almond flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder into a large bowl and mix until combined.

Place milk, honey, eggs, and vanilla in a blender and mix until combined.

Slowly pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until everything is well combined. Do not over mix. The end result is like chocolate soup. Perfect!

Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes.

Allow to cool before removing from tin. Then serve and enjoy.

Apple Cinnamon Bread

You must eat this delicious Apple Cinnamon Bread that is gluten free, grain free and dairy free fresh out of the oven. It is soft, moist, warm and delicious and even better with a little strawberry jam.

I saw two tiny little loaf pans in the supermarket and had to get them. Then I went about searching for a recipe. I can't remember where I found this but it is perfect. I found that breads and cakes don't really rise with coconut or nut flours so thought this would be the way to have a "normal" looking bread.

I halved the recipe and filled one of the tiny tins. It worked a treat.

Apple Cinnamon Bread

Ingredients
1/4 cup  + 2 tbsps almond flour
1 tablespoon coconut flour
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons grated apple

Method
Preheat oven to 180C/350℉.


In a mixer bowl blend almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut, baking powder and cinnamon.

In small bowl whisk egg, coconut oil, vanilla and apple.


Pour egg mixture into almond flour mixture and blend well.

Grease loaf pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Coconut Flour Shells

I was out shopping one day and saw a tray with six shell shaped muffins and had to buy it. It was a great buy only $2!

Once I got it home I looked for some gluten free, dairy, free, grain free recipes I could make in this tin and came across a simple coconut muffin recipe from the Coconut Mama.

I halved the recipe and simplified it so it is super easy and quick to make.  You just chuck everything into a mixer bowl let it do the work and then scoop into tin bake and enjoy.

Coconut Flour Shells

Makes 6  

Ingredients
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsps coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/4 cup honey
1/2  teaspoon vanilla


Method
Pre heat oven to 180C/350F.

Oil 6 pod tin.

In a mixer add all ingredients and blend until combined.

Scoop mixture into each pod.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy.

Told you they were easy to make!

Apricot Coconut Flour Mug Cake

 This mug cake is lighter and fluffier than you can possibly imagine.
And in the artichoke jar is the most delicious homemade apricot jam I have ever had!

 A Sin City mug for a totally sin free delight with this delicious 

Apricot Coconut Flour Mug Cake.

I had a bag of coconut flour I wanted to use so went looking for a recipe. I had a few mug cake recipes but they all had cocoa and I didn't want chocolate. Something I never say but did this particular night.

I went for a search on the internet and found a recipe with a whole lot of ingredients I didn't like. So I took them out and added a few of my own and came up with this super moist, light and fluffy Apricot Coconut Flour Mug Cake. 

The jam was made by our neighbour Katerina. A lovely Italian lady who always gives us food which we never say no to and always thoroughly enjoy.

The apricot jam was super delicious and worked perfectly with this delightfully sinless treat that is grain free, gluten free and dairy free. 

Apricot Coconut Flour Mug Cake

Ingredients
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
2 tablespoons almond milk
1 tablespoon raw honey
1 tablespoon home made apricot jam
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Topping
1 teaspoon homemade apricot jam
1 teaspoon raw honey

Method
Combine all wet ingredients in the mug first until well combined and looks light and fluffy!

Then add in the flour and baking powder and mix until all well combined.

Place in the microwave for 2 minutes.

Then place apricot jam and honey on top of cake and swirl around with your spoon until absorbed into cake.

Enjoy. 

Clean Chocolate Cake

I am sure you are asking what is a clean chocolate cake. Well it is one without flour, sugar and dairy. Best of all it is super delicious.

A friend was having a dinner party and I decided to make a cake. I found this recipe and adapted it a bit. This cake doesn't rise much at all. It's almost like a large chocolate pancake but it is still very satisfying. Nice and healthy and easy on the belly. Just how all good food should be.

Clean Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup melted coconut oil

Method
Preheat oven to 160C.

Combine the cocoa powder, coconut flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl.

In another medium sized bowl beat all the eggs together then add honey, vanilla and coconut oil and mix until well combined.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until all ingredients are well combined. Just note it is a runny batter. 

Spoon into a small 15 - 20 cm baking tin that is lined with baking paper.

Bake for 40 minutes or until cooked through.

Remove from the oven. Cool for a few minutes in the tin then move onto a cooling rack and allow to cool before you add chocolate icing.



Icing
300 g chocolate
150 ml coconut milk

Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or on a double boiler. Stir in the coconut milk and mix until combined so the consistency is nice and smooth. Then ice cake. I also grated some chocolate on top.It just looked like it needed something more.

Adapted from the Healthy Chef.

Peanut Butter Truffle Balls

I was leafing through the weekend paper and saw a recipe for raw chocolate balls. I didn't like the recipe so changed some of the ingredients and came up with this super delicious Peanut Butter Truffle Ball recipe.

Remember the coconut balls recipe with crushed teddy bear biscuits and condensed milk? Well these taste exactly like that but with a peanut butter flavour. So yum, yum, yum!

Peanut Butter Truffle Balls

Truffles

4 large Medjool dates chopped with pits removed

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1/2 cup raw almonds

3 tablespoons peanut butter or any nut butter

2 tablespoons shredded coconut

1 teaspoon honey

Coating

2 tablespoons shredded coconut

Method

Place almonds into a food processor and blend until they become a nut butter. 

Add all other ingredients and blend until well combined.

Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls then roll in coconut.

Place on a tray and into the fridge for 1 hour to set. 

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two weeks but they won't last that long.

Greek Rice Pudding Recipe

We had Harmony Day at work today and everyone had to bring something from their country of origin. Being Greek and leaving it to the last minute the easiest thing I could think of to cook was Rizogalo or Greek Rice Pudding.

I decided to make it with lactose free milk because Greek Rice Pudding dessert is my favourite and wanted to have some as well. This Greek Rice Pudding is without eggs as well.

I found an easy recipe on the SBS food website and had some assistance from my mother who insisted I put water in as well as milk because it's not Greek otherwise! Can't argue with mum.

Of course she was right as one of my co-workers said it was the best Greek Rice Pudding he has ever tasted. I don't know if he was just being nice but I will accept the compliment and gladly. Another co-worker said it was light and fluffy and wanted the recipe.

So below is the recipe I used which is part Greek mum Rizogalo recipe and part SBS Greek Rice Pudding Recipe.

This is an easy recipe which did take around 45 minutes to cook on the stove top. I got six small servings out of it.

Greek Rice Pudding Recipe

Ingredients
4 cups (1 ltr) lactose free milk
1 cup (250ml) water
½ cup (100 g) arborio rice
2 tbsp raw sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract

Method
Heat milk, water and rice in a saucepan on medium heat, stirring frequently until it starts to lightly boil or is simmering.

Add sugar and vanilla extract and stir to combine all ingredients.

Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until rice is tender and consistency has thickened.

Spoon rice into small serving bowls and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Serve either hot or cold. It can be eaten both ways enjoyably.

Paleo Almond Meal Pear Muffins

We picked a lot of pears in the last few weeks from the tree in our backyard so I went looking for a paleo recipe with pears in it. There are very few.

A lot of the recipes I found had coconut flour and almond meal in them but I don't have much coconut flour left and the store to get it from is too far away so they weren't good.

Then I came across a basic almond meal recipe from Best Recipes which was perfect. I changed it around a little and came up with this easy, incredibly delicious Paleo Almond Meal Pear Muffin Recipe. 

Paleo Almond Meal Pear Muffins Recipe

Makes 4

Ingredients
1 cup almond meal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons almond milk
2 tablespoons coconut oil raw (not melted)
2 tablespoons honey
2 eggs
1/2 cup diced pear

Method

Preheat oven to 180C/350F.

Combine all the ingredients except the pear in a bowl and whisk until well combined.

Mix in the pear until evenly distributed. 

Place four muffin liners in a muffin tin.

Divide mixture evenly amongst the muffins and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.


Note: Can freeze up to 3 months.

Grain Free Peanut Butter Muffins

I know peanut butter is not paleo but I am not giving it up. I love it. So I went searching for a paleo peanut butter muffin recipe and found this delicious, light, moist creation.

It is super easy to make, easy on the tummy and very filling.

You can't go wrong with this one. Only if they were all this easy to make.

Grain Free Peanut Butter Muffins

Ingredients:
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp. peanut butter
2 eggs
2 tablespoons almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Sprinkling of granola on top of each cupcake

Method:
Preheat your oven to 180C/350F degrees.

Line muffin pan with paper liners.

Place all ingredients minus the granola into a food processor and mix until well combined.

Evenly distribute the batter amongst the muffins tins and top each muffin with granola.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through.

Allow to cool on a wire rack and store in the fridge.


Adapted from gingerlemongirl.com