Apple cinnamon quinoa bake

Since we went paleo we've been having a lot of eggs for breakfast. Scrambled eggs, sweet potato hash with eggs, mini quiches, etc., so it's always nice to do something that's healthy and a break from eggs.

Paleo sweet potato and bacon hash

So I'm on a bit of a roll with cooking blog posts recently because I've been trying out some new recipes and I'm cooking a bit more. Don't get me wrong, I cook all the time, but quite often I redo old favorites, like dinner tonight, for example. Meatballs in tomato sauce with zoodles. It's an easy recipe that I do all the time.

This one is one of my favorites. We've been doing a lot of experimentation with breakfast lately because I like to keep it fresh but this is a favorite. I cook this at least once a week with leftovers for the rest of the week or once every two weeks so we don't get tired of it.

Paleo tortilla Espanola con chorizo

My breakfasts have become pretty standard and I was looking for something a little different to add variety into our meal choices. With paleo, there's a lot of eggs and a lot of bacon and a lot of sweet potato, not that I mind but I don't want The Boy to get bored and I like to change up our meals.

We've been doing a lot of the breakfast bake which The Boy loves and also a sweet potato hash which is a personal favorite but I wanted to change it up a bit.

Paleo Irish stew

I've had a hankering for some stew and something slow cooked for a while now. This summer has been so hot it's been prohibitive to cook anything in the oven without us expiring from the heat. Mostly we've been eating salads and cold dishes or something that is quick to cook on the stove. I was missing those hearty meals. Now that it's gotten a little cooler I decided a stew was in order.

Paleo Indonesian nasi goreng (fried rice)

I've been on a "rice" kick lately ever since I cooked that Thai style fried rice and I've been looking for recipes in order to make more "fried rice" recipes that can be converted to paleo.

I decided to try an Indonesian nasi goreng and found this recipe on the interwebz (thank you!) and have adapted it to paleo. For those of you who are not paleo, just substitute the paleo kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) for regular kecap manis and substitute the cauliflower and broccoli rice with regular white rice that is cooked and left overnight. Fried rice is best cooked with leftover rice if you are going to cook it with regular rice.

Paleo Thai styled cauliflower fried rice

Ever since we started on our paleo journey, I've been doing a lot with cauliflower rice. We love it. We think that it's versatile enough to go with a lot of dishes and we don't mind the flavor at all. A few of my friends are not fans. They say they don't like the taste of cauliflower, but I think the taste is so mild that it really doesn't come through when we add other things on top of it.

I've been looking for different recipes to use with cauliflower rice and this one caught my attention from the Real Paleo Fast & Easy by Loren Cordain PhD cookbook. It's super tasty and has become a favorite at home.

Honey Soy Sesame Chicken ... from the 14 Day Ketogenic Meal Plan

Recently, I reviewed the 14 Day Ketogenic Meal Plan by Gen Gale. Because of the review, I tested out some of the recipes in the cookbook and this one was a big hit with The Boy. He LOVED it. His words were "I love it when you try a new recipe and nail it!" Of course, it made me very happy that The Boy loved the dish.

How to prepare zoodles (zucchini noodles) and brief overview of spiralizers

Since we started on the paleo diet (more on that in another post), The Boy and I have been substituting zoodles (zucchini noodles) for pasta instead of eating wheat or even gluten free pasta.

Granted, it doesn't taste like pasta and the texture is different but it's not a bad alternative and we feel much healthier for it. It's lighter for sure and I love that we are getting so much more vegetables in our diet. A favorite dish is a chicken pesto zoodle.

Paleo raspberry breakfast bars

Greetings! Today is the last day of the year and boy, it's a SCORCHER. We've had a bit of a heat wave and temps have been consistently over 40°C+ the last few days. Mostly, we've stayed in with the AC on and it's even been too hot to cook. Dinner has been simple cold salads with whatever I could rummage out of the fridge. Breakfast has been slim pickings too.

I guess The Boy got tired of not having anything yummy for breakfast because he asked for the paleo breakfast bar I like to make for us occasionally. This time he wanted raspberries but really, you can do it with any fruit. We've done it with blueberries too.

It was 42°C outside but for The Boy, I put the AC on and then turned on the oven to make these for him. :-)

Paleo Brussels sprouts and cauliflower gratin ... in the Thermomix

I was looking for a side dish to accompany a lamb roast a few nights ago and came across a Brussels sprouts gratin recipe in a new cookbook I had recently acquired.

It looked intriguing enough I wanted to give it a shot but decided that since we're being good these days I would convert it into a paleo recipe. Off I went onto the interwebz to scour for a paleo gratin recipe. I found one using cauliflower and converted it into this recipe.

Here's what I ended up doing: (note: This recipe uses the Thermomix but I have also included instructions for those of you who don't use a Thermomix in your cooking).

Paleo Italian pumpkin and sausage breakfast casserole

The Boy and I have been working on getting healthier. We're going away soon and while away, I'm certain we will be eating a lot of naughty foods so we're being good before the fact. :-)

In an effort to be healthier, we did a big Spring clean of our pantry (so many expired things lurking in the back corners!) and have decided to cut out wheat (going gluten free) and carbs.

We're going gluten free because I've been feeling rather unwell in the morning after a dinner which contains wheat, like pasta of some sort. Cutting out carbs is just a good idea all round.

In our hunt for healthier food recipes, we're dipping our toes into some Paleo recipes and many gluten free ones. In a happy coincidence, Paleo is also gluten free. :-)