Cinnamon Cookies

Ingredients:

4 Tbsp real butter (melted)

1/3 cup honey

1 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 cups almond flour

pecans

Add all ingredients in a mixing bowl, except pecans, stirring the almond flour in last. Mix well. Form dough into 1-inch diameter balls and place on a buttered cookie sheet. Press a pecan half onto each ball to flatten. Bake at 275 degrees for 15 minutes or until done.

Enjoy!

Zucchini Cups

Ingredients:

Several Large Zucchini 

1/2 cup chopped onion

Olive oil 

1 lb. ground beef

spaghetti sauce (I used the previous spaghetti sauce recipe from this blog)

grated mild cheddar and monteray jack cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut zucchini into sections, discarding ends. Use knife or a sharp spoon to hollow out the middle of the zucchini sections. Leave about 1/4 inch of the zucchini flesh around the edges. (If hollowed out too close, the cups will leak when cooked.) Set aside the zucchini pieces that are hollowed out. Put zucchini pieces in a bowl, drizzle with olive oil and microwave for approximately 8 minutes or until soft. Saute chopped onions in olive oil and brown ground beef in a skillet;drain fat. After preparing your spaghetti sauce in a pot, add ground beef, onions and zucchini pieces to the sauce. Spoon mixture into the hollowed out zucchini cups. Top each cup with grated mild cheddar and monteray jack cheese. Bake zucchini cups in oven for approximately 20 minutes or until zucchini is slightly soft.

Enjoy!

Flat Bread

You never realize how much you miss eating sandwiches, until you haven't had one in half a year! I have made bread before but the recipes were complicated, and they just didn't turn out quite right. Tonight I tried a new flat bread recipe, so Joshua could have a turkey sandwich, and it turned out great! The best part was, it was so simple!

Ingredients:

4 eggs, beaten

2 cups almond flour

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp natural vanilla extract

Beat eggs in large bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix together well. Place a sheet of wax paper on a 9x13 cookie sheet. Spread batter evenly onto the cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until the bread is golden brown. (About 10 or so minutes, depending on your oven.) Let cool and cut into pieces. (Mine made about 9 slices.) 

Enjoy!

Zucchini Lasagna

I have been so excited to post this recipe. We enjoy this lasagna and have even made it for family members who don't follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and they loved it as well! One tip I would like to give you before you get your ingredients together for this recipe, is to grate your own block of cheese. This ensures that you won't be getting all the additives that are in pre-shredded bags of cheese.

Ingredients:

 Several Large Zucchini 

Spaghetti Meat Sauce (see previous recipe)

1 lb ground beef

olive oil

mild cheddar cheese

monterey jack cheese

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease 9x13 dish with olive oil. Wash zucchini and cut off ends. Cut lengthwise into thin slices. Lightly salt each slice. Warm olive oil in skillet. Place zucchini slices in skillet -do no overlap the slices- and cook until lightly browned. Flip the zucchini slice over to roast the other side, then set aside. In pot, make spaghetti meat sauce. (See previous post for spaghetti sauce recipe). Grate your cheddar and monterey jack cheese. Layer the sauce, zucchini, and cheese. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Spaghetti Sauce

I use this spaghetti sauce in recipes very often. My Mom actually gave me this recipe, and we think it has a wonderful taste! I was using "Eden Organic" Spaghetti Sauce (which you may have seen in my previous recipe for 'Spaghetti Squash Casserole') , until the company began adding sugar in their sauce, which meant we couldn't use it anymore. So, now I use Muir-Glen Organic Tomatoe Sauce to make my spaghetti sauce. Just make sure that the tomato sauce you choose contains only "SCD legal" ingredients.

 

Ingredients:

15 oz. Tomato Sauce 

1 clove minced garlic

1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp oregano 

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 lb ground beef

Combine tomato sauce, garlic, water, oregano, pepper, salt and chopped onion. In a skillet, lightly brown beef. Drain fat and add the ground beef to the sauce. Let sauce simmer on medium heat for 15 minutes.

Enjoy! 

(This sauce is wonderful over spaghetti squash noodles, and it makes for a very quick, and easy meal!)

Peanut Butter Fudge

I made this fudge for this first time this past Easter. Since, Joshua can't have candy, I thought this would help curb his sweet tooth. The only disadvantage to this delicious fudge, is that it has to be kept cool, or it's consistency will not be very fudge-like. This is due to the coconut-oil in the fudge, which at room-temperature is a semi-solid oil. Other than that, it is a wonderful treat! (Note: In the ingredients, it says to add honey to taste. I tend to like the honey and add about 1/4 to 1/2 a cup!)

Ingredients

1 cup Coconut Oil

1/2 cup Natural Peanut Butter

Honey to taste

Dash of Salt

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

Melt the Coconut oil in saucepan on low heat or in the microwave. Pour the oil and the remaining ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into an 8x8 glass dish. Cover and place in the freezer until ingredients are fudge-like consistency!

Remember to always store your fudge in the freezer.

Enjoy!

Banana Bread

Joshua and I are in the middle of planning our first Anniversary trip. We are going to be flying to Orlando and staying for 6 days in Disney World! We are so exciting and looking forward to the trip! While thinking and planning for dining and snacks, I have been deciding on what to bring for Joshua to eat in the parks. I decided I would definitely be bringing some loafs of banana bread! They are very easy to make, and Joshua loves it, so it's a win-win!

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups almond flour

4 eggs

1/2 cup honey

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vinegar

2-3 ripe bananas

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Generously butter a loaf pan. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Spoon into buttered loaf pan. Put in the oven on middle rack. Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool 30 minutes to an hour and remove loaf. 

 

Enjoy!