Heavenly carrot cake

Gluten free, sugar free carrot cake with maple cinnamon icing 

Cauli-crust

I tried my first cauliflower crust tonight and I have to say it is amazing! 

1 c shredded/minced cauliflower

1 egg

1 c mozzarella cheese

Season to taste

Cook for 13 mins on 450

Top however you like

Cook for 10 mins or until cheese is brown and melted

It is far better than I ever imagined! 

Good-bye Gluten!

So it would appear that Celiac's is the primary cause for my issues.  We are just at the end of getting an official diagnosis but it is the thing that all specialists, myself and my family agree fits every test, every mri, every symptom, and of course the diet changes are a bit indicator of diet related issues. I just went through a week long gluten challenge, adding much gluten and all triggers back into my diet to see how I responded with pain/skin/etc and to follow up with labs to see if they show a more clear picture with a flair going on.

So here on out.. it's no:

Sugar
Milk
Soy
Tomatoes
Gluten
Raw Garlic
Raw Onion

Peanut butter no-bake heaven!

Gluten, dairy and sugar free no-bakes! 

1/2c melted coconut oil

3T honey 

1/2c unsweetened peanut butter

Add oats until thicker texture ( approx 1-1 1/2c)

Mix together coconut oil, honey and peanut butter. Stir in oats. Scoop into mini muffin tins and freeze approx 15 mins. Pop out of tin into Baggie or container and store in fridge. 

Yummy x infinity! 

Couscous, where have you been my whole life?

I have recently rediscovered couscous and I'm in love. I make it with a little olive oil and chicken stock then butter to finish.

We have been adding more grains and couscous cooks so quickly and easily it is great in a pinch! 

Tonight's dinner:

Grilled chicken and potatoes over whole wheat chicken couscous with tzatsiki sauce ( Greek cucumber yogurt sauce.) 

Yummy! 

Chocolate!!

I found a recipe for home made dark chocolate and tweaked it with coconut oil since I didn't have cocoa butter. 

Honey, melted coconut oil, vanilla and cocoa powder. I poured it into my bear molds and added some chopped cashews. After a bit in the freezer they easily popped out and I store them in the fridge. 

Round 2 was a peanut butter chocolate bark. I smeared unsweetened peanut butter in a pan, poured the chocolate mix on top, frozen to set then chopped into pieces. The peanut butter is a but sticky so I store this in the freezer.

This definitely satisfied my sweet tooth while helping me to get my daily coconut oil. 

Bread

I've been on an adventure to find a good bread recipe. Here are a few I've worked through. 

Almond honey bread:

Almond flour, whole wheat flour, honey, almond milk, coconut oil and butter

To go with the amazing warm bread coming out of the oven I started making chia jam!

Strawberry rhubarb chia jam:

Honey, strawberries, rhubarb and chia. 

I've also made a plain strawberry version that is just as tasty! I eat this stuff on everything! My favorites are yogurt and warm bread. My family likes it on vanilla ice cream. 

Oat wheat bread:

Oat flour, whole wheat, egg, half and half, coconut oil, butter, honey and water

Hummus flatbread/crust:

We ate this with chicken, cous cous and Greek cucumber sauce then made a chicken three cheese flatbread  on the leftovers for dinner.

It was nice and crusty! 

Garbonzo bean flour, water, olive oil, sea salt, while wheat flour 

In the end the oat wheat loaf is my favorite. I make I weekly and my kids love it also. The flatbread is super tasty also with a great crunch to it. 

Bread is back on the menu! Color me happy! :)