Naturally Green Cupcakes (sunflower seed butter, apples & cinnamon)

This phenomenon was just brought to my attention.  Apparently, when you cook sunflower seed butter, the chlorogenic acid that naturally occurs reacts and turns green.  It gets richer in color as it cools ~ kind of swampy, but my girls thought it was pretty cool, so there you go!  Cupcakes: 5 eggs,...

Apple-Spiced Caramel-Dipped Doughnuts

This request came from my Facebook friend, Kelley Combs. With doughnuts, my mind goes to chocolate everytime and she suggested an apple version. I’m so glad she did!! Doughnuts: 3 Medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped 1/4 cup coconut flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 2 cups apples, peeled, cored and...

Lemon Bars

My girls recently told me that I haven’t made a dessert in awhile and since my entire family loves lemon, I thought I would give lemon bars a try. As usual, trying to adapt traditional recipes to a paleo style of eating can be difficult sometimes, but it is so worth it in the end through all my...

Bacon-Wrapped, Chorizo-Stuffed Dates

My husband and I went to Jack Fry’s this past Valentine’s Day.  They have an AMAZING appetizer that I’m still dreaming about.  Their version adds goat cheese but I thought that I would “paleotize” it by removing the cheese.  This is an incredibly easy, yet rich and luxurious...