Mango and Watermelon Poke Cake ~ Entry #4

The 2nd Annual Mystery Basket Challenge Entry #4, littleekitchen Mango and Watermelon Poke Cake CLICK HERE TO VOTE!   Cake Ingredients: 1/4 cup ghee (or butter) 1/4 cup coconut oil (not melted) 1 cup coconut palm sugar 1 cup macadamia nuts ground in high powered blender 4 eggs 1 cup coconut flour 2...

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,...

O’Cavegirl’s Irish Stew

This is a just a good ole’ bowl of comfort on a cold night ~ St. Paddy’s Day or not!  Green beer is optional! 1.5 pounds lamb stew cubes (usually cut from the leg ~ ask your butcher) 1/4 cup arrowroot 1 tablespoon bacon grease 2 large onions, chopped 4-5 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon...

Veal Oscar

This is in honor of the Academy Awards this Sunday…get it? Oscar? Veal Oscar?!  I hope you like this version.    By the way, this dish has a fantastic result; however, you are juggling a lot of balls in the air while cooking ~ the veal, the asparagus, the crab, the bearnaise ~ it’s a...

Lobster and Asparagus

Day 11 of 31:  Back to Basics They had a package of two lobster tails in a pack at Trader Joe’s for a great price, so I picked some up.  Lobster tails are succulent, low in calories and high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add your lobster.  I boiled mine for four minutes...