Spinach Steak and Pear Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

Ingredients:
Steak
4 slices of bacon
2 pears
2 T red wine vinegar
2 hard boiled eggs
1/4 of a red onion- chopped

I grilled steak on the foreman and cut it up into bite sized chunks.

-Place 4 strips on bacon in a pan on low heat to render the fat.
-take out the bacon an add two chopped pears to the fat
-add a couple of tablespoons of red wine vinegar and let it cook down

-in a salad bowl mix chopped bacon, spinach, steak, hard boiled eggs, and red onion
-pour hot bacon dressing over the top
-- Katy

Omelets Galore

I have a new obsession with omelets. They have replaced the meat muffin for my usual breakie.

Omelet Base:
2 eggs
Splash of unsweetened coconut milk
Seasoning to taste

Whisk the above ingredients.
Add whatever you want to make the omelet awesome...the possibilities are endless.
Cook in a nonstick skillet at medium to low heat until it is cooked through.
Eat.

Examples:


Smoked salmon and capers



Ground Beef, frozen veggies and avocado salsa verde.




Chicken and spinach with Italian seasoning.

Pork cutlets with cherry salsa

I found the cherry salsa recipe on the Whole Foods iPhone app. I already had the pork and the cherries. I would have never thought to put them together in a savory dish. I'd do believe the free app was totally worth it.

Cherry Salsa
2 cups sweet cherries, pitted and roughly chopped
1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded and finely chopped
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Toss all ingredients together in a large bowl then cover and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

I served the cherry salsa over pork cutlets.





-- Katy

Banana Walnut Muffins

I got this recipe a few months ago from someone at CFPT - Liz, maybe? - and have made it a couple times now. Both times, the muffins have been super moist and very delish. Even my non-paleo boyfriend likes to eat them! :)

Dry Ingredients:

2 C almond flour/meal (Trader Joe’s Almond Meal is the cheapest)

1/3 C coconut flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg (grated fresh)

1 C baking walnuts

Wet Ingredients:

2 bananas, the riper the better

1 T vanilla

3 eggs at room temperature

1/3 C honey

3 T oil (olive oil is fine, coconut oil when liquid is excellent, and hazelnut oil hits it out of the park!)

2 T almond butter (unsalted, but if salted, just add 3/4 tsp salt instead of 1 tsp)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place walnuts in to roast. Keep an eye on the walnuts, they burn easily! Mash bananas into a liquid. Mix in the honey and almond butter. Beat eggs and add in with oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix all the dry ingredients including walnuts, then mix wet and dry ingredients. Place in muffin cups. Depending on if you are making small or large muffins, cooking time will vary. It can take anywhere from 10-20 minutes. My batches make 12 muffins and take between 12 and 16 minutes.

Lambuger with Tzatziki Sauce

I love lamb. It's delish. The lamb burger is one of my favorite at FLIP. This is my take on the lamburger. The mint in the burger is very refreshing. I not gonna lie I really just like saying lamburger.





Lambuger
1 pound ground lamb
1 small onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
3 tablespoons finely chopped mint
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Olive oil, for brushing

Mix. Form into patties. Grill or pan fry.

If you are dairy free the burger works ok without the sauce.

Tzatziki Sauce
1 container plain yogurt- I used grass fed goat milk yogurt





1 cucumber - peeled, seeded and diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
2 cloves garlic, peeled

Blend in a food processor. Serve with lamburger.

-- Katy

Mojito talapia salad

This salad and mojito were light and refreshing and well deserved after the mess I made making it. When I made it I spilled the marinade all over myself and the soda water exploded when I made the mojtio. It was a mess.





Mojito Marinade
INGREDIENTS
2 cloves of garlic chopped
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup rum
1 tablespoon freshly grated lime zest
2 limes juiced
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon kosher

PREPARATION
Place garlic, mint, rum, lime zest, lime juice, honey, oil and salt in a food processor. Pulse. Pour the marinade 1-gallon sealable plastic bag for marinating. Add protein and marinate in the fridge for an hour.

Grill or bake your protein. Then add it to the salad

**I used talapia I baked it in foil for 40 mins at 350 degrees.

Salad:
2 cups lambs lettuce
1/4 cup mint
1/2 cucumber chopped
Strawberries, chopped

Lime and olive oil to dress the salad


-- Katy

Fudge Babies

I am obsessed with fudge babies. The name actually grosses me out. Makes me think of sea biscuits and dropping the kids off at the pool. The taste is amazing! They remind me of chick-fil-a brownies. If I could find a paleo recipe for some icedream I would be in heaven.
Although they are gluten free and have no added sugar I would still consider them a paleo cheat.

Ingredients:

1 c walnuts
1 and 1/3 cups pitted dates (I like Medjools)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tablespoons cocoa powder, depending on how chocolaty you want your balls to be
Directions:

1. Chop/blend all the ingredients, using a food processor, Magic Bullet, etc.

2. Roll into cutey-pie little balls. (Use plastic wrap if you need to.)

3. Pop them in the fridge if they are too doughy

You can mix up the nuts for your balls...
You can find a variety of baby recipes here:
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/baby-making/


-- Katy