Paleo Cinnamon Banana Bread

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Paleo cinnamon banana bread

I try not to make/bake too many dessert or treat like recipes… ‘try’ being the operative word here because those things don’t last very long in our house and I definitely have poor control issues when it comes to such food! So I try and go as long as I can between making these things but when I do I want something SPECIAL!

One of my FAVOURITE treats is from my friend Alisa over at Paleo in PDX. I’ve made her ‘Cinnamon Roll Squash Muffins’ a number of times now and each time they come out a treat! The first time I made them I added in apples as well, you can see that version here.

Last week I really wanted to make these muffins again and was all ready to go but then I realised I didn’t have any squash of any kind, canned or fresh! And actually I’m not even sure I could find squash right now in England! I did have some bananas on hand though and thought why not sub these in for the squash instead! And then halfway through mixing the ingredients I thought why not turn this into banana bread instead? And I did! The result was a deliciously soft banana bread that was full of the flavour of cinnamon (just the way I like it) and with just the right amount of sweetness… [Read more…]

Pork Loin Steaks with Morello Cherry Sauce

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Pork loin steaks with morello cherry sauce

Is it just me or did last week just go by REALLY REALLY slowly? I can’t believe it hasn’t even been 2 weeks since I’ve been back from my holiday! And yes I will definitely be doing a couple of blog posts about it but I’m still trying to decide which photos to include in the posts since I have SO MANY! I should have something up this week and probably next week too.

For this post though I wanted to share a recipe I came up with over the weekend. Sometimes I get these ideas in my head of wanting to create a dish and then I just have to run with it and keep my fingers crossed that it will work… luckily 99% of the time it does!

This recipe uses pork loin steaks and Morello cherries in syrup. I’m not 100% sure if the Morello cherries can be classified as paleo since they have sugar in them BUT the ingredients on my jar of Morello cherries were clean and I believe the sugar is there to thicken up the syrup that the cherries sit in. In any case it’s not an ingredient that I use very often but there was something about pork and cherries together that had me thinking! I’ve heard that duck and Morello cherries go well together but I personally had never heard the same about pork. I knew that pork and apple went well together so I thought why not let’s give this a go! [Read more…]

Meatballs with Zucchini & Carrot ‘Pasta’

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Plate of meatballs with zucchini and carrot pasta

I’m just going to put this out there but sometimes blogging can be a pain in the arse! And yes in Australia we say arse and not ass 😉 Apologies if that came across too harsh but seriously some days I just can’t be arsed to sit down and post on here!

Take yesterday for example, I had planned on putting this recipe up yesterday but here’s what happened. First off it was a SUNNY day! Which as you may have realised from my weather rants on here this is rare for England. So of course I had to take advantage of this beautiful day, plus Joe had taken the day off work (well he took Monday off too to take me to the teaching agency… more on the below). So instead of sitting at home with me typing away on the computer we decided to head out for a day time walk and ended up running around like kids on the grass in the middle of the park. And you know what it was fun! And I didn’t feel bad about not having put up my blog post, even though on my FB page I said I would.

Yes I love writing here and posting recipes but it’s not my life. If I get the chance to be outside, enjoy the sun and enjoy the company of my husband well then that trumps everything else! I’m pretty sure… or at least I hope that other bloggers feel the same way! [Read more…]

Paleo Sweet Potato Mousse

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Paleo sweet potato mousse

The sun is finally OUT! Trust me if you were here you’d be just as excited 😉 It’s still a little cold outside BUT I no longer have to wear my BIG PUFFY jacket and gloves and beanie when Joe and I go walking now. It’s funny how quickly you can get used to new conditions… if I was still living in Australia I would think this weather was FREEZING but after just a few months of being here that’s all changed.

Because of the nice change in weather we ended up doing a 7.8km/4.8mile walk on the weekend, we walked through one of the local parks and it was beautiful! I really should take some pictures one day. We also came across a sign for a charity walk taking place on the 19th of May, you get to decide how long you want to walk (3 miles, 6 miles or 12 miles). If we do it I think we’ll do the 6 mile walk!

Ohhh before I go on, I just want to tell you about a little change on my blog, I now have a Whole30 tab at the top of my homepage. I know a lot of people who are doing the program now so I thought I’d go through my recipes and put the Whole30 approved ones in one place. As you know from some of my previous posts I’m working on getting the sweet stuff out of my system right now, as well as some other stuff. [Read more…]

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