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Dark Paleo Sourdough

Dark Paleo Sourdough

I often make this bread for same day eating, but if you want that sour sourdough flavor, it is best left to cure overnight and baked the next day.  It is dark and sweet as a bread due to the tigernut (sweet) and psyllium (dark). 

Instant Pot Lemons (for curd, or gut healing)

Instant Pot Lemons (for curd, or gut healing)

Years ago when I was forced to learn about the dire state of our food in America because my body was shutting down… one of the 4 foods I could consume without pain was lemons, either preserved lemons or these Instant Pot lemons, other wise 

Protein Breakfast Berry Cobbler

Protein Breakfast Berry Cobbler

A friend gave me the idea recently to make a breakfast friendly cobbler.  As I can’t do oats or flour or sugar this one is grain-free & sugar-free, but you can sub maple syrup or maple sugar if you prefer more natural sugars.  To say it went over well would be an understatement, but I will say I am not personally a fan of very sweet things and it satisfied me as well.  That being said, you can always sweeten it up a bit, but as I’m going for the protein and easy breakfast for kids or when family is in town… I let the berries work their magic.

If you want to make it paleo, cut in cold coconut oil in place of butter.  You can add a dab of ghee too to get back some of that buttery flavor.  You can also sub in plums, apples, peaches or whatever is in season that you enjoy!

Protein Breakfast Cobbler

Brenna May
This is an easy dish that doubles as a dessert if you want it that way, but it’s great to make the night before and chill to serve at breakfast when you’re busier. It’s full of protein and healthy fats and is surprisingly filling. I like to serve it with A2 yogurt either by itself or mixed with Paleo Protein (what my daughter’s call “breakfast pudding”)
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course American, Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6 People

Equipment

  • pastry cutter

Ingredients
  

  • 6 c berries I used blackberries & blueberries
  • 1/4 cup chia seeds
  • 1/4 cup allulose Rx Sugar
  • 1 c Blanched almond flour
  • 2 scoops heaping 1/2 cup paleo vanilla protein powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 6 tablespoons room temp butter grass fed

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Butter the bottom and sides of a 9x12 baking pan and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, mix almond flour, protein powder, salt and cinnamon. Cut in the cubed butter with a pastry cutter until just combined. It should be loose and easy to sprinkle & spread without it being “pancaked”.
  • Add the berries, chia seeds & allulose to the pre-buttered pan and gently combine and level.
  • Scatter the almond flour protein topping carefully over the pan and spread gently.
  • Bake at 350°F for 25 min in a convection/fan oven or 35 min in a conventional oven.
  • Let cool a bit before serving or chill overnight and enjoy!
Keyword gluten free, grain free
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Paleo Carrot Cake

Paleo Carrot Cake

This is a paleo adaptation of my mom’s carrot cake, which was my favorite cake growing up. It can be adapted for keto cycling too by increasing the hazelnuts and subbing part of the figs or dates with allulose. This is usually the way I 

Homemade Ghee

Homemade Ghee

Ghee is one of those kitchen staples I have taken for granted for years.  Other than using it in Indian cooking I used it frequently when I was eating Paleo to heal.  I still mostly eat Paleo because I found it to work so well 

Vanilla Maca Cold Brew Smoothie (For Hormone Balance)

Vanilla Maca Cold Brew Smoothie (For Hormone Balance)

It’s been a long long while since I posted a smoothie recipe… mostly because this is the one I crave and make 90% of the time.  Well… maybe 99% of the time.

One thing that is quite a problem after having a baby is that my hormones are all over the place again and I’m tired from being up with a baby who is teething… so having some hormonal support (especially to get one in the seggsy mood lol) is, I must say… important.

My favorite nutritional product for hormone balance, fertility & libido… and a plethora of other benefits like energy, boosting mood, and managing blood pressure and perimenopause and menopause symptoms… is gelatinized red maca.  Now, I have a lot of really high quality ingredients and smoothie boosters in my Fullscript Pracitioner Dispensary, which is 20% off all the time, but for maca my favorite is from The Maca Team.  In fact, when I order I usually stock up on the biggest sized bags of Gelatinized Premium Red Maca.  I also grab some black maca because it’s better for the hubs and is also great for muscle building and fighting off viruses… what?? Yes.  I like the blue spirulina blend and trio blends as well.

 

Okay… so this smoothie I sometimes make with cold brew and a scoop of ground clean Swiss water decaf coffee, sometimes just with the ground coffee and sometimes just with the cold brew… but I love the Designs for Sport Vanilla Bone Broth protein for it and I boost it with camu camu for vitamin C, sometimes some adaptogen blends but always with the Maca, which is an adaptogen in its own right.

 

Blend it up with a high powered blender like this one that I have, and enjoy!

 

Try it out and let me know what you think or what you add to it!

 

Vanilla Maca Cold Brew Smoothie

My fave, go-to hormone balancing smoothie
Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Lunch
Cuisine keto, paleo
Servings 1

Equipment

  • High Powered blender

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Ice cubes
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1-2 Tbsp Gelatinized Premium Red Maca Black, for men or Trio Blend for both/muscle building
  • 1 Tsp camu camu
  • 1 Tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 Scoop Vanilla Protein I like Bone Broth Protein but certain Vegan ones are good, like Ancient Nutrition
  • 1-2 Cups filtered water I have an AquaTru

Optional Boosters

  • 1 Tbsp sprouted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or tahini
  • 3 Brazil nuts for selenium/ thyroid support
  • 2 Tbsp coconut kefir or 1/4 cup any type of yogurt you like that is not full of crap like gums, sugar and natural or artificial flavorings. check the ingredients. Natural flavorings are often either unnatural or can be things like beaver butt excretion because it contains hormones that cause addiction. Or Beetle wings. So that’s fun.
  • 1 Tsp Adaptogen blend with Ashwaganda to chill out and offset coffee
Keyword cold brew, smoothie
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Grain-Free Rough Puff Pastry

Grain-Free Rough Puff Pastry

Because I like to put myself through a special kind of torture, I needed to come up with a Paleo version of rough puff pastry. As if it isn’t difficult enough to make it gluten-free. 😂 This is adapted from Nicole Powers’ recipe, but is 

High Protein Grain-Free Sourdough Keto Bread

High Protein Grain-Free Sourdough Keto Bread

I used to make artisan sourdough bread all the time, and then had to go without for several years. Since then, I’ve been developing different ways of making it with atypical ingredients. I had a big bag of ground lupin from Costco left over in 

Pumpkin Spice Paleo Scones

Pumpkin Spice Paleo Scones

This recipe is perfect for Fall and pumpkin spice cravings!  I personally am not a fan of pumpkin spice lattes but definitely indulge in my fair share of pumpkin pie & pumpkin spice baked goods throughout the Autumn.

You can make it dairy free simply by omitting the ghee, but personally I love it that way.

 

Brenna xo

 

 

Pumpkin Spice Paleo Scones

Brenna May
This recipe is perfect for Fall and pumpkin spice cravings! I personally am not a fan of pumpkin spice lattes but definitely indulge in my fair share of pumpkin pie & pumpkin spice baked goods throughout the Autumn. You can make it dairy free simply by omitting the ghee, but personally I love it that way.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups / 225g almond flour
  • cup / 60g allulose OR 3/4 tsp pure monk fruit powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/4 tsp cloves
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
  • 2 Tbsp ghee or grass fed butter optional
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius / 350° Fahrenheit.
  • Combine the dry ingredients - almond flour, erythritol, baking powder and salt - in a bowl.
  • Add the melted ghee, pumpkin purée, vanilla and egg. Stir into the dry ingredients until a dough forms.
  • Form a ball and place onto a baking pan lined with unbleached parchment paper. Flatten into a disc shape, about 1 inch thick and 6 inches in diameter. Cut into 8 wedges and move the pieces about 1 inch apart.
  • Bake for 18-22 minutes until golden. Let cool completely in the pan - these scones are fragile when hot but they firm up as they cool down.

Notes

If using a mini convection oven, bake at time is 14-15 minutes.
If you would like to make this auto-immune protocol, substitute mace for nutmeg.
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Heather’s Lemon Blueberry Scones (Keto)

Heather’s Lemon Blueberry Scones (Keto)

This recipe is one of my favorites and adapted from my lovely friend Heather’s recipe. It’s so quick and easy to make that I usually make a batch a week. My youngest detests lemon though so sometimes I will leave out the zest and put