I’ve been on a mission to get more protein in my kids in the morning before school. They don’t eat paleo exclusively and breakfast is where they really want to have their grains and carbs. For the most part I don’t push, but offer food I think is better for them. Sometimes they go for it and sometimes they don’t. Last week I had a little extra weekend time and decided to make egg cups to keep in the fridge for the week’s breakfasts. The boy wanted bacon and cheese in his and the girl wanted pizza flavored. I wasn’t sure exactly how to go about that, but I gave it a shot and she seemed to like them. Each morning, she would get out one of her egg cups, put it in the microwave for a few seconds to knock off the chill and gobbled it down. Give them a try!

 

 

 

Pizza Egg Cups

6 eggs

6 slices of bacon cut in half

6 Tbs pizza or pasta sauce (I like classic or newman’s own)

6 pepperonis

optional : olives, peppers, mushrooms, or other pizza toppings.

 

Beat 6 eggs in a bowl with a fork. In a muffin tin, lay half of a slice of bacon across the bottom then lay the other half on top of it making an X in the bottom of your pan. Spoon in egg until it reaches almost to the top of the muffin cup. Place 1 Tbs of sauce in the middle of the egg then top with pepperoni slice. Add any optional ingredients you would like. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until eggs are set. Cool then eat!

I’m not nearly as good as Cavegirl Kate about photographing my meals, but here are a few I managed to remember to document.  I hope they give you some ideas!

 

Salmon Fillet with roasted beets and carrots and salad

 

Spinach salad with steak and caramelized onions

 

Brunch out at a restaurant: California omelet (eggs, bacon, tomatoes, peppers) topped with avacado, salsa, sour cream (I do some dairy.) and green onions.

 

Three Fried sunny side up eggs (I have a great recipe for making the best fried eggs. I’ll post that another day.), olives and guacamole

 

 Pizza egg cups (eggs bacon, pizza sauce and pepperoni) Recipe to follow!

 

 Leftover lunch: hamburger patty, roasted asparagus and olives

 

 

Sunday dinner on the grill: Pork chops and fruit skewers (apple and pineapple chunks)

 

Since I found these pans for cookies on a stick, we’ve been going a little crazy seeing what kinds of cookies taste good and survive being on a stick. The other day the girl wanted to make snickerdoodle cookies. Far be it from me to burst her bubble, so I facilitated the making of Snickerdoodles on a Stick! :) She was very proud of the outcome and I have to agree with her; they were very tasty!

 

 

 

Snickerdoodle Cookies

2 C almond flour

1 tsp. baking soda 1+ tsp. cinnamon (divided)

1/4 C melted coconut oil

1/4 C honey or maple syrup

1 Tbs. vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 325F and line a cookie sheet (or cookie on a stick pan) with parchment paper. In a mixing bowl, whisk together almond flour, baking soda and 1 tsp. cinnamon. In another bowl mix together the wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet forming a stiff dough. To make regular circular cookies, form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls then flatten on the parchment lined cookie sheet. Sprinkle all cookie with the remaining cinnamon. Bake for about 20 minutes. Cookies will seem soft when they come out of the oven, but will harden as the coconut oil cools. You can harden them faster by putting cookies in the freezer for a few minutes.

 

 

 

Well, folks, you ask and we deliver!

 

We’ve gotten requests for a book compiling our recipes into an easy to search format; so, we’ve put together the first of hopefully many such eBooks. This eBook, The Northwest Cavegirls Bake, features 34 cookie, cupcake, muffin, scone and pie recipes, many of which have never before been published and are exclusive to this eBook. We’ve included many colorful photographs of these tasty treats as well.

 

 

Our eBook, The Northwest Cavegirls Bake, is available in Kindle format from Amazon. If you have Amazon Prime, you can borrow the eBook for free, otherwise it is available for only $1.99!

 

As we continue to move forward, we hope to compile more eBooks featuring topics such as “Breakfasts”, “Snacks” “Kid Friendly Paleo Foods”, “Paleo Dinner Party Ideas”, “Paleo Meal Plans”, “Side Dishes” and many more. What kind of book would you like to see us put together? Is there a topic you’re most interested in seeing published? Give us your ideas and we’ll go to work making them a reality for you.

 

We’re having such fun on this adventure and love sharing our journey and the things we’ve learned along the way. We hope you find it nearly as exciting as we do, and we hope you continue to let us know what we can do to make your Paleo lifestyle even more fulfilling.

 

Stay tuned to see what us crazy Cavegirls do next!

 

Happy Love day to you! Valentine’s Day is all about chocolate as far as I’m concerned, which is completely appropriate since dark chocolate is good for your Valentine’s Heart. According to Livestrong:

Cocoa beans are processed into cocoa solids, and these solids contain antioxidants that are thought to be helpful in battling high blood pressure, heart disease, arterial plaque, cancer and stroke. Pure, dark, unsweetened chocolate tastes bitter and has high amounts of cocoa. The greater the cocoa content, the more antioxidants are in the chocolate.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/347783-dark-chocolate-health-benefits-for-blood-pressure/#ixzz2KcCO0Sex

I’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite dark chocolate recipes and reviews that might just  hit the spot for Valentine’s Day. Eat some dark chocolate today; it’s good for you!

The Cavegirls Review Several Brands of Dark Chocolate

 

Chocolate Pudding and Fudge Babies

 

Dark Chocolate macaroon Cookies

 

Almond Butter Cups Candy

 

Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries

 

Red Velvet Chocolate Beet Cake

 

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