Simple Paleo Pancakes

During our first month of Paleo this was our number one snack food.   Now days it is a bit more of an occasional treat. It is really important when you are starting out to have a few go to items that can get you through a craving or extreme hunger moment.  This is a great one.  These are great as a desert or snack hot and fresh off the griddle but also good chilled for snacks during the week.

There are a lot of Paleo pancake recipes out there but the beauty of this one is how simple it is but there are a few things you need to know for success. The thickness of the batter is critical in getting pancakes that set up good and are relatively easy to flip.  Green bananas will give you a nice thick batter that will hold form a little better.  If your batter is a little thin try adding more almond butter it will thicken things up.  It is also important to cook them slowly and wait for the flip as long as possible. I usually set are griddle around 280 degrees but am always tempted to crank it up to 350 for quick results.  These can be a challenge to flip especially if the batter is thin or if you have cooked them too fast.  I usually use two small spatulas on either side to decrease the occurrence of disaster . Try adding mixed fruit, blueberries, chocolate chunks, or virtually anything you have laying around to make these interesting.  I am always trying some new combo.

• PREP5 mins
• Cook
  10 mins
• READY IN15 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 big green banana
• 1 big spoon full of fresh ground almond butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp butter
• Optional
• mixed berries
• 85% chocolate pieces
• cacao powder
• fresh nutmeg
• cinnamon
• etc

Directions:

1. Add the banana, almond butter, and egg to a mixing bowl
2. Blend with an immersion hand blender until smooth 
3. Fold in whatever optional ingredients you have laying around
4. Heat up the griddle and melt the butter
5. Pour batter out into 3" pancakes on the griddle 
6. Flip when pancake is firming up good
7. Cook an additional couple minutes and serve immediately or chill for latter

I want to go Paleo but can't ditch my delicious coffee!

Hi everyone, this is Steph, I truly fall into the category of one of those who cannot under any circumstance compromise on my coffee.  This was a huge cheat of mine for a while but Chuck slowly offered up alternatives until I got to the coffee I drink today. This recipe might not be exactly what your old coffee was like but you will be surprised how good it can be.  Most important is don't skimp on the coffee. When you are ditching the sugar gue juice the least you can do for yourself is get some really good coffee.






Ingredients:

• High quality whole bean coffee
• 1-3 tbsp pastured heavy cream
• 1/8-1/2 tsp stevia powder 
• NOTE: make sure what you pick up is pure stevia as many of the products out there have other additives.  We use Sweetleaf Stevia Powder 
• Optional
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• cacao powder
• fresh nutmeg
• cinnamon
• etc

Directions:
Start light and keep adding stevia and heavy cream to your coffee until you are happy with the mix.  Over time you will likely use less and less stevia. If you get brave try adding some grass-fed butter and/or coconut oil. I don't do this all the time but when Chuck mixes me one of his Phatty Coffees I am usually surprised at how delicious it is and he doesn't use stevia at all. We keep fresh nutmeg, cacao, and cinnamon right by the coffee maker and we may throw a pinch of some of that stuff in when we want to mix things up.

This new Paleo coffee may not fully replace your caramel macchiato at first but it is a great alternative and it won't take long before you won't miss the sugar drinks at all.

Thanks
Steph