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Breakfast

Pumpkin Waffles with Baked Bacon

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These pumpkin waffles are paleo friendly and perfect for fall. We served them with some baked bacon. Yes, you read that right. Baked bacon is my new favorite thing. We spread it out on a cookie sheet covered in aluminum foil and bake it for 12-15 minutes. Then, we move it to a dish with paper towels to soak up the excess oil. The bacon comes out pretty and flat, and it takes no time at all to cook or clean. Which means we’ve been eating a lot of bacon and eggs for breakfast … lunch and dinner. What can I say? Bacon is my candy and it’s almost Halloween 🙂

These paleo friendly pumpkin waffles taste amazing with some real maple syrup. The pumpkin taste is subtle, since we only used one cup of pumpkin puree. The waffles also contain cinnamon and are sweetened with wildflower honey. This breakfast is definitely a fall indulgence, even if it uses paleo friendly ingredients, but still totally worth the effort.

Pumpkin Waffles with Baked Bacon
 
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Serves: 8 waffles
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of almond flour
  • ¼ teaspoon of sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon of baking soda
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons of wildflower honey
  • ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1 cup of pumpkin puree
  • 1 package of bacon (8 oz)
Instructions
  1. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet covered in aluminum foil and bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees fairenheight.
  2. Mix together dry ingredients, almond flour, sea salt, baking soda, and cinnamon, in a large bowl. Then, set aside.
  3. Mix together wet ingredients, eggs, vanilla, honey, and pumpkin puree, in another bowl.
  4. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
  5. When bacon is done, transfer bacon to a dish with paper towels to soak up excess grease.
  6. Spoon waffle batter in to waffle maker ¼ cup per waffle. Follow directions according to your waffle maker.
  7. Serve baked bacon and pumpkin waffles with real maple syrup.
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Serving size: 4

Snacks

Roasted Pecan Butter with Apples

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Roasted Pecan Butter with Apples

Roasted pecan butter with apples is one of my favorite paleo and vegan friendly snacks, since it satisfies my sugar cravings without adding natural sweeteners. Although, maple syrup or honey would taste great with pecans.

The pecans blended very easily in the food processor. Pecans are soft with a lot of natural oil so you don’t need to add any additional oils to blend it up either. Just be patient with the food processor and mix often, maybe every minute or two, to get the pecans completely blended. I’ve made this with cashews before, and it took a lot more time, so pecans are a great beginner nut butter to try to make yourself.

I suggest roasting the raw unsalted pecans for 5 minutes ahead of time. This allows you to control the amount of salt, plus when I bought pecan butter already made at the farmer’s market, the vendor said the raw pecan butter went bad quickly in the fridge. So, either make sure you eat it within a couple days to a week, or roast it first, and it should last a bit longer. Honestly, between my husband and I, the pecan butter will be gone in a day, two at most.

Roasted Pecan Butter with Apples
 
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Ingredients
  • 4 cups of unsalted raw pecans
  • ¼ tsp of sea salt
  • 4 granny smith apples
Instructions
  1. Roast pecans on cookie sheet for five minutes at 350 degrees fairenheight.
  2. Then add, roasted pecans to food processor and blend. Mix often about every minute or so, to help pecans blend. This should take 10-15 minutes. Pecans are soft and have a lot of oil, so it shouldn't take that long.
  3. When it looks creamy, mix in sea salt.
  4. Slice apple and serve.
Notes
(optional) Add maple syrup, honey and/or cinnamon to the pecan butter.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4-6

This recipe is featured on the Fast and Easy Paleo Link Party by Paleo Magazine.

Desserts

Steamed Apples with Cinnamon

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Steamed Apples - Healing and Eating

Steamed apples are a fall favorite of mine. They contain no added sugar and are paleo and vegan friendly. I love how easy these are to make, and they taste just like applesauce. I used organic fuji  apples, which turned a burnt orange color after I steamed them in the oven (like mini pumpkins!).  By adding just a little water to a baking dish, you can steam anything, plus, the cinnamon sticks infuse the water like an herbal tea. I used to make this growing up, with a microwave instead of an oven, and with spicy cinnamon candies instead of cinnamon sticks.

Either way, this recipe is perfect for the upcoming holidays. Don’t you just love apple season?

Steamed Apples with Cinnamon
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 fuji apples
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • ¾ cup of water
Instructions
  1. Add water to a baking dish, then core apples.
  2. Place apples in baking dish with water, then stick cinnamon sticks through the center.
  3. Place dish in oven set to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
  4. Let water in dish steam apples for an hour to an hour and a half, until apples are desired softness.
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Serving size: 2