Banana Muffins
Submitted by David Weaver on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 8:39am
This isn't a perfect paleo recipe, but it is MUCH better than the typical flour and sugar packed recipe! We think it tastes wayy better too! Try it out.3 cups almond meal (you can get this at Trader Joes or grind up some almonds in a coffee grinder)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp Stevia (all natural sweetener - does not effect blood sugar)
1/4 cup coconut oil (high heat oil, not olive oil!)
3 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3 ripe bananas
Preheat oven to 350
In one bowl mix almond meal, salt and baking soda.
In smaller bowl mix eggs, oil, vanilla, and stevia. Then mix in diced bananas.
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour batter into non-stick (or spray with non-stick spray) muffin pans, or loaf pans.
Muffins: Check after 15 min with toothpick, should come out clean (will take a total of about 18-22 min)
*longer for loafs* Time will vary depending on size of muffin pans.
Recipes
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
1 can tuna (or fresh crab or shredded chicken, etc...)
2-3 TBS olive oil
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup walnuts
dashes of cayenne pepper
squeezes of lemon
bunch of basil
fresh ground black pepper
half of avocado
stalk of celery
Combine in food processor! Stuff hollowed out tomato. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Health Tips
Buy Organic
Foods that were once thought to be very good for your health, are still good for your health. BUT, many of them also have added problems and dangers associated with them that they never had before.
There are some more commonly known problems such as the use of pesticides, toxins and other dangerous chemicals that now exist in non-organic foods. These can lead to various health problems and conditions. Just do a search for "side effects of pesticides" and see what you come up with.
But aside from these issues, there is a very big problem even worse than pesticides; Genetically Modified Foods. The US does NOT require labeling of GMO foods. Fruits and vegetables are some of the most commonly modified foods. They are created in labs and then patented as something the said company owns. There are no laws about the safety of these foods being put into distribution. They are only required to have a patent. Some foods that are VERY likely genetically modified are soy, corn and it's products (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) and wheat.
So just by eating the way our pre-agricultural ancestors ate, we can avoid some of our present day dangers all together. We already know that grainfed animals are the "protein equivilant of cardboard." We also now know that there are some potentially dangerous effects of the other foods we are eating as well. So if we are trying to live as healthy and disease-free as possible, let's think more carefully about what we put in our bodies. Buying organic, grassfed, local products is good for the local community, good for your health, and good for future generations.
"A plant, fruit, or animal grown without the administration of artificial pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics or growth hormones (in the case of animal products), most closely replicates wild or untampered-with growing conditions" - Mark Sisson
“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison
