Paleo Pancakes

I love pancakes, but I don't love the carbs that come with them. The solution? Paleo pancakes! :-)

Ingredients

~4 ripe bananas
~4 large, cage-free, organic eggs
~1/2 cup nut butter (I've used both almond and cashew and noticed no distinguishable difference)
~freshly ground black pepper, to taste
~2 tsp olive oil

Directions

1. Mash bananas with a fork in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl until frothy and add to bananas.
2. Add the nut butter and mix well until creamy and smooth. Season with freshly ground black pepper to taste.
3. Heat the olive oil in a small skillet. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake.
4. Cook pancakes for 2 minutes and then flip. Cook until golden brown.

My pancakes ALWAYS turn out looking burnt, but they never taste it (I know the one below doesn't look burnt...it was literally the first one I did so I took a picture of it looking pretty!). They are so delicious with 100% pure maple syrup and some bacon. Perfection.

Crockpot Honey Apple Pork Loin

So one of my favorite paleo recipes happens to be a recipe I started using even before I knew what paleo was! I am obsessed in a normal amount of love with my crockpot. It's just SO convenient! You can put the food in before you leave work and voila! You come home to an amazing meal! What could be better?

"I love using my crockpot, Rayna, but man, oh man, it is a pain to clean!" you say? WELL, do I have an amazing solution for you. These crock pot liners are the perrrfect solution to your problem! It literally makes cleaning as easy as letting it cool, removing liner from crockpot, and throwing it away. Prayers=answered. You can get them at any grocery store near the aluminum foil/syran wrap. I couldn't find them at Wal-Mart, but Kroger always seems to have them!



So back to our delicious honey apple pork loin! Seriously...it has four ingredients. It is SO easy and absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

~1 pork loin, 2.5 - 3 lbs
~3 red delicious apples, sliced (I always buy more in case I want to throw more in)
~Honey, approximately 4 tbs (yeahhhh, I always use more than 4. Try to get some local honey if you can!)
~Cinnamon, 2 tbs (I always eyeball the amount of cinnamon I use. It's probably more than 2)


Directions

1. Lay the apple slices from two of the apples into the bottom of the crockpot. Sprinkle those with cinnamon.
2. Cut slits in the pork loin. The original recipe says 1/2"-3/4", but I always make them a little larger because my pork loin won't fit into the crock pot with that many slits in it. Place the pork loin into the crock pot. Drizzle some honey into the slits, and then place an apple slice into each slit.
3. Drizzle top with the remainder of the honey and put the remaining apples on top. Then sprinkle the whole darn thing with cinnamon.
4. Cook on low for 7 hours. Then ENJOY! :-)

The recipe also says, "For more flavor you may poke holes in the pork, and then place the pork loin in a bag with honey and cinnamon to marinate overnight. If you try this let me know how it turns out!

Why the blog?

So you may be asking, "why the blog?", because let's face it, there are a million and one paleo blogs out there. Why is this one any different? A lot of my friends seem to be dipping their toes into the proverbial paleo water, and I always say, "Ohmygoodness, I have so many great recipes! I will send you some!"...and I never do. It's not at all because I don't want to! It's simply because my short term memory is horrible and life gets in the way! So what better way to let someone know what is working for me than to say, "Hey! Just go check out my blog!" :-)

I love paleo. I love the idea of it, the food I eat, and the way it makes me feel. (a quick shout out to my sorority sister, Amanda Nichols, for getting me started on it! She is my paleo sista, and she keeps me going on days when all I want is a cupcake!) When I am not eating paleo I can feel a big difference in my energy level and my overall sense of blah. I hope that by sharing some of my recipes it can help other people stick to it, get started with it, or just eat healthier in general. None of the recipes are mine unless otherwise stated. I compile my recipes from pinterest, other paleo websites, and paleo cookbooks. It is a plethora of recipes, so I plan to do posts occasionally as I have time. I lost 16 pounds in my first month and a half or so with paleo, so I am a firm believer. It's a lot of work and can get a little pricey from time to time, but it is SO worth it. I'm a confirmed paleo believer, and I hope to share my love of it with other people!