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Peppermint Sweet Potato Brownies

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Paleo Peppermint Brownies

These sweet potato brownies are a great guilt free paleo dessert! (if you exclude the chocolate chips and peppermint candy canes) if not it is still pretty clean which is a success in my book, especially around christmas time! I changed the original sweet potato brownie a little bit by adding tapioca starch which made the texture even better, its not necessary but made a big difference and I obviously added peppermint. I hope you like it!

I think putting everything in the blender is one of the key parts in making sure that the brownies have the right texture, I use a blendtec, it is my very favorite blender that I have used! Click HERE to check it out.

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Peppermint Sweet Potato Brownies
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Serves: 12-18
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 2 eggs
  • 1¼ cup almond or cashew butter
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup (or honey)
  • ⅓ c coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour
  • 3 tbsp of tapioca starch or an additional tbsp coconut flour
  • 3 tbsp coco powder
  • CHOCOLATE TOPPING
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • candy cane (optional)
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 2 tsp peppermint extract
Instructions
  1. First poke holes in 2 large sweet potatoes and cover in foil and bake sweet potatoes at 450 for 1 hour or until very soft and blend in blender with the coconut oil till smooth. Mix in the rest of ingredients and bake for 25-35 minutes at 350* in greased 9×13 pan. You can add 1 cup chocolate chips if you want it more chocolatey. For the chocolate topping (optional) heat 1 cup dark chocolate chips with ⅔ cup light coconut milk and 2 tsp peppermint extract. Pour on top of baked brownies and let cool. Sprinkle crushed peppermint candy on top just before serving.

Pomegranate Holiday Salad

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Whole30 Salads

Not only is the Salad beautiful festive and perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas but is is so tasty! I love making my own salad dressings, it is so easy and that way I know exactly what is going in the dressing so that it is always whole30 and paleo!

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Pomegranate Holiday Salad
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Recipe type: Salad
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Serves: 6 servings
 
Ingredients
  • Spinach
  • ¼-1/2 purple cabbage that has been chopped or spiralized
  • 3 chopped green onions (or red onion)
  • orange slices from 1-2 oranges
  • pomegranate seeds from 1 pomegranate
  • (optional mix-ins: apples and pecans)
  • DRESSING:
  • 4 oz avocado oil
  • 4 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 pitted dates
  • juice of 2 cuties (or 1 whole orange)
  • juice from pomegranate (about 2-3 tbsp)
Instructions
  1. Throw together salad mix-ins. Put all of salad dressing ingredients in a blender and blend till smooth.

 

Roasted Tomato Soup

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Paleo Roasted Tomato Soup

Sometimes simple is just best, and that’s why I love a good tomato soup. I’m not going to lie but my husband was disappointed when he walked in the door and I told him we were eating tomato soup but once he tried it he had to admit that he liked it! I love tomato soups with a cream sauce so to make it clean and whole30 and paleo I just made a creamy cashew sauce that was perfect mixed in.

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Roasted Tomato Soup
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Cuisine: Soup
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 1 can tomato sauce
  • 1 can tomato paste
  • 7-8 small tomatoes
  • ½ large yellow onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 1 cup cashew
  • ½ tsp adobo seasoning
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
  1. First soak cashew in chicken ½ c chicken broth.
  2. Next cut tomatoes in half and broil on a pan in the oven until the tops are nice and toasty.
  3. Add diced onions to olive oil in the soup pot. After the onions have started turning translucent add chopped garlic.
  4. To the pot add roasted tomatoes, can of tomato sauce, can of tomato paste and chicken stock and pepper. Cook for 30 minutes on low.
  5. Meanwhile blend the cashews in the chicken stock with some pepper and adobo seasoning that it has been soaking in. If it needs more liquid just add more broth or water to the blender. Set aside.
  6. Once the soup is done cooking pour into your blender and blend to desired consistency. You can put it back onto the stove until you're ready to serve. Top with cashew cream sauce when ready to serve.

 

Albion Fit Review and Giveaway

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Albion Fit Review

I love supporting local companies like Albion Fit, especially ones that sell really comfy and adorable workout clothes! If you are local they throw a lot of fun events.

When I was at the store trying on some clothes my 2 year old started having a total meltdown and one of the sweet employees offered to play with my little girls while I finished trying on my clothes. How sweet is that?! The best customer service I have ever had!

Now on to the clothes, the jacket goes with everything and I wear it with jeans a lot, not just to the gym and no I do not look like the above picture when I go to the gym–I try to go for the I just rolled out of bed and threw my hair in a bun–look. The leggings are beyond perfect and comfy and the most amazing material.

Of course I would never let my readers down. I have teamed up with Albion fit for a giveaway over on instagram. They are giving away 2 $50 giftcards to Albion Fit, all you have to do is follow myself and them and tag a friend on the giveaway post. Good Luck!! Head over to my instagram NOW! >> @littlecoconutty

Healthy Pumpkin Cookies

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Healthy pumpkin cookies

Healthy, clean, delicious and perfect for fall. I love a guilt free treat and these definitely fit the criteria, I mean if I’m eating cookies for breakfast they might as well be healthy right?? The beauty of this recipe is that it is so easy to customize the ingredients and only put in whatever “mix ins” of choice.

Paleo Pumpkin Cookies

Oh and I strongly recommend freezing them. I don’t know why but I love them either hot out of the oven or straight out the freezer. If you would like to use my almond butter recipe in place of the store bought (because it is WAY better then store bought) click HERE for the recipe.

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Clean Pumpkin Cookies
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 30 cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup almond or pecan cashew butter
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
  • ½ pumpkin puree
  • 2-3 cups mix-ins
  • (unsweetend coconut, raisins, oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, blended pecans, coco nibs or dark chocolate chips)
Instructions
  1. Mix together almond butter, egg, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, honey and pumpkin puree. Then decide on your mix-ins. This time I did 1 cup of coconut, 1⅓ cup raisins, ½ cup dark chocolate chips and 1 cup of pecans that I chopped up in my blender. You just want the dough to be able to form a ball and not be too dry. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-15 mins. I found that 11-12 mins was perfect for me.

 

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