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Fried Potato Cakes


Fried Potato Cakes Recipe photo

Fried Potato Cakes (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 24
Preparation Time: 20 to 30 minutes

Potato mixture:

  • 2 cups leftover cold mashed potatoes
  • 1 egg (if small eggs use 2)
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1/8 cup choice of milk or sour cream
  • 1-2 teaspoons fresh or dried chopped/flakes parsley
  • 1-2 teaspoons fresh or dried chopped chives
  • 1 cup flour*
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal

Flour coating #1: (step 1)

Mix and add to bowl or plate big enough to use. Set aside.

Milk bath: (step 2)

Mix together making sure the egg is mixed in well & use a bowl large enough to dunk potato cakes in. Set aside./p>

FFlour coating #2: (step 3)

Mix and add to bowl or plate big enough to use. Set aside./p>

Combine all the ingredients from the potato mixture and mix well; you want almost the consistency of play dough. If still to sticky or wet mix in more flour 1/4 a cup at a time.

Heat shortening in a large skillet. Shape a small amount of potato mixture to form a small ball and then smash it out flat – 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, making it about the size of a cut tomato slice around.

With step 1 flour coating, and lightly coat potato cake and dunk in milk mixture, making sure to do this step fast but getting both sides wet.

Add potato cake to step 3 flour coating and press both sides into mixture making sure to cover well.

Add to hot palm Shortening to cook (depending on your stove you might need to cook on med, med/hi or hi) Make sure oils not to hot that it burns, you want the first side golden brown in about 2 to 3 minutes. then flip & cook another minute to 3 minutes, potato cakes are done when they float, we simply add them to a cookie sheet sideways as pictured.

*Flour recommendations: whole wheat, einkorn, or gluten free flour mixture.

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Egg and Sausage Muffins

 

Egg and Sausage Muffins Recipe photo

Egg and Sausage Muffins (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 25 minutes

  • 1/2 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 lb healthy chorizo or other sausage (or all ground beef)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 orange pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
  • 2 cups fresh spinach, torn in to smaller pieces
  • 6 eggs
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons coconut flour

Preheat oven to 400º F.

Brown ground beef and sausage together in skillet. Add onion and pepper. When meat is almost browned, add mushrooms and spinach. Allow mixture to cool.

Beat eggs with salt and baking powder. Beat in coconut flour on low speed until it is all blended.

Add beef mixture, stir well.

Lightly oil muffin tins with coconut oil. Scoop mixture directly in the wells.

Bake for 10-15 minutes, until cooked through.

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Gluten Free Dairy Free Whole Egg Coconut Macaroons


Gluten Free Dairy Free Whole Egg Coconut Macaroons (photo by revipe author)

Servings: 24
Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Optional:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees ºF.

Stir together all macaroon ingredients until well mixed. Scoop in desired cookie-sized amounts onto parchment or silicon baking mat lined cookie sheets, pressing dough together with your fingers to help the macaroons hold their shape.

Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, or until bottoms are nicely browned. Let your macaroons cool for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, melt together chocolate chips and coconut oil. Loosen each cooled macaroon from baking mat, then drizzle each with melted chocolate. Let cool, and serve!

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Coconut Chicken Strips with Blackberry Mango Sauce


Coconut Chicken Strips with Blackberry Mango Sauce (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 4-6
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Sauce:

  • 1/4 cup blackberries
  • 3/4 cup mango, diced
  • 1 small jalapeno, seeded and diced
  • 1 teaspoon organic fermented soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon tapioca starch

In a bowl, combine milk and lemon juice. Add chicken strips into milk mixture and let sit for a few minutes.

In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients and mix well. Gently coat each chicken strip in dry mixture and place in a skillet to fry or on a greased baking sheet. Pan fry in olive or coconut oil or bake at 400 °F for about 20 minutes (turning halfway through) or until chicken is cooked through.

While chicken is baking, place sauce ingredients in a small blender. Blend until smooth and pour into a saucepan. Bring mixture to boil, stirring constantly and cook for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for a few minutes before serving with chicken strips.

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Coconut Oil Chocolate Movie Bon Bons

Coconut Oil Chocolate Movie Bon Bons

Coconut Oil Chocolate Movie Bon Bons (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 10 bon bons
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 4 oz dark chocolate or chocolate chips
  • Ice cream or sherbet, any flavor

Cool a cookie sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat, then stir in chocolate until dissolved. It should barely be warm, not hot. The chocolate mixed with coconut oil will stay melted as it cools.

Remove cookie sheet when cold and layer with wax paper.

Use a small melon baller or round measuring teaspoon to make 20 small ice cream or sherbet balls. Place the balls on the wax paper covered cookie sheet, and place back in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Use a toothpick to dip each ball in chocolate and place back on the cold cookie sheet. Store in the freezer or serve on a pre-cooled plate.

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Nutty Sweet Potato/Pumpkin Muffins


Nutty Sweet Potato/Pumpkin Muffins Recipe photo

Nutty Sweet Potato/Pumpkin Muffins (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 12 muffins
Preparation Time: 10 minutes

  • 2 cups ground almonds
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup flax meal
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (omit if using coconut milk)
  • dash of sea salt
  • 1/2 cup organic whole sugar or honey

 

  • 1 cup unsweetened pumpkin or mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk* or buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cups of melted coconut oil

Preheat oven to 325 degrees ºF. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin.

Stir all dry ingredients together. If using honey as a sweetener, mix it with the wet ingredients.

In a separate large bowl, stir together the wet ingredients and then mix them into the dry ingredients thoroughly. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.

Cool muffins in pan for 10-15 minutes before removing. Place on a rack to finish cooling.

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Coconut Chicken Stroganoff


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Coconut Chicken Stroganoff (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 4 – 6
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 pound chicken, chopped into bite sized pieces
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 2 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour

Cook chicken in coconut oil in skillet.

While chicken is cooking, place all remaining ingredients in a blender and blend just until smooth. Pour into a saucepan on medium heat and bring to a boil. Add cooked chicken to broth, salt to taste. Serve over rice or pasta.

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Gluten Free Tropical BBQ Pizza


Gluten Free Tropical BBQ Pizza Recipe photo

Gluten Free Tropical BBQ Pizza (photo by recipe author)

Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Almond Flour Pizza Crust with Coconut Oil:

Our Tropical Toppings:

  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce (I used a sweet & spicy Chipotle BBQ) – divided portions
  • 1 1/2 cups diced roasted chicken
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella
  • 8 ounces chopped pineapple
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 purple onion – finely diced or sliced
  • Handful of chopped cilantro, stems removed

Mix crust ingredients together to form a dough. Will look just a bit sticky at this point. That is expected. Just let it rest in the bowl for 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees ºF.

Tear off two pieces of parchment paper just larger than your pizza pan or stone. Cut one piece to the round shape and size of the pan or stone and make that the bottom piece. Place dough between the two pieces of parchment paper and roll it until desired thickness. You might find it more of a pressing out with the rolling pin rather than rolling, but just roll it out to the size of the bottom parchment piece. I made mine in a 15? round pan which produces a thin crust that is plenty sturdy to handle lots of toppings.

Remove the top paper and discard. Trim the edges into a nice round crust, like you might a pie crust edge then transfer the crust, leaving it on the bottom paper, to a pizza pan.

Bake for 10-15 minutes until middle is firm, just barely beginning to hint at browning, before the crust is too crispy because it will cook more after topping added. Don’t overcook at this point.

Take out of the oven and top with your desired pizza toppings. We used these:

Add a very thin layer of your BBQ sauce, using a spatula makes this easier to spread and get it evenly to the crust edge. Then add the cheese – ours is 2 cups of good quality mozzarella. Next, mix the remaining BBQ sauce with your deboned and cubed roasted chicken. Then cover the top evenly with the BBQ chicken. Sprinkle with the shredded coconut, the drained pineapple bits, and the finely diced purple onion.

Put the pizza back in the oven for about 10-15 minutes – until hot and the cheese is beginning to brown and bubbling.

Top the cooked pizza with the fresh chopped cilantro and serve!

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