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Funny thing is I was watching Extreme makeover last night (PVR) and Chris Powell (Hottie!) takes a bite of food and says diet food should not taste like diet food ... I could not agree more! I think the mistake people make when getting on board any typy of plan is they don't season their food and i'm not talking about salt and pepper, I'm talking about flavours like lemon, lime, hot, sweet, tangy, spicy you get the point ...

I strive to paleoize the foods I love to make them enjoyable and even sometimes better than the original recipe. I love love love pizza ... I never used to be that huge of a fan of pizza until i got pregnant with my oldest 6 years ago ... then i could have eaten pizza ALL the time ... but I didn't surprinsingly... So it comes to no surprise that that I have tried a few different ways of curbing my pizza cravings, once in a while ... it's still not the best food for you but once in a while it does the trick :)

Here is 2 ways i've done pizza lately... same toppings ... different crusts ...



Pizza crust

½ cup coconut flour;
1 cup almond flour;
1 tsp baking powder;
2 tsp garlic powder;
4 eggs;
3 tbsp coconut oil melted;
½ cup water;

• Preheat your oven to 375 F.
• In a large bowl, combine the coconut flour, almond meal, baking powder and garlic powder
• In your mixer put all wet ingredients in the bowl and using the paddle attachment mix on low for 1 minute. Add the dry ingredients and mizx for a few minutes to allow the wet and dry ingredients to combine.  The batter will seem very runny but it will harden while baking. On a well greased and rimmed pizza pan, not one with holes !!  pour in the batter and spread it until it’s covering the complete surface. Put the crust in the oven and allow it to bake alone for 15-20 minutes.
• Once your crust has baked for 15-20 minutes. take it out and spread the sauce on the surface of the crust. Put any toppings you like I chose, crispy bacon, red peppers, arugula and Mozerella cheese.
• Put back in the oven for 15 minutes or so, keeping an eye on it.



 

Egg pizza

6 eggs lightly beaten

1 tbsp water

salt and pepper

fresh basil chopped up

1tbsp olive oil

Preheat oven at 400 degrees. In a bowl beat together eggs, water, salt and pepper, basil. Heat oil in an oven safe skillet, then pour eggs mixture and let cook like an omelett. Flip over if possible otherwise just let cook as much as possible without burning the bottom and add sauce and toppings and then put in oven to melt cheese and cook the top of the eggs and voila !

chicken

computer is packed for my house showings so that's what's going on but i'm still cooking and taking pics ... don't be fooled by my absence ...My posts are getting slower but they will pick up once the house is sold and i can look like I live in my house again.

week 7 of veggies

pressure cooker Beer Tex Mex Chicken

1 beer or your choice, the darker the better I think I use gluten free though

6 chicken breasts – if they are thick cut them lengthwise

Honey to taste ( 2 tbsp) or more you can add more after it’s cooked to taste

1 large onion slices how you like it

2 garlic cloves

Ok so I do this all to what I like but feel free to add or reduce amounts:

3 tbsp chili powder

1 tbsp cumin

A bit of salt and pepper  

Turn the pressure cooker on and set it to meat, add the chicken breasts and while you’re chopping all the other ingredients the chicken will brown a bit add all the ingredients … give it a stir and then put the lid on and let it do it’s magic for 20 minute. Sometimes if you take too long the timer starts I usually just turn it off and turn it back on so it starts with 20 minutes. Let depressurise automatically.. 

Once it is ready take 2 forks, being careful you don’t scratch your pot, break apart the chicken into pulled chicken, I sometimes set the pressure cooker to the soup setting and it simmers. If you want a thicker sauce add a cup of grated cheese and stir , sprinkle with fresh cilantro and serve !

 Pressure cooker Rosemary Honey Chicken

 

6 chicken breasts – if they are thick cut them lengthwise

1/3 cup of honey

2 cloves of garlic chopped finely

4 spring onions ( green onions) or 1 medium onion

2 sprigs or more of fresh rosemary chopped up

2 tbsp Dijon mustard

Turn the pressure cooker on and set it to meat, add the chicken breasts and while you’re chopping all the other ingredients the chicken will brown a bit add all the ingredients … give it a stir and then put the lid on and let it do it’s magic for 20 minute. Sometimes if you take too long the timer starts I usually just turn it off and turn it back on so it starts with 20 minutes. Let depressurise automatically..  

When you open your lid stir the chicken so that it’s covered in sauce and serve …. Yum my new fave !