All the recipes I have been using are from Paleo Comfort Foods, which you need to go out and buy, NOW! It's fantastic, so easy to use, and my favorite part is that there is a picture of every recipe, so you know what it is supposed to look like!
Sweet Potato Casserole:
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes
- 1/4 C coconut milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1tsp vanilla
- 1tbsp coconut oil or grass-fed butter
- 2tsp cinnamon
- 1tsp nutmeg
- 1tsp lemon zest [left this out, didn't have any lemons]
- salt and pepper to taste [left this out too]
- 1/2C chopped pecans
*Extra ingredient I added - 1/3C shredded unsweetened coconut
1. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into equal cubes. Place in pot, cover with water, boil until soft (about 10min)
2. Preheat oven to 350
3. Drain potatoes and return to pot. Using hand mixer, mix in coconut milk
4. Add eggs, vanilla, oil, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon zest
5. Place mixture into a 9x9" dish [I use an 8x8 and it's perfect]
6. Sprinkle chopped pecans [and coconut] on to
7. Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown on top
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Sauteed Apples
- 3 apples, cored and sliced (used Pink Lady apples)
- 1tbsp grass-fed butter
- 2tsp cinnamon
- 1/2C chopped pecans
1. Bring frying pan to medium-high heat
2. Toast pecans for 3-4 minutes and then add butter
3. Add the apples and cinnamon
4. Saute for 5-7 minutes
I swear this tasted like apple pie without the filling, it was wonderful! I have also created a version of this from Easy Paleo's website that involves using coconut milk in the mixture. It tastes about the same, but I think I like this recipe a bit more because of the nuts. You could substitute nuts for raisins if you would like.
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Sweet Potato Spears (substitute for french fries, feed THESE to your kids instead!)
- 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes, cut into spears
- 1/4C extra virgin olive oil
- 2tsp cumin
- 1/2tsp salt
- 1/2tsp pepper
1. Preheat oven to 400, cover 2 cookie sheets with foil
2. Toss sweet potatoes with olive oil, cumin, salt and pepper
3. Place on baking sheets, do not crowd the pieces
4. Cook for 30-40 minutes, turning twice
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We had all 3 of these today and they were fantastic. For lunch we had hamburger patties, sweet potato spears and turkey bacon. I finally was able to make the turkey bacon crispy, so I was excited!! The sweet potato casserole will feed us for about 3 days. It is so sweet it almost tastes like dessert, so it's really enjoyable on lunch breaks at work when I usually would cave and eat some candy or drink a Diet Coke. Sweet potatoes have helped me kick a lot of cravings actually. I think Jon gets tired of them though, so I try to find other things to use as a substitute. If you're interested, here's some workouts this week...it was a great week at CFX!
** WORKOUTS **
Monday
- Strength work: find a new 3 rep max on back squat...120lbs!
- WOD: 4 minute row for calories (51), rest 4 minutes
4 minute AMRAP: 10 box jumps, 10 pull-ups (3 rounds + 10 box jumps)
4 minute rest
4 minute AMRAP: 90 jump ropes, 10 knees to chest on pull-up bar (2 rounds + 5 K2C)
Tuesday
- Strength work: find new 3 rep max on press....only got to 75lbs
- WOD: 5 sets of 2 minute rounds. Within 2 minutes: row 250m and push press (75lbs) the remainder of the time. I ended up doing 53 push presses total
- Tuesday night: ran 2 miles
Wednesday
- This is my off day
Thursday
- Strength work: find new 3RM on deadlift....135lbs!
- WOD: 3 rounds for time: 500m row
15 push-ups
25 kettlebell swings (35lbs)
[12:29]
Friday
- Strength work: find new 3RM on front squat...105lbs!
- WOD: 10min. AMRAP: 5 burpee pull-ups
10 KB swings (35lbs)
20 dumbell walking lunges
[4 rounds + 5 KB swings]
Saturday
- WOD: 4x10m burpee broad jumps
7 rounds: 5 KB Press (26lbs)
10 KB front squat (35lbs)
15 KB swings (35lbs)
4x10m burpee broad jumps
[21:09]
