Mango salsa grilled trout & shrimp

This was a hit! My belly is so happy right now. Roger and I were shopping at HEB yesterday and saw fresh trout and had to buy some. Roger immediately thought - mango salsa! And then the idea for dinner tonight was in full force.

Roger takes credit for dinner tonight.. It's fun to share food as a passion and enjoy cooking and eating clean meals together. He was the inspiration behind the mango trout.

Ingredients:

Mango salsa:
1 large mango
1/4 cup white onion
1/2 jalapeño (seeded)
1 clove of garlic
Handful of cilantro
1 tsp fresh ginger
Lime juice
Salt & pepper to taste

He chopped all the ingredients and put in the fridge to let the flavors meld together. He really is the chop master, so I usually let him take over on chop! I don't want to loose a finger.. Haha

We had about 10 shrimp left so we decided to cook that too. He seasoned the fish and shrimp with garlic salt, fiesta lime (Mrs. Dash seasoning). He also put some lime juice on the fish to cover any fish-y flavor. We like very basic seasoning to enjoy the natural flavors of the fresh seafood. He grilled the shrimp and fish in a large grill pan on the stove and taaa- daaaa!!

It was delicious, fresh, flavorful and a new favorite.

We also cooked up a sweet potato, but I only ate 3 tbsp since the paleo diet is only little starch.

Now it's time to watch the Bachelor in my food coma.

Enjoy!!! Xoxo

Stuffed Bellpeppers

This is one of my husband's favorite dinners.. So quick & easy!

Ingredients:
Chopped ground chicken
Onions
Bellpeppers (We like green)
Garlic
Mozzarella cheese (Rog loves cheese, so I got him some fresh cheese from HEB)

Preheat oven to 350.

Put bell peppers on a pan and cook for 20-25 min. I used a cupcake pan because mine kept tipping over. This ended up being a great solution.

Sauté onions, garlic, olive oil in a pan

Add ground chicken and seasoning (I used fiesta lime by Mrs. Dash seasoning)

After bell peppers are soft put chicken mixture inside half way and top with cheese. Put more chicken mixture and top with more cheese. I actually didn't use any cheese for mine and I topped with fresh salsa Roger made.

Broil for 5 minutes on top rack.

I topped mine with fresh cilantro and salsa

Enjoy!

Lemon-Blueberry Coconut Flour Pancakes

This was one of the most delicious breakfast my husband and I have ever had!! Wow ..

I used the coconut flour recipe from before and added lemon curd to the batter and put blueberries in the pan!

Then I whipped up some blueberry topping by putting 1/2 cup blueberries in a food processor with 1 tbsp of pure maple syrup. My blueberries were frozen, so this made for a nice ice-y topping on a warm pancake.

I topped with more lemon curd - my brand was Dickinson.

Delicious!!!!

Paleo Coconut Flour Chocolate Chip Pancakes (Red Velvet too)

This was hands down one of my favorites (And my hubby's too) for breakfast.

I have to credit Pinterest for this idea and I made some slight modifications.

Ingredients:

4 eggs
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
1 tbsp of honey
2 tsp of vanilla extract
Dark chocolate chips (if you prefer- mine were 63% dark chocolate)

Mix eggs in a small bowl until frothy, then add milk, honey & vanilla extract. Mix well.

Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl- flour, salt & baking soda.

Next, add wet ingredients into dry.

Put In a skillet and leave for about 5 minutes. Flip after you see multiple bubbles.

Part of my modification was adding chocolate chips in the pancake mix on the skillet and toasting bananas on the side or use as topping (one of my favorite things)

Toasted bananas:

Ingredients:
1 banana
1 tbsp of coconut oil

Mix banana & coconut oil on a small skillet until each side of sliced banana looks toasted.

Top chocolate chip paleo- coconut pancake with toasted bananas & dark chocolate chips. Serve with pure maple syrup!

Now, I want to share the modification I made on today's pancakes!

Red Velvet Paleo- Coconut Flour Pancakes

Ingredients:

Same as above for Coconut Flour Pancakes
1 tbsp Cocoa baking powder
3 drops of Red food coloring

Once the batter is ready, mix in 1 tbsp of cocoa powder and 3 drops of red food coloring. Cook in a skillet the same as before and add toasted bananas and dark chocolate chips.

I served with of my favorite Keurig coffees: Starbucks house blend, with coconut French vanilla creamer

Did I mention, I made poached eggs, turkey bacon, turkey sausage kolaches for my hubby. The red velvet pancakes really stole the show.

Enjoy! :)

Xoxo

Power bowl & Detox Water

I love making power bowls when I don't have any other recipes in mind. How a power bowl works - basically throw anything healthy in a bowl. The natural flavors blend together and I love the nutrition I get from it all.

This power bowl I made tonight had avocados, black beans (seasoned with paprika), and shrimp (seasoned with paprika, chili powder, southwest ancho sear & garlic salt) and cooked shrimp in olive oil.

I threw it all in a bowl and put roasted salsa verde on top. It definitely hit the spot!

And I made a giant batch of "Detox" water:

1 large cucumber
A handful of mint leaves
1 large lemon in slices
1/2 lemon juice

.. The longer it sits the better ;-)

Almond Butter Cupcakes with PB2 Icing

I wanted to post this recipe first because it seems to be a popular one. I went to GiGi's Cupcakes today for my husband, and came home and felt the need to bake a cupcake I can enjoy :)

Here's the recipe:
Serving size: 5 cupcakes

Ingredients:

3/4 cup almond butter
2 tbsp honey
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp flax meal
2 tsp chia seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together ingredients in a bowl, until it looks like step2 in the picture.

Grease a muffin pan (I use non stick spray) and it made approximately 5 muffins.

Bake 8-10 minutes and taaa-daaa!

For the "Icing":

2 tbsp of PB2 (With dark chocolate)
1 tbsp of water

Mix thoroughly until smooth, and smooth on top of cupcake. I had to use my finger to smooth icing so the cupcake didn't break. This is not real PB, it has less calories and less fat and therefore comes in dry form.

Enjoy!

Xoxo-
The Food Brat