Sweet Potato Slice

Fletcher liked this one, but me not so much... if you give it a try, let me know what you think. It may be nice with a good lashing of butter and honey... but that defeats the purpose!!

300 grams sweet potato mash

1/2 cup coconut flour

3 eggs

3 tablespoons of coconut milk

1 teaspoon bicarb soda / baking soda

Juice of half a lemon

pinch of salt

1. Preheat your oven to 180 
2. Grease and line a slice tin with baking paper hanging oven the sides for easy removal. 
3. Put the ingredients into your food processor or blender and pulse until well combined. 
4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, smooth over the top with a spoon. 
5. Bake for 40 minutes. Cover the loaf with foil and bake for a further 20 minutes. 
6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before slicing.

Rice Salad

2 cups cooked brown rice
1 medium can of corn kernels
1/2 cup cranberries
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/3 bunch fresh Italian parsley, roughly chopped
1 cup roasted pumpkin
1 tbs olive oil
salt and pepper to season
curry powder

Run the rice under cold water in a colander.

Leaving the rice in the colander pour the entire can of corn (liquid and all) over the rice. Mix.

Add the rest of the ingredients and still well.

Season with oil, salt, pepper and curry powder. Toss well.

Refrigerate. Lasts approximately 5 days in the fridge.

Apricot Balls

1 cup dried apricots
2 cups shredded coconut
1 tbs coconut milk

Place ingredients in food processor and process until wet and sticky. Approximately 10min, sometimes longer.

Roll into balls and roll through additional shredded coconut.
Keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Will last approximately 2wks.

Stuck at home means lots of baking!!

So, Fletcher has hand, foot and mouth disease... and as it's now day 8 and he's still got blisters, I'd say he has it pretty badly.

This means two things; 1 - we're stuck at home as we cannot socialise or be near other children and 2 - we've had time to bake!!!

Experimenting with paleo is harder than I thought, and the taste is strange and unusual! As someone who's dealt with GF flour for five years now, using coconut flour and almond meal CONSTANTLY is just strange.

For those who haven't tried paleo before, things just don't taste the same. You know how if you get a good GF recipe people cannot tell that what they're eating is gluten free? I once fooled my entire family and friends when I baked Christmas dinner gluten free!! Well, paleo is not like that. It DOES taste different, a LOT different. More earthy, more nutty and if I'm honest so much less interesting!! But, I know it's good for me, so I persevere!

Today's baking menu:

- Apricot Balls
- Sweet Potato Bread
- Banana Muffins
- Rice Salad.

I'll post them all separately for ease of finding them.

And I hope I haven't scared you off, they're not baaaaad, in fact most are lovely but some (Sweet Potato Bread!) are an acquired taste, and I haven't acquired it yet!!