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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Paleo Thanksgiving Menu and Links

So this Thanksgiving we are celebrating Thanksgiving with The Cowart Family Paleo Style. Stephanie and I have been search for the best of the best recipes from some of our favorite blogs. We are even tweaking some "regular" recipes to fit our Paleo theme.


Breakfast
Banana Bread with homemade applebutter (apples from a local orchard)
Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins (Stephanie)


Lunch
Cranberry Orange Chicken (I used this recipe as a base for our version, 2 cans of organic whole cranberry sauce, 1 orange zested and juiced, salt and pepper, garlic and onion powder)
Green Bean Casserole
- Sweet Potato Casserole (This one I made up after looking at several different recipes- see below)
Stuffing (Stephanie is making this one, I think doubling the recipe)
- Pressure Cooker Kale, Carrots and Onion (Stephanie is making this)
- Brown and Wild Rice w/ Onion and Celery (We both are bring different parts for this one)
- Roasted Brussel Sprouts (Stephanie is making this)
- Rolls (From a Pamela's Baking Mix)


Dessert
Apple Crisp (turned the pie into a crisp, using a 9x13 and extra apples)
- Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream
Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake with Maple Vanilla Frosting (Stephanie)

Drinks
- Water with Cranberry and Lemon
- Apple Cider
- Coffee


Sweet Potato Casserole (makes two large dishes)

10-12 small to medium sweet potatoes
1 can full fat coconut milk
1/4 c. melted coconut oil
5 eggs
1/4 c. agave
salt
spices (cinn, allspice, nutmeg)

- Bake sweet potatoes. Scoop out filling into large bowl and add remaining ingredients. Use immersion blend and blend completely. Pour into your two oiled dishes.

topping

1 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. slivered almonds
1/4 c. shredded unsweetened coconut
1/4 c. coconut flour
1/4 c. almond flour
1 t. allspice
1/4 c + 1 T. maple syrup
1/4 c melted coconut oil

- Mix all the topping ingredients together and divide. Sprinkle onto of sweet potato mixes.


Still working on the cooking time ... Probably 350 for 45 min ...

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