What You Will Need For This Recipe:

Sweet potato

Peanut butter 

Eggs

Maple syrup 

Pure vanilla extract

Cocoa powder 

Baking soda 

Dark chocolate bar

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S’mores Cookie Cups

The perfect easy, healthy summer dessert recipe. These s’mores cookie cups are ready in just 15 minutes. A cookie base topped with melted chocolate and fluffy marshmallows. They’re a great indoor s’mores recipe if you don’t have access to a bonfire. You can definitely make indoor s’mores but these are a fun alternative!

Banana Churro Bites

These Banana Churro Bites are paleo, gluten free, vegan, and made with only 4 ingredients. The perfect healthy dessert or snack that the whole family will be fans of. They’re ready in less than 5 minutes and devoured even quicker than that haha. Made with bananas, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and coconut oil. Simple but oh so delicious!

Strawberry Crumble Bars

These strawberry crumble bars are a delicious healthy, vegan, and gluten free breakfast. They’re honestly perfect any time of day though. You’ll want to eat these for every single meal, trust me haha. I can’t get enough of the texture of the oatmeal base and the strawberry jam middle. And when they’re warm- you just can’t get any better!

Copycat Cashew Cookie Larabar

I am a huge snacker so these no bake bars are right up my alley. I am not one of those people who can just eat three meals a day with no snacks in between or I turn into a hanger monster haha. The problem is that constantly eating bars gets pricey. Making them at home can be kind of tricky sometimes but not these bars! Made with only 5 ingredients, paleo, gluten free, vegan, and whole30. This copycat cashew cookie Larabar recipe is the perfect snack to have on hand.

Sweet Potato Brownies

You would never know one of the main ingredients in these brownies are sweet potatoes! These brownies are so chocolatey and fudgy you’d never know they’re secretly packed with veggies.

Prep Time

5 Minutes

Cook Time

40 Minutes

Serves

9

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Ingredients

1 cup mashed sweet potato

1 cup peanut butter 

2  eggs

⅔ cup maple syrup 

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

⅔ cup cocoa powder 

½ tsp baking soda 

1 bar dark chocolate, broken up into chunks

Method

1. Cook the sweet potato. You can bake at 400F for 30-40 minutes or microwave for about 8 minutes! 
2. Let cool & peel the sweet potato 
3. Preheat oven to 350F for the brownies 
4. Mash the sweet potato and measure out 1 cup 
5. Add the mashed sweet potato to a large mixing bowl along with the wet ingredients: peanut butter, eggs, pure maple syrup & vanilla extract.
6. stir well until everything is well-combined
7. Stir in the cocoa powder & baking soda 
8. Add in the chocolate chunks
9. Add to a 9 inch brownie pan lined with parchment paper 
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes 
11. Remove, let cool, slice, & enjoy!

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Why I Love Sweet Potatoes:

I love to bake with sweet potatoes ( I have about 50 sweet potato recipes on my blog…) because they are so versatile. Whenever you have some extras sitting around the kitchen, there’s so many options. Plus they’re really inexpensive making the recipe more affordable. Also they’re packed with vitamins and nutrients.

I have a problem of eating too many sweet potatoes, the palms of my hands sometimes turn orange because of all the beta carotene in them haha. That’s the only downside of being sweet potato obsessed. If you look at Eli’s hands compared to mine, it looks like I had a bad turn at putting on self tanner. Carrots can also do this to you too. It’s not really a bad thing, just a funny thing that can happen.

Topping Ideas:

The only point of making a bread is for the toppings, right? The star of the show is always what you choose to top it with! I went with grass fed butter here but the options are limitless. You could: add some nut butter, add some banana, honey, warmed fruit- blueberries would be delicious, or some cinnamon and coconut sugar. I used some leftovers from this bread with a caramelized bananas- absolutely amazing!

Baking Tips:

Anyone else hate when they pour batter into a pan lined with parchment paper and it folds up all weird? Then your bread ends up a weird shape or you’re struggling to smooth it back out. I like to clip the parchment paper to the sides of the pan, pour the batter in, smooth the batter out, and then remove the clips before baking. It makes the process way smoother and an easier way to do things!

Other Paleo Breakfast Ideas:

Paleo Sweet Potato Pancakes

Paleo Sweet Potato Waffle

Pumpkin Paleo Donuts

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Maple Sweet Potato Bread

This healthy, maple sweet potato bread is gluten free and paleo making it the perfect healthy breakfast. A delicious fall breakfast that the whole family will love. #paleo #glutenfreebreakfast #paleobreakfast #easyhealthyrecipes

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Ingredients

3 eggs

1 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (cooked and peeled)

1 1/4 cup almond flour

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/3 cup melted ghee or butter

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp collagen*

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. In a bowl, whisk your eggs
3. Then add in: sweet potatoes (cooked, peeled, mashed) + almond flour + coconut flour and mix together.
4. Add in the maple syrup, melted ghee, cinnamon, baking powder, and collagen.
5. Mix together well with a hand mixer or immersion blender.
6. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and add the batter to the pan.
7. Smooth it out with a spatula so it’s even across the top.
8. Bake for 55-60 minutes.
9. I topped mine with a little organic butter.
10. Store in the fridge for 4-5 days.

Notes

*optional

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The key to making these sweet potato buns is picking a sweet potato that is pretty wide. A skinny one won’t work as well because when you cut it into circles it won’t be as similar to a bun. So pick a wide sweet potato, then when you slice it make sure you slice it pretty big! Too thin and it won’t hold the burger. 

For the burgers, I’ve been really focusing on high quality meats lately. I recently got a Butcher Box subscription and it seriously is a game changer! They have a variety of meat, chicken, and pork that’s all humanely raised and organic! Linking my code here for $40 off your first two boxes + free bacon!

I used their grass fed ground beef, formed burgers with adding some paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and chili powder. Cooked them in my cast iron grill which is such an easy way to grill burgers inside. Just make sure you have the fan above the oven on haha. 

I don’t cook with red meat too often (here I made taco stuffed sweet potatoes and here are my paleo tacos) but it’s becoming an essential in my diet to get my iron levels up! Burgers are such a delicious way to eat them. And these burgers only take 10 minutes to cook- how can you go wrong with a quick easy meal?! 

For toppings, the possibilities are limitless! I topped mine with avocado, guacamole, and onions. Salsa would be amazing too or a little bacon if you have some on hand. Whatever you choose- you can’t go wrong! 

Hope you all are having a great day and enjoy this recipe! 

Paleo Grass Fed Burgers

These paleo burgers are healthy and grass fed. Ready in just 15 minutes- the perfect easy healthy meal!

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Ingredients

2 Large Sweet Potatoes*

1 lb grass fed ground beef

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp chili powder

Avocado Oil

Method

Sweet Potato Buns: 

1. Heat the oven to 500F or broil
2. Slice the sweet potatoes into thick slices.
3. Add to a pan sprayed with nonstick spray
4. Place the sweet potatoes on the pan, add the pan to the bottom shelf so they don’t burn.
5. Let cook for 10 minutes

Burger Recipe: 

1. In a bowl, add the ground beef and spices together and mix.
2. Form burgers- makes 4
3. Heat a skillet over medium heat.
4. Add avocado oil into the pan to grease it
5. Add burgers and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side

 

Notes

*Choose Sweet Potatoes that are extra wide so they make better slices

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I know it’s no secret around here that I am sweet potato obsessed. Can you blame me?! First off- they taste amazing. Perfect balance between sweet and savory. Second- you can use them in sooooo many different ways! Just a few of my many sweet potato recipes- Sweet Potato Pancakes, Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, Paleo Sweet Potato Waffles, and Shrimp Stuffed Sweet Potatoe

I buy a big bag of sweet potatoes every week at Aldi and then try to use them in as many different recipes as I can! They are only $1.99 or $2.99 depending on the time of year for a bag of between 6-8 sweet potatoes. Seriously you can’t beat that price!

Okay enough about sweet potatoes, let’s get to the recipe. These spicy sweet potato fries aren’t too spicy but rather just have a light spice to them. If you want more spice- add more chili powder! The key to getting these nice and crispy is to not skimp on the oil. I use avocado oil because it can be cooked at a higher heat without breaking down!

I coated my sweet potatoes in the avocado oil then in a separate bowl combined the spices and mixed together. Once the spices were combined, I added them to my sweet potatoes. Ready to go in the oven for 20 minutes! 

I paired the fries with organic salsa from Aldi and mashed avocado with red pepper flakes. 

This is such a delicious snack that feels a lot fancier than it is! Hope you all enjoy!! Full recipe below!

Happy Sunday my friends! 

Spicy Sweet Potato Fries

These spicy sweet potato fries are the perfect gluten free, paleo, plant based snack!

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Ingredients

1 medium sized sweet potato

Avocado Oil

1/2 tbsp garlic powder

1/2 tbsp onion powder

1/2 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp chili powder

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 400F
2. Cut sweet potato into fries. Add into a bowl and add 1 tbsp of avocado oil
3. In a small bowl, mix the onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and chili powder
4. Coat the fries in the spice mixture
5. Spray a pan with non stick spray and add the fries to the pan
6. Bake for 20 mins on the bottom shelf
7. Broil at the end for 2-3 minutes to get crispy (optional)
8. Paired with mashed avocado and salsa!

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I know I know I know you probably think I’m a crazy person for the amount of sweet potatoes I eat haha. But seriously they are one of the easiest ways to get paleo, gluten free recipes. AND they’re inexpensive.

I baked my sweet potatoes the night before to save time in the morning. Seriously one of the best ways to save a little time! You don’t even have to make a recipe with them- just eat a baked sweet potato along with an egg and avocado. If you are looking for an easy recipe though, this is the recipe for you!

Also, if you don’t have a sweet potato prepped- you can just toss it in the microwave for 3-4 minutes. Make sure you take a fork and poke holes in it though.

I took my sweet potatoes ( I used 3 small ones), peeled them, then mashed them with a fork. It ended up being 1 1/2 cups. Added that into my blender with all the other ingredients! The secret to making this recipe into a batter is blending it- mixing it by hand doesn’t get it smooth enough.. or maybe I’m not strong enough haha.

Then I sprayed my cast iron skillet with a little non stick spray ( I use Trader Joe’s coconut oil spray typically) and cooked over low medium heat. I used a spoon and just used about 2 spoonfuls per pancake.

The recipe made 6 1/2 little mini pancakes! I’m not a nutritionist so I’ll never personally recommend serving sizes- eat what makes you feel good!

I love savory pancakes so that’s how I ate mine- with a crispy fried egg + avocado. The best way to do savory pancakes! Saving the leftovers in a container in the fridge for later. They’d probably keep 4 days in the fridge but I know mine will be gone before then haha.

If you love sweet potatoes and love pancakes- this is your new favorite breakfast!

Happy Wednesday guys!

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