Paleo Egg Muffins

I love to cook breakfast for my kids and send them off to school knowing that I gave them a nutritious breakfast to start their day. With my schedule always being all over the place it's hard to make sure I've done just that but what saves the morning for me is when I have prepared ahead of time these Egg Muffins. My kids love them and all I have to do in the morning is, take them out of their glass container and put them on the skillet to warm up! (I don't own a microwave). It's super easy and saves a lot of time in the morning. Best part of it all is getting it prepped only take 5 minutes and the total cooking time is 30 minutes. 

Ingredients:

2 big hand fills of fresh baby spinach, cooked

4 whole large organic eggs

4 organic egg whites

1 roma tomato, diced

1 medium onion, finely chopped

2tbsp of fresh Parsley, finely chopped

2tbsp chia seed (or flax seed works too)

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4tsp white pepper (black too)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 350F.

2. In medium bowl, whisk eggs with egg whites, and add the rest of ingredients. Combine.

3. Spray muffin tin with non stick oil or use silicone cupcake cups and pour the egg mixture in.

4.Bake for 30 minutes or until fully cooked through. 

You can serve warm and refrigerate for the next couple of mornings!

Enjoy, Toni 

Paleo Meatballs

The fall season brings out the best of me  and my kitchen skills. I'm not a chef but I love to cook. I've been doing the whole foods Paleo thing for a few months now and I'm loving the way it makes me feel. I feel like I have a lot of energy and not feeling bloated at all. I feel great. I really do believe in eating food that comes from the "source" a.k.a our planet. I've reduced tremendously on buying packaged stuff like snacks (i.e chips, crackers, etc.) That has always been a staple to have around the house for an "easy" snack choice for me and the kids. Now we don't need it and snack on things such as hummus with vegetables and fruit. My kids love it and ask for those things now instead of all that other junk!

So now that I'm on my Paleo kick, I love coming up with stuff and using fresh herbs with vegetables and of course 100% GrassFed Organic Meats!

Ingredients:

1 lb grass-fed ground beef

1 lb Ground pork (sub with turkey if you don't eat pork)

1/2 medium onion, finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 cup fresh Parsley

1/4 cup Almond Meal

2 tbsp Coconut flour

1 tsp fresh oregano (dried works too)

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp White pepper (or black pepper)

1/2 tsp fresh basil (dried works too)

Pinch of rosemary 

2tbsp coconut oil

1/2 cup marina sauce (make sure it doesn't have sugar added to it)

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients into a medium bowl and roll into balls.

2. In large skillet, on medium-high, warm coconut oil

3.Cook meatballs until brown on all sides

4. Turn the heat to low and add marina sauce (careful it splashes!) heat for about 5 minutes until everything is nice and heated.

Directions for Zucchini Noodles:

1. Spiral Fresh zucchini, if you don't have a spiralizer then peeling it with peeler will work (just be wider strands)

2. sprinkle some salt on zucchini to get it to "sweat"

3. With cloth or paper towel pat the "noodles" to dry them as much as possible (they retain a lot of water)

4. Once zucchini is as dry, add to skillet with coconut oil and sauté it for about 5 min on medium heat.

5. Serve with meatballs and marinara on top.

Enjoy! Toni