At the club the word paleo is tossed around a lot and and most people new to the concept are always looking for good recipes to try. The cookbooks below are my favorite in order and I think should be in the pantry of all paleo chefs and those looking to find innovative ideas to add to their weekly meal plan.
Also – we have been talking in the noon hour class about the famous WALZY Paleo Granola (replacement for you cereal lovers) – this is an amazing snack, breakfast side, and all round paleo substitution.
Mat Walz sent me this to post up on the blog for you all;
PALEO GRANOLA
Takes about 5 minutes to prep and 20 or so to cook.
Ingredients:
1 cup ground flax seed
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 cup walnuts – bought or processed into medium pieces
1 cup almonds – bought or processed into medium pieces
1/2 cup pecans – bought or processed into small pieces
1/2 cup sunflower seeds – raw and hulled
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds – raw
2-5 tbsp Honey
2-5 tbsp Coconut oil
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1) Preheat over to 300 F.
2) Dump first 7 ingredients into a bowl and mix. (use a food processor to get the nuts the right size)
3) Melt the honey and coconut oil. You want a total of about 5-7 tbsp. The more honey you put in, the higher carb it is going to be.
4) Pour the oil, honey, and vanilla into the nut and seed mixture and mix thoroughly.
5) Dump the mixture onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, and cook it for 20-24 minutes, turning and mixing it every 3-5 minutes to make sure it doesn’t burn. It’s done when it has a uniform light brown color. The coconut shows the color change the most.
6) Tastes great warm and even better cooled down in a bowl with almond milk!
Options: Change the nuts and seeds to whatever nuts and seeds you prefer. I find the walnuts are a must as they keep the crunch in there – but that’s just me.
Also, you can use olive oil instead of coconut oil, but I found it didn’t glob together in those nice granola chunks as well as with coconut oil.
Lastly, more oil and honey means bigger chunks will stick together, but carbs go up with honey and fat goes up with the oil (not saying that’s a bad thing).
1/2 cup = about 5-6 grams of carbs by my calculation (without the almond milk)
