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Paleo Organic Pear Butter Recipe

Try our homemade paleo organic pear butter recipe spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. This will make a delicious topper on our paleo white bread or bagels for breakfast or make a sunbutter and pear butter sandwich for lunch.

INGREDIENTS

  • 8 C diced peeled organic pears of your choice (about 7 large pears)
  • ¼ C organic lemon juice
  • ½ C organic honey (or concentrated fruit juice sweetener for vegan version)
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • pinch of ground cloves

DIRECTIONS

  1. Place all ingredients in a pot. Bring to a boil.  Turn heat down and simmer over medium heat uncovered for about 50 minutes. Give it a stir every five minutes or so to make sure it doesn’t burn. Note: You want the pears to be tender and the moisture boiled down to thicken it.
  2. When done, blend with an immersion blender or transfer to a regular blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to 2-pint jars and store in the fridge for up to a few weeks.
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Pumpkin Spice Liqueur Recipe

It’s that time of year when pumpkin is just around every corner! We have pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin brownies, and pumpkin pie; so why not have pumpkin spice liqueur too?! You can make your own with our pumpkin spice liqueur recipe today. This would be a great drink to enjoy on a cool night wrapped up in a cozy blanket next to the fire or serve at a dinner party with all your friends and family. (KID-FRIENDLY VERSION BELOW)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée (not pie filling)
  • 6 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
  • 2 cups aged rum, such as 10 Cane Rum or Chacaca like Leblon alternately you can use Potato or Grape Vodka (Ciroc) or VuQu made from coconut

Directions

  1. Place the water and sugars in a medium saucepan, whisk to combine, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the pumpkin, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and vanilla beans – whisk to combine and return to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the syrup is infused with flavor, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line a medium fine-mesh strainer with a piece of ultrafine cheesecloth and place it over a large heatproof bowl.
  2. Pour the pumpkin mixture through the cheesecloth and let it drain undisturbed until most of the liquid has passed through and only a thick paste remains. Gently press on the paste with a rubber spatula to release any remaining liquid, then discard the contents of the strainer. (You should have about 2 cups of infused syrup.)
  3. Add the rum and stir to combine. Transfer to a 1-quart container and set aside to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
  4. Seal the container tightly and store it in a cool, dark place for at least 2 days and up to 3 months before serving.

Serving Suggestions

Serve topped with sparkling water try ginger, cola, or lemon-lime Kombucha as a mixer.

You can also make a KID FRIENDLY PUMPKIN JUICE by omitting the alcohol and adding flavored sparkling water or kombucha for a refreshing pumpkin surprise !

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Why try Sprouted Nuts and Seeds?

First of all, what are sprouted nuts and seeds? Sprouting is the process of soaking any seeds, grains, nuts, or legumes in water for a period of time, allowing them to sprout and germinate further enhancing the digestibility of the sprouted grains, nuts, and seeds.

Facts about sprouted nuts & seeds
  • Sprouted nuts and seeds are easier to digest than raw nuts and seeds because the soaking process releases their enzyme inhibitors.
  • Sprouting allows your body to absorb the nutrients better.
  • When you sprout nuts it breaks down their phytic acid, which binds with minerals preventing absorption.
  • One of the biggest benefits of sprouting grains, beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds is to decrease the presence of all anti-nutrients. Anti-nutrients naturally occur in plant seeds and interfere with our ability to digest vitamins and minerals within the plants.
  • Raw nuts and especially raw seeds contain moderate levels of phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors. Although all plants contain phytic acid in some levels – grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds typically contain the highest levels.
  • Phytic acid is necessary for the plant, it helps safeguard the nut or seed until proper growing conditions are present and germination can occur naturally but it can cause potential health problems in humans. Some of the phytic acids will be broken down through the digestive process, but soaking those foods high in phytic acid helps with digestion and absorption of nutrients.
  • Sprouting seeds helps with digestion and nutrient availability and absorption, but may also reduce the amount of starch they contain and even boost their nutritional value.

Sprouting nuts and seeds may be especially important for young children who lack the number of enzymes needed to break down plant foods.  If you have ever noticed undigested nuts, grains, or seeds in a child’s stool? This is partially due to their inability to digest certain proteins and nutrients in these foods.

How to Sprout Nuts & Seeds

Soak raw nuts and/or seeds in salt and water. Dehydrate in the oven at a low temperature. This helps to break down much of the phytic acid and helps to make the nutrients in the nuts and seeds more available.

7 paleo grilling necessities

7 (now 11) Paleo Grilling Necessities

We’ve assembled our top 7 (now 11) paleo grilling necessities to have this summer.  We love to enjoy a BBQ with friends and family during the summertime, but it can be hard to stick to your dietary restrictions while you’re around everyone else. We wanted to help, so we created a list of our favorite things to bring to a BBQ. The list includes paleo buns, bbq sauces, and seasonings that will be sure to add a paleo kick to your next get together and you’re guests won’t even know it is paleo.

Buns

Paleo Hot Dog Buns: These are perfect to make your own hot dog creations. Just pickup or order a package of hot dog buns to take to your next BBQ – then you won’t have to feel left out.

Paleo Hamburger Buns: Make the perfect paleo hamburger bun and all by using our paleo white bread – no more protein style hamburgers unless you want one.

Sauces

Zesty BBQ Sauce: Our Paleo Zesty BBQ Sauce has a rich and bold flavor with the perfect blend of organic herbs and spices to accompany any meat and make your mouth water. This is the perfect addition to ribs, chicken, steak and more.

Spicy BBQ Sauce: Our Paleo Spicy BBQ Sauce with it’s bold, rich distinctive flavor and an extra added kick of jalapeño peppers is the perfect accompaniment for anything you’ll put on the grill.  This is the perfect addition if you like to add some spice to your BBQ.

Dry Rubs & Seasonings

Barbecue Dry Rub: Our paleo Barbecue Seasoning Dry Rub is the perfect dry rub addition to any type of meat you’re grilling this weekend. This seasoning is the go to in our kitchen for ribs, steak, chicken, and more.

Cilantro Lime Dry Rub: Our paleo Cilantro Lime Seasoning Dry Rub is the perfect seasoning for tacos, fajitas or carne asada. Our cilantro lime dry rub has the perfect balance of the two flavors, and adds a little something extra to your next fiesta.

Umami Dry Rub: Our paleo Umami Seasoning Dry Rub is the perfect seasoning to pair fish or chicken with stir fry or cauliflower fried rice.This seasoning has hints of onion, garlic, ginger, and lemon for a balanced Asian flavor.

All Purpose Seasoning: Our paleo All Purpose Seasoning Dry Rub is the perfect rub to use on any meat: steak, chicken or pork. Create a vegan dish using it to season your jackfruit or mixed vegetables. It’s a great option to season your eggs for breakfast in the morning.

Laura’s Seasoned Salt: Laura’s Paleo Seasoned Salt was created because other seasoned salts contain corn starch and would make me sick after use. Our Seasoned Salt has all the flavors of your other favorite seasoned salts with the same herbs and spices to dress up your burgers, avocados, or deviled eggs without the additional fillers.

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4 DIY Self-Care Beauty Products

We hope you enjoy our 4 self-care beauty products created with you in mind. These are some of the perfect ways to relax and take care of yourself. Create a scrub, mask, or bath salts and give them as a gift for your moms, sisters, and friends…or whip one or two up to relax on a Saturday. All these beauty products are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and peanut-free.

Strawberry Sugar Scrub

  • 1 cup – Freeze Dried Strawberries
  • 1/3 cup – Coconut Sugar
  • 4 teaspoons – MCT OIL, Avocado oil, or Olive oil
  • 3 drops – lime/ lemon or orange essential oil

In a coffee grinder, process freeze-dried strawberries to powder. In a bowl, whisk powdered strawberries with sugar until well combined. Add vegetable oil and essential oil; mix with a spoon or your hands. If you like your scrub to be more moist, add 1 or 2 more tablespoons of glycerin or oil.

Cocoa Body Scrub

  • 1-2 TBSP Cacao Powder
  • 1 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup MCT, coconut, or avocado oil

Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of cacao powder to 1 cup coconut sugar and 1/2 cup oil of your choice (MCT, coconut oil, avocado oil).

Nourishing Face Mask

  • 1 teaspoon cacao powder
  • 2 teaspoons honey.

Mix cacao powder and honey in a bowl. Spread it all over your clean face avoiding the eye area. Leave on for 10 minutes. Wash off with a washcloth and warm water. Follow with a moisturizer.

Scented Bath Salts

  • 1 mason jar (any size will do)
  • 1 bag of plain Epsom salt
  • a few drops of essential oil (scent of your choice)

Fill a jar with Epsom salt about halfway and add a few drops of essential oil. Fill the rest of the jar and add a few more drops of essential oil.

Mother’s Day Recipes

Not sure what to get for mom? Make mom something special from our 7 favorite Paleo Mother’s Day Recipes. These are kid chef-friendly so they can whip something up in the kitchen and surprise mom on Sunday. Mom will enjoy the surprise and the time she gets to spend with you over a well-thought-out meal.

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Paleo Egg Cups

Egg cups are a perfect easy breakfast to make. They are like individual mini frittatas and you can make them individually to what each person wants. Great for a large group breakfast or brunch.

Morning Faux-jito

Who doesn’t love a cocktail you can drink at any time of day? Our faux-jito mocktail is the perfect thing to enjoy while you sit on your patio in the sun.

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Paleo Antipasto Salad

This Italian inspired favorite has a great blend of flavors between the artichoke hears, salami, red onion and olives. Enjoy this with mom for lunch.

Creamy Avocado & Lime Chilled Pasta

This delicious chilled pasta is a great dish for lunch during the hot summer months. Top with lime chicken for a little added protein and enjoy poolside.

Paleo Creamy Avocado Lime Chilled Pasta

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Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

Follow our oven roasted chicken recipes for the perfect chicken thighs with a juicy center & crispy skin.

Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce

Enjoy our bake ziti with meat sauce for an Italian-esk meal just like lasagna without the fuss; the meat sauce has delicious flavors with of ground beef, onion, garlic, and tomato.

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Paleo Strawberry Shortcakes

Our paleo strawberry shortcakes are a perfect fluffy and fruity dessert to end the day. Top our paleo shortcakes with your favorite fruits and a large dollop of coconut whipped cream. [seasonal item for summer]

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Strawberry Shortcakes

Our paleo strawberry shortcakes are a perfect fluffy and fruity dessert to end the day. Top our paleo shortcakes with your favorite fruits (strawberries, bananas or blueberries) and then a large dollop of coconut whipped cream. Enjoy this delicious summer time dessert outside on the patio looking at the stars!

Ingredients

  • 1 serving
  • 1 Snackin’ Free Shortcake
  • 2 to 3 fresh organic strawberries sliced
  • You can add blueberries, bananas or any other fresh organic fruit.
  • 1 tub of CocoWhip

Directions

  1. Slice strawberries and/or other fruits.
  2. Place fruit on top of short cake.
  3. Top all with a dollop of CocoWhip.
  4. Serve and enjoy

Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

Need an easy juicy chicken recipe for dinner? Follow this delicious paleo oven roasted chicken thighs recipe for a quick dinner recipe. The skin will come out nice and crispy with a juicy center. Serve with a side of our creamy avocado & lime chilled pasta for a complete meal.

NEEDED

  • 1 large baking pan lined with aluminum foil
  • tongs to turn chicken

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 package of free range organic chicken thighs with skin on or chicken thighs of your choice 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion Powder
  • You can use any seasonings, get creative and try poultry season, Snackin’ Free’s cilantro lime dry rub or any other seasonings you may like

DIRECTIONS

  1. Remove Chicken from package and place on foil lined pan. 
  2. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder on no skin side.
  3. Turn each thigh so that the skin side is up and season as before.
  4. Place chicken into a preheated 400 degree oven and cook for approximately 50 to 60 minutes until skin is browned and crispy.

Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce

Enjoy this paleo-baked ziti with meat sauce for an Italian-esk meal that is like lasagna without the fuss; the meat sauce has delicious flavors with a mix of ground beef, onion, garlic, and tomato. This is like a lasagna casserole, but a lot easier to make since you don’t have multiple layers, so it’s great to make midweek or to bring to your next potluck.

Ingredients for Meat Sauce

  • 1 – 1 1/2lb. grass-fed ground beef (you can also use bison, pastured ground turkey, or chicken, or your meat can be omitted)
  • Half a large onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2-3 Tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon Snackin’ Free Avocado oil  (or oil of choice)
  • 1 jar of Mezzetta Tomato and Basil Pasta sauce (or other sauce of choice)
  • 1 -2 packages Parmela or Daiya Mozzarella shreds (you can use real cheese if you can tolerate it)

Directions for Meat Sauce

  1. In a saucepot over medium heat add oil and brown the ground beef stirring to break up any large clumps. 
  2. Add garlic and onion and cook until transparent. 
  3. Add pasta sauce and stir. 
  4. Simmer for 10 minutes and remove from heat.

Ingredients for Pasta

  • 3 to 4 packages of Snackin’ Free Paleo fresh frozen Macaroni noodles or other macaroni noodles of choice.
  • enough water to fill a large pot about 2/3 of the way
  • 1 Tablespoon Snackin’ Free avocado oil (or oil of choice)
  • 1 teaspoon  Himalayan pink salt

Directions for Pasta

  1. While the sauce is simmering add water, oil, and salt to a large pot, and place over medium-high heat until water boils. 
  2. Add frozen pasta to boiling water and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until pasta is al dente. 
  3. Remove from heat and drain in a colander. 

Assemble Directions

  1. Combine drained pasta and sauce in a baking dish and stir to coat the pasta. Add some of the cheese to the dish and stir to combine.  Add the remaining cheese to the top then cover with aluminum foil.
  2. Bake in a 350-degree oven for approximately 10 to 20 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes and serve. 
  3. Serves approximately 5 to 7.

Antipasto Salad

Enjoy a fresh paleo antipasto salad for lunch. This Italian inspired favorite has a great blend of flavors between the artichoke hearts, salami, red onion and olives, and can also be a great starter or side dish to your favorite Italian meals.

Ingredients

  • 1 Power Greens
  • 1/2 cup Romain lettuce chopped
  • marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
  • 4 to 5 Kalamata Olives
  • Hard Salami cut into strips (you can use any deli meat or shredded chicken)
  • cherry tomatoes, cut in half
  • red onion, chopped
  • cucumber slices
  • Snackin’ Free Greek, Garlic or Garlic Cilantro Dressing or dressing of your choice,

Directions

  1. Place a bed of mixed greens and romaine on a plate.
  2. Top with red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, artichoke hearts, olives and salami.
  3. Dress with Snackin’ Free greek, garlic, garlic cilantro or other paleo salad dressing.

Creamy Avocado-Lime Chilled Pasta

Are you looking for quick and yummy lunch options? Make our paleo creamy avocado lime chilled pasta.  This delicious chilled pasta is a great dish for lunch during the hot summer months. Top with lime chicken for a little added protein and enjoy poolside with our paleo faux-jito mocktail. There is no gluten, grain, dairy, soy, or peanuts in this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup Snackin’ Free macaroni pasta or Gluten-Free macaroni of your choice
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • a handful of cilantro, roughly chopped
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp lime juice
  • 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • chopped cilantro and/or jalapeño for garnish

Directions

  1. Cook pasta according to the package instructions. Drain well, set aside to cool.
  2. Peel avocado and remove the pit.
  3. Put the avocado in a food processor together with chopped cilantro, lime juice, mayonnaise, and garlic paste.
  4. Blend it until it’s creamy.
  5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
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Morning Faux-jito Mocktail

Do you like to enjoy a non-alcoholic cocktail from time to time? Then try our paleo faux-jito mocktail; you can enjoy this fruity sparkling water on the patio enjoying the nice spring breeze and sunshine. Just like a traditional mojito minus the alcohol this mocktail is gluten free, grain free, dairy free, soy free, and legume free. You can even share it with your kiddos…if you want to.

Ingredients

  • 5 organic blackberries, raspberries, strawberries
  • 5 mint leaves
  • 3 lime slices
  • 1/2-1 tbsp raw honey
  • 6 oz sparkling mineral water, chilled
  • Ice

Directions

  1. In a pint class, muddle blackberries, mint, limes, and honey until fully mashed and dark in color. If you don’t have a bar muddler, then just use the handle of a wooden spoon and immediately rinse when done (so the wood doesn’t stain).
  2. Fill the glass with ice.
  3. Pour in the sparkling water.
  4. Gently mix with a long spoon until fully incorporated.
  5. Garnish with a mint sprig, lime wheel, and blackberry.
  6. Drink up!

Bacon Egg Cups

Making breakfast for a large group or meal prepping for the week? Then try making these paleo bacon egg cups – they are like mini omelets that can be customized per person, but no standing over the stove cooking each individually.

Tools

  • 1 muffin/ standard cupcake pan
  • bowl to whisk eggs in
  • whisk or fork to whisk eggs with
  • cutting board and knife

Ingredients:

  • 1 to 2 pieces of bacon per egg cup (you can use regular bacon or you can use thick sliced microwave bacon.)
  • 1 egg per egg cup
  • dairy free shredded cheese of your choice (Dairy free options Daiya or Parmela)
  • mixed greens
  • onion
  • mushrooms
  • sun dried tomato
  • bell peppers
  • cilantro
  • other vegetables of your choice chopped.
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Salsa, hollandaise, ketchup (optional)

Directions:

  1. Line each muffin cup with the bacon and set aside.
  2. Crack eggs you’ll be using for one egg cup in bowl and whisk until combined. Add vegetables, salt and pepper and stir in to combine. 
  3. Pour all egg mixture into egg cup and repeat for each egg cup that will be used.
  4. Top with Cheese.
  5. Place pan into a preheated 375 degree oven and bake for 12 to 16 minutes. Remove and serve.
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