Eggplant Parm with meatsauce

What to do with leftover meatsauce after eating up all the zucchini pasta?  Make eggplant parm. 
It is not pretty looking but it tasted good.

Paleo Cinnamon Rolls

I did not find this recipe to be sweet or doughy enough.  I think with a few tweaks it could make maybe a good scone recipe.

Easter Macaroons

Lots of macaroons seem to appear around Easter, so I made my husband macaroons for dessert on Easter.  These were very simple.  Just look at the short ingredient list!  The recipe came from Elena's Pantry

2 Egg whites
1/4 cup Honey
2 1/2 Coconut Flakes
1/4 teaspoon Salt

Whisk egg whites and honey. 
Add salt and stir in coconut flakes.
Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Firmly pack a tablespoon with the macaroon mixture.
Put the mounds on a silpat or parchment paper.  The honey will make these hard to remove otherwise.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes
Cool and eat!

I would make these again!

Zucchini noodles with meat sauce

We finally have used our mandolin and created some zucchini pasta.  After the zucchini was grated into noodles they were cooked briefly in boiling, salted water for about 3 minutes.  The zucchini pasta was topped with a meat sauce (still using up the cow share meat) and some soy free dairy free Daiya Cheese shreds.  One the side are some of the rosemary biscuits I made topped with coconut butter and some Italian seasonings.  I think this is now one of my favorite paleo meals.

Cow Share

My husband signed up for a cow share with about 5 people total.  A farmer met them all and they took turns picking packages of beef.  It was a really great experience and buying a 1/5th of a cow and storing it in the average person's freezer is doable.  I've heard from people who buy 1/2 a cow that you need a lot of storage for all that meat.  This is our haul.  There are some beef bones, ground beef, two roasts, cubed beef, and a steak.  I have the steak thawed for dinner tonight.  Both of the roasted have already been cooked and several of the ground beef packages have been used too. 

Rosemary Biscuits

I think I told everyone I know yesterday how great this biscuit recipe is.  I am used to my paleo baked goods not being very good.  This recipe rocks and I'm so happy I found it.  I can see people making these biscuits to go with Easter ham next weekend.  My husband wants to try to make them spicy and use them with cornbread.  I'm using the leftover rosemary biscuits and adding some coconut butter and Italian seasonings to go with some zucchini spaghetti later this week. 

You must rolls these out thick.  They do not rise and they do flatten out a bit.  I got about 9 biscuits out of the recipe.  I also used coconut flour on wax paper so the dough wouldn't stick while rolling.  I just like how fluffy coconut flour is and I happen to have more of it in my pantry than almond flour.

Almond Rosemary Biscuits
2 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
plus 1/2 cup for dusting (I used coconut flour for dusting)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
2 eggs
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped

Instructions:
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
Line a baking sheet with a silpat.
Combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, and rosemary in a bowl. 
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, honey, and coconut oil. 
Mix wet ingredients into dry until a nice dough forms.
Lay one sheet of wax paper down on a flat surface and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of coconut flour. 
Place dough in center of parchment paper and sprinkle with additional flour. 
Place another sheet of wax paper over dough and roll dough into 1-inch thickness. 
Using a biscuit cutter cut rounds out of dough. 
Place biscuits on prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes.

Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup

I hated this recipe.  It was very bland and a lot like eating soupy mashed cauliflower.  I love cream of mushroom soup, but this paleo version did not work for me.  We tried a lot of different additions to make it edible but I could only eat one bowl and could not like this.