Paelo Diet Snacks - The 14 Day Paleo Diet Plan: The Paleo Diet For Beginners Cookbook (2016)

The 14 Day Paleo Diet Plan: The Paleo Diet For Beginners Cookbook (2016)

Chapter 7. Paelo Diet Snacks

Who says that you cannot enjoy some very tasty snacks as part of the Paleo diet plan? If you're feeling peckish, get stuck in to some of these very tasty snacks.

Apple, Banana and Ginger Muffins

Makes: 12

Ingredients:

200 grams of all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon of baking powder

1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon of ground ginger

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Half a teaspoon of salt

175 grams of apple, sliced

150 grams of sugar

180ml of milk

150 grams of mashed banana

140 grams of crystallized ginger

Method:

Preheat the oven to 400 Fahrenheit, and put a muffin pan to one side. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger and cinnamon and put to one side. In a large bowl, add the milk, banana, apple vinegar and ginger, and stir. Add the flour mixture and stir until the ingredients have just mixed together.

Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until they are done. Serve and enjoy.

Apple Chips

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

4 apples, sliced

A dash of pumpkin spice

A dash of cinnamon

Method:

Place the apple slices on a cookie sheet, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Place in the oven and cook for 1 hour on 230 Fahrenheit. Turn the apple slices over, and sprinkle cinnamon on the other side, and cook at 200 Fahrenheit for 1 hour.

Now turn the oven off, and keep the apples in there for 1 or 2 hours until they are crisp. Remove the apples from the oven, sprinkle with the pumpkin spice and serve.

Coconut, Banana and Chocolate Smoothie

Serves 1

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon of grated coconut

240ml of coconut water

1 teaspoon of cocoa powder

A handful of spinach

1 banana

Method:

Place all of the ingredients into a juicer or blender, and blend until they have all mixed together. Pour into a glass, serve.

Fruit Salad

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 banana

1 apple

4 strawberries

A quarter of a melon, sliced

120ml of fresh orange juice

Method:

Place all of the fruit in a bowl, and mix together. Pour over the fresh orange juice, and stir again. Serve.

Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies

Makes 20

90 grams of oats

300 grams of raisins

125 grams of peanut butter alternative

1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

A quarter of a teaspoon of salt

A quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg

60ml of water

Method:

Set the oven to 350 Fahrenheit, and place 60 grams of the oats in a food processor, and pulse them until they are fine. Add the nutmeg, cinnamon, oat mix, baking powder and salt to a bowl and stir.

Place 150 grams of raisins into the food processor and 60ml of water, and puree. Add the peanut butter and vanilla, and puree. Now add the rest of the raisins, and oats, and add to the oat mix, and stir well.

With a teaspoon, scoop up some of the mixture and place on a cookie sheet. Space the cookies 1 inch apart, and flatten them with the back of your spoon. Cook for approximately 12 minutes or until they cookies have browned. Now transfer them to a cooling rack, allow to cool, and serve.