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.