Preparation: 10 min Cooking 20 min

I made this cassava banana muffins recipe to explore some more gluten and nuts free options and it was a big hit. My kids and everyone else in the family loved it. I even shared it at my school for one of my healthy recipes food demo and everyone loved there too. The gluten free baked goodies you see at the grocery store shelves are not necessary healthy. The list of ingredients are so big and usually filled with sugars, artificial colors and flavors.

What is Cassava Flour? It’s a type of gluten-free, wheat flour alternative that’s made by grating and drying the fibrous cassava root (yuca). It thought to have originated from the South-American forests. It’s sweet, and chewy underground tuber is one of the traditional edible root vegetables. Indigenous people of many parts of Africa, Asia, and South American continents used it as a staple food source for centuries

Benefits of Cassava Flour

• Can Be Used in Place of Wheat Flour
• Non-Allergenic (Gluten-Free, Grain-Free and Nut-Free)
• Low In Calories, Fat and Sugar
• Helps with weight-loss
• Good For Your Digestive System
• Inexpensive, Sustainable and Easy to Grow

Other Benefits according to StyleCraze:18

• Cassava made into a simple paste with water and used as a peel or scrub smoothes, brightens and hydrates your skin.
• As a mask, wash your face first with warm water, smooth on a paste using water and honey, dry completely and rinse well with cold water.
• Cassava roots and leaves can be made into a paste to nourish and soften your hair and remedy hair loss. Twice a week, apply coconut or olive oil, then cassava paste, wait one hour and rinse.
• Traditionally, the roots and leaves were used to boost immunity, energy and brain function, heal wounds, de-worm, soothe headaches and fevers, aid digestion and rheumatoid conditions, lower blood pressure and balance stress levels. ( Get it here )

Instructions

• 1 cup cassava flour ( get it here )
• 2 tbsp arrowroot Powder ( get it here )
• 4 eggs
• 2 bananas ( 1 extra for decoration )
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 tsp baking soda ( get it here )
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips  ( get it here *these are stevia sweetened )
• 4 tbsp maple syrup ( get it here )

*Please chose organic when possible. The clickable links I provide in all my recipes are organic high grade quality foods.

Directions

1. In a bowl mix all the liquid ingredients
2. Add the dry ingredients and mix throughly
3. Put in baking cups
4. Decorate with fried bananas
5. Bake for 20 minutes

Decoration: 

• Cut one banana
• In a pan put 1 tbsp coconut oil and 1 tbsp maple syrup
• Cook on both sides for 1 minute

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Keto No Bake Energy Bites

If you are on a Ketogenic diet and trying to find some ideas to treat yourself to something delicious and fulfilling I recommend that you give these easy keto no bake energy bites a shot. It’s sugar free and the taste of the orange blossom water in it will make you want to eat more and more, so be aware of that. It’s also full of good fat and fiber which makes it a wonderful dessert for you to have after a meal or as a snack.

What is Ketogenic and why it’s worth the give it a shot? 

So a ketogenic diet is quite simply any diet that forces the body into a process called ketosis, whereby fats are burned instead of carbohydrates for use as energy. A proper ketogenic diet calls for the dieter to consume high amounts of fat, adequate amounts of protein, and very low amounts of carbohydrates. Our bodies are used to turning carbohydrates into glucose to send all over the body as energy. When we enter ketosis by sufficiently limiting our carbohydrate intake, our livers start breaking down fat cells into fatty acids and ketones, to be used as energy.

Like any other diets you can always treat yourself to somethimg delicious that can still meet the guidelines. These keto no bake energy bites are amazingly delicious and fulfilling that you forget you are on a diet.

Keto No Bake Energy Bites Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond flour ( order here )
• 1/2 cup chia seeds ( order here )
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds ( order here )
• 1/2 cup flax meal ( order here )
• 1/2 cup coconut oil ( order here )
• 5 tablespoons orange blossom water ( order here )
• 1 teaspoon gluten free vanilla ( order here )
• Few stevia drops a sweetener ( optional )
• Stevia sweetened dark chocolate for decoration ( order here )

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Roll into balls and place on a plate. Let the balls sit in the refrigerator for 1 hours before eating. Keeps for a week or longer in the freezer.

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Muffins again!! We are big fans of muffins in my family. I am all about leftovers the past few weeks. I baked some sweet potatoes and there was one left in the fridge for three days and no one wanted to eat it. I have never tried sweet potato muffins before and I thought why not give it a try. Oh My !! This is absolutely the best hidden vegetable dessert I have ever made. It’s so fluffy and delicious.

Hidden vegetables recipes are becoming popular in my home as the kids are growing into little picky monsters. They usually like the finished result of the recipes we are creating though. They are also having so much fun guessing what’s the hidden ingredients in the desserts.

Paleo Delicious Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour ( buy it here )
• 1 cup melted coconut oil ( buy it here )
• 5 tablespoons maple syrup ( buy it here )
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda ( buy it here )
• few drops alcohol free vanilla ( buy it here )
• 1 medium size baked and pureed sweet potato

Directions

1. preheat the oven at *350
2. In a large bowl whisk the eggs
3. Add all the wet ingredients and then the dry
4. Scoop the mixture into muffin cups or a greased cupcake tray ( I use this one )
5. decorate with coconut flakes
6. Cook for 20 minutes

Note: I mixed 1 teaspoon maple syrup with the coconut before I put it on the muffins, so that what’s giving them the toasted look.

You May Also Like: 

• Paleo Banana Chocolate Chips Muffins
• Paleo pumpkin muffins
• Chocolate Muffin Recipe
• Chocolate Blueberry Muffins

Do you have any muffins recipes you would like to share. Please share them in  comment.

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I made these paleo chocolate chip banana muffins for a moms entrepreneurs gathering at my house. It was a very last minute thingy that turned out into delicious muffins. I had to hold myself after the third piece from eating them all before my guests arrive. I made a big batch the next day and froze them in zip lock bags for my kids to eat them in the morning as a treat after a good nutritious breakfast. They are also great to grab for a healthier snack on the go.

Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 25 min
Serves: makes 10 to 12 muffins

Paleo Banana Chocolate chip Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond meal flour ( buy it here )
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup melted coconut oil ( buy it here )
• 1/2 flax seed meal ( buy it here )
• 1/4 great lake gelatin ( buy it here )
• 2 tablespoons coconut sugar ( buy it here )
• 2 tablespoons cacao powder ( buy it here )
• 1 tablespoon gluten free dark chocolate chips ( buy it here )
• 1 smashed banana
• 1 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder ( buy it here )
• 10 Drops peppermint essential oils ( optional )
• A handful of pine nuts ( buy it here )

*always use organic ingredients whenever possible

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix the wet ingredients in one bowl
3. Add the almond meal
4. Mix throughly
5. Add the rest of the dry ingredients
6. Spoon out the batter into lined muffin cups, filling about 3/4 of the way.
7. Optional: Top with pine nuts as pictured and some melted chocolate chips and cook for 25 minutes

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• grain-free,
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Have you heard of Fair Trade? I honestly learned about it just last month and since then I started paying attention to the sign Fair Trade  whenever I shop. I love their mission and will do my best to support it. You can do it too.

Fair Trade is a way to ensure that you are getting the most high quality products from farmers all over the world and ensure that they receive a fair share for their hard work. Fair Trade is a market-based approach to fighting poverty. That means that it only works when you actually buy the stuff. So please hold up your end of the bargain and look for the Fair Trade Certified label every time you shop. Fair Trade Certified products come from over 70 countries across the globe.

Fair trade allows farmers to keep their kids at school, get clean water, bring medical care and improve their quality life in general. Believe it or not, YOU have the power to improve the world. It all starts with a simple act of sharing. Speak up. Be bold. Tell your family and friends why you support Fair Trade. To learn moe visit www.BeFair.org.

Here are the products I go from Fair Trade to develop this recipe and some extra goodies that I am sure I will enjoy the rest

Paleo Dark Chocolate Torte With Cherry Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons coconut flour ( where to buy Fair Trade )
• 3 tablespoon organic cocoa powder ( where to buy Fair Trade )
• 4 tablespoons organic non melted coconut oil ( where to buy Fair Trade )
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon  aluminum free baking powder
• 1 teaspoon gluten free  vanilla
• 2 tablespoons honey
• Shredded dark chocolate for decoration ( where to buy Fair Trade )

Cherry sauce 

• 1 cup frozen or fresh cherries
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon stevia
• 2 tablespoons great lake gelatin ( where to buy the best gelatin )

Preparation

• In a pan on put the cherry and the water
• bring to boil and add the stevia
• reduce the heat to medium and add the gelatin
• Keep mixing everything until you see that the sauce starting to get thick ( about 10 minutes )
• Remove from the heat and put aside to cool
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Put some parchment paper in a round cake pan and grease with coconut oil
• Put the mixture and flatten it with your hand
• Bake for 20 minutes
• After the torte is cooled off decorate with the cherry sauce, shredded dark chocolate and shredded coconut

Bonne Appetit!

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