Pigs in a Blanket

In my family it seemed like no holiday was complete without the appetizer of "lil' smokies" wrapped in crescent roll dough aka pigs in a blanket. I was looking for a fun, kid-friendly recipe for our monthly patient appreciation day at the office and stumbled upon a healthy version of this recipe on mariahealth.blogspot.com. 

Dough

1/2 cup Coconut Flour

2 Tbsp Psyllium Husk Powder

1/4 Tsp Seat Salt

1/4 cup grass fed organic butter

1 Cup boiling water

As a replacement for the unhealthy pork sausages I found these great breakfast link sausages made from organic chicken! I cut them in half and they were the perfect size.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the coconut flour, psyllium husk powder and salt. Start boiling water and melt butter at the same time. Add melted butter to flour mix and stir continuously. Pour in boiling water while stirring the dough. Move quickly at this stage because the hot water begins to cook the dough. Pinch off 1 Tbsp sized pieces of dough, roll out and wrap sausage links. Place on a coconut oiled baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes until dough has puffed up and is golden on the bottom. 

Serve with mustard or core plan ketchup (recipe to come)!

Epigenetics

Most people today have been conditioned to believe that they are a victim to whatever genetics factors their parents have passed on to them.  However, there is an exciting field of biology called Epigenetics that is discovering that lifestyle factors actually play a larger role in overall health.  Join us at West Cobb Chiropractic on Thursday August 16th at 7pm for a free educational workshop that will give an introduction to this topic!

Chocolate Muffins

These muffins are great for breakfast or for snacking all throughout the day.  They are filled with good quality fats that will keep you full, but won't weigh you down OR spike your insulin levels like ordinary muffins. 

Another great thing about these muffins is that the basic recipe is very versatile. You can easily add in cinnamon, coconut almond/peanut butter, nut pieces, simply lite chocolate chunks etc. Enjoy!

Add all dry ingredients together in food processor.

2 cups walnuts
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp. Baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1/3 cup xylitol

Once mixed: add wet ingredients
4 free range eggs
½ cup melted grass fed butter
1tsp vanilla (I used 2 tsp)
½ cup water or almond milk (I used coconut milk)

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes

Raspberry Swirl

I was feeling creative and decided to jazz up the lemon tart with a lovely looking and delicious raspberry swirl! 

Here's how to do it:

After baking crust, pour in 3/4 of the filling and leave the remaining 1/4 in the blender. Add a half cup or so of frozen raspberries and 2 scoops of the super concentrated stevia and blend together. Pour in half dollar sized spots of raspberry filling in various locations of the tart and then take a knife and swirl the raspberry into the lemon!