Paleo Zucchini Bread // GLuten-Free & Dairy-Free

I don’t know about you, but when It comes to Zucchini Bread I take things VERY seriously. Zucchini bread is one of those foods that is a win-win for both adult and child. Offering a sweet bread that kids and adults love while sneaking in some much appreciated green vegetables! Now even though it’s a winner, some of the more traditional recipes usually call for a good amount of gluten, dairy, sugar, etc. that usually put the zucchinis hard work down.

I was trying to figure out a way to make zucchini bread healthier without taking away all the good things it had to go for it. Things like a perfectly moist (don’t you just love that word?) and its sweet caramel taste!

Well, I have done it, folks, this Zucchini bread is Refines sugar-free, dairy free, gluten free, and can be made without oil if you substitute it for Applesauce! So here’s the recipe you and your taste buds have been missing out on!

Ingredients

• 1 &1/4th cup Almond Flour

• 1/3rd cup Coconut Flour

• 1 & 1/2 Cup Shredded Zucchini

• 6 Soaked Dates

• 3 large Eggs

• 1/4th Apple Sauce of Coconut oil

• 1 tsp Vanilla

• 1 & ½ tsp Baking Powder

• 1 & ½ tsp Cinnamon

• 1 tsp Maca root powder (optional, but gives the recipe more caramel flavors)

• Pinch of salt

Instructions

Soak the dates in hot water for about 10-15 minutes and then drain

Put the Zucchini, Melted Coconut oil, Dates, Eggs, and Vanilla in a blender or food processor and blend until liquid.

Mix together the dry ingredients and then combine with the Liquid Mixture. Put in a bread tin and sprinkle cinnamon and coconut sugar or cacao nibs on top!

Bake in the oven at 350 F for to 45-55 Minutes.

Let cool for about an hour and then enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

- Sonya Expert Zucchini Bread Baker.

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FLUFFY OAT PANCAKES // GLUTEN FREE & DAIRY FREE

I don’t know about you but when it comes to pancakes, Daniel and I mean business. We even have a weeknight dubbed pancake Saturday, where I come home from work, we make pancakes and watch a movie. Our favorites being Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings!

Every week it seems that I try a new recipe for myself since Daniel makes his perfect gluten and dairy-filled pancakes. He guards the secret family recipe with his life so don’t ask…sigh*

Anyway, each week I make my pancakes and have always faltered between near perfection, and pancake scramble that might sometimes taste like baking soda…I decided it was time to change so I gathered myself together and went to work!

My criteria for the pancaked were that they would be accessible for everyone, gluten & dairy-free, and if you don’t have allergies can be made with normal ingredients. I wanted the pancakes to be on the hardier side as well to keep you full and satisfied while maintaining that fluffy texture!

For the flour, I chose oat because it’s cheap, easy, and easy to make! All you have to do is blend up your gluten-free or non-gluten free oats in any blender until a fine powder forms. If there are some larger pieces left that’s okay too! Just get it to the finest flour for the best results!

For the Dairy-free yogurt, I use an almond-based one. It is thicker than a lot of coconut yogurt, but feel free to either replace the dairy-free yogurt with regular yogurt, or even apple sauce. They will have a different flavor with the apple sauce of course and won't be as fluffy, but still very good!

Now all you have to do is combine all the ingredients and cook on a skillet at medium heat. This batch makes about 6 medium-sized pancakes. (I used a 1/4th cup measure).

Now without further delay, here is the Perfect Pancake recipe!

Time 30 MInutes

Serving Size: 2

Makes 6 Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup oat flour

• 2 Tbsp. coconut sugar

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 2 eggs

• 1/4th cup dairy-free yogurt

• 1/4th cup plant-based milk

• 1 tsp vanilla

• coconut oil for the pan

Directions

Whisk together the dry ingredients and then add in all of the wet ingredients. whisk until fully combines.

Grease a skillet and turn stovetop on medium heat. Let warm before pouring pancake batter onto skillet. Once bubbles begin to form and the edges of the pancakes are cooked about halfway through flip them.

Continue until all of your pancakes are cooked.

Serve warm with maple syrup, banana, chocolate chips, and almond butter for a breakfast/brunch/dinner you won’t forget!

Enjoy!

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cinnamon oat muffins // Oil free & Gluten-free

The one thing I do have to say about muffins is that they are very underrated.

These gluten-free, dairy-free, and oil-free muffins are simple and delicious! With only 8 ingredients they are simple to whip up and enjoy immediately, or store for meal prep!

Using oat flour is great, but don’t feel the need to go hunting for a GF oat flour brand. All you have to do is blend regular oats until a fine powder forms and voila, you’ve got oat flour! When you use oat flour it's good to let your mixture sit for a few minutes to absorb some of the liquid. For this recipe make sure you set aside the mixture for about 10 minutes.

Another nice thing about this recipe is that it’s customizable! I left the flavors simple so that you have the freedom to add in chocolate chips, blueberries, cranberries, etc. If you want to leave them plain, the cinnamon, maple syrup, and applesauce give it a great light flavor that is sure to please everyone!

Check out the recipe and let me know what you think in the comments below!

Serving size 1 muffin

time 40-45 minutes

Makes 9 muffins

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

• 1/3rd cup Dairy Free unsweetened yogurt (I used Kite Hill)

• 1/2 cup Maple Syrup

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 cups oat flour (Make your own by blending whole oats until a flour forms)

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp baking powder

Directions

Pre-heat your oven to 350F and grease a muffin tin.

If you are making out flour at home, blend up just over 2 cups of oats until a fine powder is reached and set aside.

Mix all of the wet ingredients together and then slowly add in the dry ingredients.

Let the mixture sit for about 10 minutes.

once thickened add the mixture into your muffin tin about 3/4ths of the way full.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, let cool and enjoy!

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Homemade Chocolate Syrup

I don’t know about you but when it comes to chocolate I take things very seriously. If you don’t, believe me, I always have a 5lb bag of cocoa powder on hand that I use for just about everything.

Making chili? Cocoa Powder.

Only have vanilla ice cream? Cocoa Powder.  

Need an energy boost? Cocoa Powder.

Not only is it delicious, but the benefits are out of this world good! It is a great source of magnesium and potassium, gives you a little kick of caffeine, and is believed to promote better digestion!

Chocolate is good in any situation, and I came up with this recipe after having a kick for chocolate chip pancakes but didn’t have any on hand. When I was younger we would go to a breakfast spot where their chocolate chip pancakes had just the chocolate chips sprinkled on top, so they would melt and cover your pancakes like butter! I wanted to recreate this, and figured that with cocoa powder and a little sweetener I could rule the pancake world!

This recipe has a strong cocoa flavor so if you need to tone it down feel free to add a little bit more almond milk or honey, but be careful because it will make the consistency more runny than syrup-like.

So without leaving you hanging, here is the recipe!

Ingredients

• 1/4th cup cocoa powder

• 3 tbsp. honey or maple syrup

• Pinch of salt

• 3 tbsp. almond milk

Directions

Combine all the ingredients. Mix using a fork or small whisk until smooth.

Pour on top of pancakes, blend into milk for chocolate milk, top on ice cream or just eat it straight from the jar!  

Thank you for stopping by, let me know how you like the recipe in your comments below!

Love always,

The chocolate fanatic, Sonya Peacocke

Gluten Free Dairy Free Pumpkin Cookie Dough

I don’t know about you guys, but when it comes to cookies I was always more interested in the dough over than the finished product. Lately I have been making quite a few pumpkin recipes and figured that it was suiting to create a gluten free dairy free and CHICKPEA free pumpkin cookie dough recipe.

My good friend Natalie and I pulled together the idea over iced matcha lattes with you guys in mind!

We created this recipe for those who have sensitive stomachs or want to eat more of a whole food based diet. This is why we decided to use ingredients like coconut flour and sunflower butter and avoided any products containing gluten or dairy!

Now, thanks to my good friend Natalie and my husband Daniel here is a irresistibly good allergy friendly pumpkin cookie dough recipe!

·         2/3 cup Coconut flour

·         3/4th cup Pumpkin

·         1/4th cup Maple syrup

·         1/4th cup Nut/Seed butter

·         1 tsp. Vanilla extract

·         2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie spice

·         1/2 tsp. salt

·         1/4th cup Chocolate chips  

·         1/4th cup chopped Pecans

·         2-4tbsp non-dairy milk (as needed)  

Instruction

·         Mix all of the dry ingredients together.

·         Add in the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

·         Fold in the pecans and chocolate chips or any other of your favorite mix-ins!   

·         Scoop into a bowl and eat with a spoon or put it on top of a Pumpkin smoothie that you can find here !

Thank you again for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

-Sonya Peacocke

Cheesy Vegan Pasta

Cheesy Vegan Pasta

I don’t know about you guys, but when it comes to pasta, tomato sauce is usually all I need. Last night I faced a predicament where my husband and I only had enough tomato sauce for one plate of pasta. We decided Daniel would partake in the tomato sauce and I had the exciting opportunity to create something brand new. I knew this could go horribly wrong, but I knew it was another golden opportunity to make something fantastic!

Now before I give you the ingredient list don’t judge because it’s a little different and may I remind you this pasta child was born from basically desperation. So here is the final product, and I hope you give it a try!

Ingredients 

·         1 cup Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Quinoa Pasta

·         2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast

·         1/2 cup spinach (or any other green thing available!)

·         2 Tbsp. almond milk

·         Squeeze of lemon

·         1 tbsp. liquid aminos

·         1 tsp. garlic powder

·         Salt & pepper as needed 

· Directions

·         Follow the directions to cook the pasta.

·         While the pasta cooks take this time to cook up your spinach or any other green thing.

·         Mix everything together in a pan. Add in a bit of pasta water if anything starts to stick!

·          Now don’t wait any longer so plate that baby, eat up, and enjoy!   

Let me know what you think of the recipe and how you might tweak it a bit!

Thanks again for stopping by,

Sonya Peacocke