Paleo Apple Banana Muffins

The paleo challenge has begun at EXP so everyone is sharing recipes. I made these today so John and Elena had something to take to take with them in their lunches. They came out so yummy!! Here's the recipe:

2-1/4 cups almond meal
4 omega 3 enriched eggs
1 organic apple finely chopped
1 very ripe banana
1/4 cup melted/liquified coconut oil
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 heaping tbsp cinnamon

preheat oven to 350. mash bananas and mix with chopped apples. add other ingredients and mix by hand. should be like cake batter. fill muffin cups 3/4 way full and bake for 15-17 min or until toothpick comes out clean.

Add blueberries or nuts for some added texture. Enjoy!

Ruby and Noelle

Some pics from babysitting Noelle with Ruby yesterday. Ruby usually "tolerates" Noelle but for some reason decided she wanted to be sitting on her at all times. :)

Grocery List

I'm just going to take a wild guess at who was editing my grocery list...

Rosaries

Today I finished up a project I've been working on for a few months. Our friend Barbara Culhane lost her 11 yr old daughter a few months ago in a tragic accident. She was one of John's co-workers at Fastech. The whole family has been devastated so we wanted to do something for them. One of the things we decided to do for them is have these rosaries made for them from rose petals given to the family at the funeral. We took up a collection and raised over $600. The rosaries came out beautiful. They are going to give a set to each of the priests at their church where their daughter was an altar server. I have a bracelet given to me when my father passed away 25 years ago and it's something's I treasure. I hope they fel the same someday.

The excess funds were used to purchase a gift certificate at a spa here in Groton for her and her other teenage daughter. Hopefully they can use it to do something relaxing and healing for themselves. I'm sure they could use it. When you think you're having a bad day, all you have to do is think of Barbara. Doesn't seem so bad anymore.

Posting from my phone?

So I thought since John was hogging the computer that I would try to finish my blog from my phone and apparently I can't finish a blog but I can POST a new one so here goes!

I'm going to be posting some pics of the kids and another blog on recent happenings soon. Promise. And it won't take 3 years like the last time!

Meatball Soup

Made this today - thought I'd share....

Yummy Paleo Meatball Soup. NO LIE... YUMMM-EEEEE!



Paleo Meatball Soup

Ingredients

3 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, minced

3 celery stalks, thinly sliced

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 (14.5 oz.) can crushed tomatoes, with juice (canned only tomatoes)

2 box beef broth

2 tsp oregano

3 tbps of fresh basil

1 tsp pepper

1 egg

1 lb. ground beef

1 tsp garlic powder

1/4 cup almond meal

3 cups baby spinach

1-2 cup of each broccoli and cauliflower (I used 2)

1-2 zucchini chopped (I used 2)

1parsnip sliced (I ommitted this - not my favorite veggie)

Instructions

Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a soup pot.Add in onion and celery, and cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add crushed tomatoes and their juices, beef broth, other vegetables, 1 teaspoon oregano, 2 teaspoons basil, and 1/2 t. salt. Bring to a simmer.

While the soup simmers make the meatballs.

Instructions

In a bowl combine ground beef, egg, almond meal, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1 t. pepper and 1 tbsp of garlic powder.

Mix with your hands until well combined. Divide into tablespoons and roll into smooth firm balls. As you work gently drop the meatballs into the soup.

Add spinach and remaining basil and simmer for 20 minutes until meat is cooked through. about 1 hour

Catching up!

Yes, it's been a LONG time since I've written anything here. Sorry! Of course, maybe I'm the only one reading it so it's okay!