2 weekends ago I went and visited my parents in Conway. Mom and I made some yummy chocolate Paleo ice cream. For those of you who don't know what the Paleo diet is, well- it's called the ManCave diet because you basically eat: nuts, veggies, fruits, meat (but grass-fed pasture raised meat) and fish. NO SUGAR AT ALL!! Lately I've been trying a Zone diet- it's not quite as hard core as Paleo and I do pretty well during the week, but then that weekend hits and it goes all down hill = ) Also sometimes for dinner it's hard to stick to the diet because we all know I'm an eating out machine! Ok ok, back to the chocolate paleo ice cream- it was very good! Here's the recipe- use preferrably with an ice cream maker so everything mixes up really well.
2 14 oz cans coconut milk (regular, not light)
2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (I love Penzy's dutch process)
6 TBSP honey
In a medium size bowl, mix the cocoa power with 1 can of coconut milk until combined (I like to sift my cocoa so there isn't any lumps). You should get a fudgey consistency. Then add your other can of coconut milk and honey and wisk until combined.
Pour into your ice cream maker (following their instructions for time, etc). Ours takes 25-30 minutes.
Last week my dad was in town doing some work for a friend and stayed with Andrew and I. One night I decided to try another Paleo recipe for pizza. Here's the recipe
Crust:2 cups almond meal
2 eggs
3 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp baking soda
1 tsp garlic powder
1 ½ tbsp fresh rosemary chopped
Toppings:
1 cup organic marinara sauce
1 lb Italian pork sausage nitrate free
2 crook neck yellow summer squash diced
3 green onions chopped
Handful of torn basil leaves
2 small tomatoes diced
1/2 cup roasted red peppers diced
Handful of sliced black olives
***Preheat your oven to 350. Using a spoon mix all crust ingredients together until it becomes very thick. Using your hands, form the dough into a ball. Lightly grease a pizza pan or a cookie sheet with olive oil. Place the ball of dough in the center of your cookie sheet or pizza pan and using your hands, push and pat the dough down into the shape of a circle. You want to make the dough as thin as possible. Your pizza will be about 12 inches across. Bake JUST the crust in your pre-heated oven for 20 minutes. While your crust is cooking, prepare your toppings. After the crust if done, remove from the oven and evenly spread the marinara sauce over the crust. Add the sausage and all remaining toppings evenly over the sauce and bake again for an additional 25-30 minutes.
I wasn't sure about this pizza- but I loved it! I remembered to take a picture after we pretty much demolished it = )
This weekend was labor day weekend, but best of all, HOG FOOTBALL STARTED! Andrew had to work this game so my dad went with me. This was our first year to have season tickets- I love our seats and had so much fun with a great win!
I also got a new cooler painted from a sorority sister (Allyson Mcguire, Creative Design by Allyson Mcguire on facebook) just in time for the first Hog game!
Sunday I went to the clothesline fair in Prairie Grove. I have grown up going to this fair but have not been in probably 5 years. So I decided it was time to go back this year since I didn't have any big plans. I must admit I was disappointed. They had some good stuff don't get me wrong, it just wasn't as big as I remember it being. I went to War Eagle last year and it was huge- I loved it! I was expecting it to be big like that but it wasn't. However, I did buy some yummy salsa.
Today I went to Fayetteville to do some shopping with Big Kara. I got some house decorations, fall decorations and I got stuff to make, um Big Kara will make, a Halloween Wreath.
I have been waiting for this picture to go on sale! Our extra bedroom/tv room/Andrew's man room is being decorated in Hog decor/game room type stuff- I love it! I'm slowly but surely getting the house how I want it. I think our bedroom will be the last room to tackle, because I want a new bedroom set, and probably won't decorate until we decide which set we want. Not that we're looking hard or anything at the moment- but some day = )
I'm so excited it's a short work week, another Hog game this weekend in LR and then leaving Sunday for Las Vegas!!!!
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