Pork Tenderloin with Roast Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato.

Serves 2 - 3 people 


Ingredients: 
For Pork Marinade:
4 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
1 tbsp of Herbs De Province
Pepper
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tbs Whole Grain Mustard
For Roasted Squash & Sweet Potato:
1 x medium squash
1 x medium sweet potato

Method:
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
Cut shallow cuts in pork loin and pour marinade over. Cover and place in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight if possible.
Heat crockpot and add pork loin. Fry all sides.
Place in the oven at 180C for approx 30 minutes or until cooked through.
Rest for 10 minutes before serving.

For Vegetables:
Peel and chop both veg into bite size cubes
Place in a dish and coat with coconut oil
Roast for 30 - 40 minutes until cooked through.

I served these with wilted spinach

Banana, Berry and Walnut Muffins

My son and I had a busy day today! He loves baking so, as the rain continues to fall (you have got to love Ireland!) we decided to bake these muffins.

They are a good source of Omega 3 with the walnuts and the flax seed and make a good snack of breakfast alternative.

Makes 24

325 g Almond flour
100 g Chopped Walnuts
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup of milled flax seed
1 tsp of cinnamon (add more if you like it, I am not a huge fan)

5 ripe bananas
1 cup of strawberries or other seasonal berry, chopped
2 tbsp honey (less if your fruit is very ripe)
4 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 190C
Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl
Mash the banana well, use the most ripe bananas you have as they will help sweeten the overall mix.
Place all the remaining wet ingredients in with the bananas and mix well.
Next combine in the dry ingredients. Use a processer if you wish but ensure it is well mixed.
Pour into muffin moulds and bake for 25 minutes or until cooked through.

Flourless Chocolate Brownies

So it has been a fairly hectic week around here as I was preparing to finish up my last job.

I had my first day at home and I am no trying to embrace domestic bliss!

It is different than I am used to but it will be nice for a while.

My Paleo lifestyle will have to be tweaked to suit my unemployment status, so I am a long way of being able to afford organic. Maybe some day.

Anyway myself and my son are bored this evening as its been raining ALL day so we decided to get in some baking. As my son is Diabetic Paleo friendly treats also suit him which is great. It is great but very rich recipe for brownies so we served Avocado Chocolate Mousse with ours to make it seem lighter. You need to be a true chocoholic (and not sweet made) for this one.

For the Brownies we used:

170grams of 70 % Cocoa Chocolate
220 grams Kerrygold Butter
1/2 cup of honey
5 egg yokes
1/2 cup of cocoa
2 tbs Vanilla extract (or mint)

Preheat the oven to 190C
Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl over hot water until smooth
Add the honey and vanilla and stir.

Add beaten eggs yokes to the mixture gradually and whisk until well mixed
Add the cocoa powder gradually until well mixed
Stir batter into a greased tin and bake for about 25 - 30 minutes until cooked through
Cool in tin for a few minutes and then remove and serve arm with Avocado mousse

Moose:
1 x Avocado
1 tbs cocoa powder
1 tbs honey

Blend with a handheld blender until smooth.
Check taste and add more honey or cocoa if required.
This tastes lovely and doesnt taste at all like avocado!

Enjoy