New Photography Page - Katlyn Durocher Photography!

Hello all ! I have just recently started up a Facebook page for my other passion : Photography ! I am posting a link here for you to take a look if you wish to :) Please like and share with your friends !

https://www.facebook.com/KatlynDurocherPhotography

Paleo Chocolate Caramel Pecan Bars

Pecan clusters with chocolate and carmel goodness !? It doesn't get better than this ! Today I woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland , what not better a day to do some baking :) Enjoy !

All the yummy layers within ! Almond Crust - Chocolate - Caramel - Pecans !

Best Paleo Pizza Crust !

I was so happy with this recipe ! I have tried multiple different Paleo pizza crusts, but non tasted and worked as well as this one! All the others were good , but just not quite like a true good pizza crust. This crust my sister and I both agreed was just as good as a real home made thin sliced pizza crust, the texture was perfect as well as the stability of it, you can hold the pizza in your hand! ( unlike a cauliflower crust ) Hope you love this recipe just as much as me !

Almond Crusted Chicken Breast on Salad With Coconut Aminos Ginger Almond Dressing - Candida Friendly

Well its week 2 of my candida cleanse and Im feel awesome ! Day 3 and 4 were a bit ruff but I expected that . Having done the cleanse before I knew that when your body started killing off the candida you don't feel so good for a few days, but soon you start to feel better and better and then amazing !  I had some left over chicken breasts so I made up this salad, and decided to try and make a raw creamy nut based salad dressing.

Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Meat Balls And Tomato Sauce - Candida Friendly

I recently got a super cool new kitchen tool which I love! A spiralizer ! I have wanted one for a while now, so I am so happy to have this new tool.  Check out the link below for the spiralizer I got and highly recommend. It makes perfect spirals out of many different vegetables and fruits ! I placed a link below to where you can buy the spiralizer.

http://www.amazon.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-A4982799-Tri-Blade/dp/B0007Y9WHQ

Zucchini noodles made with a spiralizer 

Zucchini noodles made with a potato peeler 

Chicken Egg Spouts Salad - Candida Cleanse

The new year has arrived ! Time for a major overhaul! Last semester was stressful and Christmas was to tempting ! haha my best friend and I bot decided to so a 30 day candida cleanse . This is the initial start of my change to a pale diet. I first did a candida cleanse and it lead into eating a paleo diet after :) I posted some links below on more information on what the candida cleanse is:

http://www.thecandidadiet.com/cleansing.htm

http://www.thecandidadiet.com/foodstoavoid.htm

On this cleanse I am taking Bentonite clay and Caprylic oil ( and extract of coconut oil) as well to help with expulsion of toxins and breaking down the yeast.

http://www.thecandidadiet.com/bentonite.htm

Chicken Cordon Bleu With Santa Fe Salad And Avocado Dressing

Dinner night with my BFF ! We decided to make home made ham and swiss cheese chicken cordon bleu and pair it with a nice healthy salad, so I came up with this Santa Fe styled salad recipe :)

Paleo Banana Chocolate Muffins

I had a whole bunch of bananas that were in desperate need of being used up quickly! Memories of my moms old sugar and gluten filled amazing banana bread came to mind. Of source this recipe is complete modified excluding all gluten and utilizing the bananas own sweetness for sugar, but certainly tastes just as good!

Mini Vanilla Orange Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

These were made for my girl friends daughters first birthday. I wanted to make something good for the kids and the adults too ;) ! These mini cup cakes are perfect bite size of deliciousness !

Dark Chocolate Paleo Fudge Cookies

I made these cookies before christmas during exam time, I was having an extreme chocolate craving so this was the perfect fix haha. Nothing like chocolate and a hot cup of tea to cure some stress!

Banana Coconut Flour Chocolate Chip Pancakes

A perfect fun and easy weekend breakfast, utilizing coconut flour as the base, paired with bananas and dark chocolate chips :) Everyone will love this one, especially the kids !

Pulled chicken chipotle guacamole tacos

I'm in love with chipotle what can I say , it's amazing ! I found this amazing smokey import Mexican chipotle sauce , do I decided to make some pulled chicken in my crock pot and use it for tacos :) !

Mini Sweet Bell Peppers Stuffed With Crab Dip

When I saw these mini sweet bell peppers I instantly had the idea of making a crab dip. We used to make a hot crab dip and put it into a big bread bowl, but thats is no longer on the menu plan, this is much more delicious anyways ! :)

Plantain Bread !

This is amazing, no really you NEED to try this! Plantain are so tasty and make an awesome easy to make bread! You can use it to replace bread any where you would normally use have it. Check out my super tasty sandwich with home grown sprouts ! YUM

Plantain Bread With Easy Over Eggs And Ham

Oh how I love plantains and eggs! I think they are 2 of my favourite foods, along with avocados of course :p

Strawberry Cheese Cake Chocolate Almond Cups

Well this was a recipe back from summer time that never got posted so here it is ! This is actually one of my moms inventions of a paleo friendly desert :) She did it back a year ago or so, we liked it so much we decided to make them for my friends wedding this summer (and he just so happens to love strawberry cheese cake ! ) 

Apricot Sunflower Coconut Power Balls

I wanted to make something quick and easy to grab and go before a work out or when studying that would last a wile, so I created these ! They can last in the fridge for up to 3 weeks so you can make a goos batch and store them away.

Chipotle Butternut Squash Coconut soup

Fall is in full blast now, the leaves are falling, the rains and wind has come, and my wool socks have been put to good use haha.. What better a way to warm the soul ( and feet ! lol) than soup :)

Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes With Chocolate Banana Frosting

This past week was birthday bonanzas! 3 birthday in a row, so I decided to make cup cakes  :) enjoy!

.:: From Costa Rica To Canada Time Keeps Going By ::.

Wow, it has been far too long since I last updated Passionate Paleo! The last month has been extremely hectic , moving twice , 3 weddings , and now getting ready to go back to Costa Rica! I spent the last 3 weeks with my family which was fantastic :) When I left Costa Rica I didn't think I would be going back so soon, but I absolutely loved it! I am so fortunate to be able to go back and stay with a friend, who knows maybe I'll move there one day ;) I plan on doing lots of updating in mid to late september once I am back at school. Lots of new recipes to invent and try!

For those of you who don't know I also have a face book page which I update frequently with recipes , nutrition tips and tricks, and lots of other awesome health related articles. If you would like to check it out here is a link!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Passionate-Paleo/168240076656417

Until next time ~ have a great rest of summer! Ciao~

From Costa Rica To Canada :) <333 p="">