A Little Solace on the March to the Grave: Paleo Bread

In between discussing cannibalism, why we can't marry each other, and our inevitable mortality with my almost 3 year old, I made this loaf. Here's the recipe:

Paleo Bread

• 2 cups soaked and dehydrated almonds
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 cup flax seeds
• 1/8 cup sesame seeds plus additional to top, optional
• 2 tbsp coconut flour
• 1/4 cup cashew and coconut oil blend (homemade)
• 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• 4 eggs

1) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In food processor type thing, blend the almonds until they are almost a flour. This part is annoying and takes a lot of work. Sorry. You could buy almond meal/flour, but I can't handle eating it in great quantities, so soaking and dehydrating the almonds beforehand make this bread easier on my belly.

2) Add the baking soda, salt, flax seeds, sesame seeds and coconut flour and mix.

3) Add the remaining ingredients and mix until it turns into a dough. A wet dough. 

4) Grease a small loaf pan (I used pastured butter) and pour batter into pan. Put in the oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes. It should puff up a lot and brown. 

About the cashew/coconut oil blend: I made my own cashew butter but it doesn't get smooth unless I add oil. I am not sure about the proportions, but I'd guess it's about 75% cashew. 

Frozen Chocolate Banana Nut Balls

It's getting hot in here, so let's make some nut balls! I am getting so hot, I'm going to make some nut balls.
I made a version of these when Cary and Meri came over for dinner, but this recipe is more elegant, smoother, less sweet. You can always add some honey or maple syrup to these. Taste as you go, that's what I do.
Frozen Chocolate Banana Nut Balls

• 1 cup sprouted and dehydrated almonds and cashews
• 1/4 plus 1/8 cup raw cacao powder
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 2 tap vanilla extract
• 1 banana

So what I did was put the nuts and coconut in my ninja blender with the cacao powder and blended for a while until it was pretty smooth. Then I added the coconut oil and vanilla and blended again until it was almost the texture of nut butter. Then I added the banana and blended until that was, well, blended. Taste for sweetness. You might want to add some honey if you want a sweet treat.
Then I lined a plate with parchment paper and scooped out balls using my mini ice cream slash cookie scooper. Make them not too big is my advice, since they really take a while to eat. Then I popped that plate into the freezer until they were good and frozen. Then I ate a bunch. Yum!