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Lemongrass Chicken

I don't know about you guys but spices might as well be another language for me.  Fortunately we have awesome people like Keirsten from Keirsten's Kitchen at The Academy to help those of us that are spice illiterate.  Check out one of her latest recipes:

Ingredients:
2 lbs chicken thighs
1 Medium purple onion
1 Tbsp fresh, chopped thyme
1 Tbsp lemongrass powder
1-2 lemons
2 tsp garlic granules (or 5-6 chopped cloves of garlic)
2 Tbsp butter

In a pot, melt butter and mix in the thyme, lemongrass powder and garlic

Chop the onion and cook in the butter until they begin to soften, slightly

While the onions are cooking, lay the chicken thighs in a baking dish; single-layered

(You will want to use a deep dish, as there will be liquid added and may overflow)

 Pour the onion mixture over the raw chicken

Squeeze the juice from the lemon(s) over the top of the chicken mixture

Bake at 425 for approximately 30 minutes; ensuring the chicken is cooked thoroughly (cut a larger thigh in half to check)

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Here's another great sounding Paleo recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen.  It's great to have these recipes that have optional natural sweetners so you can choose the version that best fits with how you're eating at the time.  If you wanted to make this a great post-workout snack you could experiement with trying to add a little protein powder from a grass fed source (which we will just happen to start carrying this week at the gym).  If anyone gives that a try let us know how it goes. 

Ingredients:
1 cup pureed pumpkin
2 large scoops (approx 1/2 of a 16 oz jar) of raw, crunchy almond butter
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp ground cloves
2 Tbsp maple syrup *optional*
handful of chopped raw walnuts
handful of raw pumpkin seeds
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
Coconut oil for greasing a baking dish   

Mix all ingredients except the pumpkin seeds, baking soda and apple cider vinegar/lemon juice in a mixing bowl

While mixing, place a baking dish in the oven to warm

Remove the pan from the oven and grease the sides and bottom with a spoonful of coconut oil

Once the batter is mixed, it should be somewhat thick
Add the baking soda to the mixed batter
Add the apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
The mix will bubble up (think elementary school volcano project!)
Continue to mix well

Once mixed, pour the mix into the baking dish
Top with pumpkin seeds

(as you can see… I also added a few dark chocolate bits to half!)

Bake at 375 for approximately 20 minutes, or until a knife or fork, when inserted at the highest point of the bread, comes out clean

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Keirsten's Kitchen is an awesome Paleo Recipe website set up by an Academy Alumni. You should definately check it out. Tons of good stuff! 

Also, like and follow on FaceBook.

-Jay

Living in Maine means you can never have to many seafood recipes.  Check out this baked Haddock dish from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
1 lb (wild-caught) Haddock
1/2 Cup almond meal
1 Lemon
Fresh dill
1 Egg, beaten
1 Tbsp butter   
*Optional- 1/2 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (adds crisp texture to baked haddock)

Mix almond meal and coconut on a plate
Coat haddock fillets in the beaten egg
Coat the egg-washed fillets in the almond meal mixture
Place in lightly-greased baking dish

Cut the lemon in half
Squeeze lemon over the haddock
Sprinkle fresh dill over the haddock

Cut the Tbsp of butter and put chunks sporadically over the haddock fillets

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Great looking Chicken recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen. 

Ingredients:
Chicken thighs
Unsweetened, dry coconut flakes (Approx 3/4 cup for every lb of chicken)
1 egg, beaten

Beat egg and place in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Coat the chicken in the beaten egg

Put coconut flakes in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Take the egg-coated chicken and coat with coconut flakes

*Tip: Repeat this process twice for extra crispy chicken 

Bake on a lined or greased baking sheet at 450 for approximately 18-22 minutes

You can't get through fall without a good apple recipe so check this one out from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
4 Apples
Variety of nuts to equal 2 cups (this recipe used almonds, Brazil nuts and hazelnuts)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp raw honey (or raw maple syrup)
2 spoonfuls almond butter  

Chop apples into small pieces
Place in baking dish

Pumpkin Bread from Keirsten's Kitchen

Here's another great sounding Paleo recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen.  It's great to have these recipes that have optional natural sweetners so you can choose the version that best fits with how you're eating at the time.  If you wanted to make this a great post-workout snack you could experiement with trying to add a little protein powder from a grass fed source (which we will just happen to start carrying this week at the gym).  If anyone gives that a try let us know how it goes. 

Ingredients:
1 cup pureed pumpkin
2 large scoops (approx 1/2 of a 16 oz jar) of raw, crunchy almond butter
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp ground cloves
2 Tbsp maple syrup *optional*
handful of chopped raw walnuts
handful of raw pumpkin seeds
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
Coconut oil for greasing a baking dish   

Mix all ingredients except the pumpkin seeds, baking soda and apple cider vinegar/lemon juice in a mixing bowl

While mixing, place a baking dish in the oven to warm

Remove the pan from the oven and grease the sides and bottom with a spoonful of coconut oil

Once the batter is mixed, it should be somewhat thick
Add the baking soda to the mixed batter
Add the apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
The mix will bubble up (think elementary school volcano project!)
Continue to mix well

Once mixed, pour the mix into the baking dish
Top with pumpkin seeds

(as you can see… I also added a few dark chocolate bits to half!)

Bake at 375 for approximately 20 minutes, or until a knife or fork, when inserted at the highest point of the bread, comes out clean

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Keirsten's Kitchen is an awesome Paleo Recipe website set up by an Academy Alumni. You should definately check it out. Tons of good stuff! 

Also, like and follow on FaceBook.

-Jay

Living in Maine means you can never have to many seafood recipes.  Check out this baked Haddock dish from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
1 lb (wild-caught) Haddock
1/2 Cup almond meal
1 Lemon
Fresh dill
1 Egg, beaten
1 Tbsp butter   
*Optional- 1/2 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (adds crisp texture to baked haddock)

Mix almond meal and coconut on a plate
Coat haddock fillets in the beaten egg
Coat the egg-washed fillets in the almond meal mixture
Place in lightly-greased baking dish

Cut the lemon in half
Squeeze lemon over the haddock
Sprinkle fresh dill over the haddock

Cut the Tbsp of butter and put chunks sporadically over the haddock fillets

Posted at 07:51 AM in Keirsten's Kitchen, recipes | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Great looking Chicken recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen. 

Ingredients:
Chicken thighs
Unsweetened, dry coconut flakes (Approx 3/4 cup for every lb of chicken)
1 egg, beaten

Beat egg and place in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Coat the chicken in the beaten egg

Put coconut flakes in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Take the egg-coated chicken and coat with coconut flakes

*Tip: Repeat this process twice for extra crispy chicken 

Bake on a lined or greased baking sheet at 450 for approximately 18-22 minutes

You can't get through fall without a good apple recipe so check this one out from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
4 Apples
Variety of nuts to equal 2 cups (this recipe used almonds, Brazil nuts and hazelnuts)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp raw honey (or raw maple syrup)
2 spoonfuls almond butter  

Chop apples into small pieces
Place in baking dish

Keirsten Kitchen

Keirsten's Kitchen is an awesome Paleo Recipe website set up by an Academy Alumni. You should definately check it out. Tons of good stuff! 

Also, like and follow on FaceBook.

-Jay

Baked Haddock from Keirsten's Kitchen

Living in Maine means you can never have to many seafood recipes.  Check out this baked Haddock dish from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
1 lb (wild-caught) Haddock
1/2 Cup almond meal
1 Lemon
Fresh dill
1 Egg, beaten
1 Tbsp butter   
*Optional- 1/2 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (adds crisp texture to baked haddock)

Mix almond meal and coconut on a plate
Coat haddock fillets in the beaten egg
Coat the egg-washed fillets in the almond meal mixture
Place in lightly-greased baking dish

Cut the lemon in half
Squeeze lemon over the haddock
Sprinkle fresh dill over the haddock

Cut the Tbsp of butter and put chunks sporadically over the haddock fillets

Posted at 07:51 AM in Keirsten's Kitchen, recipes | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Great looking Chicken recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen. 

Ingredients:
Chicken thighs
Unsweetened, dry coconut flakes (Approx 3/4 cup for every lb of chicken)
1 egg, beaten

Beat egg and place in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Coat the chicken in the beaten egg

Put coconut flakes in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Take the egg-coated chicken and coat with coconut flakes

*Tip: Repeat this process twice for extra crispy chicken 

Bake on a lined or greased baking sheet at 450 for approximately 18-22 minutes

You can't get through fall without a good apple recipe so check this one out from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
4 Apples
Variety of nuts to equal 2 cups (this recipe used almonds, Brazil nuts and hazelnuts)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp raw honey (or raw maple syrup)
2 spoonfuls almond butter  

Chop apples into small pieces
Place in baking dish

Coconut Crusted Chicken

Great looking Chicken recipe from Keirsten's Kitchen. 

Ingredients:
Chicken thighs
Unsweetened, dry coconut flakes (Approx 3/4 cup for every lb of chicken)
1 egg, beaten

Beat egg and place in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Coat the chicken in the beaten egg

Put coconut flakes in a shallow bowl or on a plate
Take the egg-coated chicken and coat with coconut flakes

*Tip: Repeat this process twice for extra crispy chicken 

Bake on a lined or greased baking sheet at 450 for approximately 18-22 minutes

Paleo Apple Crisp

You can't get through fall without a good apple recipe so check this one out from Keirsten's Kitchen:

Ingredients:
4 Apples
Variety of nuts to equal 2 cups (this recipe used almonds, Brazil nuts and hazelnuts)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp raw honey (or raw maple syrup)
2 spoonfuls almond butter  

Chop apples into small pieces
Place in baking dish