Homemade Apple Sauce

Homemade Clean Apple Sauce is delicious and easy to make!  It also tastes better than the apple sauce you would buy at the store, and has no added sugar, preservatives, colors or chemicals.

Ingredients:
6 Apples
2 Cinnamon Sticks
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Water
1 Tbsp Raw Honey (optional)

What you need:
Sauce Pot
Blender or Food Processor

Making your own homemade apple sauce is quick and easy! First wash and peel your apples.

 

 Once peeled, slice your apples and remove the core.  Then place your sliced apples and cinnamon sticks in a saucepan and fill with water.  You want the water to be level with the apples without actually covering your apples.  

Cook your apples on high heat for about 15 minutes until they are soft and all the water has been absorbed. Once cooked, place the apples (minus the cinnamon sticks) into your blender or food processor. Now add the lemon juice and raw honey if you want to add a sweetener. If your apples are tart, you may want to add the  honey to balance out the flavor.  Blend until the apples are broken down. 

Now you can serve and enjoy your applesauce! 

 You can store your fresh homemade apple sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week or freeze.

 ENJOY!

Simple Paleo Pesto!

It's no secret I love pesto! As I try to avoid dairy these days I needed to re configure my pesto recipe to make it dairy free! Going into this I wasn't sure how it would taste or if I would even like pesto without my beloved fresh romano or parmesan cheese!!  I was delighted to realize I don't even miss it!! I absolutely love this new take on my pesto recipe, not only is it Paleo, it's also Vegan and Vegetarian as well, plus it tastes amazing!

1 cup fresh basil leaves

3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts

2-4 garlic cloves

1 teaspoon lemon juice

¼ teaspoon sea salt

3 tablespoons EVOO

As always I like recipes that are simple, quick and easy! 

 

To make the pesto you want to toast the pine nuts over low to medium heat for a few minutes to bring out their flavor. 

 

 

Put everything (except oil) in your food processor.

 

 

As it begins to mix slowly add in the oil 

 

 

Thats it! Now enjoy!

 

 

There are so many great uses for Pesto, for example, pesto linguini and shrimp, but tonight I used it to top off my dinner of organic red quinoa and chicken. Yum!

 

 

What is your favorite way to eat Pesto?

Homemade Worcestershire Sauce!

 Worcestershire is a flavorful sauce that is added to many dishes.  Eating Paleo restricts me from being able to reach for the store bought staple.  Luckily though it is a sauce that can easily be made at home with ingredients you already have in your cupboard.  Here is Hungry For Livings easy recipe for Paleo Worcestershire sauce.

 What you need:

• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos
• 1/4 tsp fresh minced ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground mustard 
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp fresh ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor for 30 seconds to a minute to blend and break up the ginger. 
2. Pour sauce into a saucepan and slowly bring it to a boil while stirring frequently. 
3. Let simmer for about a minute so the flavors can develop. 
4. Cool, place in a recycled glass container and store in the refrigerator.

Tip: You can substitute ginger powder for the fresh ginger and skip the food processor step.

Would you make homemade Worcestershire sauce?

Satay Sauce!

Here is Hungry For Living's simple recipe for a Paleo Satay sauce.

½  cup sun butter  Recipe Here

¼ cup coconut milk

1/8  cup hot water

1/8  cup coconut aminos

3 garlic cloves

1 tbsp red pepper flakes

Juice from ½ a lime
1 1/2 tsp curry powder (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until creamy.

Makes 1 cup

My fiance is not a fan of curry so we choose to make our satay sauce minus the curry powder.