Zucchini Egg Bake

Tonight I made zucchini egg bake. This is recipe from the Primal blueprint cookbook. Its very good and very filling and pretty easy to make as well.  Tonight is the Bachelorette so I better write this quick! I am also in the process of reading the second hunger games book and I have been having dreams about poisonous spit and people trying to kill me. I guess they are nightmares but I like it so does that mean its a dream and not a nightmare? 

Zucchini Egg Bake
1 pound of zucchini
1/2 pound sausage
4 tbsp butter
 1/2 cup onion
3 eggs 
Parmesan cheese

Directions 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees . Put butter and onions in the pan and fry them up until tender, add shredded zucchini and cook for 7 minutes until soft. Drain excess water from zucchini , set aside. Brown sausage in the pan, once cooked add the zucchini back in with the meat and season. I use a little salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasonings.  Once that's mixed up add three beaten eggs to the zucchini and sausage mix. Pour into an 8x8 pan and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cook uncovered for 35-40 mins. Tastes good cold or reheated !

Spaghetti Squash and Snowcones

Happy Mother's Day! I received a sterling silver pearl ring and a Mom picture frame and I am told there is a candle waiting for me. I did however , have to do all the cooking , cleaning and laundry today. I also had to help the youngest do her state in a box project. It wasn't very relaxing at all. My husband played golf , and watched a golf tournament all day. He was also served lunch and dinner and dessert while he watched the TV. I think we should switch... on Father's Day he can take care of me.  Today I made spaghetti squash spaghetti and I told the kids to try it and if they didn't like it , I would make them regular noodles ( I have a few items in the cupboard I didn't throw out in case non primal folks came over) They did ask for the regular noodles before they even tried these ! I told them no they could eat the spaghetti squash if I could. It was really good ! My middle daughter loved my sauce. Everyone finished their dinner. I am attributing this to the fact it was good because I did feed them all lunch today.

They have been bugging me for snow cones for the last month so I decided to let them have one for dessert.

NOT PRIMAL - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EAT THESE ! 

Here is the Spaghetti squash Spaghetti

Ingredients :

One spaghetti squash 

1 large can diced tomatoes 

1 can tomatoes paste 

As much as you want of the following spices 

Italian seasoning 

onion powder

garlic powder

garlic

pepper

salt

oregano 

basil

one pound ground meat 

Directions for Squash - 

cut in half and microwave each side for 8 minutes, take a fork and scrape the insides out 

Directions for sauce  -

Take can of tomatoes and paste and blend in food processor, put in a pot and add seasonings until it tastes like you want it to ! 

I cook the ground meat itself and then add it to the sauce.

Add a little shredded Parmesan and mozzarella and that's all there is to it  ! 

Mama Mia Cauliflower pizza !

I don't have a lot of time to write today but I would like to share that we had cauliflower pizza and I will post the recipe . I am showing pics but it is not the pizza from tonight. I make one large pizza and make half with what I like and half with what the Husband likes. My side hardly has anything because I am really picky. I put some tomatoes , sausage , spinach and pineapple and cheese on mine. The other side had mushrooms and onions and olives added to it. I also made my own spaghetti sauce because we all got sick off the store bought sauce. I really think it was the sugar in it. Making it yourself is really quick and easy, I take one can of diced tomatoes , one can of tomato paste and I blend it in the food processor. Then I put it in the pot and add some garlic powder , onion powder and some Italian seasoning and a little salt and pepper. The picture below has fresh mozzarella on it . Which I prefer ... but wasn't able to get tonight. I made this the first time awhile ago and cant remember where I got the recipe so I am not able to give the credit to the person I got it from.

1 large cauliflower (2-3 cups riced cauliflower)
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp each pizza spices : oregano, garlic, etc
Your favorite pizza toppings (including more mozzarella!)

Pizza sauce if desired

Instructions
Rice cauliflower - grate or pulse in food processor. Cook in microwave for approx 7 minutes until cauliflower is cooked though. Do NOT add water!
Mix riced cauliflower, shredded cheese, eggs and spices in a large bowl.
Spread mixture on parchment paper covered baking sheet
Bake in 450 degree oven for 15 minutes
Remove from oven and add toppings
Return to oven and bake until cheese has melted

Easy like a Sunday Morning

This week just flew by. It was a rough one. My daughter was in a play so I was busy spending my evenings watching a group of kids aged 9-13. This is not easy... Trust me . I think I used 3 of my migraine pills this week.  I am so glad this week is over and a new one is beginning.  I went to the flea market all day Saturday and didn't make much money, but it was a good learning experience. I fried! My hands are sunburned and my forehead and nose hurts so bad ! My daughter  brought some old books to sell and every time she made some money she would spend it. She took home a lot of stuff with her $8.00 ! Today was relax day , I worked on some crafts , cleaned a bit and went shopping. The hubby went golfing and I slept till 9 am.  This evening I made lasagne with zucchini for noddles . It was messy but very tasty! I also made dessert - strawberry shortcake. Tasted just as good as the real thing. Just what I needed. I almost had a breakdown last night because I am just bored.  I am bored with food and the effort it takes to make it now. We ended up having steak salad last night but I really wanted the Mexican restaurant down the road.  I  had forgotten that the Hubby thinks iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value at all and their taco salads are chock full of it .  I know it doesn't but I didn't care , I wasn't going for nutritional value I was going for taste. My salad had a hearty helping of iceberg and his green leaf  :) I think this lasagne and shortcake was just what I needed to get out of my funk.

Here is the shortcake and I plan on making this a lot this summer. Its Kid and Husband approved!

I got this recipe from www.glutenfreefix.com 

 There are some amazing recipes on there and I will definitely be trying some more of them !  

Strawberry Shortcake

Shortcake:

1/3 cup coconut flour

1/3 cup butter or coconut oil, melted

4 eggs

2-4 TBSP honey (depending on how sweet you want the shortcake)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking powder

dash of salt

If you want to make the coconut whipped cream here is the recipe. I used whipping cream with a little stevia for my whipped cream.

 

Coconut Milk Whipped Cream:

1 can full-fat, unsweetened coconut milk, refrigerated

1 tsp vanilla

1-2 tsp honey or pure maple syrup (if desired)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 3 ramekins , muffin tins or whoopie pie pans with coconut oil. In a large bowl, beat together butter (or coconut oil), honey, eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and beat until well-combined and no lumps remain. Pour into 3 ramekins (leave room for the shortcakes to to rise). Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes, carefully remove from ramekin and let cool completely.