Paleo Porridge Mint Chocolate Mint Chocolate Paleo Porridge with Banana Yes I know this probably sounds weird but believe me it tastes totally delicious! * I ve set this out as a recipe for paleo porridge but as with so many of these types of meals you really can mix and match and the amounts are very forgiving as to what suits your taste preferences best. The thing to remember is that eggs and coconut help to bind the mixture as does the banana which is also useful as masking the cauliflower flavour (being a sweetener). The eggs and any protein powder are totally optional but we love to add to boost the protein content. I love to eat it with the cauliflower a bit crunchy but totally get it that this is not to everyones liking. To be safe suggest you blend up the cauliflower to a puree which will make it harder to notice.
If you ve been following our blog a while you will know that we love to try to use whole foods like pumpkin, sweet potato, cauliflower, carrots and squash as much as possible when recreating traditional breakfast options. Now, of course you can make mimic traditional cereal based breakfasts making granola type mixtures with some super amazing tastes using predominantly nuts. However, I prefer to keep nuts for snacking on or the occasional baked treat (made of nut flour) than to eat nuts by the spoonful in my breakfast. For one thing there are potentially issues on the omega-6 front (don t ask me for the details as I m not a nutritionist but if you google you ll find plenty of info on this start perhaps with Marks Daily Apple or The Paleo Mom websites for good general advice). Then on the other hand nut based breakfasts are a missed opportunity to be eating more vegetables (and possibly moderate meat) so as to have the most nutrient dense meal. Lastly nut based breakfasts tend toward the more stackable/higher sugar type meals and preferably we want to avoid starting the day with sugar both for what it does to the body and for setting up the taste buds for the day. Having said all of that we do have sweeter breakfasts (pancakes or porridge with some nuts) a couple of times a week on average. So here s the recipe Paleo Porridge Mint Chocolate flavour give it a go and post a pic in the comments or on our Facebook! Would love to know how you find it! Or try another option our totally yum CocoNutty Paleo Porridge. Mint Chocolate Paleo Porridge Print
Prep time 5 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 10 mins Super delicious nutrient dense way to start off the morning this recipes uses cauliflower as the base ingredient. Author: Dom s Kitchen Recipe type: Breakfast Type of food: Paleo Serves: 2-4 What you need: 1 cup cauliflower, grated ¼ cup desiccated coconut 1 cup coconut cream or milk (cream will be thicker mixture and richer) 1 large banana 2 Tbsp chia seeds (preferably white it will work without these but adds nice thickness to texture) 2 large eggs, whisked 1 tsp vanilla extract optional 1 tsp cinnamon optional Pinch of salt Kids Good Stuff Mint Chocolate Supplement More water to add when cooking if required. What to do 1. Place grated cauliflower, coconut, banana and coconut milk in blender and blend until pureed. 2. Transfer to stove top and bring to simmer and add whisked eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and salt and stir to combine so its a puree. 3. Add more water as required to get consistency you like. I usually add an extra
½ cup as it cooks. 4. Add any flavouring you prefer like 1 scoop of Kids Good Stuff for mint choc flavour. 5. Serve and enjoy! Chef Dom s Tips: Add nuts, berries, yoghurt anything you would like. We usually have it plain. Instead of Kids Good Stuff you can use mint in hot water and use that as your water to add for the mint flavour and use 1 Tbsp cocoa or cacao powder for the chocolate)when I first started off giving this to Dom I did also add a small amount of maple syrup to the top to increase the sweetness. Nowadays not necessary. I d say the trick definitely is in getting the cauliflower to a puree and then figuring out the best flavours you or your kids love. And if they don t go for this then give our Perfect Apple Cinnamon Porridge a go which is more like traditional oatmeal. Good luck! *Or at least it does if you re not my sister. She was here yesterday when I made up a batch of this stuff and according to her it tastes like cake batter. Apparently yummy cake batter but still cake batter! So I guess you can t please everyone. But I ve made so many variations of this and, while for sure some have been better than others, they ve all been great to my tasting and for Dom. But if you re a bit fussier and want something that is really very much like the taste of oatmeal porridge then you ll need to check out our Perfect Apple Cinnamon Paleo Porridge. Cauliflower Mash
Cauliflower Mash with Parsley. Cauliflower mash is the classic paleo/low carb substitute for mashed potatoes. Not
that you can t eat potatoes when your eating paleo but when you are looking to reduce the amount of high energy carbs you re eating then this dish is a fantastic alternative (and I d say even tastier than the original). Cauliflower mash is great to pull out of fun at a winter dinner party and if you do it right, it s so similar in texture and taste that your guests won t even realise they re not eating potatoes! This mash is: Buttery Smooth Nourishing Low carb Satisfying Fun for guests Try it this week and let us know what you think! Cauliflower Mash Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 40 mins
Total time 50 mins Author: Dom s Kitchen Recipe type: Side Dish Type of food: Paleo Serves: 5 What you need: 2 cups of chicken broth or stock 1 large head of cauliflower cut into small-ish florets (you can also cut the core up) 4 cloves of garlic (keep them whole) 2 Tbsp of lard (pig fat) (or use duck fat or beef fat (tallow) or coconut oil or butter ½ tsp salt 3 Tbsp chopped parsley (or chives work well too) What to do 1. Combine the broth or stock in a large pot. Cover and bring to boil over high heat. 2. At soon as boiling, reduce heat to lowest setting and simmer until cauliflower is soft. This should take about 30 minutes. 3. Add the garlic to the pot and simmer for about 5 minutes. 4. Drain, reserving the liquid. 5. Place the drained cauliflower, fat of choice and salt in food processor and blend until pureed. Add in some of the reserved liquid if you prefer it thinner consistency. 6. Stir in the parsley or chives. You can also make this recipe using parsnips or of course with potatoes.
Coconutty Paleo Porridge (With Hidden Cauliflower) Paleo Porridge (with Cauliflower!) This is something you might not have tried before for breakfast. We like it hot or cold (cooked and then cooled). It s a substitute porridge but made with a cauliflower base! Sounds weird right? Chef Dom and I find it super-delicious. But give it a go and let us know what you think! Note that there are of course loads of different ways of mixing and matching different ratios of these ingredients. Keep them all white to mimic normal porridge or mix up with fun coloured nut butters. You can put in more or less cauliflower to taste. We use 1 cup or more. Just be sure your banana is ripe if you
want to mask the cauliflower taste! Bananas are great at covering the taste of veggies and adding texture to these porridge type dishes. Dried apples are also good for this. Just use them in moderation as they are fairly high in sugar. Also we often add in an egg or two to up the protein content using real food. Use egg whites only to keep it looking porridge like or just chuck in whole eggs. This is really quick and easy if you have blended up/grated the cauliflower in advance. I find much easier to blend up a whole cauliflower at start of week and pop in fridge airtight container then easy to use as filler in porridge or as rice with stir fry or as mash potato. Cauliflower is such a versatile vege!! You could also make it the night before and keep in fridge eat cold or just heat up the next day. If this one is too cauliflowery for you then you might prefer our Mint Chocolate Paleo Porridge (also using cauliflower as a base). Quick & Easy Paleo Porridge (With Hidden Veggie) Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 10 mins Totally yum whole food breakfast recipe try it and see if the kids even notice
there s a veggie hidden in here! Author: Dom s Kitchen Recipe type: Breakfast Type of food: Paleo Serves: 2-4 What you need: 1 cup cauliflower, grated ¼ cup of coconut, dessicated ¼ cup coconut, flakes (or more desiccated) ¼ cup LSA (ground linseed, sunflower seeds, almond seeds or variation of similar crushed seeds/nuts) 2 ripe medium size banana 1 cup milk (we use coconut milk or coconut cream) 1 cup water Optional ingredients are: extra milk or cream (to add to mix or to serve with) coconut butter, chopped nuts, dried apple, coconut flakes or cashew nuts. What to do 1. Add all ingredients to blender and blend on high for 2 minutes or until pureed.(you can skip this step if you are ok with it being crunchy). 2. Transfer to saucepan on stove top and bring to simmer and then cook for couple of minutes. 3. Stir through some chopped coconut flakes, dried apple and coconut butter. 4. Serve with milk/cream and whatever else you like on top! 5. So yummy and delicious. 6. You can cook in microwave too of course if you like just leave room at top of bowl for porridge to expand in cooking!
Making school lunches Love it or hate it? Planet Box Lunchbox with Sausage and Baked Cauliflower One of Chef Dom s lunches from a week ago: Roasted Cauliflower Grapes & Feijoas Sausages & Lettuce (Free range organic beef meat) Tomatoes Home-made Mayo Chocolate Bliss Ball Wondering who else has been enjoying not having to make school lunch boxes this holidays? I kind of have a love-hate relationship with them. On the one hand I ve worked out what works and what doesn t (for the moment at least)
and, because we ve been eating 95% real food without packages for over a year, the actual putting together of a real food lunch box is not taking so much time. I ve definitely found that having a lunchbox with little spaces to put in food directly (a bento box concept) makes it much easier to get the portions right and then I can see easily what s been eaten and what hasn t. Also on the positive, I get a lot of satisfaction out of putting it together and having it come back (mostly) eaten. On the other hand even with an ice pack (and the stainless steel box chilled in the fridge overnight) it s never the same as if you just got it out of the fridge and I still often run low on food that I know for absolute certain will work. Although we do turn to trusty favourites often (meatballs, chicken drumsticks, kumara fries, kale crisps, fruit, tomatoes and olives) there are always some new things. I suppose that s because we re often trying new foods for dinner times for fun and so (because most of Dom s lunch box is leftovers) there are often newish things in his lunchbox. All of this has the net result that I still seem to need to turn on my lunch-box brain in a way it doesn t always want to be turned on. What about you? Are you a lunchbox lover or hater (in so far as making them goes) or a bit of both?