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Baking

Paleo banana bread

Preheat oven to 350F.

Into a blender:

• 4 bananas
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup almond butter
• 4 tbsp coconut butter

Mix well, then add:

• 1/2 cup coconut flour (75 grams)(or almond flour, macadamia nut meal, etc)
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla

Mix well, then (optionally) add:

• Raisins or prunes, pulse to blend on a little

Pour into a baking loaf pan.

Oven: 350F for 60min

Remove from oven and flip onto a cooling rack.

Paleo crunch bar

Preheat oven to 400F

In food processor pulse until tiny chunks:

• 3/4 cup raw almonds
• 3/4 cup raw macadamia nuts

Then add into a large mixing bowl and mix with:

• 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds / pepitas
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1/2 cup cranberries or raisins
• 1/2 cup coconut oil melted
• 1/4 cup raw organic honey
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Grease a large 9x9 square baking dish with coconut oil

Oven: 400F for 20-25min. Test center with toothpick to come out clean.

Let cool on counter. Then slice into bars and store in fridge.

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Dinner

Lamb meatballs / kofta

• 1 egg
• 1lb lamb mince
• 1 onion minced
• 8 cloves garlic minced
• onion salt / salt
• garlic powder
• cumin
• 2 tbsp olive oil

All mixed in a bowl and formed into 12-16 meatballs on baking tray.

Oven: 425F for 20min, until lamb is 160F.

Lamb shanks

• 2-4 Lamb shanks
• Bone broth
• Carrots
• Cinnamon
• Cumin
• Turmeric
• Onion sliced into 4 sections
• 3 packs garlic

Instant pot: 36min high pressure + 15min natural release

Rainbow trout filets

• Preheat the oven to 425F
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
• Place fish fillets skin side down on baking sheet
• Drizzle with olive oil
• Sprinkle with 21 seasoning flakes + salt

Oven: 425F for 10min

Ribeye steak

• Season with salt and pepper
• Room temperature

Hot iron pan: 4-3-2 min for first side, 2nd side. Sit.

Air fryer: 7 min each side for medium.

Sweet potato mash

Use sweet potatoes or butternut squashes or both.

• Wash and cut potatoes or squash into halves
• Put 500ml water in pressure cooker OR bone broth
• Use trivet

Instant pot: 10min high pressure + natural release 10min

Then:

• Add 1 tbsp coconut butter per medium potato while mashing with fork and spoon
• Season with salt and pepper and garlic powder

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Drinks

Frozen berry margarita

After reading Robb Wolf’s great paleo primer “The Paleo Solution”, I wanted to recreate his paleo cocktail of choice the NorCal Margarita but didn’t have any ice. My roommate had frozen berries in the fridge, so I used them and the NorCal Frozen Berry Margarita was born!

• 1-2 shots of 100% agave tequila
• 1 entire lime’s juice with pulp
• 1 can of club soda water
• 4-10 frozen berries (instead of ice in a NorCal Margarita)

Choose your own berries. I prefer frozen blackberries for a tarter drink, but its great to mix it up with raspberries for something sweeter or strawberries or blueberries.

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Weekly

Family meal plan

From ~2022-2025, I quickly prepare dinner in 30 minutes after work. Typically, I bake with all 3 oven racks, at 425F in convection mode using rapid preheat (rotating trays to not burn whatever is closes to the heat source).

• Sun: Roast chicken night: Roast chicken (spatchcocked) with whole sweet potato and carrots in roasting pan, veggie tray frozen broccoli/cauliflower and chopped mushrooms
• Mon: Salmon + ravioli night: Salmon filets w/ chopped mushrooms (rack A), sweet potato fries (rack B), broccoli + veggies (rack C), and cheese ravioli on stovetop
• Tue: White fish + rice night: Cod w/ chopped mushrooms (rack A), sliced zucchini (rack B), cauliflower (rack C), rice on stovetop
• Wed: Burger night: Simple Mills almond flour baking mix for buns w/ chopped mushrooms (rack A), chicken thighs cut into strips (rack B), frozen mixed veggies/broccoli (rack C)
• Thu: Steak + pasta night: rib-eye steak in a pan, chopped cauliflower (rack A), 2x racks of veggies, rigatoni pasta on stovetop
• Fri: Mexican night: cheese quesadilla on stovetop, chicken thighs or beef meatballs (rack A), 2x racks of veggies in the oven
• Sat: Pasta night 2: cheese tortellini on stovetop, 3x racks of veggies in the oven