Day 1 and 2 of the 21 Day Sugar Detox

In an attempt to begin the 21 DSD challenge on the right foot, I made Egg Cakes last night with some leftover sausage from Christmas Eve dinner and some veggies I had in the fridge.  These are very easy and are great for a grab-and-go breakfast or snack.  Plus it's a great way to use up leftovers.

Egg Cakes

I use my food processor to grate my sausage and veggies (onion, green and red peppers) and then eggs.  Grease a cupcake pan with coconut oil and pour about 1/3 -1/2 cup of the mixture into the pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.  Cool on a rack and refrigerate. 


For dinner I decided to try two new recipes from the NomNomPaleo iPad app- and they were very good (I recommend downloading the app if you are able.  She has a lot of great recipes that I am very excited to try).  The chicken and salsa were both new to me.  I have made salsa before but this called for roasted tomatoes, jalapenos and garlic.  It was a little spicy but very good- they both made the 'make again' list.  When I "fried" the chicken the recipe recommends using ghee but I used coconut oil instead.  Next time I will either make the ghee or just try butter and see if it has a different flavor. 

And yes... Those are my favorite bacon, onion, jalapeno green beans...  So yummy!

Day 2 has gone well.  I have a headache but that could be because I have been trying to cough up a lung.  It seems I have the latest cold going around so as soon as I feel better I hope to start working out.

Sage Apple Sausage Breakfast

I have gotten tired of eggs.  It was bound to happen since I only like scrambled eggs and something has to be in them: bacon, sausage, onions and peppers- you get the picture.  So this morning I decided that I was going to give the eggs a break and go with something a little different.  I have made this dish before, the last time was as a stuffing/side for some pork chops (if I can find the recipe I will post it- it was REALLY good).  This is my best recollection of the recipe and this was just a bit more than one serving.   It can be made in the oven or on the stove and since I am usually in a hurry in the morning I do it on the stove.  You're going to have to take my word on this one since I don't have any pictures...  I wasn't really thinking about blogging when I made my breakfast this morning.

Sage Apple Sausage Breakfast

3/4 pound sausage (I bought the country sausage from the butcher shop)
1/2 small onion, chopped
1/2 large apple (I used a Honeycrisp), chopped
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried thyme
pepper to taste

Break the sausage apart and combine all of the ingredients in a pan.  Cook until the sausage is cooked and is the appropriate internal temperature.  Enjoy!

**  If you want to make this in the oven combine all ingredients and bake at 350 degrees.  I don't know the approximate time in the oven (sorry).   

Paleo Pancakes

I love pancakes.  When I was growing up my parents would make pancakes every weekend and we would sit together and have breakfast. It's a great memory.  This morning I wanted something other than eggs so I decided to try some Paleo pancakes.  The recipe I found calls for almond butter but I didn't have any so I used almond flour.  I also fried some bacon before I began the pancakes to coat the pan.  This recipe made about 7 pancakes... so... there were not any for my husband (well, I did save him one). 

 

Paleo Pancakes

2 bananas
1 egg
1/4 cup almond flour

1.  Peel and mash the bananas.  (I used a potato masher and that seemed to work best.)

2.  Add egg and almond flour and mix well.  (Use the potato masher and then use a whisk.  It is important to make sure the flour lumps are mixed in)

3.  Heat a skillet on low and add oil or grease  (I prefer using bacon grease so I will make my bacon in the pan first).  Using a 1/4 measuring cup, add the batter to the skillet.

4.  Keep the pan on low/medium and cook the pancakes until the edges are cooked.  Flip the pancakes and they should be a golden color.  Continue cooking until the pancakes are cooked all the away through.

Top with berries, other fruit or maple syrup. 
**Be gentle with these pancakes, they tend to fall apart easily. 
***  It is important to cook these LOW AND SLOW...  Don't be in a rush