Birthday Cupakes: A Chocolate Success!

I promise to post non-sweet non-chocolate recipes soon. :) But I have to share these cupcakes I made for my baby girl's 1st birthday. I was tempted to ditch Paleo for this special occassion, but when I found this simple recipe, I gave it a try and was not disappointed...aparently, neither was she! Just a note on the frosting, I was never able to get it to thicken even after several tries. So on mine it ended up looking more like a chocolate ganache than frosting. Still delicious.



Getting every last crumb!



Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

With our decision to change to a clean-eating/Paleo-style diet, it's always a treat to find recipes to replace some of the things we used to love, like pancakes! In fact, I think I love them more now than I used to.

There are many Paleo recipes for pancakes out there, but this one has become our favorite. Even our one and two-year-olds will eat 2-4 pancakes each! Just the kids and I alone can finish up an entire batch of them, so I usually double or triple the recipe, depending on how many adults are eating. It is a very simple recipe with basic ingredients (which for our diet, coconut and almond flours have become "basic"). I've always used almond meal instead of almond flour in this recipe, because it's so much cheaper and I can find it at my local Trader Joe's, whereas I would have to order almond flour online to get a good price. But if you have almond flour already, I'm sure they would be even better!

You can find these delicious Paleo Banana Pancakes by clicking: here. Many of our favorite recipes have come from Danielle at Against All Grain. Thanks Danielle!



Do not be fooled by the dainty fingers...

...this is the messy result as she asks for more. (And usually it's much worse than this!)