Paleo Almond Scones.

thanks to the coconut sugar that i bought the other day, i finally made a recipe that's 100% paleo! or at least i think it is. i don't really know all those paleo rules. who follows rules anyway? 

i'm still not paleo, in case you're wondering. i've just been experimenting and i noticed that i feel a lot better when i eat baked goods made with yummies like almond flour and coconut flour instead of that white flour stuff. and i always feel like the best baker ever when i can get my mom to like paleo goodies, because she is the queen of baking.

fyi: these are reeeeally, reeaaally good with almond milk ice cream. i bought some the other day at whole foods when it was on sale and i'm obsessed. 

oh, and you should go check out this chocolate chip cookie scone recipe from taylor at taylor made it paleo. she makes some pretty awesome treats (oh, and she actually eats paleo. she's legit.) and those tasty little scones are what inspired me to come up with this version. 

anyway, here's the recipe - hope you like em!

Paleo Almond Scones

by Julianna Foster

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 10 min

Keywords: bake breakfast snack dessert paleo gluten-free

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Ingredients (8 scones)

• 1 1/2 cups almond meal
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar (if you don't have this on hand, substitute brown sugar)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• scant 1/4 cup almond butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1/4 tsp almond extract
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.

In a separate bowl, combine almond butter, egg, almond milk, and almond extract.

Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until combined. Stir in sliced almonds.

Place dough on a sheet of parchment paper and flatten into a circle about 1 inch thick. Cut dough into 8 triangles.

Place scones on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes or until scones are golden brown.

Enjoy!

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Paleo Brownies

Hi guys! i hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a good start to this week! i had the best weekend last weekend, i got to see luke bryan and thompson square with my family (unfortunately we missed florida georgia line due to traffic) and they were absolutely amazing. and i bought luke bryan's album yesterday, and AAAAH sooo good. i'm obsessed.

i also survived my Spartan Race last Saturday and lived to tell the tale! i have to say, it was the best $200 i have ever spent, and some of the best 3 hours and 50 minutes of my life! i can't wait to tell you all about it - but it's going to be a couple days since i'm waiting for the race photos to be released before i publish my post.

until then, maybe some brownies will make it up to you? i made these last week and DANG they're good. not going to lie, i kind of thought that they might turn out to be disgusting. but they were delicious!

also, you're probably starting to see a theme with all of these "paleo-ish" recipes. the thing is, i love experimenting with different foods and i also like eating less processed foods (like white flour). a lot of paleo recipes do just that - i get to experiment with baking, my tummy is happier without the white flour, and i still get my treat fix.

BUT, i am also not about to go out and buy a bunch of fancy ingredients just to make a recipe paleo when i don't eat 100% paleo. so when i first made these brownies i made them with 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup sugar and they turned out wonderfully! and then i saw this huge bag of coconut sugar for $9.99 at costco and my whole not buying fancy ingredients philosophy sorta went out the window. cause i mean, costco makes you buy everything you ever might possibly need, ya know?

i still think that sugar is sugar, regardless where it comes from. but i really like coconuts. so coconut sugar it is. very, very cheap coconut sugar, actually.

anyways, with that paleo tangent out of the way, here's the recipe!

Paleo Brownies

by Julianna Foster

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 30 min

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Ingredients (16 brownies)

• 3 oz melted dark chocolate
• 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/4 cup almond butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix chocolate, oil, almond butter, eggs, vanilla, and sugar in a medium bowl.

In a separate bowl mix the rest of the ingredients.

Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until just combined. Pour batter into an 8x8 pan greased with coconut oil.

Bake for 30 minutes, let cool & cut into squares. Enjoy!

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MIA

hey guys! sorry i've been so MIA lately, even though it's summer somehow my life has been surprisingly crazy in a good way (work, CrossFit, fun with friends & family). and i also found out last week that i got an internship at a physical therapy office for 8 hours a week for the rest of the summer, which i am unbelievably excited for. this whole past year i've been stressing far more than i should about not knowing what i want to do in the future or even what major i want to pursue. i am so blessed & lucky to get this opportunity - i know it will help me figure out if physical therapy is something i potentially want to do (and if i hate it, well, at least i crossed it off the list, haha). hopefully i enjoy it, i really think i will!

anyway, i have so much to share with you guys now that i don't know where to begin! i'm hoping to get into more of a routine with blogging so that all my posts aren't like this one in that brain/photo dump  sort of style.

eats of late:

coconut flour pancakes with strawberries, egg whites, and bacon

this tastes like cake batter. i die. 

typical CrossFit. lol! 3 eggs and bacon. 

fourth of july dessert: homemade shortcake with berries 

homemade white cake with lemon curd, cream cheese frosting, and coconut & a scoop of ice cream

best. dinner. EVER. brussel sprouts, alexia sweet potato fries, and a turkey burger with cheese and bacon. 

my lunch today after biking all over the place (see below)! a huge burger, totally hit the spot.

notable CrossFit achievements of late:

• i did a full rope climb! and completely tore my shoes. so i ordered some reebok nano 3.0s. say whaaat? i'm so excited for them to get here. 

• i did 90 handstand push-ups in the WOD yesterday. although they weren't full HSPUs by any means, i'm definitely improving! 
• i did a total of 250 pushups in a WOD last week. it was RJ, which was 5 rounds of run 800m, 5 rope climbs, and 50 pushups. there was a 45 minute time cap but i was on the last round in at the end so i ended up finishing out the workout in 51 minutes. 

other fun/random things:

• i saw 4 movies in the past 3 days! man of steel (can i marry superman?), monsters university, world war z, and despicable me 2. i think man of steel was my favorite!
• i fell asleep on the couch at 8:30 pm on the 4th of july. party animal over hereee! i think i was exhausted from working 5 days in a row, haha. 
• i had the best day today with one of my best friends! we drove to sausalito, biked up to the golden gate, watched a sailboat race in the america's cup, mountain biked in marin headlands (and explored all these old military batteries which was really cool), got lunch at the bottom of the golden gate, walked around sausalito, and then drove over the golden gate and spent the rest of the day biking along the water around crissy field. i had SO much fun! reminded me of how much i love the bay and how much i love the outdoors. i couldn't have asked for a better day! 

how was your fourth of july weekend? 

hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near.

praying for connecticut <3

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 i'm finally home and i'm so, so thankful for my family and friends.

i've been enjoying my time at home so much. lots of TV watching, baking, dance partying, trips to the gym with my momma, running, and spending time with my family.

my brown sugar cookies

yesterday we went into the city - one of our christmas traditions!

i started the day off with some delicious caramelized pumpkin pancakes (with barney butter of course) and a kickboxing class at the gym.

kickboxing was followed my a green monster (AHH! my first one in months!) and a shower

and then we were on our way!

 

we dance party on BART. #normal

my city!

visited the kitties in the macy's windows <3

chipotle for lunch! i got a burrito bowl with brown rice, steak, black beans, corn salsa, and guacccc.

macy's!

we're kinda crazy. (:

 in front of the big christmas tree!

i love this picture! one of my mottos: life is better when you're laughing. 

and of the course the night ended with froyo on the couch and a movie with the fam!

today i had a yummy breakfast (1 egg and 2 egg whites with spinach, & a whole wheat bagel - half with butter and half with almond butter), went for a run with a good friend, and zumba'd with mom. 

my mom and i also made a ton of chocolate pretzels to give as gifts and i baked these amazing magic cookie bars (with dark, semisweet, & white chocolate chips, and almonds). 

we dance partied while the bars were baking! i love my mom so much. 

and now i'm off to enjoy some pizza and decorate the christmas tree with my family :)