Paleo Recipes

Salmon Bacon Avocado Salad

September 7, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 16 Comments

This Salmon Bacon Avocado Salad is a quick lunch or dinner that can be thrown together in less than 10 minutes!

Fun fact: Bethany and I used to be Cake/Cupcake experts.

Yes it’s true, we went from making cakes to healthy food. We were even in a cake decorating competition with Mauro from Cake Boss as the judge. On top of that we always made cupcakes for every family party/bridal shower/birthday (pretty legit, I know).

I thought I was going to be a baker when I was older, but then I realized something. Making cupcakes/cakes for a living is too much work, not that it’s that hard, but time consuming.

You have to make the batter, bake the cupcakes, let them cool, make frosting, pipe the frosting on the cupcakes, make some kind of fondant design and put that on the cupcakes. Then clean up which takes twice as long as making cupcakes since I always make a mess. That is wayyyy too much work for me (maybe because Bethany never helped me clean up)!

Here at Athletic Avocado, we try to make really simple and easy recipes that are not only healthy and delicious but don’t require an eternity to prepare.

Prime example: This Salmon Bacon Avocado Salad which is fresh, simple, healthy, and so darn delicious. No slaving in the kitchen, no oven, one bowl, no mess. This is a tasty lunch either in a sandwich or all by itself.

I’m pretty sure this salad is the most epic combo I have ever dreamed of because, Salmon, diced avocado, sweet corn, juicy tomatoes, . After eating this, you will be dreaming about this too!

Salmon Bacon Avocado Salad

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Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

2 cans of Wild Alaskan salmon
3 pieces of cooked bacon
1/2 avocado chopped
1/4 large red onion chopped
1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
1 cup fresh or roasted corn
1 bunch cilantro chopped
salt
pepper

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl

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This salad is paleo, gluten free, and dairy free

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Spicy Bruschetta Stuffed Zucchini Boats

September 1, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 18 Comments

Looking for an easy and quick dinner that your family will love? Make these Healthy Spicy Bruschetta Stuffed Zucchini Boats!

Fact: I love all things about zucchini. I actually used to grow it a few years ago but lets just say that gardening wasn’t my forte. Of course I loved the plethora of zucchini and other veggies we had in stock, but the bugs were the death of me. I’m terrified of all things with multiple legs and I’m that girl that will scream when I see one on my shoe (yep, that girl).

Every time I went in the garden I wore long-sleeve shirt , long pants, a hat and glove just to make sure none of the creepy-crawlers went on my skin. But honestly, is there anyone that actually likes bugs? If people like bugs, its equivalent to someone who’s favorite color is beige, am I right (yes I am).

Getting back to the zucchini part, I love it so much and its probably one of my top favorite veggies. When one of my coworkers brought in 3 giant zucchini along with tons of juicy organic tomatoes from her garden, I was overjoyed to say the least.

I celebrated this wonderful gift by making these incredible Bruschetta Stuffed Zucchini Boats for dinner, and a celebration it t’was. Spicy Bruschetta + Sausage + Zucchini = Perfect late summer dinner!

Spicy Bruschetta Stuffed Zucchini Boats {8 Ingredients!}

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Servings 6 boats

Ingredients

3 zucchini sliced in half
4 precooked sausage links ,sliced (can be vegan sausages)
1 onion finely chopped
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 large tomato finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil or 2 Tbsp. dried basil
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
shredded mozeralla cheese (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Drizzle zucchini halves with olive oil and place on a cooking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the middles are soft.
While zucchini is in oven, place a skillet coated with cooking spray on medium heat. Add sausage, onions, and garlic. Let cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Combine sausage, onion and garlic with chopped tomatoes, basil and red pepper flakes. Mix well.
Scoop out the middle of the zucchini halves to create a hollow center. Add in filling and top with cheese if desired.
Bake for 20 minutes.

*to make these vegan, use a vegan sausage alternative and cheese alternative*

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Spicy Bruschetta Stuffed Eggplant

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4 Ingredient Flourless Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Muffins

August 16, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 29 Comments

Make these 4 ingredient Flourless Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Muffins for an Healthy, easy and delicious breakfast!

Don’t judge me, but I used to have a t-shirt that said “I want Muffin’ to do with you.” Yea it happened, back in 5th grade when Limited Too was still around and popular. I also had a “Stud Muffin” magnet that I put in my locker. and Oh, I was also obsessed with the popular and kinda creepy “Muffins” video on youtube (now I’m obsessed with these salted caramel chocolate chip muffins!).

My love for muffins has obviously always been extremely prominent

Anyway I think we can all agree that muffins are awesome. But you know what’s even more awesome? Muffins made with only 4 ingredients, no flour, one bowl, and no mess, now thats pretty awesome!

Our friends at Blue Diamond Almonds sent us Salted Caramel Almonds and Blueberry Almonds this month. So as usual, we were both pretty stoked about the awesome flavor of the both kinds of almonds, but salted caramel anything is our favorite flavor.

Flourless Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Muffins

These could not be easier to make so make them. Now.

4 Ingredient Flourless Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings 9 muffins

Equipment

Food Processor

Ingredients

1 container Salted Caramel Blue Diamond Almonds or about 3/4 cup almonds
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs beaten or 3 flax eggs
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven at 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with muffin liners
Place almonds in a food processor/blender and blend into a butter, about 5 minutes, scraping the sides halfway through
Add in baking powder and eggs to food processor/blender and blend for a minute, mix in chocolate chips and divide batter between 9 muffin liners
Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

*use 3 flax eggs for vegan

* Use 3/4 cup almonds if not using salted caramel almonds

This recipe can be paleo, vegan and GF

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DIY Healthy Homemade Blueberry Applesauce

August 9, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 24 Comments

DIY Healthy Homemade Blueberry Applesauce made in a crockpot!

There are so many things I love about summer. I love going to the beach and enjoying the sand between my toes. I love having summer bbqs with my large family. I also love when my mom buys 30 pounds of blueberries to make blueberry pies (and that is why we are made this healthy homemade blueberry applesauce).

We usually make so many that we have frozen pies in our freezer for a whole year. This particular year we had 5 leftover pies in the freezer from last summer so my mom decided not to get blueberries this year.

After throwing a fit like a toddler, she finally gave in and ordered the bloobs. Now we have 30 pounds of fresh blueberries just sitting in your fridge. As much as I love eating the fat and juicy berries, there is only so many blueberries I can eat without getting ~~diarrhea~~ sick.

Healthy Homemade Blueberry Applesauce

Luckily I came up with adding blueberries to my already banging homemade applesauce and voila, an even better homemade applesauce recipe thats so easy even my dad can do it ( sorry Dad the truth hurts).

DIY Blueberry Applesauce

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Ingredients

5 apples cored and sliced
4 cups fresh blueberries
cinnamon optional

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a crockpot and place on low heat for at least 3 hours, or until sauce-like.
Place in a large container and store for up to two weeks.

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EASY Paleo Mexican Breakfast Hash {8 Ingredients!}

August 4, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 20 Comments

Take your breakfast to the next level with this satisfying Paleo Mexican Breakfast Hash! It’s high in protein and tastes like a fiesta!

Guess what guys? I’ve been living in denial the past 15 years of my life. Why you ask? Because before a few months ago, I would never touch red meat because I thought it was bad for me (so I always opted for poultry instead).

But chicken and turkey never satisfied my need for meat quite like lean beef does (and hence why I created this Paleo Mexican Breakfast Hash in the first place).

I was believing the lies about the risks of eating red meat that were all over the media. I guess you could say that I’m equivalent to an adult who still believes in the tooth fairy (yup,I’m that gullible sometimes).

In fact, not only does lean beef flavorful, it easily fits into a healthy diet! With 25 grams of protein and 10 essential nutrients in a 3 oz. serving, lean beef satisfies your hunger while doing your body good!

Significant research even shows that some people can lose or maintain a healthy weight, support healthy metabolism when they consume high-quality protein within their specific caloric goals.

Lean beef is like building a brick house. You need high-quality materials like bricks to build a strong foundation so your house can last through anything.

Consuming high-quality protein is necessary to replenish your body so you can be strong and healthy for life!

Paleo Mexican Breakfast Hash

Now we all know that lean ground beef can be used for nearly any dinner recipe; burgers, meatballs tacos etc. But what about breakfast?

Why not start off your day on the right foot by giving your body the protein and essential nutrients it needs? And when your breakfast is delicious, easy to make, healthy and tastes like a fiesta in your mouth, why even question it?

Mexican Breakfast Hash

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef (or turkey/chicken)
4 eggs beaten
1 large baked sweet potato cubed
1/2 red onion finely chopped
1 large tomato finely chopped
1/2 avocado finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
1/4 tsp. cumin
salt and pepper
sour cream optional

Instructions

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
Add ground beef and onions. Break up ground beef using a spatula.
Once beef is slightly browned add in sweet potato.
In a small bowl, combine beaten eggs with cumin, cilantro and slat and pepper.
Add eggs to skillet, flipping mixture with spatula until eggs are dispursed evenly.
Add in tomato and avocado and cook for another 5 minutes.
Serve with sour cream and more fresh cilantro.
Enjoy!

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Triple Berry Chocolate Clafoutis

July 30, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 20 Comments

This triple berry chocolate clafoutis will be your new favorite summer desserts! It is very easy to make, only made with 6 ingredients, paleo + gluten-free!

I was searching around the internet yesterday to find some inspiration and I came across a recipe for a Clafoutis. I had no idea what a Clafoutis was so I decided to look up the definition.

Clafoutis: a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter, AKA it’s like a soufflé cake thingy and it tastes pretty darn awesome, especially since it only has 5 ingredients, it’s #easyasbreeze to make and it’s made with Blue Diamond Chocolate Almond milk!

Apparently it’s a french dessert, I used to take french in high school but it wan’t my forte. I took it for four years and stopped after Honor’s french, there was nooo way I would have been able to make it to AP french. It’s been quite a while since I have taken french, but atleast I still know a few sentences!

Il Fait chaud: It is hot

Je m’appelle Rachelle : My name is Rachel

J’ai gros chat leo nommé: I have a fat cat named Leo

J’aime faire Clafoutis: I like making clafoutis

Yea I guess I’m pretty much fluent…..nahhhh. Anyways this Clafoutis is super duper easy to make, even though it sounds really complicated, even I was afraid that it wasn’t going to turn out because it was so simple to make! To my surprise, it turned out perfectly.

Triple Berry Choclate Clafoutis

My Dad loved this, when he asked what it was, I said it was a Clafoutis and he said, “an Octopus?” Yes Dad, I made an Octopus.

Triple Berry Chocolate Clafoutis {6 Ingredients!}

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Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

2 cups berries chopped (I used strawberries, cherries and blueberries)
3 eggs
1 cup Chocolate Blue Diamond Almond Milk
1/4 cup coconut sugar
3/4 cup almond flour
2 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut

Instructions

Pre-heat oven at 350 and spray a glass pie pan with cooking spray
Layer berries on the bottom of the pie pan
Blend eggs, milk, sugar, cocoa and flour in a blender or food processor for 1 minute
Pour batter over fruit and sprinkle with coconut, bake for 30-35 minutes, or until firm
Let cool and serve with more fruit and berries if desired
Best if served chilled

This Clafoutis is Paleo, Gluten-free and Dairy-free

Have you ever taken french? If so, do you know any sentences?
Do you think Clafoutis sounds like Octopus?

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Easy Sugar-free Rosemary Pickles

July 21, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 41 Comments

I miss having a garden. Actually I don’t really miss having a garden, what I miss is having readily available fruits and veggies (like cucumbers to make these easy sugar-free reosemary pickles whenever I want), what I don’t miss is pulling weeds, sitting down in the soil, getting dirty and having bugs crawl up and down your arm every 5 seconds. Bugs are a no-no.

What I do remember is coming back from vacation and seeing how bg the cucumbers got, they were huge! They were at least 3 times the size of normal cukes, but we weren’t complaining. When life gives you cucumbers, make pickles!

This month’s Recipe Redux theme is fresh produce, since it is the month for that. I honestly like the taste of homemade pickles so much better, they taste fresh, they are so cheap and easy to make ( and they don’t have an artificial yellow color).

Easy Sugar-free Rosemary Pickles

All you have to do is let these ferment for at least a day, and you’ve got naturally delicious pickles to eat.

Easy Sugar-free Rosemary Pickles

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Prep Time 2

Fermenting time 1

Total Time 1 2

Ingredients

1 Large Cucumber sliced (about 2 cups)
3-4 pinches sea salt
One Bunch Rosemary
One bunch Dill
2-3 garlic cloves crushed
Coconut vinegar or apple cider vinegar
Water
1 large mason jar

Instructions

Add salt in the bottom of a mason jar, add cucumber slices, top with rosemary, dill and garlic cloves
Pour vinegar until 2/3 full, add water and fill to the top
Let ferment for at least 1day

We hope you enjoy these Easy Sugar-free Rosemary Pickles!

Easy Blueberry Peach Crumble {5 Ingredients!}

July 16, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 19 Comments

10 minute crumble made with juicy peaches and blueberries and studded with crunchy walnuts

So today I was going to make cinnamon rolls with a blueberry-peach filling, sounds amazing, but they didn’t turn out a bit (and I was pissed!). I hate when I have such a great idea and it doesn’t turn out. But I guess that’s part of being a food blogger, ya live and ya learn.

On a side note, our friends always make fun of Bethany and I and compare us to minions. Apparently I (Rachel) am a purple minion and Bethany is a yellow minion, (don’t ask me why)but after that fail, i was definitely feeling like one!

Any ways, since I was in a not-so-happy mood after that, I didn’t feel like making a complicated recipe. That being said, I wanted to make something extremely simple, less than 10 minutes to make, one bowl to clean, and renew my mood kind of recipe.

Thank God I succeeded in this one, I don’t know how I would react if I had another fail for the day.

Anyway, after taking one bite of this delicious Blueberry-Peach Crumble, I completely forgot about my failures, I guess my life was complete again. This is probably the most easy Blueberry Peach Crumble you have ever made.

Easy Blueberry Peach Crumble

It’s pretty much like pie filling with crunchy walnuts, eat right off the burner and add some vanilla ice cream, absolute perfection.

Easy Blueberry Peach Crumble {5 Ingredients!}

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

4 peaches sliced
2.5 cups fresh blueberries
2 tbsp coconut sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup crushed walnuts 1/2 for filling and remaining for top

Instructions

Coat a skillet with oil/ butter
Mix all ingredients in a bowl and place in skillet
Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes
Top with remaining walnuts

This recipe is Paleo, Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free and Refined Sugar-free!

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Zucchini Bread Breakfast Pizza {Paleo + Vegan-friendly}

June 30, 2015 by Bethany 32 Comments

Take your breakfast to the next level with this healthy Zucchini Bread Breakfast Pizza! It’s low-carb, paleo and vegan friendly!

Who doesn’t love a big chunk of moist zucchini bread for breakfast? I have always loved zucchini bread and I think its 100 times better than any other quick bread out there! When my mom made it when I was younger, I thought the green “specks” in it were green sprinkles!

I could never imagine having a vegetable hiding in a sweet breakfast bread! If my mom told me there was a veggie in it, I’d probably flip out and tell her I actually hate it (thats how I was when I was younger).

Funny story, my brother was the same way about his veggies. He absolutely hated carrots but loved carrot cake until my mom told him what was in it. He then said that he didn’t like it anymore (like brother like sister). Thankfully we both grew out of that phase and now I love sneaking in veggies in my recipes!

I had this idea for a sweet breakfast pizza topped with fruit and yogurt, but I really wanted to do something more “cool” with the idea. I incorporated zucchini into the sweet crust and it tastes exactly like zucchini bread only in a different form!

With the sweet toppings, this pizza is the perfect alternative to your morning slice of quick bread!

Zucchini Bread Breakfast Pizza

The classic quick bread is transformed into a pizza crust and topped with fresh fruit and whatever toppings you desire! You won’t believe this breakfast is gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, paleo and vegan friendly!

Zucchini Bread Breakfast Pizza

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings 1 serving

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. coconut flour
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg beaten (or flax egg for a vegan option)
1/2 cup shredded zucchini
1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup or honey
1/8 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Toppings*
1/4 cup greek or coconut yogurt
fruit I used sliced strawberries, grapes and bananas
orange zest optional
drizzle of maple syrup optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine coconut flour and cinnamon in a bowl. Add remaining ingredients (excluding toppings) and mix well to combine.
Spread mixture into a pizza crust on a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until done. Let cool and spread on yogurt and top with fruit.
Enjoy!
*feel free to top it off with whatever your little heart desires!

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Paleo Sriracha Almond Crackers

June 29, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 40 Comments

You know what I hate? Going to a party that has no appetizer or muchies before the main dish is served! It’s the worst when you arrive, extremely hungry, and there is nothing to eat!

Luckily when my parents host parties/get-toghethers, they also have the best appetizers to keep their guest satisfied until the main dish!

My favorite is crackers and pepperoni (no cheese for me), such a classic! After shying away from processed food, crackers became rare in our house, but not any more.

Paleo Sriracha Almond Crackers

After receiving a brand new flavor of almonds from Blue Diamond, Sriracha Blue Diamond Almonds, I knew i had to make this delicious flavor into crackers, and these were a hit at our last party!

Paleo Sriracha Almond Crackers

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Ingredients

1 container Sriracha Blue Diamond Almonds about 3/4 cup
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 eggs beaten (or 2 flax eggs)
2 tbsp sriracha optional

Instructions

1. Preheat oven at 350 and layer a 9x9 pan with wax paper
2. Place almonds in food processor and grind into a butter, about 3-5 minutes
3. Put almond butter in a a bowl and add rest of ingredients, mix well until fully combined into a dough
4. Spread and flatten dough(using hands)onto wax paper until about 1/4 inch thick, bake for 15 minutes, or until done
5. Let cool and cut into squares (i made 20 medium sized but you can make them smaller or larger)

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We hope you enjoy these Paleo Sriracha Almond Crackers!

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