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EASY Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake {8 Ingredients!}

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Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast?  Try this Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake!  It’s made with only 8 ingredients and made in the blender!

Can I get an amen for tasty breakfast recipes that get your day started off on the right note?  Seriously, think back to the last time you either forgot or didn’t have time to eat breafast.  Was your day full of peace and joy?  Or did you want to punch everyone in the face?  I’ll assume that you weren’t a happy camper!

Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast? Try this Paleo Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake! It's made with only 8 ingredients!

When I don’t get to eat breakfast in the morning, I get hungry, then angry, then HANGRY.  But when I do have time to make a delicious and hearty breakfast, I usually have a pretty fantastic day.  Maybe that’s why they say breakfast is the “most important meal of the day.” It basically sets the tone (and your mood) for the day.  I guess that doesn’t matter if you’re not used to eating breakfast though, then you should disregard my last few sentences and help me understand why you don’t like breakfast!?

Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast? Try this Paleo Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake! It's made with only 8 ingredients!

If you’re like me, you could you breakfast for every meal of the day and not get bored of it.  I could also probably write a novel about breakfast, but I don’t want to bore you.  So let’s get to talking about this recipe.  Who likes sweet potato casserole?  It’s my favorite Thanksgiving side dish because it basically tastes like dessert and since I love eating dessert for breakfast,  I am certain that I would eat it for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving if there was any left (which there never is!).

Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast? Try this Paleo Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake! It's made with only 8 ingredients!

This thick, dense, baked pancake tastes exactly like sweet potato casserole.  If you also love the classic Thanksgiving side dish, I am 100% sure that you’ll love it too.

It’s made from only 8 ingredients and mixed in the blender!  Here are the ingredients:

sweet potato

eggs

coconut flour

paleo caramel sauce

cinnamon

vanilla

pecans

coconut

Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast? Try this Paleo Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake! It's made with only 8 ingredients!

Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake

Love sweet potato casserole?  You’ll love this recipe! A thick baked sweet potato pancake is topped with caramel glazed pecans and coconut to make a sweet, filling breakfast.  It is paleo, gluten-free, grain-free and dairy-free!

EASY Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake {8 Ingredients!}

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup mashed sweet potato
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/4 cup paleo caramel sauce recipe link in instructions
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Toppings:
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
  • 1/4 cup paleo caramel sauce recipe link in instructions

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place dutch oven skillet in oven until you finish making batter.
  • Either make paleo caramel sauce (using this recipe fomr Bakerita) or use jarred caramel sauce.
  • Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Blend until mixture is smooth.
  • To make topping, combine all ingredients in a bowl.
  • Coat skillet with cooking spray/coconut oil/ butter. Add batter and top with toppings. Bake for 15 minutes, or until done.
  • Adapted from I'mma Eat That

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Looking for a sweet, filling and healthy breakfast? Try this Paleo Caramel Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Pancake! It's made with only 8 ingredients!

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What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side dish!?

Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad on Sweet Potato Toast

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Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch?  Try this simple yet satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad!  Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

“This post is sponsored by Bolthouse Farms. As always, all opinions are my own.”

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

To be honest with you guys, I suck at making salads. Though I eat a lot of salads, I wouldn’t say that most of them are “blog-worthy,” aka not good enough for you guys.  Like don’t tell me to be in-charge of making a salad for a party if you ever invited me over. Just looking out for my friends, ya know?  Nor do I know much about chickpeas, all I know is that I love eating them in various forms.  But honestly, this chickpea salad was a breeze to make and actually turned to great.

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

Are you a big fan of chicken/tuna salad?  If you are then you’ll for sure love this chickpea salad.  It’s basically the vegetarian version of the classic creamy lettuce-less salads.  To hold this salad together, I used Bolthouse Farms Creamy Garlic Dressing in place of the usual mayo.  It adds tons of flavor with 77% less calories and 86% less fat than normal dressings/mayos (40 calories and 2.5 grams of fat per 2 Tbsp. serving verses 180 calories and 19 grams of fat) thanks to the yogurt it’s made with.  You can feel good about using it to dress your salads because it has no preservatives, artificial color/flavors and it’s gluten-free!  Can I get an amen🙌

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

And you know what else makes this recipe da bomb?  The fact that it’s assembled and eaten on a sandwich made with sweet potato toast.  After I tried sweet potato toast for the first time, I knew I had to make it again.  So so so addicting guys.  If you haven’t tried it yet in place of bread, DO IT.

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

This salad will literally take you 5 minutes to make and will satisfy your stomach and taste buds until dinner.  Crunchy, creamy and flavorful all at once!  Here’s what is in the recipe:

Chickpeas

Creamy Roasted Garlic Dressing

Red onion

Red pepper

Celery

Sliced almonds

Lemon juice

Lemon zest

Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad on Sweet Potato Toast

This chickpea salad is an easy no-bake flavorful lunch that will take 5 minutes to make.  Made complete by using sweet potato toast as sandwich bread, this vegetarian lunch will keep you full until dinner!

Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad on Sweet Potato Toast

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 15 oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1/3 cup roasted garlic salad dressing
  • 1/2 red onion finely chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper finely chopped
  • 2 celery stalks finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds
  • 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
  • salt and pepper
  • Sweet potato toasts

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, combine all ingredients until all ingredients are evenly mixed.
  • Spoon onto of a piece sweet potato toast and top with another piece of sweet potato toast.
  • Enjoy!
  • To find out how to make sweet potato toast in the toaster, check out this tutorial

*For my vegan friends who want to make this recipe, simply sub in vegan-friendly dressing!  You can check out the options from Bolthouse Farms Here!

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Looking for an easy vegetarian lunch? Try this simple+ satisfying Creamy Lemon Garlic Chickpea Salad! Spoon on top of Sweet Potato Toast for the ultimate healthy sandwich!

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 Question of the day:

What is your go-to lunch?

EASY Paleo Mexican Breakfast Hash {8 Ingredients!}

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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 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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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“I received beef product mentioned in this post at no cost. By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by The Beef Checkoff and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time.”

Sweet Potato “Egg” Muffins

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Today for breakfast I wasn’t in the normal “sweet-tooth” mood that I usually am in, I wanted something savory in muffin-form! So what better to make than an “egg” muffin, meaning tofu instead of real eggs for all those vegans out there. These did just the trick to quiet my early-morning hunger! You can totally substitute real eggs though, it would be just as tasty! These muffins are very satisfying and filled with lean protein as well as veggies! Perfect for an on-the-go kind of morning if these are made-ahead and stored in the fridge or freezer!

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Sweet Potato “Egg” Muffins

  • 1 large sweet potato, baked and peeled
  • 1 12 0z. block of silken tofu
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp. paprika
  • salt and pepper
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2.  Cut sweet potato in fifths. Spray cooking spray in 5 muffin tins. Press each piece of sweet potato into one muffin cup.  Press down with a fork until each piece covers the bottom and sides.
  3. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until sweet potatoes become browned.
  4. In a food processor, combine tofu, spinach, basil, paprika, salt and pepper.  Blend for about 20 seconds, or until mixture is smooth.
  5. stir in chopped tomatoes.  Add mixture to sweet potato cups and bake for another 15 minutes.

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Protein
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Nut-free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Paleo
  • Whole 30
  • 100% clean
  • All natural
  • No preservatives
  • No added sugar

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Cilantro Pistachio Sweet Potato Salad with Balsamic-Lime Dressing

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Potato salad is a summer staple, but with all of that mayo, cream-cheese, butter, you name it, its not very forgiving on your waistline, or very clean at all. I absolutely am in love with sweet tators! They taste like pure heaven to me and I wanted to create my own version of the so-called “potato salad.” Not only did I create my own version of the popular dish, but I added my own flair to it as well. With the addition of cilantro, lime and pistachio flavors, this salad takes on a whole different level full of flavor blasting goodness, unlike none other! This recipe is perfect for 4th of July or your next summer cookout, iProcessed with VSCOcam with f2 presett’ll be sure to impress, guaranteed!

 

Cilantro Pistachio Sweet Potato Salad with Balsamic-Lime Dressing

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes, cooked
  • 2 Tbsp, cilantro, finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. pistachios, finely chopped

Dressing:

  • 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp. lime juice
  • 1 tsp. honey
  • 1 tsp. mustard
  1. Peel off the skins of the sweet potatoes, and cut them into small cubes.
  2. Combine remaining ingredients to the sweet potatoes, mix well.
  3. For the dressing, combine all ingredients and mix well.
  4. Add dressing to sweet potatoes, mix well.
  5. Enjoy!

Serves 4

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Healthy Fats
  • Good Carbs
  • No added sugar
  • No preservatives
  • All natural
  • lots of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
  • Low calorie
  • Vegan
  • Paleo
  • Whole30
  • 100% clean
  • Gluten and dairy free

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Yammy Breakfast: Sweet Potato Cinnamon Oat Pancakes

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Pancakes are popping up everywhere, protein pancakes, banana-egg pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes………the list goes on forever. I decided to join the madness and create my very own healthy, clean, and most importantly delicious version of my favorite breakfast! There is absolutely no added sugar, the yam/sweet potatoes does the job! you can feel good about eating these as they satisfy your nutritional needs, as well as your cravings! Oh and if you are still not convinced, they are only 227 calories per serving! I think I won you over now!

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  • 1/2 of a large sweet potato/yam or 1 small
  • 1 cup oat flour (pulverize 1 cup of oats)
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • 1/4 cup of water
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 2 egg whites( use 2 tbsp apple sauce or mashed banana for vegan option)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp peanut flour or peanut butter

1. In a food processor, puree sweet potato/yam until smooth. then add the rest of ingredients and blend until mixed throughly

2. Heat a griddle/pan on medium heat and cook pancakes until browned on each side

3. Top with Healthy chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, nuts, yogurt, etc

Makes 2 servings

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Healthy Chocolate Sauce

  • 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tbsp honey or agave

1. Mix all ingredients together and drizzle sauce on pancakes!

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Low Glycemic Carbs
  • Protein
  • Healthy fats
  • Vitamins and minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • All-natural
  • No added sugar
  • Vegan
  • 100% clean
  • Low Calorie (227 calories per serving not including sauce)

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