Pesto Pasta and Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I got a new gadget in the kitchen...

It's the Spiral Slicer from Sur La Table and it was on sale today-24.95! Took this puppy home and made this...

Recipe courtesy of www.healingandeating.com

(I doubled and it serves at least 4 as a main course and 6 as a side)

AMAZING...by body thought it was eating pesto pasta!

Pesto Zucchini Pasta

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Author: Lauren Bolanos

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 2 zucchinis made into noodles
• 1 cup of raw pine nuts
• ½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• juice from 1 lemon
• 3 cups of fresh basil

Instructions

1. Make zucchini noodles with julienne peeler. Hold down zucchini with a fork for safety.
2. In food processor, combine, pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, fresh basil and lemon juice.
3. Blend until smooth, then toss with zucchini and plate dish.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1-2

And well since we had a fantastic dinner we thought we would top it off with some dessert...yes you can have dessert...chocolate chip cookies

Courtesy of Against all Grain..she's amazing! The kids devoured...no joke! 

Happy Saturday night!

Real-Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies

AUTHOR: Danielle Walker - AgainstAllGrain.com

SERVES: 1 dozen

INGREDIENTS:

• ¼ cup palm shortening, ghee, or grass-fed butter
• ¼ cup coconut palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1½ cups blanched almond flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ cup dark chocolate pieces (just chop up a dark chocolate bar)
• ¼ cup Enjoy Life chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a food processor, cream the palm shortening, coconut sugar, honey, egg, and vanilla for about 15 seconds until smooth and fluffy.
3. Add the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda and sea salt and mix again until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed in order to incorporate all of the flour. Pulse once or twice more.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
5. Place golf-ball sized balls of dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a SilPat. Using another sheet of parchment on top of the dough, flatten them slightly with the palm or your hand or a spatula. The cookies don’t spread much so create the size and thickness you want prior to baking them.