I have gone banana's -Of course I have to say that!

Have I ever told you about banana ice cream? I don't think I have, Abbi told me about it and I researched it immediately! There is no real recipe. It's frozen banana's and a food processor and there are a million combo's you could find on Pinterest, or be creative. Did you know dates (preferably medjool) taste like caramel? They really do ( Alesha taught me that) I know, they look like . . .  Close your eyes Hillary. . . they look like cockroaches. And old people food. . . I am becoming old people and so are you so let's just enjoy whats good okay. Tonight I put a handful of pecans and about 3 medjool dates in my food processor after I blended the frozen banana's in to an almost all the way creamy state. I wanted some chunky stuff in there and blended to where my eye was pleased then I threw in a chunk of chocolate coconut bark for 1 sec. I made that last week. I cant believe I haven't posted that yet but here is a link.www.easypaleo.com/2012/01/09/chocolate-coconut-bark/ 
Tip:  DO NOT USE THE AMOUNT OF SALT IT CALLS FOR! Its way too much, it must be a typo. I couldn't eat it unless in the banana ice cream because it was so salty, however it was very tasty in the ice cream.
Tip: When making the Chocolate Coconut Bark, add a little more dark chocolate that it calls for. I know the less sugar the batter but Dark Chocolate is not that bad, I use 85%.

 There are a lot of things to try. If you want chocolate ice cream, add about 2tsp of cocoa to approx 3 banana's. Cinnamon is a yummy thing to throw in there too. Comment some of your ideas or things you have tried in there or just want to. This is one of things I eat regularly that makes me and my peeps feel normal.. Not much to be missing out on with this delicacy.

Meatballs/sauce/green beans. . . Oh my!

You wanna make something fairly healthy and gluten free that every one will love? Okay, I hear that so I will get straight to the point. This is an affordable meal and makes ALOT it serves about 7 ppl. I always make a lot of food for leftovers that I can either freeze or just take for lunch. Eating the way I eat can be inconvenient or expensive if I'm not prepared. . . Which is easier than it sounds if you just put a little thought in to it . Always try and cook enough food for 1 or two frozen servings and 1 or two lunches. Then you get to the point (eventually) that you will have a variety in your freezer. If your anything like me, my lunch is often a surprise ( lack of organization )but never a disappointment ;)
INGREDIENTS
1LB Turkey burger
1LB turkey/chicken or pork sausag
2 Egg (easily eliminated)
1.5 onions
2 cloves garlic minced
4 carrots grated
1tsp salt
1tsp pepper
1tsp cumin
1tsp chili powder
1TB thyme
1TB oregano
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
Slices green onions
1 bag frozen or a bunch of fresh green beans
Coconut oil
Apple cider vinegar
BEGIN WITH
Combining the meats, eggs, half the amount of grated carrots,half the amount of onion, salt, pepper,1 tsp of cumin and mix it very well in a bowl.then roll in to big old' meatballs
Then in a pan that has already been heated brown them on all sides. They don't need to be cooked through yet. After browned moved them to a plate and set aside.
Use a spatula to scrape bottom of the pan then add onions and carrots, while those are going add approx a tsp to tbs of apple cider vinegar in the pan to loosen the stuff on the bottom AKA cracklin's (Alesha Irene) add in a dash of salt/pepper and a couple more shakes of cumin,chili powder , oregano,thyme , mix it all around and then add the can of crushed tomatoes.
TIP: You can add how ever many of the spices that want to the dish and the more vinegar you add (see above ^)the tangier. you could add up to 4 TB.
Then Nestle your meatballs back in to your sauce and simmer for about 30 min. With the lid on.
About 10 min before they are done add the green beans to the top and put the lid back on so they can steam.
TIP: if you do fresh you may want to put the beans in 20 min before they are done.
We served the meat balls and sauce over the beans. There were no complaints from the kids and lots of oohs and awwws. There was however 1 recommendation from a near teenager that I know and it was "this is so good, but next time we should eat it with noodles" I think he is on to me ;)