Easy Oven Fried Taro Fries

I love root vegetables – carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, yucca and also taro! When I saw a giant taro at Asian supermarket last weekend, I immediately wanted to make oven fried taro. After procrastinating for 3 days, finally I got to make it today!

Easy Oven Fried Taro Fries
Ingredients:
1/2 of giant taro

Salt
Avocado oil (or your high heat cooking oil of your choice)

Directions:
1. Peel and cut taro into fries shape

2. Steam on high for about 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool a bit
3. Lightly season with salt and avocado oil
4. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil
5. Bake at 400°F for about 15-25 minutes. Rotate the baking pan halfway.
6. Remove from the oven and enjoy!
Crunchy at the outside and soft inside. YUM! Perfect for side dishes or healthy snacks!

 

Hacking Larabar Jocalat

I’ve actually never tried Larabar Jocalat but from what I read, it’s similar to regular Larabar but with chocolate. Since I have quite amount of nuts and dates, I decided to make my own hack version.

Ingredients:
1 cup of walnut
1 cup of almonds
9 pitted medjool dates
3-4 Tbsp cocoa powder
A dash of salt

Directions:
Blend everything using your food processor until everything incorporates together..

When everything comes together become a paste, you’re done!

Set them aside and refrigerate until it’s set, then shape them into whatever you want! I just made mine into bars

No added sugar and good for emergency snacks. I wouldn’t recommend eating these on daily basis because of the high sugar content (from the dates). But sometimes, when you’re in a pinch, it becomes pretty handy.

 

Mini Egg Salsa Muffins

So after months of drooling over Nom Nom Paleo’s assorted mini frittata muffins, I decided to make some batch for my Primal on the go snacks/breakfast.

Mini Egg Salsa Muffins
Ingredients:
6 eggs
About 1/4 cup coconut milk (I added this to finish off the coconut milk that’s been sitting in my fridge)
12 oz medium salsa (got mine on sale from Fresh and Easy)
Salt and pepper

Directions:
1. Beat 6 eggs – season with salt and pepper and add in the coconut milk – stir until combined
2. Grease muffin paper liners with oil or ghee

3. Scoop about 1 Tbsp of salsa into the muffin liners

4. Pour in the egg batter until about 3/4 full- unlike traditional muffins, these won’t rise up that much

I ended up with 16 muffins (I ran out the muffin liners & salsa for the last 2 so I just greased the muffin tin and pour in the egg batter)

5. Preheat oven to 350°F – bake for about 20-25 minutes

6. In the last 5 minutes, change the setting to broil – cook for another 3 minutes- be careful not to burn them!

Done!

The ones without the salsa filling actually puffed up more!

Now I have my Primal breakfast/snacks ready!