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Pineapple & Mango Sweet Heat Chicken Wings : PaleoPot – Paleo Recipes For Your Crock Pot & Slow Cooker. A different spin on hot wings… Yes, a paleo friendly sweet & spicy wing sauce exists.

Pineapple & Mango Sweet Heat Chicken Wings : PaleoPot – Paleo Recipes For Your Crock Pot & Slow Cooker

If you follow a Paleo or Primal template, you’ve already discovered most BBQ and wing sauces are awful. Try finding one that doesn’t have high fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient and one without sugar. That’s why you’re here. Today we’re going to make a sauce much better than you can find in stores. We are mighty proud of the sauce we created, and will definitely include it in some future recipes. What you need: Tools: Baking sheet, aluminum foil, food processor or blender, medium pan. 3 to 5 pounds of pastured chicken wings. Paleo Sweet Heat BBQ Sauce. How to make the awesome paleo sauce: Add your tablespoon of coconut oil to your pan and set the heat to medium low. How to wing it all together: These are HOT, what do I dip them in? I hope you weren’t thinking about bleu cheese or ranch dressing, because that would be weird, not to mention hard to paleo-fy. We decided to skip the added sugar.

Cocktail Hour: Mustard Batons. Over the last few days I’ve given you recipes for simple syrups , grenadine , and maraschino cherries . You’re all set to get creative with your home bar and make some cocktails. Now I need to feed you. Can’t have all drinks and no food. That’s when things get messy. Not at my party, thank you very much. These mustard batons are perfect for your next cocktail hour, whether you’re hosting a party or winding down after a long day at work.

This recipe is from the fabulous Dorie Greenspan ‘s fabulous book, Around My French Table . You could have some fun playing with it as well – instead of mustard why not spread pesto, or Parmesan in the middle? Adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table Yield: About 20 batons INGREDIENTS: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed (about 8½ ounces) All-purpose flour, for dusting and rolling ¼-½ cup Dijon mustard 1 egg, beaten with a splash of water Poppy seeds, for topping METHOD: Preheat the oven to 400F. A healthy Super Bowl dip recipe from Weight Watchers. If you're new to This Mama Cooks!

A healthy Super Bowl dip recipe from Weight Watchers

On a Diet, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for stopping by! I blogged about healthier pulled meat sandwiches and if you go to that post, you’ll see oodles of links to other healthy Super Bowl party recipes (look in the comments, too!) Hope you’re ready for another healthy dip recipe because here’s one from The Weight Watchers Momentum Cookbook, which is available for $9.95 at a Weight Watchers meeting near you. Black Bean-Tomatillo Dip Makes 6 servings Ingredients: 2 (15½ ounce) cans black beans, rinsed, drained 1 (12 ounce) can tomatillos, drained, chopped 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained 3 scallions, chopped ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro 3 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons chili powder 2 teaspoons ground cumin ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper Directions: Combine beans and tomatillos in a food processor and process to a chunky puree.

Nutritional information One serving = 1/3 cup. Pepperoni Cheese Stick Roll Ups. These Pepperoni Cheese Stick Roll Ups are great for kids and crowd pleasers.

Pepperoni Cheese Stick Roll Ups

I know it feels a bit schizophrenic around here bouncing back and forth from healthy to naughty dishes. But there’s just so much food and so little time. Don’t I sound like Ben from the Bachelor if he were living in a mansion with girls made out of food? Okay…maybe that was a stretch. I don’t know how you couldn’t feel a “connection” with these Pepperoni String Cheese Rollups. But they aren’t just for kids…I’m thinking Super Bowl grub for sure. And yes, I’m completely ignoring the fact that TGWAE now has over 20,000 facebook fans. And now I have to do another giveaway…because you all are so nice. Not today. Look at that cheesy goodness! Pepperoni Cheese Stick Roll Ups Ingredients 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent roll dough 4 cheese sticks, halved 1 (3.5 ounce) package sliced pepperoni optional - marinara or ranch sauce for dipping Garlic Butter Glaze: Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.