Can we talk about New Girl right now!? If you haven’t watched the latest episode, shame on you, but look away RIGHT NOW!!
OMG Nick and Jess are finally getting together!! The last episode was fantastic. Mostly because Schmidt got stung on his face by a jellyfish while trying to catch a lionfish with a lacrosse stick. BUT the Jess and Nick thing was awesome. He’s so in love with her. I never thought my favorite show could get better, but once they threw love into the mix, I pledge to never EVER miss another episode. How many times have I said episode in this blog so far? Answer: too many times.
New subject.
I went to the dermatologist yesterday. Instantly started crying. Poor derm lady. She had no idea what that appointment was about to bring in. Well it brought a mess of a grown woman, desperate for answers. I even wrote down a list of everything I’ve tried to help fix my skin. I just can’t take it anymore. I can’t look in the mirror anymore, my face constantly hurts, and I cry probably every two days out of frustration. No one should have to live their life like this. Time to take control.
On a lighter note, I’m going to get my nails AND toenails done next week. Yes, yes I am. I seriously haven’t gotten my nails or toenails done since high school. I never saw the point. The polish just came off, looked gross, then made your nails worse. BUT, since I will be doing a cooking presentation next week at PaleoFX, I thought I should try to make myself look more like a lady. I think I might even wear an apron, like one of those skirt aprons. Those things are adorable. And I want to try to fool people into thinking that I’m adorable. Little do they know. Can’t wait to see some of your there. What in the hell else am I going to wear other than an apron!? I just got instantly stressed.
OMG. I have found a new blog I love. And it’s a paleo blog! I usually only fall in love with non paleo blogs because they have way better food porn, but this one is awesome. And naughty. And I love me some naughty paleo food. I actually found her off of instagram while sitting at the dermatologist. The things you can find while bored. And I am so lucky to. Check out Clean Eating with a Dirty Mind. She’s pretty new so she doesn’t have a ton of recipes yet, but every single one she has looks stupid good. I’m kind of in love with her. Go check out her blog and give her some love on instagram @vanessabarajas. You’ll be happy you did.
Oh PS, who here is doing the 21 Day Sugar Detox? I swear, you can do it if I can. Especially if you have these cute little things stored in your fridge. It has a slight sweetness to it and the fat from the coconut oil and coconut butter keeps you full and satisfied. For real, make these.
21DSD Green Apple and Coconut 2-Bite Treats
Ingredients
- 1 green apple, cored and diced
- ½ cup coconut butter
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more, if you’d like)
- pinch of salt
- 2 extra tablespoons coconut oil, for cooking
Instructions
- Place a medium skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil to the pan. Once hot, add diced apples and begin to cook down, making sure they do not burn.
- Once apples are soft, add the cinnamon and a bit of salt.
- Now you need to get the coconut oil and coconut butter soft, so place both in a bowl and into the microwave for about 30 seconds, then mix with a spoon.
- Then add the sautéed apples to the bowl with coconut butter and coconut oil and mix well, adding a bit more cinnamon.
- Now use a spoon to scoop out 1-2 tablespoons of your chunky mixture into a silicone liner in a muffin tin. Repeat until mixture is gone. If you do not have silicone liners, use paper (they may just stick a little).
- Place in fridge for at least 20 minutes before eating. Also store in the fridge because they may want to melt!
- Makes about 9 discs.
- Enjoy the 21 Day Sugar Detox!
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More Sugar Detox recipes:
21DSD Creamy Green Apple Smoothie
Sugar Detox Cinnamon Sweet Potato Ice Cream with Toasted Walnuts
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You know what would be good in these. Don’t hate me, they are delicious as is. But I want to add macadamia nuts! Not a lot, just enough to really schmaltz it up!
My kids ask if they can have these for dessert? My answer: Absolutely!
Cystic acne sucks. I finally saw a dermatologist years ago and she prescribed antibiotics that kicked mine to the curb. Done. Except that every now and then something would threaten but never appear, and I would also get a migraine. While searching for the cause of the migraines, I eliminated gluten and dairy and the acne never came back. I want to encourage you in your quest to eliminate your CA because it leaves scars that may not be visible now, but after you’re 55 or so, that skin will show signs of aging first because of the continued stress. Best of luck!
Doing the detox and I will be making these. I loved the blueberry ones and I can’t wait until strawberry season to try them.
Not that you want anymore unsolicited advice… but… I see a whole lot of eggs in your recipes. Maybe they’re the problem? They are a cross-reactor for a lot of people with gluten intolerance. I am currently eliminating them for a month to see if it helps me, and nightshades too. The Paleo Mom says a lot about them. Good luck. BTW, you are beautiful. The rest of us see it. 🙂
Juli, I Read your blog, not exactly aware of your facial derm issues but I have been using an AWESOME and AMAZING product. It is all natural. And helps with a number of skin problems. Email me if you want some info. I can send you information about it. By the way love the coconut apple treats. I am soooo making these!!! I have major issues with my eating and really am trying to be better with eating only foods that will nourish my body!! Hope to hear from you.
These make me so happy. I didn’t have anything to put them in to chill so I lined an old egg carton with tin foil and spooned it in. Worked like a charm!
There are too many comments to read through, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned as a suggestion to try, but as a fellow acne sufferer I wanted to help. Miralax (or some other gentle method that works as a laxative or helps you ‘go’). I’ve suffered from acne off and on from age 13 – 27. I’ve been on various antibiotics, all sorts of prescription topicals, proactive, spironolactone, and accutane 4 times.
Ultimately I found my skin behaves its best (and at times completely clear) when on birth control (which isn’t always preferred), when I’m ‘regular’ (seriously I can break out two days in to irregularity and a day after a gentle lax my skin clears quickly), benzoyl peroxide topical (either prescription or proactive or acne.orgs type all work, the drug store brands IME do not). Also I notice very clear skin..without even having to wash face regularly, when I’m in a phase (for whatever reason) of eating very small portions and avoiding most grains/sugar.
Hope you find relief, whatever remedy it may be! Luckily after over a decade of torture I finally know tricks to get mine under control. Great blog, glad I stumbled upon it tonight.
A popular, fairly effective cellulite treatment is to massage the affected areas
with a paste of olive oil and coffee grounds. It battled against Drew’s Flygon and Absol, alongside Squirtle; however, the fierce battle left only Combusken and Absol on stage after the first half of the five minutes. However the back of the package was basically a ‘what you can do’, and I figured since they added little star stickers on the nails on the back of the package that inside of the package I would find these same little star stickers, and small green and white swoosh stickies.
I just started being a creeper and reading the hell out of your blog and noticed this post (because apples! and coconut! Yay! I’m making these later 🙂 ). I, too, eat paleo and had the breakout/acne issues as well. Even before. I thought changing to paleo would help, but it didn’t. It took me cutting out coffee and cutting way down on chocolate for my face to clear up. I know, I know, is this a level in Dante’s Hell?! I’m a mom so…you know both of those seem like sanity deal breakers, but cutting them out also helped my adrenals chill the hell out. So hey, not so bad.
I also do Blue Ice Fermented Cod Liver oil caps and those are awesome 🙂
Hey,
I just went Paleo/sugar free and I LOVE your site and recipes!! I cannot wait to try some of these. I feel your pain on the whole acne thing because I struggled for YEARS. Especially with post acne marks. Things that worked for me recently:
INTERNALLY:
*80 to 100 oz water daily
*GNC Triple Cod liver oil (2 daily)
*GNC active multivitamin (2 daily)
*Biotin (100mcg) WITH
*B12 (500mcg) ( 1 each daily, I found out taking biotin without b12 causes heavy breakouts)
EXTERNALLY:
*Sulfur soap 10% (works wonders for me and my oily skin and now my younger sister uses it. DO leave the suds on for 10 minutes or it doesn’t work the same.)
*Dr Dennis Gross Clarifying Colloidal Sulfur Mask (pricey but I’d leave it on overnight and my face would clear up LOVE this stuff but you can probably find a cheaper version)
*For post acne marks I have used glycolic acid peels up to 10%.
I hope this helps if you have not tried these already.
OH and I just read Kaitlin’s comment above and I also agree that when I’m regular, i RARELY break out. My digestion issues have ran alongside my acne issues most of my life as well.
Keep up the great work with these recipes:)
where in the world are you finding these coconut flakes! i have looked at whole foods, sprouts, mothers, trader joes, and albertsons….i know i could get some online probably cause they have everything online but i want to make your recipes right this second!! all i do at work is look at all the good stuff i could be making and at least 10 out of the 12 things i wanna make need coconut butter…yeah the stores didnt have coconut concentrate either…or maybe they did..but the store clerk couldnt find it and either could my little asian eyes.
whole foods or i just buy them on tropicaltraditions.com