Say what?? That’s a stupid long title. It’s fine though. It explains it all right there so you’re not in for any surprises. Unless you like surprises. Then that sucks for you.
I’m just getting back into the swing of things at home. Yesterday was almost a complete flop other than getting this recipe done (because butternut squash and bacon were the only two things in my house), grocery shopping, and working out. Other than that, I watched 7 episodes of Game of Thrones and cuddled with Jackson (that’s my puppy if you haven’t seen him yet). It was pretty pathetic. I thought about doing laundry…not into it. I thought about answering back to any of the emails I received over the past 5 days away in Austin…not into it. I even thought about going to my favorite food truck so I didn’t have to cook or think about doing something productive…not into it. I was a sack of Jackson poop.
Speaking of Jackson’s poop. We are slooooowly getting better with potty training. Slowly but surely. I don’t quite understand why he is so good at going outside then later on he just does it inside. Whatever. He will get it someday. I guess I should just be thankful that he’s doing it in plain sight instead of behind the couch or under our bed. I think…I’m just going to put that thought to the back of my mind.
The one issue we are running into is him biting all the time. He’s teething obviously, he’s only 11 weeks, but when we are just playing or he is excited to see us when we take him out of his crate, he’s biting everything. We have plenty of different chew toys for him from soft elk bones, to nyla bones, to soft toys, to balls, to everything in between. But he obviously wants to just play with us and biting and nipping is what he would do with other dogs. He doesn’t really understand no and when I make a terrible noise to hopefully scare him away from biting, he then wants to bite my face. We really aren’t getting anywhere. Any ideas to keep him from biting hands? I can’t rub bitter apple all over my body. Or can I…
PS- my birthday is next week and I’m dying to think of a fancy cake to make. I’m not really creative. But that’s my goal this year. Get really creative and make a cake that’s annoyingly good. Strict paleo people will seriously hate me, but I don’t care. It’s my birthday and I’ll cry if I want to. Cry meaning eat cake.
Bacon Wrapped Candied Butternut Squash Bites
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 small butternut squash
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1 pound of bacon (may need to use less depending on the size of the squash)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut the long end of the butternut squash off of the bulb. I only used the long end because the bulb is so tough to deal with because of it’s shape, but feel free to use it.
- Remove skin from the butternut squash then chop squash into 1 inch cubes. Place cubes into a bowl along with half of the 1/4 cup of coconut sugar (meaning 2 tablespoons), cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix the sugar with the squash to well coat.
- Cut bacon in half (not lengthwise) to create about 3-4 inch slices of bacon. Wrap each slice of bacon around a cube of coated butternut squash, placing the end of the bacon underneath the squash cube so it doesn’t unravel when you bake them. Repeat with all cubes.
- Place bacon wrapped cubes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle the rest of the coconut sugar (2 tablespoons) on top of the bacon wrapped cubes.
- Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes. Check at about 20 minutes to make sure they are not burning, this will just depend on the thickness of your bacon.
- Place a toothpick through the bacon wrapped cubes and eat up!
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Wrap It Up:
Bacon Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Jalapeños
Sausage Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Dates
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Regarding the biting – we have three very mouthy dogs – and especially when puppies, cattle dogs are notorious for NOT having any sort of control – I agree with trying the put down, walk away and ignore.
I’d also suggest the full mouth technique we had good success with. That is – when we wanted to play with the puppy we PUT something in their mouth so they could not bite us and they only got to play/get snuggles/etc as long as they kept that in their mouth or kept their mouth shut. We’d just keep putting the toy back in whenever they tried to bite.
Ha! Shut the front door!! Mine is on Thursday but I’ll be 30 🙁 I’ll keep saying 29 for a couple of years!
My pup is teething too and starting humping…he is only 13 weeks -_- when he start nipping/biting I shove my hand in his mouth. Catches him off guard. Works for a little bit. Or give him a lemon, might not work but hilarious to see their reaction. I’m awful. Lol
Salted Caramel “Ding Dong” Cake: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Salted-Caramel-Ding-Dong-Cake-51118070
Ferrero Rocher (Choc Hazelnut) Cake: http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-hazelnut-cake/
Carrot and Pineapple Cake: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/carrot-and-pineapple-cake-recipe.html
I made cupcakes from Elanas Pantry (chocolate!) and they were delicious! Haven’t found a good paleo icing yet…
My birthday is next week too. If you can post a cake soon so I can make it for my birthday too. Your recipes are alway wonderful!
A few ideas:
italian almond raspberry tart.
http://www.thegalleygourmet.net/2011/04/italian-almond-tart.html
Or
chocolate amaretto crepe cake:
http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2012/01/chocolate-amaretto-crepe-cake.html
Both of theses would work semi-easily (if that is a word) as a paleo cake.
Thanks again Alycia.
The biting will get better. I think all puppies go through this stage. I know our boxer, Caesar did. (the pooping will also get better as well – he is still very much a baby). For the biting, tell him “NO!” very sharply then ignore him for a few minutes every time he does it.
Our big issue with our dog was him jumping up (and he is a BIG dog so we couldn’t have him doing that). We were told by a dog trainer to squeeze his paws just enough for him to feel it every time he jumped, and that seemed to work. Might work for biting as well.
When he bites, grab the bottom of his jaw with your thumb on his tongue and hold it for a few seconds. He’ll pull away and he’ll hate it, but keep doing it until he stops and walks away.
This looks delicious! And as for the biting, it sounds mean but really isn’t. Get really dominant with him. When our dog nipped, we grabbed him by the scruff and put him in his back and held him there and said no in a firm voice. Being on their back and grabbing their scruff shows them that you are the alpha and did not like what they did. Worked for us, but good luck!!! Puppies are so hard but so worth it
We have a 6 mo old lab. She is crazy hyper. We had a biting problem. I read somewhere that if you yelp it scares them and mimics the reaction they would get from their litter mates. It worked! She doesn’t bite me or my daughter. My husband didn’t go along. She still bites him.
I made a birthday cake a couple weeks ago for my niece. It was fantastic. I received rave reviews from everyone. They weren’t even the slightest bit paleo. It was a chocolate cake with “peanut butter” frosting. Heaven! I used sunbutter instead of peanut butter. No one knew it wasn’t peanut butter.