YAY!! So much Paleo Kitchen in one post. Not only am I sharing another sneak peek recipe from my newest cookbook, The Paleo Kitchen, but I’m also announcing my first book tour that George and I will be going on starting next week!! I’ve never done an actual book tour before, so this should definitely be interesting. I’ve done some signings here and there for my first cookbook, OMG. That’s Paleo? but never speaking, or cooking, or discussing the book in several different cities. Now all I’ve been doing is figuring out what I’m going to wear and how I’m going to pack all of these outfits into one carry on bag.
This is what I’ve come up with: I’m going to pack each outfit, clothes and jewelry, into individual vacuum seal bags. That way they will all fit into the suitcase when I head out to all these stops. The only issue is, even though they will fit in the bag when vacuum sealed, I won’t exactly have a vacuum with me while I’m on the road, so packing the outfits back into the bag after I’ve already worn them will be tough. I’ll make it work, but it’s going to be a pain. I also really hope I can find an iron. Balls.
I’m so excited to hit some of these new cities!! I’ve never been to Seattle, Portland, or New York City. Most of these places I’ll only be in for a day or even just half a day, but I want to try to eat at cool restaurants while I’m there. So if you live in any of these towns below or have been to any great restaurants in those places, please let me know!! I’d love to try some local restaurants.
Here are the dates for upcoming book signings! Remember, this is just our first trip so we will soon be hitting other areas and cities throughout the summer all over the US! Hope to meet some new faces!
Tuesday June 10th 2014 in Colorado
Event Location: Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch at 7pm – 9315 Dorchester St, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 – Discussion, Q&A and Book Signing
Wednesday June 11th 2014 – Seattle, WA – Event Location: Ravenna Third Place Books at 7:00pm – 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 – Reading and Signing
Thursday June 12th 2014– Portland, OR area – Event Location: Costco #111 – Tigard at 5:30-7:30pm – 7850 SW DARTMOUTH, Tigard, OR 97223 – Reading and Signing
Saturday June 14th 2014 – San Diego, CA – Event Location: Costco #488 – Mission Valley at 1:00-3:00pm – 2345 FENTON PKWY, San Diego, CA 92108 – Discussion and Signing
Monday June 16th 2014 – New York City – Event Location: Broadway Panhandler at 5:30-7:00pm – 65 E. 8th Street, New York, NY 10003- Cooking Demo and Signing
And don’t forget to preorder your copy of The Paleo Kitchen today! It comes out June 10th, in less than a week! So get it while it’s cheaper on Amazon! The cookbook will have over 100 never before seen recipes as well as helpful ideas to start up paleo and stick with it and even tear outs in the back of the book that you can put on your fridge! So excited for all of you to see it!
Cinnamon Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread + Book Tour Dates Announced
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
Ingredients
For the pan
- coconut oil, to grease the pan
For the banana bread:
- 4 medium bananas (about 1 pound)
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted grass-fed butter, melted
- ½ cup almond butter
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of fine-grain sea salt
For the swirl:
- 2 tablespoons unsalted grass-fed butter
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ½ cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
- 1 tablespoon raw honey
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch metal loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.
- Combine the bananas, eggs, butter, and almond butter in a food processor or mixing bowl and mix until the ingredients are well blended. Add the coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, and salt and continue to mix until all the ingredients are well combined.
- In a double boiler over medium-low heat, mix together the swirl ingredients. Heat, stirring often, until the chocolate has melted.
- Pour the bread batter into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly. As soon as you pour the batter, pour the chocolate swirl directly on top and use a knife to swirl the chocolate throughout the loaf pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 15 minutes before serving.
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Hey Juli!
They make space bags that you can actually just roll and it takes all the air out…I think they are made especially for travel/suitcases! They work great!
Also, just wondering what happened to the little Ziplist icon that we used to have to save your recipes? I miss it! =(
One last thing…in Seattle, there’s an awesome restaurant right in the middle of downtown not far from Pike Place Market called Purple…it’s the coolest place, and they had a mean grilled chicken salad. Super cool atmosphere too! So excited for your new book, and please visit the East Coast too (like maybe Tennessee!) =)
hey Sarah! i’m trying to fix that zip list issue right now, it’s just proved to be harder than i thought it would be. hopefully it will be fixed sooner rather than later
This bread looks so delicious and I actually have almost all the ingredients beside coconut flour! Can’t wait to try it out. Going on a book tour is going to be so much fun, especially since you haven’t been to some of those cities!
This looks delicious!! Of course, right after I move from Oregon, you go there!! UGH! Texas!!
Chocolate and bananas are one of my all-time favorite food combinations. Good call! I can’t wait to try this myself!
Eek! That’s my Costco! Can’t wait to meet you!
I love how simple this recipe is!
Yay your new cookbook comes out on my birthday!!! I can’t wait!
I made this last week when you posted that another reader was featuring the recipe and it was amazing!!! It stayed nice and moist for an entire week.. I also used crunchy almond butter – it added a little kick to it! 🙂
The space bag issue already being addressed (roll them to get most of the air out and/or as the cleaning staff to borrow a vacuum) Almost every hotel I’ve been in (an I used to travel a lot for work) has a iron and an ironing board in the room, if not in the room usually all you have to do is ask.
You guys need to do a Baltimore/DC trip, maybe somewhere in between?
First of all, your book is preordered and I am SO excited to getting it!
Second – have you thought about coming to Minneapolis????? It really is an amazing city and it is great traveling to in the summer!!!!!!
I second Minnesota! There is an amazing (but surprisingly underground) foodie population!!! Tons of really great farm-to-table restaurants, locally produced booze made into craft cocktails and super(ficially) nice people 🙂 Plus, you would have the corner of the paleo market because no one comes here!