Why did I just eat so much? Why do bacon and eggs go well so together? Why am I watching ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’ by myself on a Saturday night?
You don’t have an answer? Me neither.
Wait. Now I’m watching ‘The Wedding Planner’. Ugh, gag me.
Actually, I know why. Because my face is in a lot of pain. Acne is straight up painful. It legitimately hurts. And trying to get rid of it hurts even more. I went to see the woman who works on my face and she definitely had her work cut out for her. So frustrating. I eat well, I work hard, but my face is still ridden with extremely unattractive bumps. Dumb. So going out on a Saturday night with my face looking like someone had thrown darts at it was out of the question. Plus going out sucks. My couch is incredibly comfortable. My blanket is even more comfortable. AND I own fuzzy socks. Boom.
Wanna know a secret that’s not really a secret now because of the world of Facebook?! My birthday is coming up. Yes, yes it is. And yes, I know I can remove my birthday from my Facebook, but who wants to do that when a ton of random people you never talk to you tell you happy birthday? That sh*t feels good. Don’t act like you don’t love it. But anyways, I’ve decided for my birthday, I’m going to spend money I don’t have on a new camera. I’m going to do it. Then maybe someday, if I have more money that doesn’t really exist, I can put together a cookbook. With good pictures. That make your stomach growl. And sing joyful songs.
Like this recipe. This bread was delicious. Straight up wonderful. ESPECIALLY with the walnuts on top. My friend Zanna had the idea of making it into french toast which is GENIUS. But I didn’t try it…because I ate all of it….pretty quickly. Laura had like 4 bites too so it evens it all out, right? Thought so.
Maple Walnut Sweet Potato Loaf
- Yield: 4-8 1x
Ingredients
For the bread
- 1 medium sweet potato (or yam) ~ equivalent to 1 cup, skin removed after baking
- 1 cup roasted, unsalted cashews
- 6 medjool dates, pitted
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 2 tablespoons raw honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
For the topping
- 1.5 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
- Poke holes in your sweet potato and bake for 30-40 minutes or until soft and completely cooked through.*
- While your sweet potato cooks, add your dates to a food processor and pulse to combine. Then add your cashews and let run until you have paste with the cashews completely broken down and combine with the dates.
- Once your sweet potato is cooked, reduce heat of oven to 350 degrees.
- Add cashew and date mixture to a bowl, along with your baked sweet potato with the skin removed, eggs and all other bread ingredients. Mix well.
- Grease two loaf pans (I used 9 x 5 sized) and add your sweet potato mixture equally to both pans.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes then let cool.
- While the bread is baking, place a small skillet over medium heat and add your coconut oil then chopped walnuts.
- Let the walnuts begin to toast for a minute or two, then add your honey, cinnamon, maple extract, and pinch of salt.
- Mix to combine and let cook for about 1-2 minutes more.
- Add your sticky nut mixture to the top of your sweet potato breads.
- Let cool completely (the nut mixture will harden a bit) then cut and serve!
Notes
If you want that process to be quicker, add your holey sweet potato to the microwave and cook on high for 3-4 minutes or until soft.
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Re: dealing with acne. I’d like to say that i love, and can easily follow, your rants. Your humor is something i can appreciate. For your acne: YOU MUST TRY EMU OIL!!!! I started getting acne as an adult, 7 years ago. After much struggle i tried emu oil products,like i used on my son when he was a newborn struggling with skin issues. Now i find periodic application of an anti blemish emu oil topical keeps my itchy, red painful bumps under control. Granted, what i use it horrifficly stinky, but IT WORKS!!! good luck! -D
Oh my sweet deliciousness.. I made this for Mother’s day since, well 1-it was Mother’s day, and 2-my grandparents were coming over, and it was a hit! My grandpa stole my recipe for it so now I have to reprint it. and I just ate another piece. I’ll be searching for more reasons to make this!!
You probably have parasites since you have acne. Research parasites they are the most undiagnosed condition. If you drink some diatomaceous earth ( food grade) it will leave you with unbelievable smooth skin.
How long have you been doing paleo? Recent epidemiological research and understanding of the hormones in dairy have implicated dairy as a cause of acne, breast cancer and prostate cancer. I have found that dairy restriction has eliminated acne and folliculitis after a few months.
for about a year and a half now
I would buy your cookbook. And then I would buy it for all my friends and family for their birthdays or JUST BECAUSE I CARE!!! You really have a talent that is absolutely AMAZING! Plus, your HI-larious. So, yeah. Cookbook please! =)
trust me over the counter tenetmrats for acne dont work as there not strong enuff and often irrate the skin and make it worse! clearasil, visibly clear, oxy you name it i tried it and wasted a lot of money. Then i finally went to the doctors and he prescribed me sum zineryt and within a few weeks my skin completey cleared up so dont waste ur time and money just get to the doctors.
As soon as I discovered this website I went on reddit to share some of the love with them.
This would be my first post and it’s not in reference to your recipe but to your face. Let me elaborate, I stick to the same diet and them some more (I have “the diabetis”). Anyway, I had insistent acne until I tried detoxing diary and all things cow; it worked! I no longer eat diary or soy but my face is back to normal. Not sure if you’ve tried detoxing diary (gluten can have similar effects) but best of luck to your face.
P.S. this website is heaven-sent! And my cousins adolecent love your apple nachos. Thanks a million times over.
I just heard about your website this week. And I just made this delightful recipe. Geez Louise! Who needs a pecan roll when they can make this. Absolutely delish. I am really starting to love Paleo. I plan on eating from your recipes all week. Can’t wait. Keep up the good work.
I just made this and it came out awesome. I subbed pecans for walnuts because I don’t care for them too much. It turned out like a delicious sweet potato casserole. 🙂