Balsamic Mustard Chicken

I had some chicken breasts in the fridge and needed to make a quick dinner using ingredients that I had in my kitchen. Enter Balsamic Mustard Chicken. A friend sent this recipe to me a few weeks back (it's from Everyday Paleo) and raved about how good it was. And I have to agree. Its easy, uses ingredients most will already have in their kitchen, and my kids liked it. Which says a lot. I paired it with veggies roasted with lemon, rosemary and garlic and some sweet potato rounds that I sprinkled with cumin, salt and pepper. Yum!

Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes w/Pumpkin Whip

The pumpkin patch down the street just opened and the proximity of so many pumpkins had me craving a pumpkin based treat. Voila...Pumpkin Pancakes! I followed this delicious pumpkin pancake recipe from Practical Paleo for the pancakes. For the pumpkin whip I grabbed a can of coconut milk from my fridge and mixed a couple spoonfuls of the cream at the top of the can with a couple of spoonfuls of the remaining pumpkin purée. Then I added 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice and 2 tsp puréed dates. The kids LOVED them and I know they will be a repeatedly requested breakfast around here this Fall. Yum!