Apple Pie...minus the pie...a la mode!

I am venturing to guess we all experience a sweet tooth now and then...am I correct? I sure do! One of the most amazing "creations" I've gone back to over & over again is my Apple Pie a la mode. There is nothing sinful about this amazingly delicious dessert....did I mention it only takes 2 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook...oh, and 4 ingredients?!

Ingredients:
1 Apple, thinly sliced (I use my Pampered Chef mandolin slicer on the thinnest setting)
Ground Cinnamon, to taste
Coconut [palm] sugar, to taste
SO Delicious brand (dairy, soy, gluten free) Vanilla Bean Ice Cream [no sugar added, if available]

Preheat oven to 375-400 degrees. In an oven safe bowl (I use my small, personal size, Corningware bowl), place one layer of apple slices to cover the bottom. Sprinkle cinnamon & coconut sugar. Repeat until you are out of apples. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve into new bowl and top with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream! Serves 2...oh yea, it's also a great date night recipe!!

Yummy Rating (1 being the worst & 10 being the best/closest to traditional recipe): 10

Why? Who needs crust when you've got something this delicious?!?! Enough said.

What is your favorite type of pie? I may attempt to make other crustless desserts! 

Taco Pie...minus the Pie

I found a really promising recipe that sounded delicious -- pie crust + taco meat topped with avocado & lettuce? YUM! Problem...the original recipe called for Almond Flour (can't have nuts) and butter (can't have dairy), so I thought, why not replace almond flour with coconut flour and butter with coconut butter....not so much! I'll give you the original recipe, and if you have nuts & dairy in your diet, let me know how it goes!

Ingredients:
Crust: 1 1/2 cup almond flour + 1/4 cup butter, melted -- mix and pour into 9 inch pie pan & pat down
Pie Filling
1 lb ground meat, organic/grass fed, hormone free
1/2 onion, chopped
1 tbsp coconut oil
Taco Seasoning (the original calls for BBQ sauce, but there are so many things I can't have in BBQ sauce, and I know I just love taco seasoning, so I made this concoction): 1 1/2 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 2 tsp ground oregano, pinch of crushed red pepper (I'm technically not allowed red pepper, but I figured just a few wouldn't hurt!)
Lettuce
Avocado

Directions
Make pie crust. Use coconut oil to saute chopped onion. Add in ground beef, brown. Once browned, at about 3 tbsp of taco seasoning and stir well (add 1/4 cup of water, if necessary). Let simmer for about 5 minutes, then pour into pie crust. Put in oven for 30 minutes on 350 degrees.

Since we didn't enjoy the flavor of the "crust", we scooped the beef out and ate it on top lettuce with avocado -- a taco salad :-)

Yummy Rating (1 being the worst & 10 being the best/closest to traditional recipe): sans crust...9...with crust....2

Why? I liked the idea of having a crust...but the crust pretty much tasted like coconut flavored sand...but the taco beef was DELICIOUS!! I love this recipe! 

I will be uploading my absolute favorite taco recipe soon! Between this recipe & the one with veggies in it, I doubt we'll ever eat "normal" tacos again!