Cranberry Poached Pears

4 pears
3 cups 100% cranberry juice (NOT from concentrate if you can find it)
1/3 cup cranberries
1/8 cup honey (if you are using cranberry juice from concentrate, you could skip this)

Preheat oven to 350Peal and slice pears and place in a 2 qt baking dish with a lid, add cranberries. Drizzle honey across pears, pour in juice. Cover and bake for 40 min.

Micah's Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm calling these Micah's because my youngest son is allergic to dairy and eggs. Finding egg free Paleo recipes is hard, especially baked goods. I wanted to make the kids one of their all time favorites from our pre-Paleo days, CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!! Alas I could not find an egg less, dairy free, gluten free, wheat free, refined sugar free.... go figure ;) So with out further a-do....

2 cups almond flour
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 tbs flax meal
6 tbs water
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups Enjoy Life chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine dry ingredients
3. In a small mixing bowl beat flax meal and water, then mix in the remaining wet ingredients with a hand mixer
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients
5. STIR in chocolate chips
6. Drop tablespoon sized balls of dough on a parchment lined baking sheet
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes
8. Let cool, and enjoy!