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Recipe: Paleo Pumpkin Cobbler

It's pumpkin time, you know? And while I can't say I'm a member of the Pumpkin Spice Latte craze, last year I made a Paleo version that was pretty damn tasty. The other day, I bought a little sugar pumpkin who thought he was mousse but had an existential crisis in the mixer and soon decided that he was actually cobbler. And who am I to judge? Pumpkin cobbler, it is.


Ingredients:
One sugar pumpkin
1/2 cup canned coconut cream
One to two tablespoons honey
One tablespoon maple syrup, optional
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger 
One egg

For the crumb topping:
2/3 cup almond flour
1/3 cup arrowroot powder
1/3 cup butter, cubed
Two tablespoons honey

For the cream topping:
1/2 cup canned coconut cream (cold--pop it in the freezer for a bit first)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon honey

1. Preheat oven to 350. Cut pumpkin into two or three pieces and remove the seeds.
(Set the seeds aside and roast them or I'll slap you.)
2. Add some butter to each section. Bake for 45 minutes or until the squash is tender (poke it with a fork).
3. Remove from oven and let cool before spooning out the pumpkin flesh into a mixing bowl.
4. Mix in egg, coconut cream, honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, and ginger.
5. In a separate bowl, mix together the almond flour, arrowroot powder, butter, and honey.
6. Pour pumpkin mix into a well-buttered baking dish and top with crumb topping. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
7. While the cobbler cools a bit, whip the ingredients for the cream topping together.
8. To serve, put a piece of cobbler on a dish and spoon the topping over it.
Sprinkle with cinnamon or unsweetened cocoa powder.




  


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Twin Cities Brunch | Bar Abilene in Minneapolis
I'm back with another Twin Cities restaurant today, but instead of Happy Hour, we're going to go to brunch, which, in my opinion, is pretty much Happy Hour with breakfast.

Rob and I walked around a farmers market a bit one Saturday morning and soon decided that we were starving. We headed to Uptown, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite Minneapolis spots to eat. Bar Abilene is big, with lots of natural light, $5 bottomless mimosas, and a Bloody Mary bar.




Their menu has a bit of a southwestern flair, so I went with it and got their Eggs Benedict (my favorite brunch dish), which was served with slow-roasted pork instead of Canadian bacon and chipotle Hollandaise. Hello! It also came on top of Sourdough bread instead of an English muffin, which I'm sure would have been delicious, but I asked for sliced tomatoes as a base instead. Unlike Happy Hour, brunch is much more Paleo-friendly.

Rob got a beautiful goat cheese and mushroom omelet, which was delicious and came with a side of greens tossed in a zesty lime vinaigrette. As usual, he got a mimosa and I dove right into a Bloody Mary. We have brunch down.



Bar Abilene
1300 Lagoon Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Food 5/5
Service 3/5
Atmosphere 4/5
Prices & Specials 3/5
Paleo-Friendly 5/5
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Twin Cities Happy Hour | Uptown Cafeteria in Minneapolis


For happy hour a few weeks ago, Rob and I headed to Uptown Cafeteria in Minneapolis, where the views from the rooftop are beautiful and the Moscow Mules are served with candied ginger.





Their happy hour specials (click here and scroll to the end) aren't anything amazing if you're a cocktail drinker, but Rob got a beer and we split a couple appetizers, which included the most interesting and delicious deviled eggs I've ever laid eyes on. Filled with a rich salmon mousse and topped with jalapenos, lox, and everything bagel seasoning, they were sort of amazing. And then there were pork nachos. Happy hour isn't always totally Paleo, but it's pretty much always delicious.






Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group
3001 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Food 5/5
Service 3/5
Atmosphere 5/5
Prices & Specials 3/5
Paleo-Friendly 2/5
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