I made some kale with jalapenos and bacon for Considering You a couple weeks ago and thought you might like to see it.

Click here for the recipe.

I tried to fancy up some little pork loin cutlets the other day. I think it worked.

  

Ingredients:

Pork Loin 

(You can cut it yourself or get a package of cutlets from the grocery store.)

One large sprig of fresh rosemary

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste

Olive oil and grass-fed butter for frying

1. Heat a large pan with olive oil and butter.

2. Season one side of the pork cutlets with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

3. Place the pork into the pan with the seasoned side down.

4. Season the other side, flip them when the meat starts cooking around the edges and the underside is browned (about 3-5 minutes depending on the thickness of the cutlets).

5. Pour applesauce over the pork. Add rosemary. Let other side cook through (another 3-5 minutes).

6. Garnish with rosemary and serve with extra applesauce.

  

When Melissa and I were planning this weekend, we pretty much divided our time together by potential blog posts. Paleo recipes, personal style, makeup, and not-so-Paleo cocktails all made the list and were fit into our two-day schedule. So if you read her blog, you might see some duplications over the next week or so. So for now, let's start with pancakes. Because it's Monday, and I know how Mondays can be, and because sometimes you just need pancakes.

We used a variation of this recipe for the pancake batter, and before the pancakes went onto the griddle, we fried up some bacon to go in them, because why not, man? I still maintain the opinion that there's not much that can't be made better with at least a little bacon. And did you hear? Turns out banana, vanilla, cinnamon, and bacon are like, best friends.

Ingredients (makes 4-5 big pancakes):

• Two or three strips of bacon, cut in half
• Two bananas
• Three eggs
• Three tablespoons coconut flour
• One teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• Sprinkle of cinnamon, pinch of salt

Instructions:

1. Space out strips of bacon onto the pan or griddle where you will make the pancakes. Fry them up!
2. Blend all pancake ingredients in a food processor or blender until completely smooth.
3.  When the bacon is done, spoon pancake batter on and around each strip and let cook for about eight minutes.
4.  Flip each pancake carefully and let the other side cook. Serve with maple syrup, if desired.

Rocky really wanted some.