Healthy(er) Double Chocolate Brownie Batter Dessert Dip
With a name like “double chocolate brownie batter,” how on earth could this be even remotely healthy? A sneaky little secret ingredient I’ve used to thicken soups without the cream – white beans. Yep,...
View ArticlePaleo Superfood Avocado Chocolate Pudding
I know what you’re thinking – “Chocolate avocado pudding?!” It’s what I thought, too, but, wow, my first reaction was so wrong! I don’t even like avocados, but they’re going to be a frequent addition...
View ArticleRoasted Acorn Squash with Paleo Sausage Cranberry Stuffing
Pumpkin steals all the fall squash glory. Don’t get me wrong – I love pumpkin and can’t get enough of the pumpkin spice craze, but there are plenty of other squashes in the world. Quite honestly, some...
View ArticleGreek/Mediterranean Paleo Spaghetti Squash
There’s a Spanish proverb that I love. It goes “A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” I think it is so incredibly true, and it’s the type of...
View ArticlePaleo Baked Oranges with Spiced Coconut Whipped Cream
Hello, everybody! It’s great to be back after a week and a half. Short hours after hitting “publish” on my last post I cut myself with a serrated bread knife while attempting to level a cake that was...
View ArticlePaleo Lemon Ginger Asparagus Soup
Winter weather where I live means lots and lots of rain. Sure, it could be worse. It could be freezing, like it is lots of places in the US, but weeks of rain have a way of making all the days seem...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Orange Ginger Chicken (Paleo-Friendly!)
I have to confess that I don’t actually own a slow cooker, but I do have a new large rice cooker that does the trick! It was a gift from my dad so we can cook rice at our wedding reception (hey, he is...
View ArticleSavory Plantain Pancakes
Before you get excited, these are not the kind of pancakes you want to pour syrup over! I guess you could, but it would probably taste weird. They’re actually an entrée savory pancake and the original...
View ArticlePaleo Zucchini “Pasta” with Peppers and Garlic Olio
What do you do when you want noodles but refuse to boil water because it’s 90-something outside and you don’t have air conditioning? Make zucchini noodles! I honestly never imagined myself sinking into...
View ArticlePaleo Sausage and Oven Roasted Fall Vegetable Bake
Aren’t fall vegetables amazing? They have so much color, flavor, and staying power. Not only will things like winter squashes and potatoes hang out in your pantry for a while without spoiling, but they...
View ArticleOven Baked Sweet Plantains – Healthier Platanos Maduros (Paleo-Friendly!)
Did you know that October 15 is the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month? Yeah, I didn’t know either until about two weeks ago when we were driving on base and saw a sign advertising a celebratory lunch...
View ArticleRoast Asparagus with Paleo Mustard Shallot Sauce
I wrote “Brussels sprouts” on my shopping list the other day, but at the store I put asparagus in my cart, instead. It wasn’t like I was unaware of doing it or confused one for the other, I just...
View ArticleEasy Homemade Blanched Almond Flour/Meal
When I was taking restaurant entrepreneurship classes in college, one of my professors loved emphasizing the importance of overlapping ingredients that go into multiple recipes. Not only do overlapping...
View ArticleCrispy Paleo Sweet Potato Oven Fries
I’ve never been a big French fry person. Even when I was a kid, I would usually ask restaurants if I could have vegetables instead of fries when we ate out! I guess I was a weird kid. I’m still not big...
View ArticleButternut Squash, Spinach, and Pomegranate Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
I’ve really got to give my husband credit – he’s been asking for lots of vegetable-based dinners lately, and he’s also gotten on board with my efforts to stop consuming products with lots of added...
View ArticleBuck Books Paleo Event
A lot of people seem to think eating Paleo means frying up eggs and bacon every day and eating a whole chicken for supper, but that really isn’t the case. Well, I’m sure some people do eat like that,...
View ArticleBuck Books Paleo Event and Thanksgiving Break
I’m super excited that the Paleo event is finally here! The last time I checked, the list of books is now actually 15 titles long. Most of them are 99 cents, but Amazon sets pricing restrictions on...
View ArticleCranberry Apple Smoothie
Have you fallen in love with smoothies yet? I tried making smoothies several years ago when I just had a ‘regular’ blender, and they never quite turned out right. Now that we have a high-powered Ninja...
View ArticleKale Cranberry Salad with Mandarine Orange Vinaigrette – Vegetarian and Paleo
I may or may not have purchased a huge bag of mandarin oranges at Costco under the assumption that they were clementines in a bag instead of a box. Okay, so I didn’t really read the label, but it was...
View ArticlePaleo Pumpkin Apple Cranberry Casserole with Pecan Streusel Topping
We had Thanksgiving with friends this year and the hostess made really great sweet potatoes. I’m not a huge sweet potato fan, and I especially detest yams. Most sweet potato casseroles I’ve seen are...
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