Okay my friends – the time has come to set the record straight. All bacon is good bacon, but there is a right way and a wrong way to end up with the the best bacon. When I first started cooking bacon this way, I felt a bit dirty, a bit lazy, a bit… inattentive.… Read More How to Cook Bacon
‘Taco Pie’ – it’s like Shepherd’s Pie but for people who crave Mexican food!… Read More Recipe: Easy Taco Pie Casserole – Paleo/Gluten Free
On top of the extremely cold weather we’ve been having, we also received about 6 inches of snow today! Winter has definetly arrived. My commute home was pretty stressful because of the weather, so I decided to unwind with the season premiere of Downton Abbey and some appropriate ‘comfort food’. Gotta love a good casserole… Read More Paleo Shepherd’s Pie
Headed out to cheer for the cyclones today, but wanted to post a pumpkin recipe that I am taking with me to share with fellow tailgaters! It’s October so everyone is looking for #allthingspumpkin! I’m no different. I’ve made the recipe below twice now and it’s becoming on of my favorites – I might even take… Read More Recipe Review: 5 Star Paleo Pumpkin Bars
I splurged a few weeks ago and bought a fresh salmon filet for dinner. While I don’t love all kinds of fish, salmon is one I definetly love. And it’s not cheap, especially fresh, especially when you live in the middle of the great plaines 🙂 Usually when I buy food, especially meat, I am… Read More Broiled Salmon with Capers and Red Onion
I eat a lot of cauliflower. But not raw, because I hate how it tastes. Now cooked – that’s a different story. You can make it taste like anything and it freezes really well. So here’s how I do a fast an easy side dish to eat as is or that you can also turn… Read More Stupid Easy Side Dishes: Cauliflower ‘Mashed Potatoes’
This recipe happened completely by accident. I was just craving something asian inspired and as a friend of mine likes to joke, “You MacGyver-ed it.” I’m a big fan of MacGyver style cooking, it’s so much more fun than following a recipe. Watching chopped on the Food Network has definitely inspired me to have the… Read More Baked Chicken with Soy-Sriracha Sauce
So if you are from the Midwest, you might know what I’m talking about when I say ‘potato oles’. From Taco Johns. My version, along with the fish, takes about 30 minutes to make but it’s pretty freaking good. Also it’s cheaper and will make you feel good 🙂 Basically, dice up some sweet potatoes,… Read More Craving Potato Oles? Try this!
The cool thing about frittatas is once you get the basic technique down, you can make them for any meal and with just about any ingredients. Within reason. Eggs are a must :). But you can go nuts from there: mushrooms, ham, cheeses of all sorts, broccoli, sweet potatoes, sausage, bell peppers – think endless… Read More How to Make a Kale and Bacon Frittata
I don’t crave ice cream often, but when I do, I usually want some kind of hot fruit topping on it. Last summer, I couldn’t get enough of the combo of peaches and rhubarb. A few nights ago, I was watching a cooking show and got inspired to cook something – it was late and… Read More Drunk Bananas w/ Frozen Greek Yogurt
When I get food ready for the work week, an easy thing to do is chicken breast. You may be thinking ‘boring!’ I understand. Here’s two ways I do it, one hot and one cold, that are low maintenance but will give you different flavors. That is the great thing about chicken – you can… Read More 2 ways to Prep Chicken for Lunch
Lemon Bars… I love lemon bars… Traders Joe’s has boxes in the frozen section that I used to eat in one sitting. They are awesome, but definitely not Paleo. Absolutely nothing nutritious about traditional lemon bars… sugar, sugar and more sugar. But I used to CRAVE them like I maniac. What can I say… I’ve… Read More Recipe Review: (5 Star) Paleo Lemon Bars
When I was a kid, one of my favorite things were days when, after getting off the bus, walking down our country lane and into the house, the being hit with the smell of chili cooking in the crockpot. I love that smell. So warm and comforting. I never knew when my mom was going… Read More Slow Cooker No Bean Chili
I watch a lot of Chopped, on the Food Network. It’s a fun show and I find its inspiring, because it really shows how much can be accomplished in a short amount of time. One technique I’ve seen them use over and over on the show is a ‘quick pickle’. If they can do it… Read More What Constitutes ‘Cheating’ + How to Pickle Onions
When I was unhealthy, I did so many things in the name of ‘easy’. I ate take out because it was easy. Let myself go thru the drive thru when I smelled fries because it was easy, way easier than saying no. Drove past the gym where I had a membership, it was easy, way… Read More The ‘Easy’ Concept in Weight Loss
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