Healthy eating on Valentine's Day can be tricky, let alone maintaining a paleo Valentine's Day! Luckily real food is very romantic. Sure, you can eat something drowned in cream or a trussed-up confection of gluten and sugar but why not rely on the clean recipes to show you how to get it done in the kitchen on Valentine's Day without derailing your wellness goals? Love your body... tha[...]
Let's be honest, I didn't get these pistachio waffles onto the table in time for Saturday breakfast. I made them around noon, spending a few leisurely minutes grinding nuts, whisking eggs, melting coconut oil. Then into the waffle-maker they went and out of the waffle-maker they came: thick and dense, a tiny snap of crispness to them, chewy on the inside. I ate a quarter of the first hot&n[...]
Sweet potato tater tots? Until this past weekend, I hadn't had tater tots of any kind since... I don't know when. I certainly had never contemplated making them myself! But along came a recipe for Sweet Potato Tater Tots by Ciarra of Popular Paleo in her new Frugal Paleo cookbook that looked too good to pass up. It's a sad reality that taking control of your health and switching to a nu[...]
The star of this Fruity Breakfast Pizza with Granola Crust is Paleo Scavenger granola! I "met" Brittany of Paleo Scavenger on Instagram and my interested was piqued: I've made my own Paleo granola and while the results are utterly delicious, there's nothing like the convenience of spooning it from bag to bowl and enjoying in minutes! I reached out to the Paleo Scavenger co-founders Bri[...]
Late night cookie cravings: I have them. Thank you Goji Cookies for your perfect timing as a #cleancheat solution last night! I almost didn't post them because they're yet another in my series of coconut cookies. I may have a slight obsession; most recently I posted Only Coconut Cookies, 2-Ingredient Banana Coconut Cookies and if you go farther back in the archives I have Grain-Free Car[...]
Say hello to the Fruity Coconut Breakfast Tart! It's simple to make but interesting to eat, and easy on the eyes. The simple to make part is important, because most of my Saturday mornings are spent at my neighborhood Crossfit box (and by "neighborhood" I mean it's a ten minute jog away, great warm-up). If I'm going to make breakfast before heading off to the morning WOD (short for workout[...]
What happens when onions, eggs and bacon are all you have in the fridge? You invent Eggy Onion Breakfast Bread! I could've simply served all three separately on a plate, I suppose, but where's the fun in that? This breakfast bread has crumbled bacon worked into the grain/nut-free dough, and is topped with caramelized onions. It's a simple concept, but turned out much better than expected. The[...]
Salmon and dill are an amazing flavor pairing! Something about the herbaceous bite of dill perfectly complements the fatty, fishy flavor of salmon. The flavor pairing is great prepared simply (a salmon steak slathered in a buttery dill sauce, for example) but even better in biscuit form. And aren't stuffed biscuits so fun? So fun. I have a slight addiction to stuffed biscuits, starting with[...]
I flipped through this month’s issue of Bon Appétit (such luscious photography that I’m getting hungry just remembering it) and a single line from a Father’s Day feature stuck in my head. The author of the piece was describing what he’ll be doing with his daughters on his day of honor, and among other things, eating “biscuits stuffed with Jimmy Dean sausage (judge away!) slathered i[...]
This idea came to me on a whim, because I love eggs, and I love avocado, and I love smoked salmon. This recipe is very rich, creamy, and flavorful. It's hardly a recipe at all because the steps are simply to halve the avocados, carve them out (not too much), line them with smoked salmon, dollop in the egg and bake until firm. Garnish with red chili flakes and dill, then eat warm. Done![...]
Who’s ready for sweet potato waffles? I call these savory sweet potato waffles because there’s no “added sugar” in the form of honey, agave, maple syrup, coconut sugar, dates, etc. There’s just coconut flour, eggs, coconut milk, salt and cinnamon. Cinnamon is one of those fun ingredients that seems to trick your taste-buds into thinking you’re eating something sweet when you’re[...]
Welcome to my Triple Chocolate Paleo Granola tea party. I couldn't resist the bright red of strawberries, the white of spring blossoms and the delicate decoration on two over-sized Anthropologie tea cups! Anyway... Picture your Thursday night. Yes, you're approaching the weekend's event horizon, but mostly you are in the thick of wrapping up the week at work or school before the long exha[...]
Is this irrevocably nerdy? I've noticed the wave of Paleo "breads" made from nuts and seeds (like Roost's Savory Pecan Biscuits and Green Kitchen Stories' Paleo Bread) and they all remind me of hobbit bread. As in, bread that hobbits would make, using nuts and seeds foraged from the forests and eggs laid by treasured hens. My version doesn't have anything fussy like psyl[...]
Turmeric and I are having a moment. Well, it's considerably longer than a moment. After reading Grassfed Girl's post on the benefits of turmeric, I've been incorporating the colorful spice into everything for months. You probably already eat it regularly if you're a fan of Indian food, but with recipes like this, you can eat it for breakfast and a snack! When I was turning the idea of t[...]
Two quiche posts in one week! Eggs are cheap and delicious, so why not? This recipe makes use of the amazing tomatoes that have flooded the markets here in San Francisco. In fact, it uses two kinds: sun-dried out of a jar (so good) and fresh-sliced to decorate the top. Oven-blistered tomato slices give it a rustic, crispy look... especially when paired with crispy pancetta. Speaking of th[...]
These tiny golden pucks of deliciousness score A+ on taste, ease and nutrition. Caramelized onions, mushrooms and eggs are among my favorite things to put in my mouth even on a bad day, and stirred together with chicken chunks and coconut milk and baked for 15 minutes into tiny, savory snacks? WIN. Win, win, win. By the way, I love photographing things in my mini muffin pan. The phot[...]
I was tempted to title this post "Baking with Constraints". I made a trip to the grocery store solely for the specialty items in this recipe. . . but I forgot to ensure the pantry was stocked with two Paleo staples: baking soda and coconut oil! So, if you notice the lack of leavening agent aside from eggs, now you know the sad, forgetful truth. I don't know from where in my subconsc[...]
I drove down to my parents' ranch northeast of Austin, TX for a small family reunion this week to celebrate Independence Day together. It was everything a July 4th celebration should be: plenty of BBQ, family lounging on the front porch, dogs twining between legs and panting in the shade. It was also wonderful to see the newest foal on the ranch again... Zing Tiki was hardly standing on wobb[...]
This creation rose from the ashes of a recipe failure. Several days ago I came across a gorgeous recipe series titled For the Love of Pie, in particular a beautiful entry by Mimi Thorisson. Potatoes, bacon, onions and herbs... it's all very French countryside, rustic and wholesome. I immediately began plotting a Paleo recreation to be produced in, well, my urban apartment in Dallas. Not quite t[...]
You know those recipe ideas that grab you and won't let go? Well, if you've never dreamed up an original recipe for something you think would be delicious then maybe not... But anyway, the idea for these crossed my mind when I saw some Double Coconut Muffins on Smitten Kitchen, but why stop at just double coconut? Why not up the ante and make them triple coconut muffins? I call t[...]
Yes, I'm adding my own version to the many, many egg muffin recipes already out there because this recipe works so well, yet begs for adaptation and substitution. I used mushrooms and mustard greens in this instance, but really you could replace the mustard greens with anything dark and leafy (collard greens, kale, turnip greens, spinach) and the mushrooms with any vegetables that's comp[...]
These zucchini fritters are one of those culinary adventures born of desperation, when you wake up on Saturday morning and realize there’s nothing more in the fridge than zucchini and eggs. Snag some coconut flour from the pantry and you’re in (delicious) business. Browned and crispy on the outside but tender and green-flecked on the inside, these zucchini fritters are a seasonally-appro[...]