This gluten-free chicken noodle soup is the result of finding whole White Oak Pastures pastured chicken at our local food co-op. If you’re not familiar with the definition of “pastured” as it relates to chicken, it’s similar to “grass-fed” for beef: it means that the chicken roamed around on pasture during its life, probably pecking at bugs and seeds, warmed by the sun, soci[...]
This Gardener's Pie recipe is my tribute to the would-otherwise-be-wasted ugly vegetables in my Imperfect Produce box last week. The food recovery startup Imperfect Produce first came on my radar when I saw its CEO and COO speak at a Food +Tech Connect meetup here in San Francisco. The two spoke about their company's multi-part mission to 1) reduce food waste while[...]
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This isn't the first time that I've written about the carbon-farmed deliciousness at Stemple Creek Ranch. See my previous post (we'll call it Carbon-Farmed Beef, Part I) for a nice introduction to the topic, not to mention the wonderful recipe for Thai beef with basil. 🐮🌱 This time, I have created Sheet Pan Fajitas: a one pan meal consis[...]
Pastured bone broth: I finally found a shelf-stable brand that is made from grass-fed cows! If you don't have time to spend hours making your own bone broth, Kettle & Fire makes a game-changing broth from organic bones, slow-cooked to draw out the nutrients and collagen hidden deep inside. Get it HERE. Two posts in one week?! 🔥🔥🔥 Yes. It's Christmas D[...]
Pastured bone broth: I finally found a shelf-stable brand that is made from grass-fed cows! If you don't have time to spend hours making your own bone broth, Kettle & Fire makes a game-changing broth from organic bones, slow-cooked to draw out the nutrients and collagen hidden deep inside. Get it HERE. I've been thinking about food choices, lately. Ingredient choices, more specifi[...]
This quick and tasty 30-Minute Thai Beef with Basil is my first recipe introducing carbon farmed beef. What is carbon farming? The TL;DR version: it's a style of farming that removes carbon dioxide from the air through agriculture. How it works involves a quick science lesson: all agricultural production involves the process of plant photosynthesis, which uses sunshine to combine carb[...]
Pastured bone broth: I finally found a shelf-stable brand that is made from grass-fed cows! If you don't have time to spend hours making your own bone broth, Kettle & Fire makes a game-changing broth from organic bones, slow-cooked to draw out the nutrients and collagen hidden deep inside. Get it here. In keeping with the international flavor mash-up that is today's post, I[...]
I made this Date-Night Spicy Sausage Stuffed Ravioli solo, but I definitely think the effort is better split between two people... So make a date night out of it or give it a whirl with a friend or roommate. I am making use of fresh, seasonal ingredients here, so I skipped any type of labor-intensive prep of the vegetables and instead opted to let their natural flavor&[...]
This Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein is just my latest tribute to a long-time love: the versatile, delicious, easy-going spaghetti squash. Once I tried cooking spaghetti squash in the microwave, it opened up a whole new world and I've never looked back. If you're looking for more spaghetti squash goodness, see my Spicy Spaghetti Squash Beef Bowl, One-Pan Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chorizo Skillet[...]
Pastured bone broth: I finally found a shelf-stable brand that is made from grass-fed cows! If you don't have time to spend hours making your own bone broth, Kettle & Fire makes a game-changing broth from organic bones, slow-cooked to draw out the nutrients and collagen hidden deep inside. Get it here. The recipe for this Slow Cooker Short Rib Chili has been on my mind for a long t[...]
I have been playing a LOT with cranberries this holiday season, in many different ways, and have completely fallen in love with them as an ingredient. Such little bursts of color and flavor! This Cranberry Chicken Stuffed Squash is my favorite cranberry creation to date: there are many layers to the flavor, such as the warmly savory shredded chicken, the subtle sweetness of onions and parsnips[...]
Sometimes I have a Grinch moment, and I think "healthy seasonal food in the winter is ugly, and boring, and difficult, and time-consuming to prepare." But I know that's not the truth. Many traditional favorites do rely on truckloads of sugar in various forms to liven them up (pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes loaded with marshmallows) but there's beauty and eas[...]
Before we get to the lusciousness that is the Green Pork Sliders, may I say that earlier this month I competed in my first CrossFit competition ever! What an utter blast. Hosted by Alameda Crossfit just across the water from San Francisco, the day dawned crisp and sunny and I got there bright and early to warm up and get situated before the competition began. Shout-out to the pureWOD gu[...]
One of the most difficult aspects of a healthy lifestyle is the cost of nutritious ingredients, and the hassle of cooking. However, there are plenty of "hacks" that help when time and funds are both nowhere to be found. One of my favorite strategies that's an utter no-brainer (although it does take a conscious effort) is buying meat--one of the priciest parts of a real food diet-[...]
To be honest, this Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chorizo Skillet is a riff on grain-free paella. But... I forgot the shrimp, so it has no rice, no seafood, and no right to be called any type of paella. But! It does have golden chunks of chicken and savory slices of chorizo on a bed of smoky paprika-spiked vegetables, so I think it still has a lot of tastiness to offer. I made it for a pale[...]
According to Wikipedia, a galette is a round and crusty cake. I’m more inclined to think of it as a pie that is not cooked in a pie dish, but instead, the pastry is folded up and around the filling, leaving a hole at the top. I wrote about forgiving grain-free baking projects in my post of a sun-dried tomato ripe olive focaccia a few weeks ago, and I consider this the next in t[...]
Since going grain-free, I miss bread. But probably not in the way you're thinking, and it's more accurate to say that I miss bread-making: those deeply meditative, repetitive motions of kneading to sink your awareness into, the precise measuring of ingredients, exercising patience while the dough rises, that universally comforting, wholesome warm smell… You see? Bread-making is[...]
I called out that this is paleo pot pie in the title, but that's not to say that these sweet babies are just "good enough for paleo". It's my goal to publish recipes on Fresh Planet Flavor that are... good. Objectively. Of course, the definition varies person to person, and there's no getting around the fact that my taste-buds have adjusted after years of trying to avoid refin[...]
This dish may look humble, but... if my blog were a basketball team, this recipe would be in the starting five. It's called 5 Minute Slow Cooker Curry because the prep time is LITERALLY five minutes (I timed myself). Load everything into a slow cooker and turn it on. Then, six hours later, revel in effortless curry! Not only is this slow cooker curry crazy lazy as far as prep[...]
Lamb is a controversial meat. Its taste has a dank, gamy undertone to it that's totally absent from chicken and beef (and which means a whole lotta nope for a some people) but is... actually what I like about it. You always know when you're eating lamb, and the taste is kissing cousins with the flavor of other interesting meats like goat, bison, venison. However, I m[...]
Avocados are just one of my favorite food on the planet, no big deal. It's always the right time to eat avocados, they can hold my interest meal after meal. Equally delicious as guacamole loaded onto plantain chips, sprinkled over baked eggs for breakfast or eaten plain with a spoon as a pre-workout snack, the possibilities are endless! I love discovering new avocado reci[...]
I debated whether to post this recipe here on the blog, as it's really just a "cook this stuff in a skillet and then mix or layer" situation. But! After posting it to Instagram, a few folks piped up that they'd like some specifics to go by, so here's the method to a quick layered dish featuring my favorite things. If you don't have a spiralizer (a pity, because they're so fun!) then fee[...]
Biscuits and gravy is a slightly guilty pleasure of mine, probably because my parents wouldn't let me eat the dish growing up. The white, clumpy, greasy, unidentifiable meaty chunkiness that is traditional Southern biscuits and gravy never darkened the doors of my childhood home. Now there's a morbid fascination with it that I can't shake, so today I took the concept out for a thoroug[...]
I'll be honest: partly why I decided to experiment with kedgeree is because I'd never heard of it before yesterday. Kedgeree is apparently a traditional British breakfast from colonial India, and it's got quite the balance of flavors going on: smoky fish, curried rice (in the traditional version), and boiled eggs! Kedgeree is thought to have originated with an Indian rice-and-b[...]