Two fried eggs served alongside buttered toast with their drippy yolks. Just enough salt and pepper atop inviting me for another taste. My first meal after returning home from the hospital with my firstborn. Bean and bacon soup with far too much sodium gingerly biting down. Sitting in my bed watching tv, and being nursedContinue reading “Whole 30 Approved Kale, Apple, & Carrot Salad with Creamy Cashew Dressing”
Category Archives: Paleo
Grain & Dairy Free Peach-Blueberry Cobbler
It’s still officially summer here, which means the girls have not returned to school, and we are still enjoying the peak of seasonal bounty in the form of blueberries and peaches. I have to say when I see others IG accounts boasting of peaches in early July my heart sings a sad song. That isContinue reading “Grain & Dairy Free Peach-Blueberry Cobbler”
Easy Peasy Limey Squeezy Carne Asada
If you’re familiar with cuts of a cow; then, you know you are only alloted two flanks in one beef cow. There are so many recipes, which call for a flank. Prior to ever buying our own cow I had never given it much thought. Like most Americans, you simply go to the store andContinue reading “Easy Peasy Limey Squeezy Carne Asada”
Mango-Avocado Salsa Salad
As I stood in my kitchen the other day dreaming up ideas of Whole30 meals, mangos and avocados came to mind. Originally I pictured these long sliced avocados with slices of mango and freshly squeezed lime poured over them with a sprinkling of salt. I wanted to keep it simple. The idea morphed into meContinue reading “Mango-Avocado Salsa Salad”
Roasted Beet-Orange-Fennel & Shallot Salad Which My Seven Year old Loves
I have a love-love relationship for beets. As a child, the only way I could get them was found at the salad bar at a restaurant I affectionately called, “Tom & Tates.” I guess you could call me the oddball kid in the family (perfectly in the middle), who choked down dry lima beans, gladlyContinue reading “Roasted Beet-Orange-Fennel & Shallot Salad Which My Seven Year old Loves”
Preserved Meyer Lemons
In my freshman year of college I lived with my older brother in a run down house in a seedy part of town (I got car jacked in that same neighborhood). I would wake up M-F and head to my morning classes at Mesa Community College, then drive directly to work as the pizza deliveryContinue reading “Preserved Meyer Lemons”
My Paleo Ginger Cookies
Words can come out honestly and then other times they do anything but stand still. I feel like this these days. Staring blankly into the journal, computer screen, chopping board. In part, it’s due to unexpected anxiety attacks turning to panic attacks. They’ve been gripping me and I’m learning to lean into the deepContinue reading “My Paleo Ginger Cookies”
Paleo Pumpkin Bread
Friends, I have tried desperately to like pumpkin pie. I have heaped mounds of whipped cream a top it; but, maybe it’s due to the many bad ones I’ve been given growing up. For starters, the crusts were always overcooked. No, they were burnt. And then there’s the whole pumpkin itself. Could it beContinue reading “Paleo Pumpkin Bread”
Apple Crumb Tart (Grain & Dairy Free)
In college I lived in a house with nine other women. Sometimes I wonder if this was God preparing this sister to brothers only for a daughter only household. One thing I did find was what it is like to have sisters in a very communal living environment. We would all put money into groceriesContinue reading “Apple Crumb Tart (Grain & Dairy Free)”
Vegan Creamy Gazpacho
If you blink in the Pacific Northwest summer could be over that quickly. Meanwhile, in the deserts of Arizona it lasts long into October. As a child in Arizona, we began school a couple weeks prior to Labor Day. So, when my Washington raised husband referred to Labor Day as the official unofficial end ofContinue reading “Vegan Creamy Gazpacho”
Backdoor Hospitality 