I am on another lettuce wrap kick which actually is working out perfectly while I am participating in my Spring Clean Eating Challenge. This challenge basically means that for 30 days I am eliminating all dairy (except eggs) grains, legumes, vegetable oils, processed foods, and added sugar. I have to say that while I thought this challenge would be difficult it really hasn’t been at all and I have found myself to be really enjoying it. For last nights dinner we decided to go the Fish […] Continue reading →
Every year come Spring my taste buds seem to change and I wind up craving a whole slew of different foods than I did in the dreary winter months. While some of my favorite foods this month are average household shopping staples, I have made a few amazing finds that are a little out of the box and that I am completely obsessed with! Kombucha: Oh My God! How do I even describe my love affair with Kombucha! This all natural beverage loaded with powerful enzymes and probiotics have been doing […] Continue reading →
While living the Paleo Lifestyle grains are considered to be off limits. Instead, we are supposed to fill our meals with nutrient rich fruits, nuts, vegetables, and meat protein to curb the need to overdose of carbohydrates. When we eat this way our bodies begin to use the fat we have stored for fuel, rather than immediately using the carbohydrates we consume from grains. While fruits and vegetables do consist of carbohydrates they are not nearly as carbohydrate dense as most […] Continue reading →
Even though Spring and Summer have yet to really arrive here in the Northeast, I have been itching to break away from the packaged and canned products from the grocery store and get back to making things fresh like I do mostly all Spring and Summer long. When I got to thinking about one of my favorite Italian sauces, dips, or spreads…I am talking about you PESTO, I realized that this particular item is something which really can be made year round. Since herbs tend to do great […] Continue reading →
Every year come Fall my taste buds seem to change and I wind up craving a whole slew of different foods than I did in the earlier summer months. While some of my favorite foods this month are average household shopping staples, I have made a few amazing finds that are a little out of the box and that I am completely obsessed with! Kombucha: Oh My God! How do I even describe my love affair with Kombucha! This all natural beverage loaded with powerful enzymes and probiotics have been doing […] Continue reading →
One of the biggest transitions for me when I first went gluten free was trying to break myself away from the staple American lunch item, “the sandwich”. It is fair to say that I may have shed a few tears over my loss of french baguettes, warm ciabatta rolls, and yummy spinach wraps…what can I say I loved myself a good sandwich. I did give it the good old gluten free try though and made many attempts at recreating some of my favorite sandwiches with various pre-made […] Continue reading →
I have an unbelievable love for farmers markets, so much so that I honestly think if I could find a way to live in a Farmers Market I would. (Note to Self: Buy a farm and host a daily market on it) Every Saturday there is an AWESOME Farmers Market in my area which I love to go to. I honestly look forward to it all week-long! This week I couldn’t help myself around all of the fresh and organically grown fruit. There were raspberries, blueberries, peaches and plums galore…I […] Continue reading →
For all of you garlic lovers out there, you know who you are! Please please PLEASE tell me that you have at some point in your life tried fresh garlic. And by fresh I don’t mean from Whole Foods, I mean straight out of someone’s garden, bought at the farmers market really fresh garlic. If you haven’t had fresh garlic yet, find a farmers market, like today, and go buy yourself some garlic. I am not exaggerating when I say that it literally will change your life…well […] Continue reading →
I am the queen of salads! You know how some men are the King of the Grill or Barbeque? Well I am the queen of the salad. They literally make up so many of my meals that if I didn’t love them, and know how to make them delicious and exciting, I would really have a food boredom problem on my hands. Instead over the years I have mastered the art of delicious and exciting salads. I honestly cannot remember the last time I had a boring lettuce, cucumber, and tomato salad that left me […] Continue reading →
Note: This post comes courtesy of my sisters creativity, gotta give credit where credit is due! Yesterday my sister came over to me with her newest concoction, like me she enjoys experimenting in the kitchen and has become quite the skilled smoothie master. I told her to start making her concoctions look a little more pretty so that I could put some of them up on the blog for your all to see. So yesterday before biting into her afternoon snack she told me that she had […] Continue reading →
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