I noticed the other day that I am low on ketchup but kept putting off buying it until I needed it. My pantry is a bit stuffed and I didn’t want to add anything that would have to sit on the shelf unused. Then Papa Satyr brought in a pound of date-sized Roma tomatoes, ripe… Continue reading Easy Homemade Ketchup
America’s Test Kitchen (from the people at Cook’s) has a Paleo resource page: Go here
It’s game day at the Wildwood and my best game friend is over for what we call Trains…in this case Australian Rails, which I scored this week at 38% off. My love affair with this game system started at the tender age of seventeen with the first edition of Empire Builder (that didn’t even have… Continue reading The Very Best Deviled Eggs
I love a good meatloaf. I grew up with bland but passable meatloaf that I loved because my dad made it and it meant that I could eat instant mashed potatoes as a side dish. I served this as leftovers with other remainders, in this case, scalloped cauliflower and mashed sweet potatoes. Paleo Meatloaf… Continue reading Paleo Meatloaf
I love pancakes, but man they can be horrible. If they are too dense, they sit heavily in the belly, if too thin, they are flat and lifeless. I like a bit of rise to my pancake. A round bit of fluffy goodness. Paleo Pancakes are even harder and I have been trying everyone’s version.… Continue reading Pancakes – Paleo and Not
I may have mentioned that I buy the natural meats that the manager has put on special and freeze them until I am ready to cook them. I had defrosted sausages with blue cheese in anticipation of the previously mentioned grill day that wasn’t, so I found myself with a need to make sausage. I ran… Continue reading One-Dish Creamy Pasta with Sausage
As long as I was making nut-based cookies the other day, I figured why not make snacks for Robert, our blue and gold macaw. Parrot Cookies (Snacks) Makes 36-ish. 2 cups almond flour 1/2 cup corn meal 1 tsp baking soda 4 eggs, shells reserved and pulverized 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped… Continue reading Parrot Snacks
I recently embarked upon a month of hardcore paleo living because it makes me feel better and I had plateaued in my post-baby weight loss. One of the things that I find is that I am hungry more frequently since I am not filling myself up with bulky grains. I decided that I could no longer leave… Continue reading Make Your Own Beef Jerky, Save Money, and Enjoy it More!
One of the unexpected things in my life is the desire to increase my breast milk production. It is so irksome to me to have to feed my child an artificial supplement. Beside relieving stress which turns out to be impossible, there are a few things recommended out there for the nursing mother: mother’s milk… Continue reading Lactation Cookies
Sometimes you need to make dinner for a group that night without planning or when you have a long day at work or away from home, or you have to bring a dish to a potluck when you are really busy all around the event and do not have time for shopping or really even… Continue reading Easy Slow Cooker Chili
