Category: Primal

  • Teriyaki Salmon

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    Wild caught Alaskan sockeye salmon is one of the meats we receive in our meat subscription service along with pastured chicken, pork, and grass-fed and grass-finished beef. Typically we always cook salmon the same way every time (salt + pepper + garlic powder) but now that we have a million different sauces and marinades from… Read more

  • Paleo Pancakes, Waffles, and Cookies

    Paleo Pancakes, Waffles, and Cookies

    This post contains affiliate links. Please read my affiliate disclosure.  I made paleo pancakes the other morning with a mix from Birch Benders. I have to say that I am so so so so sooooooooo happy that paleo, and now keto, is totally mainstream. Years back when I wanted pancakes, I either had to make… Read more

  • Counting Calories SUCKS

    This post contains affiliate links. Please read my affiliate disclosure.  I hate counting calories. I know that it can be a useful tool to create an awareness of what and how much you really eat, but there are so many misconceptions about calorie counting (a calorie is a calorie, you gain weight by eating more… Read more

  • Whole30 Round 1 update/results

    I broke Whole30 on what would have been day 21. I am happy to say that it was not due to a moment of weakness– it was by definite choice. It was Sunday, April 8. My husband and I went out to an Indian lunch buffet. It is a newer place in north St. Pete… Read more

  • Shake ‘N’ Bake Pork Chops

    Shake ‘N’ Bake Pork Chops
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    Recipe via Primal Palate! The recipe can be found here. So here’s how this all went down– we’re going to go way, way, back. I subscribe to emails from Flo Living, thanks to my sister-in-law referring me to their site after talks of wanting to balance my hormones, and in April they sent out an… Read more

  • Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers

    Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers
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    I recently made Philly Cheesesteak stuffed peppers for dinner with the random ingredients that I had. I cut and boiled the bell peppers, sauteed the mushrooms and onions, I did my best to cut the steak into thin strips (totally failed at that) and made two pieces of cheese fit across the four pepper slices.… Read more

  • Breakfast: Shakshuka

    Breakfast: Shakshuka
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    Earlier in the week a Facebook friend {funny how we have actual friends and ‘Facebook friends’ right?? Such an interesting classification. Like she and I aren’t friends in that we hang out being that we’ve never seen each other outside of a certain environment, but we definitely have a relationship of sorts. Her daughter was in… Read more

  • Lamb Meatballs + Kelp Noodles

    Lamb Meatballs + Kelp Noodles
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    A few weeks ago I went grocery shopping at our favorite locally owned health food store while hungry and I bought kelp noodles! I had never heard of them and I had no idea if they were any good but I read the ingredients and saw that they are simply kelp! I think reading “neutral… Read more

  • ~*~ Cloud Bread ~*~

    ~*~ Cloud Bread ~*~
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    The other day my sister-in-law sent me a link to a blog post from The Big Apple Mama which contains a recipe for cloud bread made with THREE ingredients!! The three magical ingredients are eggs (separated), cream cheese and baking soda. Since there is not much need for cream cheese in a primal household, it was… Read more

  • Almond Butter Cookies

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    Peanut butter cookies are aaaaaaaaamazing but since peanuts are a primal/paleo no-no I make almond butter cookies. Turns out that almond butter is just as tasty, if not better! 😉 Last night I baked cookies using this recipe from Paleo Cookiest. I did not follow step 4, which says: Spoon 1 tablespoon of mixture about… Read more