Indian Spiced Stew

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As fate would have it, I made this recipe on the night last week where the winds were blowing so bad it felt like we were all about to go up Wizard of Oz style.  Those nights are the perfect nights to walk into your house and smell a stew that’s been slow cooking all [...]

Bacon Laced Brussel Sprouts

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I’m all about giving credit where credit is due.  And right now credit is definitely due to one of my best friends and her fiance.  She came up with this bacon brussel sprout goodness and was nice enough to spread the wealth and share it with me.  When she was explaining it to me at [...]

Chorizo Mini Meatloaves with Chipotle Tomato Relish

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Excuse the language but: I’m back bitches. I know I’ve totally neglected this (along with all of my other hobbies) while I’ve been getting adjusted to the first six weeks of my crazy new job.  But now that I feel like I’ve gotten everything under control (and spent most of post-Thanksgiving getting all of this [...]

“Kitchen Sink” Chicken Salad

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We’ve all been in that moment: you open your fridge, looking for something to eat.  There isn’t anything made, but you do have 1/2 of a red onion, two stalks of asparagus, one leaf of kale, and a leftover chicken breast all about to go bad in like 10 minutes unless you eat them immediately.  [...]

Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta with Steak

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Paleo madelinettes, I have really missed the sense of peace and happiness that I feel when I sit down to share a recipe with all of you.  I genuinely apologize for the brief hiatus I have taken – I had a job switch, a great vacation (although not too paleo), a torn meniscus and a [...]

Spicy Meatballs in Simmer Sauce

Fry em up!

When I was little, some of my earlier memories are sitting on the counter watching my mom cook.  Of course, being the food lover that I am, I was always very into being the “taste tester” and going around and tasting the contents of each and every pot and pan.  The messier the better.  My mom [...]

Pecan Crusted Chicken with Mustard Date Sauce

So hard to wait 45 minutes...

As I mentioned yesterday, we served our pesto spaghetti squash with an AMAZING new recipe of pecan crusted chicken rolled in my mustard date sauce.  Inspiration struck when my friend Gus came up to me at the gym and said, “We did this pecan crusted chicken last night, but you know what would make it [...]

Pesto Spaghetti Squash

Perfect summer accompaniment

Spaghetti squash is one of my favorite paleo foods.  Unfortunately, because it takes so long to bake in the oven (about 30-45 mins), it’s not something I typically make on the weekdays.  On weekdays I try to keep my cooking time to 20 minutes in the kitchen in any hope of keeping dinner time before [...]

Scallop and Shrimp Ceviche

Perfect for a hot summer day!

Citrus is undoubtedly one of my favorite tastes.  Give me some lime or lemon zest, and I’m on board.  I even tend to make a little Ziploc baggie of lime/lemon slices and carry it with me to work to flavor my water.  This was my first time making ceviche, and I was a little skeptical [...]