Grass-fed Beef Chili – Batch Recipe

  Happy New Year, Everyone! I don’t know about you, but my weather has finally arrived! It’s cold and blustery and I love it. My northern Eurpean roots are saying, “finally”! Enough of the eternal summer that is Texas! I am enjoying staying warm by the fire, sipping lots of homemade Chai, taking hot baths…

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Pumpkin Spice Bread – GF/Paleo/Almond Flour Based

This is a delicious recipe you can feel good about eating over the holidays as it is made with protein rich, gluten free almond flour (I get mine from www.benefityourlife.com), lots of immune boosting spices and winter squash, and is low in sugar (only honey and stevia are used for sweeteners).

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Marvelous Muffins – GF/Paleo/Almond Flour

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This is a wonderful template for a delicious and easy gluten free muffin recipe. You can experiment by adding different flavor combinations including: date walnut, lemon, poppy seed, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, cinnamon raisin, and orange dark chocolate chip. Check out my variations below. You can scale up the recipe and make as many muffins…

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Cream of Asparagus Soup with Spring Leeks

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Some of the best things in life are simple and this soup is one of them. This Cream of Asparagus Soup with Leeks could be made even by those that claim they can’t cook. And for those that can, enjoy a night off (almost) as this soup will only take about 20 minutes. Although truly…

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Crockpot Brisket Tacos

[dc]L[/dc]et’s face it, life is busy. You want to serve something different and interesting for your Christmas or New Year’s party, but really don’t have time to make something complicated nor the time to pour through food magazines to figure it out. Okay, I will let you in on a secret…serve this dish and people will be talking about it for months to come and they will think you spent hours making it!

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Summer Squash Pasta Deliciosa

Summer Squash Pasta Deliciosa

[dc]T[/dc]his dish is the perfect showcase of my favorite summer veggies and is cooling and refreshing. I love it so much and could eat it every day. I served this dish at a cooking competition and won Grand Prize, Best Flavor and Most Locally Used Ingredients – all three prizes that were offered! I have served it at parties as well and everyone always raves.

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Pasture Raised Slow Cooked Pulled Pork

I served this dish last weekend at a farmer’s market demo in Austin and people went nuts. Even though it was just a demo, people were begging me to buy a plate of food. I also served this dish several years ago at the Weston Price conference. Since the meal for was 1200 people, I…

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Homemade Coconut Crusted Chicken Nuggets – GF/Paleo

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[dc]T[/dc]his is a great gluten free recipe to replace those unhealthy nuggets from “you know where” and still get healthy protein and fat into your kids’ diet. Almond flour is incorporated into the mix to thicken and hold the nuggets together and then once formed, they are dusted with a mixture of almond flour and coconut flakes to create a golden crust.

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Coriander Crusted Sablefish

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Sablefish, also known as Black Cod, is one of my favorite fish. It is rich in good Omega 3 fats (containing EPA and DHA ) and tastes buttery and delicious. Sometimes I am lucky enough to find it in the seafood section of my market place. If not, I order it from my favorite online…

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Gluten Free Almond Flour Sandwich Bread

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I love this gluten free bread. It really tastes like bread but is free of gluten and is so easy to make. No yeast, no rising, no gluten.  You can make your own almond flour from pulverizing soaked and dehydrated almonds or you can order it online. I found this recipe from Elana’s Pantry. She…

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