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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Classic Chicken Soup

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As we slowly enter the Fall season, I am enticed to make soups, my favorite of all dishes to make. When all else fails and I know not else to make, I make my classic standby, Chicken Soup. I’ve made hundreds of pots of this soup for clients, for friends, for women who have just…

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Cream of Delicata Squash Soup

I’m bringing back one of my old favorites…my Cream of Delicata Squash Soup. I love so many soups, but this one is one of the most cherished! It reminds me of the days I was living in northern Cali in my early twenties when I was just discovering that cooking was to be my path. I…

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Thanksgiving – Turkey Broth

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Broth made from bones (also called stock) is full of gelatin and minerals. It is one of the most healing concoctions on the planet. There is a old quote I like that says “Good broth will resurrect the dead.” Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, but it can resurrect one from feeling almost dead, from being sick and having low energy and it can definitely help one’s digestion in a profound way.

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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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Nutrient Dense Lamb Patties with Liver

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[dc]I[/dc] know, I know, you probably groaned with displeasure when I mentioned liver. Many of us have memories of hiding it under vegetables or slipping it to the dog when mom wasn’t looking at the dinner table all those years ago….Well, I’ll let you in on a secret – I am not crazy about liver either….Yes, I trick myself into eating liver, folks.

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Sweet Potato Pecan Pie

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Desserts if eaten in moderation and made with healthy ingredients are a sweet treat to be enjoyed on occasion. This pie is one of my favorites. The best of the fall season is offered in this recipe with the rich flavor of sweet potatoes and the deep taste and wonderful texture of pecans. It is…

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Osso Bucco – Slow Braised Grassfed Veal or Beef Shanks

This is a warming winter dish and perfect to serve for a romantic Valentine’s meal. Osso Buco is traditionally made with veal shanks. You can, however, use this recipe with great success with regular beef shanks, or any beef or veal stew meat as well. Use 2-2 ½ pounds of stew meat. Make sure to…

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Roasted Sweet Potato Ginger Soup

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Man must have been very excited the first time a sweet potato rolled over into the fire. A once hard tubor became soft and sweet. What a discovery! Sweet potatoes or yams are grown all over the world, but mostly are grown in the tropics, Africa and in the Deep South of the USA. There…

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Immune Boosting Garlic Soup

This soup may be a very exciting discovery for you. After preparing it you may say, “All along I could have thickened soups with eggs!?” Yes, I say, you can! I bet you will now add this egg mixture to all kinds of brothy soups. It is a great way to transform a simple broth into something just a little more, well, let us say, elegant.

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