What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “comfort food”? Mac + cheese? Ice cream and cake? A bottle of wine (for yourself) and a wheel of imported brie? By definition (1), comfort food is “food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other […]
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RAW BUTTER IS THE BOMB If you’re someone who’s been keeping up to speed on the health benefits of implementing a little (or a lot) of an authentic keto into the mix of your eating regime, chances are fairly strong that you’ve been adding some butter into your day to day. Butter, aside from tasting […]
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One of the key components of following a true Paleo diet regime is to eat foods that are readily available to you in your immediate surroundings. After all, it’s not as though our ancestors were sitting behind their laptops wearing amber-lensed glasses, selecting the type of fish they’d like to have caught for them thousands of […]
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What comes to mind when you think of a traditional Easter Holiday? Kids gathering candy during the Easter Egg Hunt, then running around on a sugar high? A table set with dishes included Baked Ham from a tin with pineapples baked in? Asparagus laden with Hollandaise? Lemon-scented Easter breads with frosting? For me, not […]
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You’ve made the decision to up your healthy eating game. You’ve even gone as far as learning where to get the best buys on organic veggies, which properly sourced proteins are most accessible to you seasonally and have begun a little foray here and there into the kitchen using a few delicious sounding recipes you’ve […]
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“A diet full of highly processed foods with added sugars and salt promoted gut microbes linked to obesity, heart disease and diabetes” was the opening line in a recent piece in the New York Times (1). Seems pretty straightforward, doesn’t it? Then why is it that so many are still struggling with making the healthiest […]
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How do you feel when you’re in the kitchen? Does it feel like a chance to explore your creativity while simultaneously preparing a nourishing and delicious meal for yourself and your family? Or does it feel like a chore on the very same list as mopping the floor and cleaning the toilet? Prior to COVID, […]
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Anyone who’s ever been on a traditional diet knows that restrictive calorie counting can often end badly. Add to that the idea that incorporating a dessert of any type must be categorized as a cheat, and one is easily left in a space where they feel that the only option to counter a rigid eating […]
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Shortcut your time in the kitchen by using a properly curated and prepared bone broth. Add a side of your favorite leafy greens and you’ve got the perfectly balanced meal: heavy on the veggies, a nice dose of good fat and a bit of properly sourced protein to boot. Bon Apetit. INGREDIENTS 3 pounds grass […]
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I’m recalling fondly my typical Thanksgiving prep, such as last year, shown above, when we’ve got a houseful of guests coming… but just because we’re not having a large party it doesn’t mean we’re going to skip the whole thing! So, who’s not cooking this week? With many celebrations being not exactly what we’re used […]
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