Happy New You!
2016 is just around the corner and has another year gone by with you resolving to make some healthier changes to your lifestyle but somehow things just got busy. We all have 24 hours in a day and if you don’t take care of your health, then the hospital will have to take care […]
Christmas Turkey Rolls
For the past few Christmases, we have been roasting our butcher’s turkey rolls, made from a whole turkey breast, with the dark meat from the legs rolled up inside the breast, along with herbs and spices. Upon request, our butcher will stuff the turkey rolls too. This means no mess for me as they come […]
Christmas Tourtierre Pie
A holiday tradition for our family is to have on hand, at least one or two classic pork pies or Tourtierre pie. Sometimes we cook it when we do our family turkey and other times we cook it and eat it on it’s own with a side of pickled beets or some other condiment that […]
Fat Fruit – Avocado! Yes, it is a Fruit – not a Vegetable!
This is the amount of avocadoes that Jack and I eat each week, approximately 2 day. I mix half of one into my green smoothie, with spinach, kale, cucumber, spirulina, and pea shoots (tender pea sprouts). We have been doing a keto-Paleo type of food plan wherein we have upped our fat intake by quite […]
3 Ingredient Pistachio Bark
Just in time for Christmas gift giving! Only 3 ingredients used in my pistachio bark. Melt 1.5 cups dark chocolate nibs in a double boiler (I use a premium quality baking chocolate), add 1 cup of roasted salted pistachio nuts, and crumble about half a cup of young coconut chunks into the melting chocolate. Blend […]
Alternate Meats for Savory Meals
For those who know us, we do tend to enjoy some different choices for meats. Today’s Sunday supper we are having slow cooker duck necks with cherry chipotle glaze and a bit of coffee rub. By the time this is done, the meat will be falling off the neck bones so we will have something […]