Real food for active lives: Simple and delicious real food - always gluten-free & dairy-free
Spicy, bright, and good enough to eat every day! At least, that’s according to my husband, who likes this soup so much he’s taken it to work with him each day this week. Carrots were on sale and the snow had finally hit the mountains after several sunny weeks – soup seemed appropriate. But what [...]
As a kid, I hated meatloaf. I think it was the ketchup. I had a bad experience with it and avoided it well into my 20s. Unfortunately, it meant I never developed a taste for dishes that included it. This week, I decided to test my taste buds and pulled out an old copy of [...]
Cubes of pork shoulder marinated over-night in milk and quartered oranges. A 5-gallon pot with pounds of lard and the pork chunks heated to the brink of boiling, and stirred every so often by a 3-foot, home-made wooden paddle. Pork that is extremely tender, has a slight crisp to the outside, and can easily broken [...]
Sometimes I buy things on a whim in amounts that don’t seem realistic for my 2-person household. This week it was a 1-pound container of baby bello mushrooms. Since I have been on a roasting kick this fall – pretty much any vegetable that comes through the door is subjected to this cooking method. Today, it was the bellos’ turn.
If you love salmon and egg yolk, this dish is for you. They complement each other nicely. And the dish is quick to prepare, whether you make it as a power breakfast or serve it for brunch.
Fennel is a most misunderstood and underused vegetable, herb, and spice. Want to learn more about it and ways you can use it? Take a look at this post. And, definitely try out the tomato and roasted fennel soup recipe!
Well, it’s that time of year again – cooler weather, celebration, and that feeling of dread that so many of us feel when faced with big holiday gatherings full of social pressure and off-limit foods at every turn. Here are the strategies I’ll be using this year, along with other ideas for having an amazingly filling holiday that honors your food constraints and choices.
Beets, broccoli and garlic bulbs (cloves, really)…some of my favorite vegetables. I don’t know why it took a dearth of fridge contents for me to realize that the three vegetables I had could be cooked up together for a perfectly delicious dish to accompany some smoky, pan-fried pork loin chops!
Hey, it’s pumpkin month! Here’s a pumpkin pie smoothie that celebrates the occasion, and is good (and good for you). I have been drinking one nearly every day this week, and almost prefer it to pie. Almost : )
Spaghetti squash is my favorite late-summer squash because of its versatility and because it’s great gluten-free pasta substitute. In this recipe, I use it to make spaghetti alla carbonara, another favorite of mine.
