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Colorful Mango Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

March 8, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer · 20 Comments

Mango photos, mango-cutting tutorials…maybe it’s time for a mango recipe! And for those of us still on the edge of winter, this recipe will add color to dreary days. Want to see how to cut a mango? Check out this post here. Colorful Mango Chicken Lettuce Wraps 5.0 from 3 reviews Print Recipe type: Entree [...]

Filed Under: All of Maoomba's Recipes, Food for an Active Lifestyle · Tagged With: chicken, entree, gluten-free, mango, paleo, salad

Cauliflower – the latest casserole companion + a recipe

February 23, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer · 8 Comments

Many moons ago, when gluten and dairy were not an issue for me, I used to love making a chili cheddar pasta dish I’d found in Cooking Light. It was awesome – filled with noodles, milk, butter, and cheese. But, alas, no more. As I transitioned to a whole foods way of cooking, I [...]

Filed Under: All of Maoomba's Recipes, Eating with Friends, What's for Dinner? · Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, dairy-free, entree, gluten-free, paleo

Roasting red peppers for a creamy spice bazaar-inspired soup

February 16, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer · 5 Comments

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 [...]

Filed Under: All of Maoomba's Recipes, Cooking Tips & Techniques, Travel-Inspired Cooking and Eating · Tagged With: carrots, entree, paleo, red peppers, soup, vegetables, vegetarian

Fancy some meatloaf?

February 4, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer · 4 Comments

Place baking sheet in oven and cook for about 50 minutes, or until bacon is crisp and inside temperature has reached 180 degrees F. (Note, if you use beef or pork, cook to safe internal temperature for those meats instead.)

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 [...]

Filed Under: All of Maoomba's Recipes, Eating with Friends, What's for Dinner? · Tagged With: bacon, entree, gluten-free, meat, paleo, recipe, turkey

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas with Cabbage Lime Garnish

January 26, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer · 6 Comments

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 [...]