Spring egg rolls – WIP

This spring/egg roll recipe is definitely a work in progress. These were definitely edible (as I’ve already eaten 3), but they need some work. This is partly the recipe base I used, and partly because I made do with what was on hand. Next time? Ground lamb is a bit too gamy for this, definitely [...]

Daal

This isn’t paleo. But it is gluten free and vegan. And tasty. And good to feed to people who can’t chew or consume solid foods, for whatever reason. The original recipe comes from ‘Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone’ by Deborah Madison, but I find the original bland, so all the flavor components have been upped in [...]

GF – back pain edition

I’ve been laid up since last night with severe back pain. I’ve done nothing but lie around all day. Ibuprofen didn’t touch it. Naproxen didn’t touch it. Heat and ice help, but having to get up to get them to switch up is painful. Walking is painful. Most sitting positions are painful. Thankfully I can [...]

Fish Kabayaki and sweet potato latkes

I would call this salmon kabayaki, but I didn’t actually use salmon. I used some other pink/salmon colored fish which I no longer remember the name of. About the only place I trust around here to get ‘fresh’ fish is Whole Foods, and salmon was well out of any price range I was willing to [...]

Chocolate Bark

Eating paleo/primal has been going as well as I expected it would, and I’m really not struggling with it. I know I’m not hitting it 100%, but I’m ok with that, and I’m ok with the teaspoon or so of sugar in my morning coffee. I’m sure I’ll be back to eating rice, potatoes, and [...]

Dinner for one

While I am making the Wine Braised Chuck Roast, it didn’t get in the oven until after 5, and there is no way I could wait until 8:30 to eat dinner. Since I never ate the second lamb arm shoulder chop from dinner last night, I figured that could become dinner, and the chuck roast [...]

Almond pancakes for one

These were shockingly tasty. And definitely a make again. Not sure the ManBeast will find them filling enough, but with an egg and some bacon, I think they might suffice. This recipe comes from Purely Primal, and I do suggest reading a few of his hints and suggestions, as mine will be written a bit [...]

Curried sweet potato gratin

I’ve yet to find snow totals, but its enough that the public bus system is shut down today. The joys of living on a main road here is that the road in front of our apartment is pretty much cleared, though I’ll be shocked if side roads have been cleared well, as they never seem [...]

Primal menu

Here’s what I’ve picked out to make this week. Lamb with blueberry wine reduction sauce which I’ll serve with Curried Sweet Potato Gratin. Wine braised chuck roast with sweet potato latkes. Salmon Kabayaki. Not sure what to serve with this, so if you’ve got any suggestions, I’m open to them. Lamb with Balsamic Sauce served [...]

What I’m eating

I thought for my own sanity, it might help to keep track of what I’m actually putting down my gullet while I’m trying to eat as close to 100% primal as I can. So breakfast was an over hard egg and two sausages. I just had a banana. And I’m trying really hard to not [...]

Baileys Irish Cream

I drooled a little bit today over a recipe for Irish Cream Gluten-Free Pear Crisp For Two. But something tickled the back of my memory about Baileys Irish Cream. A quick google search just increased that confusion. Over the past 5 years, it’s been called gluten free, and then not. So I contact the company [...]

link love

There are a few recent posts in the blog-o-sphere that I’d really like to share. If you liked my recipe for Never get dry skin moisturizer, odds are high you’ll also love Elana’s DIY foot balm and Food Renegade’s Homemade chapped lip balm. I don’t really use foot balm, but I’ll be testing that lip [...]

Eating perfect paleo/primal for a week?

The ManBeast leaves for a conference Saturday. I get almost an entire week all to myself. Cook as I see fit. Read as I see fit. Sleep taking up the whole bed. WEEEEEE!!! As those of you who have been here a while will know, I’ve been toying with primal for a few months now, [...]

Lamb shoulder roast

Here’s the lamb recipe I mentioned the other day. This came out DIVINE. The ManBeast said it was a make again and I concurred. The lamb shoulder roast even came from Bucky Butchery. While I’m not sure I want to make lamb shoulder roast again, I will use this general recipe for future cuts of [...]

Never get dry skin moisturizer

I’m not sure I ever got the ‘beauty’ messages that other teenage girls did, and with a mother who didn’t really care about such things, it didn’t come from her either. I floundered around with skin care and the such for a long time. Even still, at 31, I struggle with make up and hair [...]