What happens when you hit a patch of stress during a Whole30? If you’re me, you stick with the program, but neglect your Whole30 food journal. Not a bad compromise, really. I’m now on day 22 of the program and feeling great. In fact, the veggies+protein+fat+fruit routine feels much more familiar to me now than [...]
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Anyone else having a relaxing summer? So relaxing, in fact, that you’ve lost sight of your healthy eating goals? Me too! But now, after overindulging during our annual summer trip to the cabin, I’m getting back on track… at least until our next vacation. This week, I made an extremely easy chili-lime chicken marinade to [...]
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Crispy chicken skin. Not my favorite food, but pretty darn close. Lately, I’ve been buying chicken legs (super cheap!) and roasting them on high heat for some serious crispy chicken goodness. I follow a simple recipe from Chaos in the Kitchen. It’s more of a method than a recipe, really, but I’m sharing it because [...]
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To say that the members of my family have divergent food preferences would be an understatement. I prefer to eat low-carb and gluten-free. My husband avoids beef and pork, but eats chicken and fish. My older son is a lacto-carbotarian. And the baby? He’ll eat anything. So when I say that these slow-cooker red wine [...]
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I really need to get better about meal planning and grocery lists. Too often, I end up buying items that we already have at home. Today’s superfluous purchase was cauliflower. So I decided to roast the older head to make mashed roasted cauliflower — a low-carb alternative to mashed potatoes. Pin It The first thing [...]
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Yesterday, we attended a large extended family gathering — a potential landmine for sticking to my Whole30 challenge. To ensure that I had something tasty to eat, I made Cuban-style pork shoulder from a Los Angeles Times recipe. The recipe calls for hefty amounts of garlic, spices, herbs and orange zest. When mixed with fresh [...]
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Pin It This soup is lovely in winter — warm, spicy and filled with nourishing vegetables. The original recipe from The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook contains only chicken and mushrooms. While delicious, it doesn’t have enough substance for me. I need more veggies! So I adjust the original recipe to make the base and [...]
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Several times in 2011, I contemplated doing the Whole30—an eating program that involves consuming only whole foods for 30 days, while eliminating alcohol, grains, dairy, legumes and added sweeteners. The idea is that by ridding your diet of common problem foods, you can reset your eating patterns, find more energy and change your life. Sounds [...]
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