I come from an Italian family. My mom's side is from Sicily and my dad's side is from Calabria. Like any good Italian family, we have a spaghetti sauce that's been passed down through generations. Grandma DiCello's tasted a little different than my mom's, and Grandma Purpura's tasted a little different from hers. As for "Grandma Purpura", that just sounds odd. To us, she's Nana. (In Italian nonna means grandmother. I guess when my sister … [Read more...]
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Chocolate Raspberry Muffins
To close out Chocolate Week, why not chocolate for breakfast? After all, cocoa has anti-aging properties, antioxidants (two times more than touted superfood acai), calcium, iron, and magnesium. It's been known to be energizing, mood stimulating, a mild central nervous system stimulant, increasing of serotonin levels, rich in polyphenols (help reduce bad cholesterol), and … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Week (in honor of Valentine's Day this Friday) continues today with Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies! These meringue cookies are not your traditional cookie. They're, as titled, a sort of meringue which is egg white and sugar. So in the same family, if you will, as macaroons and one of my Aussie favorites: pavlovas. Generally, they're incredibly … [Read more...]
Fudgy Brownie Bites
With Valentine's day on Friday, I'm declaring this week at Paleo Paisan Chocolate Week. Three recipes this week... all with chocolate. To start us off, I have my Fudgy Brownie Bites. These puppies are flourless! By flourless, I mean totally flourless: since we're talking paleo, obviously no wheat flour, but also no almond flour and no … [Read more...]
Basic Spaghetti Squash
This recipe is the base for many creations. It's your starting point. You can take it from here and put sauce on it, sauté it in ghee (or butter), season it up, add some herbs, toss it with pesto (like Arugula Lime with Walnuts and Jalapeno), whatever you like. Whether you follow a special diet or not, spaghetti squash is a great sub for pasta if you're looking to increase your vegetable intake. It's not the most vitamin-, mineral-, … [Read more...]
Thai Red Chicken Curry
I love Thai food. I have been known to take Thai leftovers home from a dinner out and eat them in the morning for breakfast. Who says you can't have curry for breakfast? Hey, I like what I like. I can't explain it. Below is additional information about this recipe and the ingredients in it. If you're not familiar with some of the ingredients, the info below should help guide you. … [Read more...]
Garlic Mustard Roasted Salmon
This is up there as one of my favorite salmon recipes of all time. I like that I usually have all of the ingredients on hand, it's super easy, it doesn't make a big mess, and it has amazing flavors. It's only a four-ingredient marinade, but the flavors together just plain work. … [Read more...]
Guacamole
No big game day is complete without guacamole... ... even if you could care less about football. Growing up in a major college football town, I don't get too excited about NFL. Growing up in Buckeye country, I'm far more familiar talking college football. Living in Seattle right now, … [Read more...]
Rise and Grind
Rise and shine! Or, in this case, rise and grind up this smoothie. Okay, let's be real. What I was really thinking with this one is yet another meaning of "grind". I can count on my sister to have already gone there with me... you know, to the Urban Dictionary definition: 1) grind: when an individual pushes his/herself to attain a goal. Similar to gears grinding when they are worked beyond their capacity. "I've been on the grind lately … [Read more...]
Buffalo Citrus Chicken Wings
With Super Bowl Sunday 2014 just one week away, it's time to make your mouth water with a paleo chicken wing recipe. If you're going to make this for your Super Bowl party, you're going to have to double this recipe! This recipe is my version of your standard buffalo wing. I freshen it up with lemon zest and juice which really adds a bright pop of flavor. … [Read more...]
Asian Shrimp & Noodles with Tahini Sauce
I feel I've opened up a whole new world of true paleo "pasta". I'm talking about the sea vegetable, kelp noodles. I was quite wary, but the noodles really were totally neutral in flavor. It did NOT taste like I was eating a "sea vegetable". So I'm documenting my first experience cooking with kelp noodles as a success. While I am a fan of spaghetti squash, the kelp is more noodle-like. You can take your fork and twirl it... just like pasta. … [Read more...]
Ham and No-Bean Soup
With a cold front cursing my family and friends in the Midwest again, it's time for another heart-and-soul warming soup. Ham and No-Bean Soup? Yes, no-bean. It's my bean-less version of a Ham and White Bean Soup. Just delicious veggies, protein, and broth married into one delicious soup. Just before the New Year, my parents, brother, husband and I headed to … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Cashew Cookie Larabar
I love how Larabars are so simple with only a few ingredients. They lend themselves perfectly to whole-foods cooking. With just a little math, I was able to completely re-create my favorite Larabar (the Cashew Cookie flavor) nutrition facts and all. So now, you can too! … [Read more...]
Herbs de Provence Roasted Tomatoes
Roma tomatoes + Herbs de Provence = flavor explosion. In this recipe (not counting olive oil, salt and pepper) there are only two ingredients: Roma tomatoes, and Herbs de Provence. Sometimes simplicity is best. These roasted tomatoes are so good and so easy, you'll scarf them down in no time. … [Read more...]
Clean Green Juice
I have never been a huge "juicer" or juice fan. I've never done a juice cleanse or juice detox. In my college nutrition classes we were educated that juice can be so high in sugar and high in calories. I was surprised the first time I saw a glass of orange juice in its recommended serving size. I think at that time I was stuck in black-and-white thinking... that food was good or bad. So juice equaled bad for me for quite some time and I just … [Read more...]
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