Living in Texas, the summer can get a little, well…..steamy (at least for this Minnesota-raised northern girl). Don’t get me wrong, summer gets plenty hot in the North too, sometimes upwards of 100 degrees. The difference is, it doesn’t stay there….day and night for 30 (or 60 or 90) days straight (Gah!). Despite the heat, […]
Overnight Vietnamese Pickled Shrimp
Today I get to share another great recipe from my stint as the April featured chef over at US Wellness Meats. If you haven’t been over there to check them out, do it now. They have a wide variety of grass fed, sustainable meats and seafood as well as pastured goat and cow cheeses, nitrate free meats, sugar free bacon, sausages and […]
Paleo Cauliflower Mashtinis
Truth be told, I am and have always been a sucker for wedding/party food. I remember the first “Mash-tini” bar that I encountered. It was at a wedding (of course) and there was a tall, quiet man dressed in black pants and a crisp white dress shirt serving up elegant, long stemmed martini glasses filled […]
Spicy Baked Tex-Mex Meatballs
Spicy Tex-Mex Grain Free Meatballs Ingredients: 1 1/4 pound ground grass fed beef 1 medium eggs (or sub a flax/chia egg)* 1/3 cup red pepper (about half a red pepper) finely diced 1/3 cup green onion, chopped 1 medium sized jalapeno, seeded and finely diced (keep the seeds in for more heat) 1/4 cup packed […]
Meat Lovers Cream Of Mushroom Soup
As a child I grew up in the deep…..DEEP North. And when I say ” Deep North”, what I really mean by this is dark woods, two-seater outhouses, dog sleds, giant black bears roaming around, endless tree-covered landscapes and frigid, 40-below winter nights. Besides the fact that my mom insisted on dressing me like the […]