Somewhere around the mid-1980’s, when football sized shoulder pads seemed like a good fashion choice for women and men were rolling up their white suit jacket sleeves (I’m looking at you Miami Vice); when we were all walking like Egyptians and the price of gasoline was a mere 89 cents a gallon… I was having […]
Tomato-Less Marinara Sauce/ Nightshade Free
Somewhere around 2005 I was deep in the middle of my advanced yoga teacher training. A natural, whole food approach to eating had already been a well established culture for our small little family but as a part of the training program I was encouraged to experiment with different perspectives and approaches to healthy living. […]
Cherry Cream Pies w/ Chocolate Crust
These days it seems like waiting around every corner there’s a profound and thought provoking new perspective anxiously coiled in anticipation for that bright, illuminating moment when our respective smartphones and tablets spring to life. Poised and ready, these new views seek to challenge us to think different and re-evaluate this thing called life and the vast and […]
Caramel Apple Coconut Macaroons
Caramel Apple Coconut Macaroons Makes 12-15 cookies Ingredients: 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey 1/4 cup coconut milk 1 1/2 cups finely shredded coconut (I use “Let’s Do Coconut“) 1/2 cup super fine blanched almond flour (for best results use THESE brands) 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 cup Bare Fruit Crunchy […]
Vietnamese Style Chicken & Cabbage Salad
Once upon a time…long ago, a little American girl packed up with her family and moved to Southeast Asia. As you might imagine this was quite an adventure! It was filled with new smells, tastes, sounds, colors and many more things the girl had never experienced before. The open markets in Asia remind me of […]