Category: Meat/Seafood

Paleo Meatball Sub with Dry Garlic Rib Sauce

Paleo Meatball Sub with Dry Garlic Rib Sauce

Oven-baked paleo meatball recipe with homemade dry garlic rib sauce added to the mix for a super delicious, moist meatball. This meatball recipe has been in my family for generations. When I was 7, Mom told me that my children’s, children’s, children would be making these meatballs, far after I’m gone.

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Bacon Shepherd’s Pie (gluten-free + paleo)

Bacon Shepherd’s Pie (gluten-free + paleo)

Shepherd’s pie (also known as cottage pie) layered with sauteed beef, bacon and veggies in a smoked sauce, topped with garlic mashed cauliflower and baked until crisp. I’m not eating many potatoes these days… Not because I don’t love them (because, wow, do I love potatoes) but because when I pop, the fun just don’t…

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Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Delightfully tender chicken in a smoky bacon and beer sauce. Delicious served with my Healthier Mashed Potatoes recipe. In 2008, Kevin and I rented a cabin in Golden BC to celebrate our first Easter together.

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Easy Chicken Curry

Easy Chicken Curry

The familiar warm tones of ginger, garlic and cumin filled every nook and cranny of our home this week. I made batches of the stuff. Eggplant curry and lentil curry, sweet potato curry and this easy chicken curry. We had a healthy Indian food feast. And it was good.

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Maple Dijon Roasted Vegetables and Chicken

Maple Dijon Roasted Vegetables and Chicken

This recipe is for anyone that doesn’t like spending a lot of time making dinner. It’s for families that enjoy having home cooked meals on a Tuesday just because they can. Or for them peeps that feel better eating a casserole style meal that’s free from grains. Ya… this one is so for you. And…

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12 Healthy Winter Dinner Recipes

12 Healthy Winter Dinner Recipes

I love dinner, you love dinner, we all love dinner! I love dinner so much that I (accidentally) used a knife to chop a chunk out of my thumb Wednesday night in anticipation for dinner. Major fail. Those bell peppers were just so slippery and my thumb got in the way of the awesomeness that…

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Gluten-free & Vegan Meal Plans

Gluten-free & Vegan Meal Plans

Many of us want to nourish our bodies with healthy, home cooked meals that will make us feel good about ourselves, our bodies and our future. A bunch of you out there are also quite new to the vegan, gluten-free or grain-free eating style or are interested in learning more about it. And I just…

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Roasted Veggie & Turkey Cabbage Rolls

Roasted Veggie & Turkey Cabbage Rolls

300 calorie meal. Sounds tantalizing, doesn’t it? What if I told you that 1 serving of these cabbage rolls weren’t 300 calories, but 260? And I’m not talking about a tiny wee portion either. Ridiculous, right? Ah, I know!

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Snugglebum Leftover Turkey Soup

Snugglebum Leftover Turkey Soup

Snugglebum warm was an expression my Mom always used when she wrapped us up in a billion layers and kicked us out of the house to play in the snow for awhile. According to urban dictionary, a snugglebum is a human heater – that special someone in your life that cuddles up with you to…

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Goat Cheese Stuffed Turkey and Quinoa Balls

Goat Cheese Stuffed Turkey and Quinoa Balls

Christmas is just around the corner and my mind has been filled with appetizer ideas for the big day. Preparing the appetizer table has to be one of my favorite parts about entertaining. I like coming up with unique recipes that will entice people to try new things but be healthy enough for them to…

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