This is going to seem a bit abrupt. But believe me, it’s not. I spent a silly amount of time thinking about my decision to stop updating this blog regularly. * * * For a while before I started Nourish Paleo Foods, friends had been telling me that I always made paleo cooking look so … Continue reading
Recipes That Make You Want to Smash in Your Face with Joy: A “Well Fed 2” Review
When I started reading Well Fed 2, Melissa Joulwan’s follow up to her first cookbook, Well Fed, I wanted to star and highlight every page in the introduction. “This!” I thought when I saw the graphic on page 5 showing the abundance of tasty foods you can eat on the paled diet. “So true!” I … Continue reading
Wide Open Wednesday: Paleo Chat with Matt
Welcome to Wide Open Wednesday! This – and every – Wednesday, I will write about something that is interesting to me outside the kitchen. I may share an article, a quote, a question, an experience, a highlight, a low moment or whatever else inspires me to put fingers-to-keyboard. It’s pretty much wide open. * * … Continue reading
Asian-Inspired Shredded Carrots
I’ve been cooking a lot with carrots for the past few weeks. I was really into carrots about this same time last year. Coincidence? At first, I thought it was. Then upon further reflection (yes, I reflect on carrots), I realized there’s a reason my carrot consumption peaks each October. During the summer, I indulge … Continue reading
Wide Open Wednesday: Eight Things I’m Really into Right Now
Welcome to Wide Open Wednesday! This – and every – Wednesday, I will write about something that is interesting to me outside the kitchen. I may share an article, a quote, a question, an experience, a highlight, a low moment or whatever else inspires me to put fingers-to-keyboard. It’s pretty much wide open. * * … Continue reading
Perfectly Chunky and Not-to-Sweet Apple Bread
Imagine that once a week, a co-worker enters your office and drops off a baggie of paleo baked goods. First Paleo cherry cupcakes, then chocolate chia coconut cookies, chocolate cake, ginger snaps and more I probably forgot. You eat them immediately. “What do you think?” your co-worker asks later in the day. “Delicious!” you exclaim. … Continue reading
Breakfast Broccoli
I’m a little worried. Here’s why. It’s a tenet of good writing that the opening sentence is critical to capturing the reader’s attention. As William Zinsser puts it in his marvelous book, On Writing Well, “The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn’t induce the reader to proceed to … Continue reading
Wide Open Wednesday: Paleo Peeps in Colorado
Welcome to Wide Open Wednesday! This – and every – Wednesday, I will write about something that is interesting to me outside the kitchen. I may share an article, a quote, a question, an experience, a highlight, a low moment or whatever else inspires me to put fingers-to-keyboard. It’s pretty much wide open. * * … Continue reading
Chopped Basil, Tomato and Chicken Salad
One thing I miss about living in our condo in downtown Denver is the coffee shops. We used to be able to walk to three coffee shops within two blocks of our house. Now the only convenient place to get java is our kitchen or the gas station at the end of the street. Saturday … Continue reading
Wide Open Wednesdays: Garage Gym Update or FAQs on Working Out at Home
Welcome to Wide Open Wednesday! This – and every – Wednesday, I will write about something that is interesting to me outside the kitchen. I may share an article, a quote, a question, an experience, a highlight, a low moment or whatever else inspires me to put fingers-to-keyboard. It’s pretty much wide open. * * … Continue reading