I think cardamom is an under-utilized spice.  If you’re not familiar with cardamom, it has a slightly sweet, pungent flavor that can be used in savory meat dishes, curries, and baked goods.  You can also add some to your coffee grounds.  My mom makes a cardamom braid at Christmas so I always associate cardamom with a colder season. I was thinking about how I might use cardamom more often and decided it...

Clockwise from left: Indian Deviled Eggs, French Deviled Eggs, Mexican Deviled Eggs, Traditional Deviled Eggs Since I’ve started eating primal, my egg consumption has gone way up.  On days when I actually possess a little motivation before 9am, I might fry some with a few vegetables or some apple for breakfast.  More often I eat hard boiled eggs as snacks.  In my opinion, hard boiled eggs are nature’s...

Kohlrabi Casserole with Sausage and Fresh Thyme This is my first year eating kohlrabi, thanks to my CSA farm share.  I wonder where this vegetable has been all my life!  It’s like it just appeared out of nowhere.  I have only just begun to explore the possibilities of kohlrabi but so far I am quite taken.  Fresh, the texture and water content (though not flavor) reminds me of jicama.  You can shred...

Primal Coconut Blueberry Muffin I am always on the lookout for a primal baked good that still might taste good without adding honey, agave, or sweetener.  I’ve noticed that if you stop eating sugar for long enough, fruit starts to do a pretty good job at satisfying a desire for something sweet.  It being blueberry season and all I decided I’d try my hand at creating a coconut flour blueberry muffin that...

Last weekend Dave and I took the kids to pick strawberries.  I love doing this type of thing with the kids because it reinforces the idea that eating plants is interesting and fun.  They will be four years old in September, so they are old enough to legitimately help pick… or at least not stop us from picking once they get tired. Luckily for us, we live close to a lot of u-pick farms.  Last year we...