Did I just say a few days ago that mollusks freak me out?  That sentiment excludes these pure, clean, fleshy gems.   You don’t hear a whole lot about scallops, but in my mind, they are overlooked as a low calorie source of protein.  Four ounces of scallops, at a mere 100 calories, has 19 grams of protein!  I don’t know about you but I can easily put away twice that at a primal dinner of meat...

Have you ever eaten a fresh fig?  It doesn’t surprise me that many people have not.  Their season is relatively short and they can cost $1 or more per fig.  Even at that price, however, it is hard for this primal eater to pass up such a sweet fruit that is so versatile in the kitchen.  You can eat figs raw, sautee them with butter, roast them in the oven, even deep-fry them (can’t wait to try that!). ...

Excepting organ meats and anything that could be classified as a mollusk, I like to try new foods.  The other day I had the opportunity to try two.  It all started at a neat little market in my town that sells a lot of local produce, eggs, baked stuff, etc.…  As I was browsing I came across these odd looking orbs that turned out to be gooseberries.  The sign said they were from a nearby farm that I am...

Yesterday I posted a master recipe for create-your-own primal cookies.  Today I will share with you some of the cookie recipes I came up with. Chocolate Chip Cookies I won’t call these primal because let’s face it, they aren’t.  They are, however, grain free, use a minimal amount of natural sweetener, and to my surprise, look and taste like normal chocolate chip cookies.  No joke. 1 ¼...

Over the 4th of July weekend I decided to mess around with some primal cookie making.  The last thing I need are loads of cookies hanging around the house but I had lots of family in town who politely ate the products of my experiments.  I’ve mentioned before that baking is not my forte mainly because I don’t measure carefully and I get impatient with the process.  There’s something about...

My double batch of soup. I used mostly cauliflower and broccoli with a little asparagus and turnip thrown in for good measure. I prefer to use two pots rather than try to cram everything into one pot. Eating primal is not always very convenient.  It is easy to get caught in a situation where you walk in the door, hungry, and realize there’s not much to eat that doesn’t require a lot of preparation. ...

I decided to make a nice dinner for my husband and stepfather on Father’s Day.  It was just going to be a casual, outdoor meal on the grill, but since it was a special occasion I felt I needed to include a dessert.  Dessert is my least favorite course to prepare so I usually opt for something simple.  We still have a huge amount of strawberries leftover from strawberry picking so I decided to make the American...

Inspired by the homemade mayonnaise I made yesterday I decided to create a primal dressing for one of the many salads I will be eating over the next several days (see my post on my CSA farm share). I got the idea for the flavors in this salad one especially frantic afternoon a few weeks ago. I rushed into Whole Foods hoping to find a quick bite before my night class. I ended up with a delicious curry tofu...

Homemade mayonnaise A true representative of my generation, I have spent most of my life without a clear mental distinction between ‘food’ and ‘food product’.  Mayonnaise is a perfect example of this modern phenomenon.  I grew up with the vague notion that mayonnaise could only exist as something that came from a jar that you bought at a store.   How could you possibly make mayonnaise? ...

I am so excited to finally get started on this blog! Ideas have been swarming around in my head for weeks about things I’d like to write about.  I even started making a list until Dave could get this site up and running for me.  Unfortunately, when it came time to actually sit myself down and write this first post, I experienced what I can only imagine is some bizarre form of blogger’s stage fright –...