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Primal Almond Butter Pumpkin Brownies – Only 5 Ingredients!

Last summer I wrote and received a grant for my kids’ co-op preschool to fund a new program promoting the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. The program is called “Try It Day”. Once a week, another parent or I bring in samples of a given fruit or vegetable. The kids all get a chance to try it before snack time. If they try it, or even just lick it, they get a sticker on their...

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Feeding the Family: Turns Out There’s a Better Way

Before I started eating primal, I used to sit down with my cookbooks on the weekend and plan out each meal for the upcoming week. I would make a detailed grocery list that included every ingredient I didnt already have. Then I set out on a mission to buy everything I needed as cheaply as possible. In retrospect the meals seem disjointed. They were not only disconnected from each other but totally...

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Grain-free Primal Apple-Cardamom Breakfast Popover Recipe

I think cardamom is an under-utilized spice. If youre 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 was a...

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Broiled Salmon with Tarragon-Lemon Compound Butter Recipe

I heard that it might actually snow over the weekend. Even though it is much much too early for snow, I suppose this means we are officially headed into the dark months. I am always lured in by the cheerful promise of the upcoming holidays. Then, after the anti-climax of New Years, I’ll find myself standing on some bleak, windy hill pretending that sledding is fun and wondering if I’ll ever...

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6 Week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle

Pardon my absence as of late. I havent been feeling like posting much mainly because I havent been cooking much. Here it is the fall harvest season and I’ve done little more in the kitchen this last week than whip up a few meals for the kids and cut up a rotisserie chicken. The reason In a very un-primal manner I have been drinking protein shakes for breakfast and lunch followed by a simple...