Author: Michelle

herb crusted pork medallions with balsamic mushroom sauce

On a whim one Sunday afternoon I thought I’d try making pork medallions with some of the amazing herbs happily growing in our garden. I stuck to the rosemary and thyme for this recipe, but we have some sage that is growing out of it’s mind crazy this year. We’ll […]

maple bacon mini doughnuts

Three things: #1 ~ it’s #nationaldoughnut day…#2 ~ we love bacon & #3…maple goes soooo well with BACON! But actually there’s a 4th thing…Otto’s Cassava Flour!! And that’s a wrap…happy Friday everyone! Click here to continue reading…

pasta/pizza sauce

We all know that once you start reading nutrition labels (and I use that term loosely, we could call them fake food labels) it’s alarming just how much “garbage” the food industry goes out of their way to include in foods to make them taste better. They have turned our […]

strawberry beet salad

This yummy Spring salad was inspired by a local restaurant that just opened recently. The have a very similar salad ~ but I wanted to step it up by a couple ingredients and use our balsamic vinaigrette that has TONS of deep flavor! Click here to continue reading…

empanadas!

empanadas An empanada, according to Wikapedia…is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Latin Europe, Latin America, the Southwestern United States, and parts of Southeast Asia. The name comes from the Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. So […]

taco meat

taco meat This versatile ground meat mixture can be used in sooooooo many ways!! Obviously for tacos…duh! Especially now that flour tortillas are again made (and consumed) quite frequently here with the always amazing Otto’s Cassava Flour!!! But…there’s also taco salad (drizzled with ourcreamy tomatillos dressing), piled high on top […]

cream puff’s for Mom

cream puffs We’re celebrating our mom & grandma today with a special Temple ceremony here in Provo. Since once of her favorite treats of all times was a cream puff, I knew we’d need to try a make a paleo friendly version for us all to enjoy at our family […]

fresh strawberry nutella pie

It’s March…so two things! Spring is nearly here and on the 14th – it’s “Pi Day” or “ π Day”- however you want to write it…it’s a mathematical term, but foodies like to use it as an excuse to eat/make/create pie. So it was only fitting that with the Spring […]