Whole30

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 […]

tomatillo salsa

We LOVE salsa! Red, green, hot, mild, zesty, chunky, smooth…all sorts!!! So many different types to enjoy! We dip in it with our home fried plantain chips, pour it all over tacos, tostones, taco salads, eggs…yep, you get the idea! We enjoy it on LOTS of things. A friend of […]

walnut dusted green apple chips

We’re starting the 21dsd (21 Day Sugar Detox by Diane Sanfilippo click for all the info) on Monday the 4th, so we’re all about prepping snacks so we can be prepared and ready to go. We did this detox last year, and the beginning of the 2nd week, Makenna actually had […]

smokey spice rub

smokey spice rub

This is a spice blend I came up with many years ago while trying to create a marinade/rub for meats we wanted to grill and then use on top of salads. We use it as a dry rub on steaks, pork, chicken and even on shrimp but also use it […]

Thai basil pesto

Thai basil…freshly harvested & so aromatic ! Our garden was pretty amazing this year! I say quite often, that nature is so beautiful and this lovely plant is no exception! We decided to plant two different varieties of basil this year…the traditional sweet Italian basil…because, well…it’s sweet Italian basil! Yummmmmm! […]