Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and this is the year you’ve vowed not to procrastinate. Good for you! Because no mom — I repeat, NO mom — wants a procrastinator’s present. That kind of gift usually reveals you had no shortage of money but plenty of shortage in imagination. To help you avoid insulting Mom with a gift no mom wants, here is my top 5 list of Mother’s Day gift don’ts. What NOT to buy her for Mother’s Day 5. Bubble {Read More}
Southwestern Chopped Salad with a Kick!
April 14, 2015 By
This Southwestern Chopped Salad recipe is seriously one of my all-time favorites! I love the Spring! Especially all the amazing produce that starts flooding into the farmers market and the local grocery stores. We tend to eat a bit lighter in the Spring than we do in the Winter, perhaps because of those veggies and that we love to grill outside when the evenings are warm. Last night, I put together one of my favorite salads I’ve been making for years, my {Read More}
We Survived the Paleo Challenge!
April 7, 2015 By
Saturday marked the end of our six-week Paleo Challenge at Desert Crossfit. During this challenge, we have followed as closely as possible to the Paleo Diet, which consists of eating meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts. The list of what we could NOT eat was much longer and included dairy, grains of any sort, sugar, processed food or food with ingredients you can’t pronounce, and alcohol. We decided near the beginning that we wouldn’t give up our tablespoon of Natural Bliss Coffeemate {Read More}
Walnut Coconut Cocoa Date Bites
March 13, 2015 By
Tom and I are closing in on the end of week three of the Paleo Challenge. I have to be honest… I’m loving it! Surprisingly, I really haven’t felt deprived. But Tom has a little bit. Gotta make my man happy, so today I’ve made him a little treat. Walnut coconut cocoa bites. AND best of all, this treat is paleo approved! Even though it is approved, it is not highly recommended to eat many during the challenge because of the {Read More}
Paleo Bacon Jalapeno Bread
March 3, 2015 By
We are now on day eight of our paleo challenge. Tom says all he does is think about food. He is mesmerized by food commercials. I don’t really notice them. The main thing I’ve noticed is that I’m spending much more time in the kitchen despite the fact that I have had a very busy week. But that’s okay. We are eating REAL FOOD! Tom especially misses bread, so I decided to make him some paleo bacon jalapeño bread. He really liked {Read More}
Homemade Natural Sweetener
February 25, 2015 By
So this is day three of our paleo challenge. So far so good! We’ve been filling out our points form nightly, and we’ve both done well. We’ve been eating real food and avoiding all the no-no’s, except for one. We haven’t found a substitute for Vanilla CoffeeMate. But we have a plan! For the cream, we are going to use coconut milk. Unfortunately, the only place I know of that carries coconut milk without carageenan or preservatives is Trader Joe’s, and they {Read More}
