Tips for surviving the holidays

These next few months are full of family and friends gathering to celebrate together.  These celebrations are always centered around FOOD!  Food is so very important on so many levels for our health.  It really boils down to what kinds of food you choose to eat, and how much of this food you’re eating.  Here…

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Grain free Pumpkin Coffee Cake

This grain free pumpkin coffee cake is delicious.  It’s not only grain free but refined sugar free too!  I’ve adapted my recipe from Jay’s Baking Me Crazy, Paleo Pumpkin Coffee Cake’s recipe. Grain free Pumpkin Coffee Cake Cake ingredients  Preheat oven 325 1/4 C grass-fed butter (melted) 1/4 C maple syrup 1/4 C coconut sugar 1…

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Roasted spiced pumpkin seed recipe

Fall is here, pumpkins are ready and it’s that time of year ‘everything is pumpkin’.  We love roasted pumpkin seeds.  I purchased these raw pumpkin seeds from Trader Joes.  We also love scooping out the seeds from the pumpkins and roasting those too.  They’re great as a snack, sprinkle on salads or add to trail…

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Grain free yummy bars

These grain free yummy bars are a great snack or dessert.  We love eating them and they rarely last more then a day or two.  These are slightly adapted from the recipe on www.cookwithmanali.com. Grain free yummy bars 1 C. Almond meal 1/4 tsp. sea salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 C. almond butter 1/4…

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Grain Free Wraps

It’s back to school and the daily grind over here, and we needed something new and different for lunches. I’ve been working on this grain free wraps recipe and really like how they turned out.  They’re great alternative to the regular sandwich.  You can even use the wraps as a crepe and add some fruit,…

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Cooking Favorite Zoodle Recipes With My Teenager

“Mom, can we go to the store and buy some zucchini, so I can make some zoodles for lunch?” Never thought I would hear that from my teenager. What a pleasant surprise! We shifted from rice noodle pasta to zoodles just recently with a lot of, “Really mom, zoodles? We want noodles.” When I plated…

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Grain-Free Blackberry Crisp

  This weekend I made the most delicious grain-free blackberry crisp.  We’d been getting these yummy, juicy local blackberries from Unger Farms at New Seasons Market recently and I just had to make some yummy dish with them. Here’s the recipe: Grain-free Blackberry Crisp Preheat oven 350 degrees 3-4 C. Blackberries, rinsed 1 C. Cassava Flour, I…

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Why soaking your nuts is best

When I started the Nutritional Therapy program at Nutritional Therapy Association, one of the first food concepts I had to wrap my head around was the practice of soaking nuts before consuming them to break down the enzyme inhibitors. Who knew you had to soak your nuts?  So, I’ve dived into the realm of nut…

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Weekend at Nehalem River Ranch

  We began by setting up our tent next to the Nehalem River.  Then we walked through the pasture and met the feast goers to watch the ancient techniques and magic of cooking over open flame.  The smells were delicious, and watching them cook was so very interesting.  Excitement was in the air as we…

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Nutty Fat Bombs

Made these easy yummy nutty fat bombs last night for a quick snack.  These are great for pre and post workout, or just anytime quick snack.  It’s full of essential fatty acids, healthy fat and some collagen protein.  Gives you fuel to burn to satisfy hunger. Nutty Fat Bombs 1 C. Almond Butter 1/2 C…

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