I love to mix up textures in salads but also get as much color as I can for the variety of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and dietary fiber. Eat the rainbow indeed! Leftover Pork Tenderloin Salad One of my favorite dinners is Apple Cider Brined Pork Tenderloin. It is so lean and clean and flavorful. I make an apple cider from organic apple juice...
For the Love of Salads! I eat a lot of salads for lunch. Usually, I incorporate leftovers like the PF Chang lettuce wrap mixture into an Asian salad or left-over taco meat into a taco salad, but my absolute favorite is a Greek salad! Check out this round up of 14 super delicious and nutritious salads from the blog. Eating a ton of vegetables is...
Importance of a Diet High in Fiber I wanted to put together a weekly menu high in dietary fiber that is also gluten-free. But still using our favorite comfort food recipes. Just made a little healthier and cleaner. First, I want to sum up some of the research and information I’ve been studying while reading The Good Gut by the Drs. Sonnenburg. They are...
This is a healthier version of fried chicken on a salad with veggies and lots of dietary fiber. The dressing is made from goat’s milk yogurt and organic Ranch seasonings. Fried Chicken Salad with Ranch Dressing I think it might be one of my very favorite things. Fried chicken on a salad with ranch dressing was one of my go-to orders at Whataburger. I don’t...
Why make a Goat Cheese Alfredo Sauce? Besides the fact that it is just really, really good… For people with casein digestion issues, it may add a whole new option to your dinner menu if you can tolerate goat’s milk! The protein casein in goat’s milk is processed, and likely digested differently, than casein from cow’s milk. You can read a little more about that in...
Time for a round up of some pretty awesome delicious + nutritious salad recipes with a huge variety of veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, lean protein, and good-for-you fats. These 14 salad recipes are all gluten-free and have healthified homemade dressings! Eat The Rainbow Indeed! When spring rolls around cravings shift from soups and stews to bright, beautiful salads. Aren’t all the spring and summer seasonal...
Clean Eating Gluten-free Taco Night! Well who doesn’t do taco night at their house. Around here we have to keep it gluten-free and of course try to “healthify” this fave comfort food. And making sure it is a clean eating gluten-free taco night. I really love using ground bison more than ground beef in recipes. It’s leaner and doesn’t contain added hormones or antibiotics. I...
MTHFR! Hi all! Well as it turns out I have a few gene variants that would account for why I am so sensitive to chemicals, why I have been driven to eat so clean, and why changing so many things over the years has helped my health improve (filtered water, no chemical cleaners, concrete floors, using glass instead of plastic, and all the food stuff…)....
Let’s Talk About Glyphosate This week I want to talk a little more about glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed killer Round-Up) and GMOs. Glyphosate is designed to kill weeds and normally sprayed on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) who are modified to be resistant to it. In this case plants like corn, soy, and beet sugar. Glyphosate targets and blocks an essential pathway in...
Hello 2017! Time for a new healthy comfort food weekly menu Jan 2-8 that is also gluten-free and dairy-free. Plus we have a lot to look forward to this year! My last two classes start next week – Food Microbiology and Genomic Sequencing and Analysis. I’m really excited. I should finish the certificate in May. I really loved my phylogenetics class (and actually got a perfect...
This blog is about cooking real food from unprocessed ingredients to make simple and naturally gluten-free meals and mostly casein-free/dairy-free (except for a little aged Parmesan and goat milk). We try to "healthify” and clean up our favorite comfort foods using organic fresh veggies, lean proteins, healthy grains and lots of spice!
