When the day is hot and sticky, the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven, or even the stove. That’s when I turn to the grill for my entire dinner. If we’re already grilling meat, why…
Roasted Vegetables
If you don’t like vegetables, try roasting them. The high heat brings out the natural sweetness in your veggies. My family loves our vegetables prepared this way. I’ve converted some pretty adamant veggie-haters with this method. I will give you…
This Week with Our Paleo Family, June 28, 2016
Hello there! It seems like forever since I wrote a weekly update. I guess we’ve been busy. Doing what, I’m not exactly sure. Oh, yeah! I’ve finished all the regulatory hoop-jumping and am now all certified and official with the…
Creamy Balsamic Salad Dressing
Let’s face it, salad dressing can make or break the salad. I bet some of you even eat salad ONLY for the salad dressing. And I suspect that the dressing you’re devouring is probably not doing too much for your…
Homemade Mayonnaise
Ahh…mayonnaise. You either love it or you hate it. I was in the hater camp growing up. But later on in life, I realized that we never had real mayonnaise at my house. We had Miracle Whip. Remember that stuff?…
Paleo Travel plus Virginia Creeper Review
I’m waking up fresh off a weekend away with my best guy. We had a marvelous time, the kids had a marvelous time with their grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin. As I sat down Monday morning to catch up on the…
Friday Favorites, Volume 2
Welcome back for another installment of Friday Favorites. It’s been fun for me to think outside the box (the food box, that is) to give you some of my favorite things. I just can’t write that phrase without singing the…
Summer Salmon Salad (Paleo and AIP option)
I served my family tuna salad, raw vegetables and potato chips for dinner last night. I felt so free! I spent about 10 minutes making the tuna salad and slicing the veggies, put it in the fridge and then had…
This Week with Our Paleo Family: June 5, 2016
I’ve just returned home from three days away at the North Carolina homeschool convention, while my amazing husband held down the fort at home. It’s a huge commitment to go, primarily in terms of time away from home, but it…
Pizza Popover
I spent a lot of time with my grandparents when I was little. Grandma was always reading cookbooks, cooking magazines and clipping recipes from the newspaper. When my brother and I were at the farm for a meal (it was almost…
