Here is a list of all my tricks and notes on Sunday food prep. Just a few hours of prep per week is all you need to make quick, healthy dinners all week! I used to prep a ton of food every Sunday to get us through the week and I found it to be not only exhausting, but I never knew exactly how much to prep and often found that we ended up with too much and it got discarded or stuffed in the freezer only to be forgotten, accumulate freezer burn, and get thrown away. So I stopped entirely, ... Read More about On Sunday Food Prep
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Turkey and Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette (gluten free, paleo, and Whole30 compliant)
For a country whose claim to fame across the rest of the world is its per capita excess of calories, a holiday devoted to the glorification of gorging oneself doesn't seem - in my overly pragmatic and highly cynical mind - quite...right. Perhaps at one time, when scarcity was the norm, celebrating with a feast made perfect sense. But now in The Land of Plenty and Then Some, what symbolism remains to justify yet another binge?...Or so I foolishly asked myself in anticipation of ... Read More about Turkey and Roasted Sweet Potato Spinach Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette (gluten free, paleo, and Whole30 compliant)
Single-Serve Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Cake (gluten free, paleo, and vegan)
Oy with the pumpkin already (anyone get that reference?). It's starting to be a problem. Not the pumpkin per se, but the pumpkin spice addiction. I wish I could say I could stop anytime I want, but that would be a bold faced lie. And make no mistake: it is the spice, not the pumpkin. ... Read More about Single-Serve Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Cake (gluten free, paleo, and vegan)
Pumpkin Baked Quinoa Bars (gluten free, whole grain, and vegan)
I really wanted to call this post "Pumpkin: The Reckoning" because, apparently, the return of pumpkin season stirs up all kinds of thoughts in me, but actually, mostly, the lunatic ones. Alternate titles included: "Now Would Be A Good Time To Stage a Pumpkin-vention and "Pumpkin's Back - ALL RIGHT!" (please tell me you get that reference. Now I am guiltily watching the video. Join me? What is the deal with that dance? Were they paying homage to Michael Jackson or was it just blatant theft? ... Read More about Pumpkin Baked Quinoa Bars (gluten free, whole grain, and vegan)