What the heck?!

I've been seeing some pretty interesting products at the grocery store lately... how exactly do you cook 'beef liver sliced' or a whole goose?!  

Safeway on 75th



QFC on Roosevelt



Funny!

Hilarious! I haven't learned how to do a snatch yet, though I'm not sure I'd want to wear this shirt out in public even if I knew what I was doing.  Wikipedia's definition of a snatch if you're curious!

via Manimal Wear





Mama Melina's Tropicale Salad

A couple of weeks ago I went to Mama Melina's for lunch with the girls. I wouldn't recommend going here if you're trying to avoid gluten and cheese, it took all of the will power I could muster to stop myself from ordering a heaping plate of pasta. I was pleasantly suprised at how good a Hawaiian inspired dish could be at an Italian restaurant.  Funny.  This salad was very easy to recreate at home, I combined romaine lettuce, hearts of palm, pineapple, corn and chicken and made a quick dressing using olive oil and lime juice.  Perfect for the sunny weather we're starting to see in Seattle!

Curried Cauliflower

Sometimes after a long day at work, a tough workout or any other excuse I can think of I don't feel like making myself dinner. This inevitably leads me straight to prepared food section at Whole Foods. Last week I dished myself up a generous portion of their curried cauliflower and though delicious, it was dripping with oil. Yuck.  Nom Nom Paleo had a easy sounding Roasted Curried Cauliflower recipe, I tried it out this week with astounding success.  Yum!

Right before going in the oven

This is actually really good for breakfast!

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower, cut into bite sized florets
• Melted coconut oil
• 2 tablespoons curry powder (I used Penzey's Maharajah Curry Powder)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Half a lemon or several tablespoons of lemon juice

Directions: Preheat over to 450 degrees.  In a large bowl toss the cauliflower, coconut oil, curry powder, salt and pepper.  Place the cauliflower on a foil lined baking sheet and cover tightly with another piece of foil.  Roast for 15 minutes, remove the top piece of foil and continue roasting for an additional 20 minutes.  If you have time I would suggest flipping the florets every so often.    Plate and serve with lemon juice. Enjoy!

Dessert!



Not eating refined sugar presents a bit of a problem when you're craving dessert.  I found these two recipes on The Kitchn and am dying to try them!





Chocolate Avocado Mousse via The Kitchn





Banana Ice Cream via The Kitchn



Sleep Like an All Star

The Kid sent this to me yesterday - pretty interesting!  There's a few fun facts and a graph of much sleep famous athletes get every night.  I wish I could get 9 or 10 hours! Someone's bringing down the average, I'll give you hint, it's a guy.  This made me laugh, I wonder what he's doing at night instead of sleeping?! HA!

Sleep Like an All Star

Giada's Asparagus and Zucchini Crudi

I was channel surfing last weekend and starting watching Giada's Everyday Italian on the Food Network.   She made a very simple asparagus and zucchini crudi.  I've been trying to eat more raw vegetables and this was perfect! 

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed
• 2 zucchini, trimmed
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Salt & pepper to taste

Directions: Using a vegetable peeler, shave the zucchini into long thin strips.  Thinly slice the asparagus on a diagonal. Combine the zucchini and aspargus in a large bowl and toss with the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Enjoy!

Doesn't This Food Look Amazing?!

So I'm back on my paleo kick for the month of May.  I'm only 6 days in but so far it's going really well!  Paleo is essentially eating only animal protein, veggies, healthy fats and some fruits and nuts.  No bread, dairy, rice, refined sugar, etc etc.  The first thing people usually ask when I tell them about eating paleo is some form of 'what do you actually eat?!' The Kitchn had a great post today - A Peek Into the Paleo Diet: Dinner with Philip & Lenora.  Doesn't the food look amazing?! This is the type of stuff you get to enjoy when you eat paleo. Yum!!


via The Kitchn



Egg Cups

Finally got around to making those egg cups from a couple weeks back.  So incredibly easy!  I didn't use a recipe - just greased up a muffin tin, cut some turkey deli meat slices in half and laid them in the bottom of the cups.  Added one egg in each tin and sprinkled some black pepper, garlic and dried basil on the top.  I baked them for about a half an hour on 350 degrees.   Maybe next time I'll add some tomatoes, pesto or some other fun ingredient.  Enjoy!



Penzey's!

I went on a little field trip yesterday to Penzeys Spices in downtown Seattle.  If you have 20 minutes to kill I highly recommend it! I smelled just about every single spice and extract in the store, it was a little bit of a sensory overload.  I originally went in looking for a southwest/taco/fajita seasoning without salt (I need to get ready for Cinco de Mayo!) but wasn't very successful. They did have a lot of delicious smelling curry blends - I picked up the Maharajah Style Curry Powder. I hope it tastes as good as it smells!

Bought some garlic powder too!