For years and years and years, any restaurant entree order of mine proved to be highly predictable. Always, no matter where I ventured, assuming the restaurant selection suited my style, my meal of choice involved AHI TUNA. Oh…heaven. So fresh, so delicious, so amazing. What a treat. Thankfully I’ve begun to expand my palate over…
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I have been known to inhale my food. Seriously – I skip all the steps involved in going from the fork to the belly. I don’t know what happens. It certainly is not as if I grew up in a situation where food was scarce and I would lose the opportunity to eat without a…
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Labor Day is all about backyard BBQ fun ~ or camping fun where I come from… To celebrate the holiday, I took the day off from cooking, after all, it is LABOR Day. But, I did a little research and decided to come up with the best looking Paleo BBQ recipes I could find for…
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Yes, I’m still eating kale – but cutting back as of late. I’m feeling the need to eat more seasonally. I’m finding myself more in the mood for homegrown tomatoes, crispy green beans, and the ever present zucchini of summer. After devouring my plate of fresh produce from the farm stand last night, I came…
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I am crazy for berries these days – sad to leave the berry capital of the world (I’m making that up, basically assuming it’s true, based on the delicious berry bounty in Oregon), but basking in the in the brilliance of the summer bounty nonetheless. – I worked really hard on the alliteration above; I…
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Ten AWESOME things about Portland~ Inspired by: Portland: 10 Things to Do — Introduction – TIME. Portlanders are perhaps the most self-satisfied city tribe in the whole United States. To pass for one of them (and who wouldn’t want to?), here’s a tip: do not carry an umbrella. Yeah, it tends to rain a bit here,…
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I was craving something fresh and cool – but nothing too sweet and nothing overly savory. Berries are always refreshing and abound in the Pacific Northwest this time of year. Just as important as the succulent, juicy, and astounding flavor these perennial flowering fruits impart, is their beauty. Berries truly are gorgeous in every way….
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Chocolate and peanut butter taste really, really good together. And they look pretty good together too! I attended a conference recently and learned some darn amazing tricks regarding food photography with my little iPhone. REALLY amazing. There are apps out there that fix and finagle anything, to make it look more than appetizing. In all…
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Granted and blessed with the opportunity to attend a food blogger conference over the weekend, I stepped into the doors of Vida Vegan Con amazingly grateful, excited to learn, and surprisingly unaware of all that I was due to encounter. It’s very clear from reading most of what I compose that I am not, by…
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With bright blue skies and beaming sun, I’ve been in the mood for bright and colorful foods! Luckily, a lovely case of lentils arrived on my desk not too terribly long ago, with a little recipe inspiration. Fresh, clean, and satisfying, this easy salad can really round out an early summer evening…perhaps on the porch,…
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