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Stocking Up When There is a Sale: Mediterranean Flank Steak Roulade
As both Pam and I have discussed on the blog in the past, one of the ways we try to keep on budget for our families, while still feeding them quality food, is by stocking up when there is a sale. This...
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Ease Your Way into Paleo (EYWIP) week 3
Starting Monday January 20, 2014… EYWIP week 3: ALL DAY WITH NO GRAINS So last year’s week 3 post was written with summer in mind. It was June and cookout season was right around the corner. It’s...
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Rotisserie Chicken Salad Casserole
Having a full plate means there is not a lot of time for intricate meals, especially during the work week. The criteria that I use to decide whether or not to post a recipe are pretty simple: 1....
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Slow Cooker Beef Stew
In my last post, I talked about 4 criteria I use for deciding whether or not to post a recipe. Although those criteria apply to every recipe, there is an additional one that I adhere to for posting a...
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Super Bowl Sunday: 21-Day Sugar Detox Compliant Game Time Treats!
I made mention on our Facebook page and also in a recent post that I was going to be taking part in the 21-Day Sugar Detox (#21DSD). The #21DSD is a program developed by Diane Sanfilippo of Balanced...
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Whole Food Chocolate-Topped Protein Bars
Have you seen the ingredients of a typical protein bar? Pretty scary stuff I know. Sometimes portable and convenient foods are necessary. Whether it’s a pre or post workout snack, food for the road,...
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Primal Pan-Fried Tenderloin with Sweet Potato Fries
Grilling in the winter is not a lot of fun…for my husband. I don’t grill. Not that I don’t know how, I just don’t want to; I’m usually doing other things. That’s his job. But don’t feel bad for him...
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St. Patrick’s Day: Grain-Free Irish Soda Bread
Each year St. Patrick’s Day in our family, like most Irish-American families, is a big deal. As I mentioned last year the wild and crazy leprechauns come and play a trick on the kids (and no, two-days...
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Dinner in less than 30 minutes: Simple Honey Glazed Chicken
You know those times during the week when you have no clue what you are going to do for dinner and all you have in the house is chicken? You need a go-to recipe. A go-to recipe is one that is simple,...
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Hearty Sausage Chowder
Hands down this is one of my favorite soup/chowder recipes I have ever made. I mean you know a recipe has to be good when your husband refers to it as “your famous” chowder. This recipe is so good that...
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Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
I’ve been spending my free time (and money) on physical therapy these days. I tore my ACL on October 5th in my 3rd adult league soccer game…yup, the 3rd game. Managed to play soccer for 10+ years as a...
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EYWIP Week 1 check in with lots of grain-free breakfast ideas!
How’s everyone doing so far this week? I am officially on day 3 of a “21 day sugar detox“. I have it in quotes because I am following the level 3 program about 98%. I still have dairy in my coffee and...
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EYWIP Week 2 Check in: grain-free lunch ideas!
How’s everyone doing? Was eating a grain-free breakfast as bad as you thought it would be? Here we are already in week 2. If you are reading this and have no idea what EYWIP means you can read about...
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EYWIP Week 3: Grain-free dinner ideas!
Here we are already in week 3. So far we’ve eliminated grains from breakfast & lunch so naturally the only thing left to do is eliminate them from dinner. I remember when I did my first nutrition...
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Paleo treats: Review of WB Kitchen cookies & bars.
Here at FMFP, Dani & I don’t hide the fact that we like to cook. Give us an afternoon of free time and you’ll find us both in the kitchen trying out a new recipe or bulk cooking for the week ahead....
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Mocha Fig & Date Balls with Bonus Chocolate Dipped Strawberry recipe
You know you have a good recipe when it’s easy enough to make during the week yet tasty enough to serve when you have company over. This is one of those recipes. I made these for a Memorial Day cookout...
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