Flavorful Friday: Sarah Fragoso’s Garden Fresh Meatballs

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I should start by saying that I completely goofed up this recipe the first time I made it…I’ll explain at the end…and came up with a whole new recipe that we have loved! We now make the new version of this several times a month! I’ll add in the end what I did differently. I [...]

Flavorful Friday: Tuna Cannelloni with Tomato-Caper Relish

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This is the end of Week 2 for the Body By You bootcamp. Here is this week’s tested recipe completed by Leah (member of BBY bootcamp). Recipe of the week:  Tuna Cannelloni with Tomato-Caper Relish  from Pampered Chef Tuna – Food of the Month   Written By Sofia Layarda, MPH, RD on Jan 06, 2012 (HealthCastle.com) [...]

Flavorful Friday: Tuna Edamame Salad

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Tuna Edamame Salad   As part of the Body By You Boot Camp that I am doing with Jeanne (my trainer) she sends us new/healthy recipes to try once a week! Here is the Week 1 Recipe/Food Challenge. The first person in the group to make it and rate it wins a prize!  Ingredients: 1 [...]

Flavorful Friday: Melt-In-Your-Mouth Banana Nut Bread

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Melt-in-your-Mouth Banana Nut Bread This was one of the easiest and by far the yummiest of the recipes tested from the Athlete’s Palate cookbook that I used to use! Now I would almost call myself a connoisseur of banana-nut bread – because I l.o.v.e it! If it is there I will eat it, buy it, [...]

Flavorful Friday: Sausage Stir-Fry

While the sausage and lettuce might not seem very photogenic - I assure you it is very yummy!

This recipe is one that I have used countless times. It is so super quick and delicious – can serve just one or several depending on if you make it the main dish or just a side.   This Paleo Breakfast recipe comes from The Paleo Solution Book by Robb Wolf. The picture is of [...]

Flavorful Friday: Comfort Foods; Paleo Bread

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I am proud to bring you a recipe from one of my most favorite Paleo cookbooks thus far into my Paleo journey: Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen by Julie & Charles Mayfield.     Over the next coming weeks most of my FF posts will be tested recipes from this refreshing [...]

Flavorful Friday: Mocha-Cinnamon Pudding

This recipe was originally posted before I went Paleo! I was reading The Athlete’s Palate.  Mocha-Cinnamon Pudding It is no secret that I love to eat…and I love to eat sweets! So testing all of these different RW recipes has been fun to say the least. I have two new YUMMY recipes to post about this [...]

Flavorful Friday: Easy Steak Skewers

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Sarah Fragoso’s Easy Steak Skewers Ingredients: 2.5 lbs sirloin steak cut into 1-inch cubes                                    4 tbsp EV Olive Oil 1 Tbsp dried basil                        1 Tbsp dried Oregano            ½ Tbsp Garlic powder cracked black pepper            1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper            1 red bell pepper, chunked 3 zucchini squash, cut into             1-inch chunks                        [...]

Flavorful Friday: Almost Paleo Crepes

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My super-badass sister-in-law was recently going through some intensive weightlifting training in preparation for her first figure competition in Tacoma, Washington. She was sharing via her FB page some of her competition recipes and “protein pancakes” was one of her recipes. I did what I usually do with any perfectly good recipe and began tweaking [...]

Thrifty Thursday: Tuna & Cabbage Salad

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This posting can really fit into several categories here: lunch, Paleo, and Thrifty Thursday.  Tuna & Cabbage Salad This is one of my favorite lunches now and I eat it almost everyday. After a few times of buying my ingredients at the store I realized that this meal is probably one of the least expensive [...]