Middle Eastern Style Braised Chicken Necks Recipe- Super Frugal, Paleo, Easy
In my last post, about my recent grocery shopping trip, I’d mentioned that I was looking to buy meat, and saw that the cheapest meat to buy was chicken necks at 50 cents a pound, and the next cheapest meat was chicken wings at $1.94 per pound, so I stocked up on a bunch of […]
No Bake Paleo Cheesecake Bars Recipe- Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free
For as much as I have a million recipes on my site, sometimes I really am not inspired in the kitchen, but when people post links to yummy things on Facebook, then I get my creative juices flowing, adapting those recipes to suit my needs. Someone recently posted this recipe on Facebook and oh boy […]
No Bake Pie Crust Recipe- Vegan, Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Low Carb
I love cheesecake. I love all sorts of pies. However, they all need pie crusts… And pie crust, seriously, is my enemy. Most of the time. But this recipe for no bake pie crust? It’s something I am really excited about, especially since I haven’t seen a recipe like it before; it is something I […]
Homemade Caramel Sauce Recipe- Paleo, Raw, Fat Free, Dairy Free, Vegan Option
I wish there was a way to take a picture of something like this without it looking like poop. 😀 I have to say that I am really excited about a recipe- tonight we’re having our annual family shebang, and I’m doing the cooking for the entire thing. My challenge was- keep the costs low, […]
Balsamic Onion Flowers Recipe- Easy, Frugal, and Fancy- Healthy, Paleo, and Vegan too!
My absolute favorite types of recipes to make are those that look all fancy and taste great, but are actually very easy to make and quite frugal to boot. This recipe is exactly that. Made out of whole onions, they look like lotus flowers and are a beautiful appetizer to serve at a fancy dinner. […]
Salmon Cakes and Tuna Patties Recipe- Gluten Free, Paleo, Nightshade Free
Tuna patties and salad Ok, I don’t officially have picky eaters in my family, but my kids do have some foods that they won’t touch, specifically Ike. He won’t touch any fish other than tuna, certainly not salmon. And he cannot stand zucchini in any way, shape, or form. I had salmon heads in my […]
Making Homemade Potato Chips AKA Crisps- Easy Recipe, Super Cheap, Allergy Friendly
Not so long ago, my friend Ewa (the one who taught me how to make homemade fondant) posted about how excited she was to have made homemade potato chips, and how easy it was to do so, using her spiralizer (she has the same spiralizer that I have). I had asked her to write a […]
Homemade Pickled Herring Recipe- Paleo, Sweetener Free, GAPS Legal
When doing a strict paleo diet, one of the hardest things for me to figure out was breakfast for myself. You see, I grew up never ever ever eating meat in the morning, not bacon, not sausages, nothing meat. It always was dairy for breakfast, maybe eggs. And sometimes vegan, if I included a vegan […]
Paleo Butternut Squash Pancake Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Delicious
Ever since starting the Paleo 30 day reset diet with my family, I was struggling to figure out what to make for breakfast that was relatively quick to make, tasted good, and seemed “breakfasty”. I immediately came up with the idea of butternut squash pancakes. I played around with many different recipes, and this is […]
Homemade Rolled Fondant Recipe- Vegan Option, No Specialty Ingredients, No Artificial Ingredients, Uncooked, Healthier
I make gluten free decorated cakes for people sometimes, as a side job. I make them as processed/unhealthy ingredient free as possible, with the only bad ingredient being white sugar for the frosting (because otherwise you can’t really have a white base to work with). I had a cake I was supposed to make for […]