I love eating out as much as the next person, but when you choose to lead a Paleo/Primal lifestyle sometimes it can sometimes be quite difficult. Do any of these sound familiar? Scenario #1: My best option is a side salad...everything else is breaded or fried. Wait, who picked this place? Scenario #2: Can I … Continue reading We Want Options!
Category: Healthy Foods
How Super Is Your Food?
By now you’ve heard it a million times. New lists, it seems, are constantly compiled and are often full of foods we’ve never heard of, can’t pronounce, or can’t find in the grocery store. (Like this list from Shape Magazine) And lately they’ve been showing up as dietary supplements in convenient juice or pill form. … Continue reading How Super Is Your Food?
Prosciutto and Spinach Egg Cups
This weekend my CrossFit Route 1 team and I competed in the NorthEast CrossFit Regionals at Reebok Headquarters in Canton, MA. To ensure we were well nourished throughout the weekend’s competition my good friend Kendra Hewitt made each of the team members a care package. Inside this care package was one of the most delicious, … Continue reading Prosciutto and Spinach Egg Cups
Heirloom Eggs
We consume a lot of eggs at my house and sometimes we run out. Often this dilemma is solved with Evan taking an impromptu trip to the store. Usually when this occurs, he comes home with some unusual treat...this trip was no exception. When Evan set the Pete & Gerry’s egg carton on the counter … Continue reading Heirloom Eggs
Why I Love Coconuts (and You Should, Too!): Part 2
Coconut Water What do you drink when you want to drink something other than water? For me, it was always cranberry juice. Back in the day I would drink Ocean Spray cranberry juice drink (sugar free, of course) like it was going out of style. The words juice drink and sugar free, despite the sweet … Continue reading Why I Love Coconuts (and You Should, Too!): Part 2
You’re Invited
For nearly 2 years, Evan and I have been purchasing our grassed beef exclusively from Wheel View Farm. Earlier this year many of you had the opportunity to try the locally raised grass-fed beef from Wheel View Farm for yourselves! To say thank you, Wheel View Farm has opened its doors and you're invited! Wheel … Continue reading You’re Invited
Hungry for Fresh, Local Fare?
Look no further than FarmPlate.com Whether you are looking to try a new restaurant, join a CSA, find Farmer's Market, or just want to learn more about your local, real food community, FarmPlate has you covered. Each heading is searchable by zip code and by category so you can find what you want, what you need, … Continue reading Hungry for Fresh, Local Fare?
This Bread is Bananas
This weekend my husband ran the Tough Mudder on Mt. Snow in VT. As a result of his expedition I have far too many bananas in my kitchen. Since they are going bad fast after traveling to and from VT without being eaten, I need to use them - PRONTO! I've been craving baked goods lately...and … Continue reading This Bread is Bananas
Pretty Little Fiddleheads
Yesterday Evan (my husband) came home with a treat you can only get this time of year, a bag full of fiddleheads. A fiddlehead is the very young, and yet unfurled, frond of a fern. For about 3 weeks each year, between the end of April and the middle of May here in the Northeast, … Continue reading Pretty Little Fiddleheads
Finding Your 2012 CSA
Its that time of year again... Right this moment you have the opportunity to receive a bounty of farm fresh vegetables each and every week throughout the growing season without having to tend a garden. How is this possible? Three little words. Community Shared Agriculture (CSA). If the idea of Farm to Tablereally appeals to … Continue reading Finding Your 2012 CSA