Pressure Cooker (or Braised) Pork Carnitas and Roasted Cauliflower Rice (Paleo, AIP)

Happy Monday! As I chat with people about the obstacles of adopting a real food lifestyle, I’ve come to realize that one of the biggest is the fear of standing out and/or annoying people. Which is totally legitimate, I’ve had those same concerns. It’s comforting and useful to be a peacekeeper. But conformity has its…
Squash, Beet & Apple Salad

Have I ever shared with you my purpose? That’s a rhetorical question because I know that I haven’t. For someone who puts a LOT of my life out into the ether – at least my food life – I’ve held much closer my dreams and plans for the future. It’s icky scary to put out…
Squash Panna Cottas and A Confession

I’ve never confessed, in all of this endless chatting about food, how much I experiment on myself. Or how much I am obsessed with nutrition. On a cold night you’ll find me curled up with herbal tea, a snuggly blanket, and a good nutrition book, turning pages as fast as I can. As you know,…
Happy New Year! Cooking classes, delish healthy food, and more – let’s go!

Hello friends! I hope you had a lovely, relaxing time celebrating the holidays. I certainly did and compared to last year – BOOK DEADLINE – I was a giddy party fairy, prancing from celebration to celebration singing tralalalaaaaah! A good reminder that (occasional) adversity is the bitter seasoning that makes the good times oh so…
Local Cookbooks Galore and Chef Jack’s Jalapeño Poppers (Grain-free, Gluten-free)

I was at Kitchen in the Market last week signing copies of Twin Cities Chef’s Table, and while checking out their retail offerings I was pretty stunned to see how many fantastic Minnesota cookbooks are on their shelf! You guys, Minnesota has had a banner couple of years, absorb this: The New Midwestern Table by…
Paleo Magazine’s AIP Thanksgiving Meal Plan

If you’re searching for grain-free/ allergen-free Thanksgiving dishes that NO ONE WILL NOTICE ARE GRAIN-FREE/ALLERGEN-FREE because they are traditional and delicious, well, here you go. I created this autoimmune protocol Thanksgiving menu for the marvelous Paleo Magazine, with a shopping list and work-ahead instructions to boot. I invited my dear friends Tracy Morgan and Joy…
Squash Flatbread (Paleo, AIP, Coconut-free)

NOTE: Struggling to put healthy meals on your table? Confused by what to make following AIP or Whole30? I conducted a Free Meal Planning 101 Online Workshop on Friday, November 17, 2017, at 12:30 pm Central. Click here to see it! Until then, enjoy this flatbread, one of the most well-loved recipes on Fresh Tart….
Brasa’s Pork Shoulder Roasted with Citrus Mojo and Twin Cities Chef’s Table Giveaway

What better way to give you a peek into the lusciousness inside Twin Cities Chef’s Table than to share a recipe for Brasa’s beloved roasted pork shoulder? I never, ever eat there without ordering it – in fact, I had it just yesterday for lunch – because it tastes fantastic with all of the other…
The Paleo Approach Dinner Club E-book!

If you’re starting to think about healthy holiday entertaining, I’ve got just the cookbook for you. Behold The Paleo Approach Dinner Club E-book, a collaboration spearheaded by The Paleo Mom, Sarah Ballantyne, PhD, author of The Paleo Approach, the definitive guide to the autoimmune protocol (AIP). She had the marvelous idea to invite a group…
Double Your Pleasure Book Signing at Kitchen in the Market!

OK here’s an amazing thing. This winter, while I was holed up writing Twin Cities Chef’s Table, my dear friend Zoe François was downstairs writing her latest soon-to-be-bestselling book, Gluten-Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. You see, I rent my lovely apartment aka The Treehouse) from Zoe and her husband Graham. As luck…