I’ve been on quite a comfort food kick lately. I’m blaming the combination of Whole30 plus ridiculously-cold-still-weather. After one too many dishes with hearty root vegetables like sweet potatoes, parsnips and carrots, I decided to give my body a little bit of a break. Some comfort from my comfort food? Kind of! Tomato soup for […]
Paleo Spaghetti Sauce
So this weekend it’s snowing. Again. I know a bazillion people are probably still (claiming to be) knee-deep in “cleanses” and “detoxes”, but not me. I am doing a Whole30, but I consider that less of a cleanse and more like eating real food. In part, it’s a challenge to myself to see if I […]
Thai Chicken Soup
“You can make this again in a big batch and freeze it for if we get sick!” Umm, I guess that’s a compliment! Mr M isn’t wrong in that this Thai chicken soup is ultimate comfort food. Lots of veggies, soothingly creamy and a nice little tang of Thai basil and chilis. On top of […]
Green Beans with Lemon & Sage Crumbs
I grew up eating stuffing out of a box. I’m not ashamed to admit that I loved the stuff, either. It had to be Paxo and it HAD to be the sage and onion “flavor”, regardless of whatever meat was on the table. It just did. I had systems to adhere to. Still do. Sure, […]
Chicken & Roasted Pepper Stuffed Mushrooms
Usually I make massively stuffed mushrooms with some kind of sausage or beef. However, since I had some marinated roasted peppers I wanted to use, I dug some ground chicken from the freezer because I thought they would go together nicely. Not to toot my own horn, but I wasn’t wrong – these are a […]
Braised Pork Wings with Apple & Onion Gravy
Pork wings. They sound a little bizarre – pigs can finally fly! Except, not quite. Once cooked, these porky pieces do look a little like supersized “wings”, but they’re actually part of the pork shank, the lower part of the leg. Since these are part of a working muscle, they don’t have a lot of […]