Herb studded meatballs take a dip in a nightshade free, aromatic Thai green curry sauce from https://meatified.com that will have you licking the bowl when you're done!

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This simple pomegranate glazed salmon from https://meatified.com is quick to the table & a fun twist on typical weeknight baked salmon with its sweet-tart, ginger laced glaze.

it's the taste of the season

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These no bake cranberry butter cups from https://meatified.com are the perfect last minute holiday treat. Bonus: they use up those last few cranberries you always have laying around!

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If you can't tolerate nightshades but crave a bowl of classic tomato soup anyway... this tomato-less tomato soup from https://meatified.com will come to the rescue! This recipe has the tangy, rich flavors that you've been missing without tomatoes in your kitchen.

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Eighteen months of sobriety have me seeing myself,

Eighteen months of sobriety have me seeing myself, if not for the very first time, perhaps in the most honest way.

I learned to put on my makeup in a compact mirror, a whole face in shattered parts. Piece by barely framed piece, directing an abstract spotlight on only the detail I thought I needed to fix somehow.

I taught myself never to take a step back, never to look at the whole, never to see truly what was in front of me. To fold myself into my own palm, an enclosed prism. Click.

My face has forever been something yo avoid, a thing I reflexively glaze over, unfocused eyes with too much zoom in the lens, an intrinsic crack in the glass of my sight. Click.

I’ve always been the person behind the camera so that no one could direct it at me. When it whispered, the thought of taking my own portrait for the first time surprised me. Sober me is starting to raise her voice, even if it’s only at herself for now.

The part of me that over complicates everything pulled at me to turn taking a quick snap into an overwhelmingly stylized photo shoot. Another mask; another performance. That voice started listing all the things I had to fix or tidy or make pretty or palatable. Which I realized now was another attempt at staying hidden while pretending to be visible.

Instead, I promised myself that I would set up my camera as simply as possible. Just the same as I would light anything else to let it shine as it is.

So here I am. No distractions, just me looking into my own camera for the first time and meeting myself on the other side. Click.

It’s strange to look at this image - of myself, for once - and see my typical photography style poking through without meaning to. Limited styling, rich depths, pops of bold natural color, perhaps a little more darkness than makes other people comfortable. And still: just me.

Hi, I’m Rach.

Somewhere along the way, I forgot that food was su

Somewhere along the way, I forgot that food was supposed to feed me, too.

Not just my body.

I'm not gonna say that it took a pandemic to learn that, because it's a lesson that life has been trying to teach me for, frankly, decades at this point.

But nearly a year of changed financial circumstances, combined with having made every single meal I've eaten in that same time period myself, has definitely brought the idea of sustenance to the foreground of my life.

Sustenance isn't just keeping my body fueled and fed.

It's not just sticking to a budget while doing my best to stay healthy.

It's not just managing my autoimmunity through diet.

It's nurturing my creativity when I feel like I have nothing else to give.

It's reminding myself with every bite that I deserve to live at home in this body instead of a mere resident.

It's discovering that I can honor myself in a way that I never thought I could.

It's meals like this one of Brothy Italian White Beans with Sausage and Kale. Simple, hearty, whole.

It's food to find my way home.

To myself. Right here. Where I've always been meant to be.

#operationbemoreme

NEW RECIPE: This Basil Black Pepper Chicken & Broc

NEW RECIPE: This Basil Black Pepper Chicken & Broccoli is my kind of weeknight meal. It comes together in one skillet, uses a handful of fresh ingredients & lets the pantry bring the back up to maximize those flavors with no fuss!

The real hero of this black pepper chicken & broccoli, though, is the sauce. It’s slightly sweet, balanced with the gentle heat of ginger and black pepper, salty-savory from the coconut aminos & fish sauce, then finally balanced with a kiss of vinegar & fresh lime juice.

The chicken is tender, the veggies are tender-crisp & everything is lightly glazed with that delicious sauce. If you like, finish with some crushed peanuts or cashews for a little crunch!
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Snag the recipe here 👉🏼 https://meatified.com/black-pepper-chicken-broccoli/

NEW RECIPE: Jalapeño Popper Potato Salad! This is

NEW RECIPE: Jalapeño Popper Potato Salad! This is the new taste of summer with a fun little spin on the classic tater salad. Except, hold the gloopy mayo and bring in this (mostly) plant based deliciousness instead. This bad boy is piled high with creamy baby spuds all wrapped up in a dairy free cheesy sauce that’s studded with roast jalapeño throughout, then flecked with green onions & fresh chives. Bacon is optional and this whole shebang is an addictive mess (in the best possible way!) of comfort food that is easily made vegan, too.
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Snag the recipe here 👉🏼 https://meatified.com/jalapeno-popper-potato-salad/

NEW RECIPE: Crispiest Roast Sheet Pan Chicken with

NEW RECIPE: Crispiest Roast Sheet Pan Chicken with Orange & Olive Potatoes - the title says it all! One sheet, NO PAN SEARING and you still get deliciously crispy skin. What else do you need to know?! Go make it! Aaaaand that concludes the last burst of energy I have this Monday 😂
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Grab the simple recipe here 👉🏼 https://meatified.com/sheet-pan-chicken-orange-olive-potatoes/

Mr Quinn is ready for his boudoir shoot now 😂 H

Mr Quinn is ready for his boudoir shoot now 😂 He looks so fluffy & delicate here, but at approximately 15 months old, he’s finally cracked 11 lbs. He still maintains that I don’t give him enough snacks and is oddly obsessed with trying to stick his face in sourdough starter 🤷🏻‍♀️

NEW RECIPE: Absolutely inauthentic but stupendousl

NEW RECIPE: Absolutely inauthentic but stupendously delicious dairy free Ground Beef Philly Cheesesteak Skillet! This recipe was inspired by @themodernproper Philly Cheesesteak Skillet, except I needed my version to be ironically cheese-less. Holly & Natalie’s recipe looked so good I refused to back down in my own kitchen til I made this happen 😂
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My spin on this swaps out the more typical, expensive cuts of steak because ribeye ain’t in my budget. Instead, I show you how to easily create the most gloriously caramelized, crispy edged ground beef with pantry seasonings that take it to the steakiest flavor you can get outta this budget friendly swap.
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The cheese sauce is creamy & decadent and the whole skillet dinner is surprisingly veg forward, because despite my name, I ❤️ veggies! Bonus: if you’re not about that low carb-ish life, this Philly cheesesteak goodness is delicious piled onto GF rolls or over rice. You do you!
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Grab the recipe here 👉🏼 https://meatified.com/dairy-free-philly-cheesesteak-skillet/

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