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the plantain post

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May 30 2017
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Plantains become very worth exploring when you’re trying to be compliant with a whole30 or paleo lifestyle. They’re handy stuff, fry, roast, pulverized and turned into tortillas, mashed and probably far more. The key to understanding their versatility is in their ripeness. Plantains continue to ripen after they’ve been harvested, so when you get them they could be in any stage of ripeness from green to black. When plantains are green, they’re hard, starchy and potato like. These are used for tostones, which are kind of like thick potato chips which tend to be served as dippers for things like […]

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shrimp, honeydew & walnuts in coconut honey sauce

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May 29 2017
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Delish, quick, easy, refreshing… This dish can be served as a salad or main dish over rice or riced cauliflower. The shrimp can be prepared however you wish, I tend to bread them with tapioca flour and deep fry (because with whole 30, it’s nice to get some crunch every now and again) but you could also sauté or grill. Takes about 15 minutes to make and serves 2-4, depending on portion size. 1 lb shrimp, uncooked, deveined 1 honeydew, deseeded and cut or balled into bite sized chunks. 2T walnuts, coarsely chopped 1/2c mayo 3T coconut milk 1t honey […]

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the crack in my heart

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May 23 2017
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I’m healing a broken heart. I’ve seen myself as damaged for a long time. I often wonder at it. Like it’s a sweater periodically taken out of storage I hold up to the light looking at the moth holes. What should be whole, warm and cozy has damage, that I can’t quite figure out why is still there. I didn’t realize that the moth holes weren’t really there, just an illusion created from one long intertwined thread that leads all the way back to the day my heart broke in the back seat of a car on a hot summer […]

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paleo panang curry

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May 05 2017

Sauce 1 1/2c coconut milk 1/2c chicken broth 1/4c apple juice 1T ginger Kombucha 1T cashew butter 1T-1 1/2T panang curry paste (I use Maesri Panang Curry Paste, which does have sugar in it but you can make your own.) 1t chicken better than boullion 1t minced garlic, or garlic paste 1″ garlic, microplaned The Rest 4-5 chicken breasts, sliced into 1″ strips 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 1 red pepper, thinly sliced 1c peas 1c snow peas 1 – 2 T cashews, chopped for garnish fresh cilantro, for garnish Serve with cauliflower rice, low glycemic rice, spaghetti squash, sweet potato […]

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