I’ve always been a bonafide lover of sweet potatoes. According to Mama Caveman, I was pounding down jars of Gerber’s mashed sweet potatoes before I had the luxury of teeth. And it turns out that sweet potatoes are also pretty darn good for you too. Just one medium sweet potato is loaded with: Vitamin A …
Chipotle’s elimination of GMO ingredients at all of their restaurants illustrates the fact that the issues surrounding genetically modified food sources are in the collective consciousness of consumers now more than ever before. There seems to be a lot of confusion and controversy about what non-GMO means, why we should care, and where the term organic relates to all of this. …
The Story of Jerk Chicken Salad Variety might be the spice of life, but in Jamaica it is jerk seasoning. After stuffing myself with jerk chicken for a solid week during a visit there last summer, we picked up a jar of Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning to bring a little Jamaica back home with us. It sat around …
Ok, I’ll admit it. I have the tendency to kind of geek out when it comes to kitchen gadgets. That all-important egg slicer/olive pitter/fish steamer? Yep, I’ve probably owned one of those. But after the novelty wears off most of these appliances just end up taking up valuable space in a kitchen drawer or cabinet, …
The Story of the Paleo Coffee Almond Smoothie Breakfast can be a bit of a challenge when you’re living the raw/paleo/primal lifestyle, especially during the week. It’s tough to whip up an omelette when you’re already late for work and the dog still needs to be walked. The paleo coffee almond smoothie is a time-saving answer for …
During our recent journey to Peru, we took a welcomed break from huffing and puffing our way up and down the hills of Cusco to attend the Marcelo Batata cooking class. I was pretty excited about what would be in store for us due to its high rating on Trip Advisor and the fact that I had never …
I’ve spent the past couple years being pretty careful about what goes in my body. It wasn’t until recently, however, that I also began to take a closer look at what goes on my body. Toxins don’t enter the body through the mouth alone. Your skin, incidentally your largest organ, also absorbs whatever you decide to …
I think the first time I seriously tried to cook bacon for myself I was probably in college. Thoughts of delicious BLT’s dissipated quickly as the bacon I had placed in my high heat pan began to smoke uncontrollably. Grease singed my arm hairs while I frantically tried to keep the strips from sticking to …
It was early Spring, 1990. My Uncle Dave, working for a toy store at the time, had just scored a copy of Super Mario Brothers 3 for my Easter basket. I cannot overstate the significance of this gift. No store within a fifty mile radius had the game in stock. This cartridge was so hot, it should …