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Treat yourself with this crispy skinned pan-seared duck breast recipe served with a sugar-free balsamic blackberry sauce. It’s perfect for a fancy–but simple to prepare–Keto, Paleo, or Whole30 meal. There is something about duck that seems reserved for fancy restaurant occasions. In my mind, I guess it was because I always thought it took some …

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This Cumin Roasted Carrots recipe is bursting with some big time flavor. Served with dairy-free yogurt and topped with pistachios, it’s one tasty plant-based side dish. I’ve never met a carrot that I didn’t like. Even those oddly shaped ones that look like twisted little alien creatures dancing the tango, I consider friends. And while …

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This simple vegan Miso Soup is loaded with shiitake mushrooms and tender bok choy. It’s a quick, easy recipe that keeps food waste to a minimum. Disclaimer: I’m probably breaking a lot of culinary “rules” in this recipe by committing such horrors as munching on shiitake stems and adding kombu back into miso soup after …

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This easy Lion’s Mane mushroom recipe creates a delicious meatless and gluten-free entrée that tastes just like crab. It’s Paleo, Keto, and can be made Vegan with a few simple substitutions. The diverse textures and flavors of our fungi never ceases to amaze me. If you thought that a mushroom that tastes like chicken was …

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These tangy Pickled Beet Eggs feature fresh beets and no sugar. The make tasty protein-filled snack or salad edition any time of year. In dark barrooms and dank alehouses sitting on forgotten roadsides in the Pennsylvanian hills from whence I hail, one might stumble across a dusty jar containing an ominous, murky red liquid with …

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Sikil Pak is a simple but delicious pumpkin seed salsa that comes from the Mayans of the Yucatán peninsula. It makes an incredibly addictive gluten-free appetizer or condiment. The intriguing name of this delightful dip is from the Mayan ha‘-sikil-p’aak, which literally translates into water (ha) — pumpkin seed (sikil) — tomato (p’aak). While that’s …

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