FOOD FOOD

BANANAS FOSTER BANANA PANCAKES (GLUTEN- FREE) Moist and fluffy gluten-free banana pancakes with bananas foster topping. This incredibly flavorful stack of pancakes is deceptively quick and easy to prepare. When was the last time you ate something that caused your basic communication function to shut down, bring you fully present, and leave you with a loss for words? And what was it? Spare no details, please. Because I have multiple food intolerances, I’ve trained my mind fibers to view food as one of those life necessities and no longer feel the need to have an otherworldly spiritual experience with every meal (although I certainly welcome said experiences); however, every once in awhile, I eat something that causes an operating system meltdown, and this was not one of those situations. Kidding. It was x 1,409. Words: gone. Mind: blown. Belly: satiated. Soul: full.   There’s truly nothing like a stack of pancakes, and while I fully get that nothing will ever beat a plate-sized ul...

CRUNCHY QUINOA CABBAGE BROCCOLI SPINACH SALAD Nutrient packed detox spinach salad with quinoa, broccoli, cabbage, cashews, bacon, chopped roast turkey, dried cranberries, and orange-ginger dressing. This super flavorful entree salad recipe is sure to satisfy! My favorite salad is a salad that has multiple “salads” wrapped into it. It’s a salad that has some broccoli salad, some cabbage slaw, some quinoa salad, a lean protein source, an epic fuckton of greens, a tasty dressing, perchance some feta, and a shower of nuts and dried fruit. When I’m too lazy to cook, the ultimate treat for me is to drive myself to Whole Foods and just go to town in their salad bar, adding all the salads to my salad box on top of a bed of spinach, then mixing everything together feverishly in a glorious stream of balsamic vinaigrette. Now you know what I consider to be a  hot night . After years of this salad bar obsession, some rocket science and some old fashioned long division, I finally figured out I...

RED CURRY CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES Quick and easy red curry with chicken and vegetables – this simple approach to Thai red curry (which happens to be Whole30-approved and Paleo) is a winning meal for any night of the week. While I was doing a Whole30 during January, I missed rice with a vengeance (which I already confessed it in  this post ). You could wave a fair trade organic dark chocolate bar (my all-time favorite treat) in front of my face and I wouldn’t give it the time of day, but rice? Forgetaboutit. I was liable to shed tears or throw elbows just to lay claim to it. About three weeks in, I went out for Thai food with a friend and ate my chicken red curry riceless like soup and I basically had a meltdown right in front of her. It’s just not the same without that squishy al dente grain soaking up all the glorious flavor of the aromatic sauce. The comical part about it, is I’ve only eaten rice once in the two weeks I’ve been off Whole30. I felt pretty amazing during the Whole3...