Author: Megan Keatley
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Cheap, Easy & Fast Green Salad
Warning. Turn back if offended by the use of some parmesan cheese as a way to make green things taste better. Read more about how dairy fits into a paleo-friendly lifestyle here: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheese-unhealthy/#axzz2S9pIbBuL The CrossFit Journal posted a supposedly “kid-friendly” recipe for steamed kale. Here ya go: http://journal.crossfit.com/2013/04/kidscookingkale.tpl. You can just scroll to around 4:20 and watch the…
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Things I Like
Danielle Crispy Roasted Coconut Chips I often find these at TJ Maxx, and can’t resist them. Trader Joe’s makes a version too. And now that I think about it, I bet Danielle makes these for Trader Joe’s. Anywho. I literally tear the bag open and eat the entire thing, hunched over, as to not attract…
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Italian Sweet & Sour Pork Tenderloin with French Pork & Beans
Some of you may remember the SousVide contest a few months back. Well, we didn’t win, but they asked if we would be interested in keeping it if we’d post a couple recipes using the machine. I know 99.9% of people in the world don’t have one of these contraptions, but don’t click off of…
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Szechuan Shrimp & Eggplant
I bought Iceberg lettuce for the first time…like ever. I must admit, I was kind of embarrassed. I had a basket (I buy less if I carry it, as opposed to push it) full of vegetables and I was toting it around like, “Look at how healthy I am, suckers.” Ok, not really. But still…there…
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Turkey Meatballs with Spiced Apple Chutney
It’s like winter is in my belly. Think chicken apple sausage turned inside out. Ingredients For the Meatballs 1 lb ground turkey (preferably the fattier grind or you may need to add a few tablespoons of oil) 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic 1 teaspoon dehydrated onion flakes 1 teaspoon garam masala 1 teaspoon salt For the…
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Greek Chicken Hash
I hate when bloggers who’ve neglected their websites do their “comeback” post and write the words “sorry”. I’ve completely ignored this website for about 5 weeks and I’m not sorry at all. Lots of stuff happened in that 5 weeks. The number one biggest, life changing occurrence is that we’re jobless. We’ve left our CrossFit gym (long…
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Cookie Dough Cookies
LaraBars were on sale the other day. I hadn’t eaten one of those things in years, so I bought a few. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, amongst other flavors. Besides the fact that the bar was about the length of my pinky finger, the flavor was so amazingly disappointing. It tasted so “healthy”…and nothing like the…
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Pastrami’d Sirloin
Sirloin, the faux-filet it may be, but I wanted to inject some real flavor–beyond what just marinating could ever do. So I faux-pastrami’d the faux-filets. Pastrami usually involves a week of curing or a few days of wet brining + a handful of hours babysitting in the oven. Ain’t nobody got time for that. So…
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Vitamin A Bisque
We’ve started training for the CrossFit Games Open and things have been rushed, hurried and brief lately. I’m not expecting to qualify individually–team is my bag. My primary training partner (who was on our team last year) up and moved herself out to California to coach at CrossFit PB in Pacific Beach, CA. I’m happy for…
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Brownie Cake Bites
I would like to dedicate this recipe to the butthead who told us to stop calling ourselves ‘health gurus’ and that ‘sugar isn’t paleo’. Well, Mr. Butthead, I do what I want. Yield: 2 dozen mini muffins Ingredients 1 (7 0z) package Let’s Do Organic Creamed Coconut* 3/4 cup chocolate chips or 6 ounces worth of…
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Gingerbread Squares
It’s a common theme in our house–we make/buy something sweet, we eat it all in one day. Now–notice I didn’t say we eat it all in one sitting, but that we consume the entire pan throughout the day. That…like…totally makes it better, right? I’d highly recommend storing the squares in the refrigerator, so they’re hidden–and…
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2012 Holiday Gift Guide + Two Giveaways!
All Gifts are $70 or Under Baby Fortune Cookie Booties (Uncommon Goods Giveaway Eligible) Walnut Nut Cracker Footed Wood Tray State Aprons (UncommonGoods Giveaway Eligible) Faux Toast Coasters Matryoshka Doll Pepper Mill Jeni’s Holiday Collection Ice Cream Kombucha Home Brew Kit Knife & Fork Chopsticks (UncommonGoods Giveaway Eligible) Flying Pig Illustration Eggs & Soldiers Screen Print Weck Jar…
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Shop, Prep & Eat for the Week
I warned Brandon not to expect this to happen every week…it’s a lot of planning and a lot of upfront, no instant gratification type of work. But then, as the week went by and all I had to do was reach in the fridge, re-heat various piles of food and clean up NOTHING but a…
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Unrolled Cabbage Casserole
By no means glamourous, unrolled cabbage casserole may take a long time to get “dressed” but it makes up for what it lacks in beauty with its taste. Clean up boils down to one pot of water and a saute pan. Plus, you’ll eat off this for days on end. Ingredients 1 small head green…
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General Tso’s Chicken
Essentially, this recipe is just a homemade hoison sauce kicked up to your personal level of preferred spiciness, with the addition of red pepper flakes and/or sriracha or chili garlic sauce. I wanted a combo of General Tso & Cashew chicken, but yeah, there are no cashews anywhere to be seen in the pic because…I…
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Creole Breakfast Casserole To Go
It’s like gumbo is stuck inside your eggs. So now you can eat dinner inside of breakfast, instead of dinner for breakfast. Ingredients 12 ounces andouille sausage 1/2 large green pepper 1/2 jalapeno 1/2 yellow onion 8 eggs 2 tablespoons hot sauce 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce Method Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Get out an 8×8…
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Greek Chopped Salad
I made this salad to go along with the Greek Meatballs I prepped and cooked this weekend. It was super important to me that whatever vegetable side/salad I made go along with lots of protein options. Thus, the Greek Chopped Salad was born. It eats well alone, but plays well with others: canned fish, the aforementioned…
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Greek Meatballs
This past weekend, I challenged myself to come up with a well-thought out menu and actually shop, prep and cook all (or most) of the dishes on Sunday. So it was pretty imperative that everything I made be able to re-heat well and also travel with us, if need be. I’ll be posting a slew…
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Gremolata & Mushroom Stewed Beef
A sort of Italian spin on a classic beef stew. I tossed in some basalmic vinegar in place of red wine and let some fresh orange & rosemary infuse into the tomatoey broth. Super yummy, plus… this makes super lots. Ingredients 5 lb chuck roast 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 large yellow onion, finely diced…
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Roasted Fennel Mashed Faux-tatoes
Things have been turned upside down here in the HB household. Brandon gave his two week notice (two weeks ago) and I’ve stopped taking on new web projects–and we both started our new full time careers at Carolina CrossFit this past Monday–exciting (but slightly nerve wracking) experience. So we’re now leaving the house late afternoon…
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Bacon & Egg Breakfast Chili
Adding bacon and eggs to a chili is a really great way to stretch a pound of ground meat. I originally set out to make this in the crock pot, as I’m trying to broaden my crockery cookery horizons, but then promptly realized that cooking this over an open flame would actually allow it to…
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Barbecued Zombie Skin
I’m not sure you could convince any child (or most adults) that barbecue kale chips are better than Halloween candy, but calling them Zombie Skin sure can’t hurt the cause. I initially tried using seaweed paper, but that didn’t taste too hot. This title sure is gonna sound weird once it’s past Halloween. I guess…
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Salted Chocolate Pears
We just got back from the OPTathalon in San Diego, where we got to hang out at CrossFit Invictus, and where I was repeatedly heckled for the use of the word “y’all” in my everyday vocabulary. Who knew that was such a weird word. Anyway… These pears are super addictive. I’m not a chocolate fan–I…
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The Best Food We’ve Ever Made
Over 100 recipes, with more than 100 that have never graced the pages of this website. Our publisher doesn’t want us to divulge too much info at this point, but we can say that we’re ecstatic to announce that we have PIONEERED a brand new way to make Paleo & Primal desserts. There’s not one…
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Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Bowl
Jerk anything requires a butt-load of ingredients. The list below looks exhaustive, I know, but it really is easy and it’s likely you have most of this stuff lingering about in the crevices of your spice cabinet, you just have to take the time to dig it out. You could always go out and buy a pre-made…
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Citrus Scallop Summer Salad
Not to worry, I’m not asking you to go out and spend the big bucks on the mack daddy U-10 scallops. Instead, I stuck my lowly head in the freezer section of my local conventional (real food exists outside of Whole Foods too!)Â grocery store and found some wild-caught bay scallops normal priced at about $8…
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Guacamole Bacon Stuffed Pepper Poppers
Late nights in college were often capped off with a trip to Sonic Drive-In. I craved Cheddar Poppers–jalapeños stuffed with cheese and deep fried. If you’ve ever tried to make pepper poppers at home, you know that a jalapeño is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to bite into…a mild, tame…
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PaleoKits Giveaway + Bonus Coupon Code
Preparation is the mother of success when you eat Paleo. But let’s admit it, you’re not perfect. (I am, though.) But really, if you’re anything like me, a normal person, I’d dare to guess you’re not always prepared with Paleo meals and snacks at your disposal. Maybe you travel all the time. Maybe you have…
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Peach Rosemary Iced Tea & Blueberry Iced Tea
One of the biggest questions we get from people in our gym when we tell them no more diet coke or sweet tea (that’s a big deal in the south) is, ‘Water is boring. What can I drink now?” So we go down the standard list: unsweetened seltzer water (there are a ton of flavor…
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Chili Lime Mango Lassi
Things around the Keatley household have been busy as of late. Essentially, meal making & planning hasn’t been a priority to us. A lot of roasted throw togethers and random hashes have been consumed. We’re hoping to start including some more non-recipe content; random articles about stuff we think is interesting and maybe even some…