Category: Food
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Watermelon Jerky
I put slices of watermelon in our dehydrator for about 18 hours at 135 degrees and now have watermelon chewy candy 🙂
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Donut Cheat Day
A few weeks ago, I mentioned I had completely cut out all forms of sugar and grains/gluten. I didn’t have a plan to stop or cheat on my plan but when in Nashville this weekend we found a great bakery that had paleo donuts. By definition a paleo donut fits into my criteria for food…
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Carrot Dogs — Emerging Adult Eats
This looks like something we would make 😂 Place 1,013 I do not fit in: CrossFit tournaments. I think even the toddlers had protein in their bottles. We went to the West Coast CrossFit Regionals in Portland on Saturday. Garr loooovvvveeeesssss CrossFit. Like, gets up at 3:30 am every weekday to do CrossFit loves. He’s…
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Lunch at Table 33
We took advantage of our babysitter staying until 4pm today and went for a late lunch without the kids. We found a new restaurant called Table 33. Their menu was loaded with great gluten free options, like my chicken and waffles with home made sriracha sauce I had, yum!
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Zucchini Farmer
Looks like if I wanted to quit my day job, I should go into farming zucchinis. Here’s just a portion of what I’ve harvested this year (we’ve already ate some).
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Typical Breakfast
During my paternity leave, usually made breakfast for myself everyday. I’ve really enjoyed having a hearty breakfast, especially if I go to 5am CrossFit. Here’s what my breakfast has looked like durin the last week (minus the potatoes) I start by sautéing some eggs, then add some veggies from a salad mix from Trader Joe’s.…
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Save Money with ibotta
There’s a great app that we use to save money on grocery items without clipping coupons. It’s called ibotta and I think it’s easier to use that cutting coupons. How it works: Install the app on your phone. Browse through the items you are planning on buying that have a discount and select them. Checkout like…
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Gigantic Salad for lunch
My lunch salad was quite large and took me forever to eat because of the half a dozen different distractions today.
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Fully Stocked
Just got our latest shipment of grass fed beef. This is what half a cow looks like: In total we got: 20 packages of steaks (with 2 steaks per pack) 13 roasts, averaging six pounds each 20 packs of hamburger patties (6 burgers per pack) 58 pounds of ground beef That should make our weekly…
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S’mores in March
Tonight’s hangout with the guys resulted in great conversation and s’mores under a starry 60 degree evening.
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Turkey in February
Two years ago, we bought two fresh grass fed turkeys at Thanksgiving and put one in the freezer. Since we are just a few short weeks out from having a chaotic life with a newborn, I cooked the 20 pound bird today and will be making some casseroles to put in the freezer. And of course…
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4 Weeks of Paleo
Over the last few years, I’ve been a pretty clean eater. We’ve typically eaten gluten-free, with little sugar, and the occasional dairy. And in November, I challenged myself to eat gluten and sugar free and was successful for the entire month. Starting today, our CrossFit gym is doing a Paleo challenge for four weeks leading…
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Apple Rings
My sister got us a great attachment that allows us to quickly spiral cut fruits, so today I made some apple rings to dehydrate.