Sausage & Mixed Vegetable Frittata

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Sausage and mixed vegetable frittata

Yesterday it was my dad’s birthday and the week before it was my mum’s. It’s at times like these when it hits me the hardest that I’m away from my family, on the other side of the world. Luckily now we have the technology to help us stay connected pretty easily, but when it comes to life events like birthdays, that’s when not being there in person is the worst!

Anyway don’t worry this isn’t going to be soppy post about how much I miss my family (A LOT)…. instead it’s going to be about FOOD glorious fooooood!!!

Remember when I wrote this post? Well this next recipe is a variation on that. I told you in the original post that it’s a recipe that can be changed up depending on the ingredients you have.

So I decided to make this version to show you how with changing the ingredients around you can have an entirely new dish. Don’t forget also that this recipe and the original both freeze really well so if you wanted to you could make extra and have it ready for later. Just remember to freeze in individual portions for easy re-heating. [Read more…]

Sweet Potato Soup with Fire Roasted Red Pepper Sausage

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Bowl of sweet potato and sausage soup

Yesterday proved to be a bit of a challenge for me. I had to work at a Julia Child themed event at work and well let’s just say the menu was filled with stuff that I couldn’t touch. Funnily enough a lot of it was also laden with sugar so you would think I wouldn’t think anything of it, let alone all the dairy and grains involved.

I think my downfall was the fact that I hadn’t eaten a proper lunch before going so I was EXTREMELY hungry by the end of the class. At one point one of the other girls asked me if I wanted to try something out and I politely declined, I thought that would be it but she asked me why I wasn’t eating anything, I told her that I’m currently doing this program called Whole30 and I’m not able to eat any sugar, dairy, grains or legumes.

She looked at me with a puzzled look and then said “oh so you’re on the Paleo diet?” …… uhhh yeh like I’ve said here before I don’t like the use of the word diet and I wouldn’t call going Paleo a ‘diet’ since it’s not something people do (well the people I know) just for a certain period of time. I just looked at her and said “yeh something like that.” I was too hungry and tired to get into details with her so I just left it.

Luckily I had dinner waiting for me when I got back home. I had whipped up a quick sweet potato and sausage soup before heading to work and couldn’t wait to get home and EAT! [Read more…]

Rosemary & Thyme Lamb with Raw Kale Salad

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Rosemary and thyme lamb with raw kale salad

It seems that ever since I passed the halfway mark of Whole30 the days have been going by reaaallllllyyyy slowly! Right now I feel as if these next 12 days are never going to end!

Last night I felt like making something different, something that I’ve probably only ever made once or twice before, in fact I can’t even remember the last time I made these myself. The main part of the recipes comes courtesy of Balanced Bites with a few minor adjustments in the recipe. I have been following this blog recently and am eager to get my hands on the Practical Paleo cookbook which from what I’ve heard is choc full of great easy and delicious Paleo recipes.

I paired the main part of this dish, which is lamb chops with an easy but delicious raw kale salad. I absolutely LOVE kale! It is packed full of goodness with things like fiber, iron, calcium, vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, antioxidants and it is also an anti-inflammatory food. [Read more…]

Grass-Fed vs Grain-Fed

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Poster showing the difference between grass fed and grain fed beef

There is a BIG difference between eating grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Check out the poster for more information… and remember to choose grass-fed! If you’re unable to get grass-fed beef in your area then remove the fat from grain-fed beef as this is where the hormones and other nasties live!

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