Because sometimes, you just need some of that abundant grandma love, expressed through food. Ingredients 2 (ish) pounds ground beef 1 (ish) pound ground pork, or sausage with the casing removed 3 eggs 1/2 cup crushed-up pork rinds (I used Oven Baked Pork Rinds from Epic Provisions) Salt–maybe a 1/2 tsp? Fat for browning Bone […]
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Consequences of Cheat Days
I was way liberal with my diet in December. Between the tropical vacation, the death of a family member, and the holidays, I rediscovered that I am an emotional eater. Instead of holding to the straight and narrow path, I ate delicious goodies. Cheese, dark chocolate, gin & mineral water, a spoonful of guacamole, and […]
How I achieved the impossible: Using diet to treat Crohn’s Disease
When I first started experimenting with dietary interventions for Crohn’s Disease, my goal was to get back to eating cupcakes. I figured I could reach that point in 5 years or less—no problem—and confidently set out toward that impossible goal. It took me a few years to figure out the specific problems that my body […]
100% Carnivore Meatloaf Recipe
Let’s talk about the practical side of eating carnivore, friends. I ate meatloaf for pretty much all of Carnivore months 6-8. It’s not ribeye steaks or even beef roasts, although many carnivores will tell you that they subsist mainly on these things. I’ve found that my own personal leaky, scarred-up, overly bacteria infested gut likes […]
Just Eat Meat: How the Carnivore Diet helped heal my Crohn’s disease
If you had told me even 1 year ago that today I would leave the house without even thinking about using the toilet, I would have laughed at you. You see, I have Crohn’s disease. I was diagnosed with this unending digestive disease when I was 6 years old (I’m 32 now). For those of you […]
It’s about what you CAN eat, not what you CAN’T
I made a huge mistake. I thought that I was going down the correct nutritional pathway, away from the bad, bad foods that were causing me problems. I got tunnel vision so bad that I kept burrowing down and down and down, dreaming about the light at the end but forgetting that in order to […]
It’s about what you CAN eat, not what you CAN’T
I made a huge mistake. I thought that I was going down the correct nutritional pathway, away from the bad, bad foods that were causing me problems. I got tunnel vision so bad that I kept burrowing down and down and down, dreaming about the light at the end but forgetting that in order to […]
Nightshade-Free Salsa Verde
Technically “salsa” just means sauce, but I’ve yet to see a version that doesn’t include tomatoes (or at very least, tomatilloes). This poses a problem when you actively avoid nightshades (RIP, Mexican food) since tomatoes are therefore off-limits. Gordon Ramsay to the rescue. Here’s a recipe for perfect roast fillet of beef with a salsa […]
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Fiber: Friend or Foe?
When you’re diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and having a hard time, your doctor will often put you on a low-fiber or low-residue diet. Same difference, really. Basically, eat soft, mushy, bland food – and lots of carbohydrates. Rice! Toast! Don’t eat a lot of vegetables! And honestly, this works. Pre-digesting your food as much as […]
Recipe File: Whole 30 Roundup
Back when I first started cracking down on my diet in earnest, I would go through my monthly Bon Appetit subscription and earmark pages that had recipes I could actually eat (or that were easily adaptable). They weren’t the majority, by any means, but it was always surprising at how many I could pull out of […]