I bought myself a little early Christmas present during a black Friday sale on Amazon. I got the amazing Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker for only $78.50. Little did I know it’s more than just a pressure cooker. This thing does just about everything. It has various settings for steaming, yogurt, rice and you… Read More Instant Pot Steamed Eggs

In my previous post I mentioned a tour we took of Letterpress Distilling and the great limoncello that they make by hand. They challenged us to create a recipe using their limoncello. Their favorites will be served at their 3rd anniversary party. I thought I’d do a play on lemon thyme and use Limoncello for both… Read More Limoncello Thyme Chicken

Had a little get together at the house last weekend and made a kale and quinoa salad that was a hit. I had several people ask for the recipe so thought I would post it here for easy reference. I started out using this recipe on theleancleaneatingmachine.com but made a few additions and omitted a… Read More Kale and Quinoa Salad Recipe

  My Brooks plum tree produced tons of plums last year and left me with more than I knew what to do with. I ended up making plum smoothies for breakfast, freezing some, giving some away, selling some to the nearby farm stand and made two batches of plum butter. My cardamom plum butter recipe… Read More Honey Apple Plum Butter

I’ve got a bunch of carrots in my garden that are over due for picking and thought a soup would be a good way to use them up. I coincidentally got an email from Blendtec today with a carrot soup recipe and was my inspiration for this recipe. I normally make my own broths and… Read More Garden Carrot Soup

It’s my first fall in the new house and my first experience with a plum tree. If you don’t know about plum trees, the fruit seems to all ripen at one time or at least within a week or two and it’s that time with my tree. I give the ones that fall off and… Read More Sugar Free Honey Cardamom Plum Butter

I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to make a healthy breakfast, especially when eggs are involved. I’ve got 6 chickens at my new house and they give me eggs every day, more than I can possibly eat. This recipe gave me a chance to do something different with them. I’ve had a recipe… Read More Ham and Egg Cups Recipe

It’s been hotter than heck in Washington this summer so when I saw this recipe for Mint Ice Cream in the last issue of Paleo Magazine I had to try it. This is my newest magazine subscription and I’m really enjoying it and the recipes section of each issue. Each recipe is a full page… Read More Dairy Free Mint Ice Cream Recipe

  I’ve always bought canned chickpeas aka garbonzo beans but decided to be adventurous and get dried beans. Typically you would soak the beans in water overnight but I discovered a quicker way to prepare them that doesn’t take several hours. Quick Soaking Chickpeas Time: 3 hours Pour the beans out onto a flat surface… Read More How to Cook Chickpeas and Chickpea Salad Recipe