Salmon, Date and Bacon Salad and a Tangent on Fats

I’ve been in a little bit of a food rut lately. Maybe it’s because I’m still in withdrawal from Thanksgiving – luckily I have friendsgiving remix this Saturday so I have one more chance to relive Thanksgiving glory before I have to shelve it for a whole year. But really, all I’ve been wanting to do is make other people’s genius recipes instead of trying to create anything of my own. Truth be told, I’m a pretty simple eater and a creature of habit. Example: my hands have started to turn orange again (yes, this change in hue has in fact happened previously) from eating the same sweet potatoe breakfast for the last 2 months. It’s not my fault – I just love sweet potatoes – coincidentally more than I love my natural skin tone… Continue reading

Roasted Beets with Grass Fed Sirloin and “Business” Greens

I am notorious for food ruts. Like eat the same meal for breakfast for 6 months food ruts. Lately my dinner options have been a characteristically lackluster. I mean, I love my cats and all, but its hard to get motivated to cook something extensive and awesome when the only positive reinforcement in my apartment will be – well absolutely nothing because cats don’t really do positive reinforcement… On Tuesday, enough was enough. I am a strong, independent woman and need to cook accordingly. Thus, I packed up me and my reusable shopping bags into Dupree, my sassy grey Prius, and took myself to the store. Purchased: grass fed sirloin (a ginormous amount – I think even the butcher was impressed,) local beets, and a medley of kale. It was on like nobody’s business. Continue reading