Paleo

Grilled Tri Tip

Grilled Tri-Tip

There’s an old stagecoach stop in the hills above Santa Barbara called Cold Springs Tavern that serves the best smoked tri-tip sandwiches. The meat is perfectly cooked and mouthwateringly juicy. We love these sandwiches so much that we drug our families out of bed pretty early the day after our […]

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Who out there grew up eating Jiff blueberry muffins from the box? They were my absolute favorite muffins when I was a kid and I knew it was going to be a good day when I’d come into the kitchen and see the blue box sitting on the counter. The […]

Cashew Chicken Lettuce Cups

Cashew Chicken Lettuce Cups

When I was in junior high my family took a vacation to San Diego and while we were there we went to this Asian restaurant that was across the street from the mall we were shopping at. The restaurant was huge, low lit, and had those semi-circle booths that had […]

Watermelon, cucumber, tomato, and red onion salad

Watermelon Salad

I will be the first to admit that I am not a huge fan of watermelon. Someone once asked me, while they were shoving their face full of the red mush, if there was anything better than watermelon on a hot summer day. Um, ya, there’s a dozen other things […]

Chocolate Collagen Zucchini Muffins out of the oven

Chocolate Collagen Zucchini Muffins

When you look up the word Funcle* in the dictionary I’m pretty sure it just says “Gabe”. Our nieces and nephew are so obsessed with him that everything and everyone fades away into the background as soon as he walks in the room. He’s the cool firefighter and the one […]

Grilled chicken, pineapple salsa, and cabbage on a bed of kale

Chicken and Pineapple Salsa Salad

When I was in grad school I used to stop at this restaurant before class to get the best steak salad. It had spicy cashews, pineapple, and jicama and it.was.ah-mazing! I went twice a week for a month and spent an hour before class savoring the salad and completing the […]

Grilled chicken on lettuce topped with grilled pinapple, tomato, onion, and bbq sauce

Grilled BBQ Chicken and Pineapple Wrap

Every year, I close up my classroom for summer and within a week we take a trip up to the Sierras to stay at our family’s cabin. It’s such a perfect way to kick off summer vacation and unwind after another crazy year in the classroom. This is no fancy […]

Greek pasta with chicken sausage, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, and zucchini noodles

Greek Chicken Pasta

This recipe was born from a “we-have-nothing-to-eat-for-dinner-but-I-don’t- want-to-go-to-the-store” kind of night. While looking through our pantry, we came across some kalamata olives and artichoke hearts which was equally exciting and scary since we couldn’t remember buying either of these and they aren’t typical ingredients we “just have” in our cupboard. […]

Chorizo hash and potatoes in a cast iron skillet

Spicy Chorizo Hash

Once a month or so, Gabe and I will wake up to the following text: “Spuds, chorizo, and bloodys?- Dad”. The thing is, Gabe’s dad (or Big L as we’ll call him here) is famous for his crispy potatoes and chorizo with eggs. He also makes the best bloody mary’s […]