ENTER TO WIN! Learn to cook healthier meals for your family! Click here to enter to win Real Food for Rookies, a new online class — retail value $120, plus over $60 worth of discount coupons. Don’t miss out! contest ends this SATURDAY Sept 4th at midnight Pacific. I’ve been really enjoying this cookbook, “Cooking [...]

If you are on a low-carb diet, you probably miss baked goods every once in a while. Here’s a fast, easy, and very nutrient-dense recipe for Low-Carb Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffins. These muffins are a delicious on-the-go breakfast — or a healthful snack. They are made with coconut flour, which is low-carb. It also [...]

Kate turned 18 months old today. To celebrate, we sang Happy Birthday and lit a candle stuck in a bowl of homemade chocolate ice cream (made by Grandma Nancy — with raw cream, pastured eggs, cocoa powder and maple syrup). Before the ice cream, we went out for Chinese food with her grandparents. She had [...]

We missed Shellfish Night last night because I didn’t make it to the farmer’s market yesterday. I took Kate to the gym instead. She played with her friends while I lifted weights, rode the exercise bike, and read the first chapter of Senator Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope”. I was craving shellfish for dinner [...]

I was thinking about my father-in-law yesterday. He has very severe GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). He lives with it and never complains. That’s just how he is — an upbeat optimist. However, I was wondering if there was anything that could help him. I found this very interesting article by Dr. Thomas Cowan on the [...]

I’ve been waiting to say anything about my weight until I could report more progress. Every day I step on the scale (okay, I’ll admit it, it’s several times a day) and sometimes I see a change, most times I don’t. But I’m happy to tell you that I have lost two more pounds! I [...]

Have you ever made kohlrabi before? I haven’t. But we got some in our CSA box this week so I need to make something with it. This is the great thing about a CSA — it forces you to learn how to prepare all kinds of fruits and vegetables. I thought about doing a kohlrabi [...]

Well I just weighed myself and I’m down to 150. That’s down from 157 when I started this high-fat low-carb diet plan, just under a month ago on December 18. Not bad! I haven’t been hungry at all and haven’t had any cravings for refined sugar or starches. I think it’s due to the fact [...]