Frugal and Healthy Meal: Tongue Tacos
I know that the notion of eating tongue is probably totally unappealing to most of you; it was to me for sure. Recently, however, at an authentic Mexican restaurant, I ordered tongue tacos and they were delicious and inexpensive! When I found out that my grass-fed, organic beef farmer sold tongue for $2.50/lb, I had to figure out a way to use it in a delicious way. Here’s what I did, with pictures of the transformation from icky cow tongue to deliciously spicy, shredded beef! Read the rest of this entry »
This Week’s Menu: Fridge & Pantry Cleanout
Welcome to the first week of my fridge & pantry cleanout challenge! I am challenging my fellow bloggers and readers to not only plan their menus, but to use up those leftovers and pantry items as well! Please, leave a comment or e-mail me privately if you’d like your link added to this post. All I ask is that you refer a link back to this blog. You are also welcome to grab my button (above) and use it! I’m so excited to see what others are doing!!
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Introducing the Fridge & Pantry Cleanout Challenge!
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Almond-Date Hearts
Thursday’s Thrifty Meals at New Seasons
Those of you locals who read my blog know how eclectic I am in my grocery shopping. I like Trader Joe’s for some things, I do Azure Standard for lots of things, and for meat I usually buy it off the bone. All of this renders my “weekly shopping” down to a minimum since I pretty much go for fresh produce and fresh seafood, poultry, or beef cuts that I don’t have on hand. I do try to usually use what I have, so this keeps my weekly costs down. I realize that not all of my readers have access to Azure or the freezer space to store tons of whole chickens and hamburger meat, so I’m going to begin featuring a weekly “Thursday’s Thrifty Meals” featuring the weekly specials at New Seasons Market. This is part of a greater project in conjunction with $5 Dinners who features a “Weekly Bargain Meal of the Week”. Read the rest of this entry »
Updated! Thrifty Chicken Broth in the Slow Cooker
Jennie’s Macaroons: A Lower-Sugar Version
Several months ago, Cheeseslave had a discussion on her blog about these amazingly delicious, three-ingredient macaroons. The photo below is hers, as well! Thanks, Ann Marie! For months and months I had many trials (and mostly errors) trying to replicate the deliciously sweet and chewy taste of Jennie’s Macaroons using only egg white, honey, and coconut. Finally, just when I gave up trying, I found someone who had already mastered it, and boy did she ever!! 
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Menu Plan Monday: Grain Free under $30!
My menu once again this week is grain-free and GAPS. I want to thank the amazing Baden of the GapsGuide blog for her wonderful inspiration on shredding cauliflower and cooking/flavoring it like rice! And Simple Natural Nourishing has an amazing recipe for Roasted Cauliflower which was literally the most amazing cauliflower ever. Oh, and I’m also sneaking in some beef tongue! Read the rest of this entry »
The CLO Wars
Nutritional Healing for Acne: 4 Simple Steps that Work for Me!
First off, I want to basically share my understanding of what acne is. Acne, like all skin rashes and ailments, is the body’s attempt at detoxifying. The skin is our largest organ and therefore our largest detoxifying agent. Since the body can “detox” for virtually any reason, be it hormonal imbalances, diet, etc, there are many seemingly diverse “causes” of acne.
The truth about our body is that it’s always trying to heal itself. Acne is one of the ways our body communicates those imbalances to us. When treating acne, we need to work with our body’s natural systems rather than working against them.
Therefore, the use of probiotics, birth control pills, or heavy drugs like acutane should be avoided at all costs, because while they may in the short term fix the symptom (acne), the drugs are actually creating more imbalance and thus causing an awful cycle which could lead to digestive disorders (from gut dysbiosis) or infertility (due to the use of synthetic hormones).
So, what can be done simply and naturally? I offer below 5 steps that work for me, and would be a generally good starting point for anyone who wishes to battle acne in a natural, inexpensive way.
