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On Friday night Scott and I had our friends Nick and Tasha over for dinner. I made brushetta with grain-free bread, asparagus, stuffed mushrooms, mashed potatoes and salmon. I made sure to make extra salmon and mashed potatoes because I knew we would eat it throughout the next week (aka this week). On Saturday we went tubing with friends and had a cookout afterward. For the cookout I made potato salad and pasta salad (using rice pasta). I did the same thing, I made a ton of it so we’d have leftovers to eat throughout the week. Salad ingredients. Last week I saw three small heads of romaine for $4.99 versus the normal $3 I spend on one. I then realized that three small heads, while it may look like a deal, produced a lot less lettuce than my one giant head. I stuck with the giant head this week. Mashed…

I remember when I first decided I was going to make the change to become healthy and start cooking for myself. Not only did I have no idea how to cook, I didn’t know what to cook. I would go to the grocery store, and I would draw a blank. I would get so overwhelmed. I distinctly remember being at the local Giant by my house, just aimlessly wandering around, completely frustrated. I would walk out with a a bunch of random food and no plan. I could make maybe one or two really basic dinners out of the random food I bought, but the dinner weren’t healthy. I didn’t know about organic food, about the importance of grass-fed meat and wild seafood over farmed. And on a very basic level, I didn’t know about real food. I didn’t know about cooking from scratch using whole ingredients. I didn’t know…

Recently an article was written about Kerrygold. In case you don’t know, they are an Irish company that produces grass-fed dairy products, shaming them for not feeding their cows grass 365 days a year and feeding them supplemental feed that includes soy and corn. I’m sure the author of this article was very well-intentioned when writing it, so I don’t want my response to come off as an attack; it’s not. I just want to clarify a few things and throw in my two cents. Kerrygold’s cows are not on pasture 365 days a year. They are on pasture roughly 312 days out of the year. This means about 10% of their diet is supplemented. Of this 10%, the majority is made up of GM-free wheat and barley. This is completely normal for cows. Many pastured based farms in the US do this too. You can double-check this information on…

Scott and I spent the weekend in Rehoboth Beach. We had an awesome time and headed back pretty early on Sunday. Throughout the week we eat a lot of salads, eggs, rice and/or potatoes as a safe starch, and other various proteins. We made a quick stop at the grocery store and here is what I prepped for the week. Last week I made a new recipe I came up with, Asian eggplant and chicken. It was so good. I’ve been craving it ever since I made it. I got one really large eggplant at the store and cut it into cubes to make the recipe this week. It doesn’t look like a lot, but the tupperware it’s in is really deep. It will be enough for Scott and I for dinner and lunch the next day. I grilled 4 chicken thighs and cut them up. I can add to…

Over July 4th weekend Scott and I went to Chincoteague, VA. Chincoteague is a tiny island adjacent to Assateague Island which has an awesome beach with wild ponies! It’s such a great place. It’s beautiful and not over developed like most beach towns. Many of the people that live there (which ain’t a lot) are fishermen. They crab, catch oysters and wrangle up local fishies. I was in seafood heaven. When we got there we immediately hit the beach. Even though it was 5pm. I love the beach! We then went to dinner. I crushed some oysters. We walked around the quaint beach town. I thought this was the sweetest mural ever. Miss Ruby Lee! I ate crabs. They were DelMarValous. Which is my new favorite word. If you don’t get it…you don’t get it (which is the slogan the Washington Post). We found a bar/restaurant on the water. On…