Merry Christmas

This Christmas was nice and mellow for us, so we'll keep this pretty simple.  We had great times with both the Reznick and Cummings families over the extended weekend.  Of note, we tried making a gluten-free pierogi for Wigilia, and it was pretty awful.  Guess next year we'll have to try harder, and start playing with recipes BEFORE the day they need to be made.  We probably ate one too many dark chocolates over the weekend, and are looking forward to cleaning up our diet again in the New Year.  We have a few things that we have reasearched and want to experiment with ourselves, so onward we go!

Perhaps we can learn best from others.  My cousin, Tim,  passed this video on to me and I wanted to pass it along to everyone else.  I recommend only watching it when you have time to pay attention.  It is about 18 minutes long, but well worth the time. 

Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitochondria

Thanksgiving - Part 2

Thanksgiving was a hit!  It was a day full of wonderful food and family.  Here are some highlights from the big day...

Cooking cranberry sauce

Preparing the bread-free stuffing (subbing with cauliflower).  Recipe al la Mark Sisson found here

Frying the turkey in grass fed beef tallow!

Me carving the traditional roasted turkey.  Tony carving the fried turkey in the background.

Bacon wrapped fried turkey - Heaven!

A beautiful day for an outside meal.  Thank you AZ weather!

Primal Plate - Clockwise, sweet potato casserole, turkey (fried and roasted), bread-less stuffing, salad with strawberry dressing, bacon seared Brussels sprouts, and cranberry sauce

Pumpkin Cheesecake & Pumpkin Pie with a gluten free, nut crust al la Alexi!

A big thanks to both of our families for coming together, bringing amazing food, and spending the Holiday with us!  My favorite part of the feast had to be the sweet potato casserole.  Hilary's was the stuffing.