Banana Pear Green Smoothie

Banana-Pear Green Smoothie + A Fasting Update

I swear to you, breakfast has never tasted so good! This smoothie was the first thing I had, aside from water & tea, in the last 5 days. So here’s a little recap of what went down with my fasting experiment so far, and of course, the green smoothie recipe too. :) Read on

Cayenne Kicks Your Ass Chicken Soup

Cayenne Kicks Your Ass Chicken Soup

On Tuesday afternoon Dave left and went back home to New York. That night Jeff & I went to dinner and hung out with our friends Bob & Michelle and that was the last time I ate this week!Read on

LATE Ride Chicago 2012

L.A.T.E. Ride Chicago 2012

Last summer Jeff & I did the L.A.T.E. Ride Chicago event and we had such a blast! Recently the email came thru my inbox to register for this years ride and you bet your little butt we signed up!Read on

SXSWi Austin Bacon TakeDown NBC

SXSWi Austin Bacon TakeDown [+ Exciting News!]

I’m so excited I can’t wait! The big exciting news, you ask, it’s not the fact that Jeff, Dave & I (also known as Spyr Media) are going to SXSWi this year. It’s not the fact that I’ve entered into a Bacon cooking competition. The icing on the cake, the awesome Texas-sized news is….I’m going to be on NBC!Read on

Onion Omelet

Hey You, Are You Lookin At My Omelet?

Have you ever been on the train and felt eyes looking at you, but not want to look up? Or you try to sneak a peek and they’re still looking? Over the summer I found myself in this exact situation.Read on

Primal Granola Bars

Primal Granola Bars

Last weekend I went on a cooking spree making snacks and trying out all sorts of recipes, one of which was a primal granola bar or energy bar. I was inspired by one of Mark’s posts that I had just pinned to my MDA Board. It’s a recipe I had sitting in my bookmarks for who knows how long but Pinterest brought it back in my sights!Read on

Primal Shamrock Shakes

Primal Shamrock Shakes

Now that Valentine’s Day is over all the retail stores are going to start focussing on the next holiday and that means you’ll probably see more of the McDonald’s Shamrock Shakes around. Last year around this time I decided to look around the internet and play in the kitchen and I came up with my own recipe for Shamrock Shakes. This year I decided to go back to the recipe and make a Primal version.Read on

Ribeye Steak and Steamed Broccoli

Ribeye Steak and Steamed Broccoli

A few weeks back I tried out my first Crossfit class and came home ready to eat dinner, but of course I needed to make it first! I’m so glad I had meat and veggies ready in the fridge to take out & cook up in a jiffy! I grabbed the ribeye steaks, threw them in a frying pan, got some water boiling to steam the broccoli and in maybe a little over a half hour dinner was ready!Read on

Primal Blueberry-Hazelnut Breakfast Cake Crumble 0

Primal Blueberry-Hazelnut Breakfast Cake Crumble

I’m not sure whether I stumbled upon this recipe on Pinterest or while jumping around the internet reading primal, paleo and other cooking sites, but regardless it looked amazing so I wanted to try it out.Read on

_Get Your Greens In_ Crustless Quiche

“Get Your Greens In” Crustless Quiche

You know when you’ve used all the ingredients for the week and have random things left, just sitting around in the fridge and you think to yourself what can I make with all of this stuff? Well that was my thought this morning. I looked around the refrigerator and we had a bunch of random foods: asparagus, eggplant, jalapeƱo peppers, avocados, carrots, limes, radishes…and the list goes on. So I grabbed a few different ingredients along with some eggs and put this quiche together.Read on

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