Who else gets an occasional hankering for oats at breakfast? Slow cooked, steel cut oats used to be a breakfast staple in my pre-paleo days. And I always thought I was safe---after all, they don't contain the proteins found in wheat, barley, or rye that elicit an immunological response in celiac disease---right? WRONG. Because grains are grown, harvested, transported, and stored together, cross-contamination of oats with gluten is rampant (Fric et al., 2011). Moreover, there

My absolute favorite leafy green these days is the biennial Swiss chard, a descendant of the sea beet that belongs to the Beta vulgaris species. Although 'chard' descends from the Latin words carduus, for 'artichoke thistle', this plant is not native to Switzerland---its name is instead theorized to be attributed to Swiss botanist Gaspard Bauhin who first described it. Its colorful stems, pictured below, are a great nightshade-free alternative to bell peppers, with a similar

Ingredients: 1 pound of grass-fed hamburger 1 large head of organic cauliflower 4 strips of pasture-raised bacon 1 cup full-fat coconut milk or unsweetened almond milk 1 cup chicken stock or bone broth 2 pasture-raised eggs 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon dried cumin 1 teaspoon dried parsley 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 package Kite Hill ricotta almond cheese Extra virgin coconut oil Instructions: 1) Crisp four strips of bacon in