simple garlic cauliflower mashers

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• This recipe is easy as pie and holds up well in comparison to the starchy mashed potatoes I used to whip up. If you don't eat cheese then feel free to omit it, and add an additional two tablespoons of grass-fed butter in its place. If you eat neither cheese or butter, this recipe is still tasty with the second ingredient list. 
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• Ingredients
• 1 head white cauliflower (or a comparable amount of purple for an alien-like mash)
• 4 tbls butter (grass-fed is best!)
• 1/2 cup aged Parmesan cheese, roughly cubed
• 1 tsp crushed garlic (grinding 2 cloves with mortar and pestle will make you feel extra cool.)
• sea salt and course ground pepper to taste

DAIRY FREE ALTERNATIVE

1 head white cauliflower

2 tbls garden fresh herbs

2 tsp crushed garlic

1 1/2 tbls olive oil

1 tsp sesame oil

sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Separate cauliflower into flowerettes and submerge into boiling water. cover and boil until cauliflower is easy pierced with a fork. Approximately ten minutes. Drain cauliflower thoroughly, taking care to empty the strainer of all excess water. Add half of each ingredient to food processor or blender, and pulse until  the mixture is smooth. Remove to serving bowl and blend the remaining half together in the same fashion. Remove last half to serving bowl. Mix lightly and serve while hot.

NOTE: If you don't have a blender or FP, you can easily hand mash your ingredients. Just grate your Parmesan first, so that it will evenly distribute itself. 

Impressive(ly easy) Thai Chicken

• This slow cooker recipe is one of my favorites. It makes a ton, is impossible to screw up, makes your house smell delicious, and is thoroughly impressive to any dinner guests without requiring any talent or work on your part whatsoever.  
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• Ingredients
• 1 pound skinless chicken thighs (I like bone in best because they're cheap and come out looking more fancy so I just pull the chicken skin off after purchasing, but you can use boneless if you like)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 4 tbls of this curry powder (because its ridiculously good.) or any yellow curry powder you have on hand
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbls minced garlic (you can reduce by half if you are garliphobic)
• 2 tsp fresh grated ginger (seriously go buy some ginger!)
• 1 cup diced white onion (or yellow or red)
• zest & juice of one lime (lime rind meet cheese grater)
• 1 1/2 cans full fat coconut milk
• 4 sprigs dried lemongrass (its okay if you don't have it, but a whole lot cooler if you do)

Garnish

• 1 bunch cilantro
• 2 limes, divided into wedges
• additional sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Add all ingredients into slow cooker and set on low for 6.5 hours. Once it's done, discard lemongrass sprigs if you used them. Garnish with a pile of cilantro leaves and, if you're me, a bath of fresh lime juice.  You can pull it out early if you are so hungry you can't wait that long, just make sure it goes for at least five hours. Seriously though, leave the lid on the whole time. Chicken isn't very fatty, and the steam really keeps it's juiciness intact

Basil Rosemary Scramble

Easy like Sunday morning! A whole food breakfast in three minutes, with one bowl and no pans, what could be better?

Ingredients
2 eggs
3/4 cups fresh basil leaves(tightly packed)
1 tbls fresh rosemary (or you can sub 1 tsp dried)
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp grass fed butter
1 tsp olive oil
2 tsp water
1 wedge lemon
sea salt and course ground pepper to taste



Directions
Beat both eggs well with water in microwave safe bowl. Finely chop together the basil and rosemary and add to bowl along with turmeric, salt, pepper, and butter. Microwave on high, uncovered, stopping to beat ingredients together every one minute until desired egg texture is reached. drizzle with olive oil and squeeze of  lemon. Enjoy.