After lots of good feedback on my Pesto Chicken recipe from Fool A Carnivore, I made it tonight with a pepper crusted goat cheese instead of mozzarella and eliminated the pine nuts. It adds a much more sophisticated flavor to what has become a family favorite in our home. We paired it with a lovely ...
Almost Egg Salad Sandwiches
If tofu is a four-letter word in your household, don’t let your family know that this easy Saturday lunch uses tofu instead of eggs. While tofu may never replace eggs in the minds and mouths of the carnivores in your home, you may want to try this sandwich to help them lower their cholesterol. ...
Meaty Ziti – Seitan Bolognese
I am always on the lookout for new products. Although I have been using WestSoy Seitan for years, I was delighted to recently discover a new brand - Upton's Naturals. Their Italian Seitan looked intriguing, spiced with garlic, fennel, onion, oregano, and black pepper.I gave it a try in my recipe for ...
Bangers and Mash – My meatless version earned a 9.5 from my carnivore hubby!
Bangers and Mash is a classic British dish. Even if you’re not a Brit, what carnivore wouldn’t love a huge mound of creamy mashed potatoes, topped with a sausage or two? Talk about the ultimate comfort food! When I started researching this recipe, the unifying factor seemed to be delicious onion ...
An easy meal after a weekend trip
Have you ever come back from a weekend trip with next to nothing in the fridge? That was my dilemma Sunday night after a lovely weekend in the North Carolina mountains at Greystone Inn to celebrate our thirtieth anniversary. The food at Greystone had been so sumptuous that it made the slim ...
Can a Vegan Crab Cake Fool a Carnivore?
True confession time: as a Baltimore resident for five years, my husband and I ate many delicious jumbo lump crab cakes. So, I was intrigued to see a new product labeled Vegan Crab Cake by Sophie's Kitchen. The good news is that it is gluten free, soy free, and 100% vegan. At 120 calories, with 170 ...
Pesto Chicken – Low Time Investment Yields Big Flavor
Coming home from the office today, I had a dilemma. I wanted to take a nice long late afternoon walk along our lovely greenway, but I also wanted to enjoy a delicious dinner. Fortunately, I remembered an easy recipe from my cookbook that can literally be put together in minutes. Here was my ...
Is Carnitine the Missing Link between Red Meat and Heart Disease?
Since my dad died of heart disease at 47, I am always interested in how our diets impact our health. I will write more about this later, but in the meantime, please take five minutes to read about this important study by the Cleveland Clinic. It may not be the fat in red meat that is the big ...
