My wonderful Crunchy Friends, you have spoken and I am listening! I am always on the lookout for ways to keep improving this site and reader experiences. I am working on getting a printable recipe option live – it’s nice to have favorite recipes on hand in a binder sometimes. It will certainly save your […]
Crunchy Mama’s Coconut Bread Bites (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 26, 2013 by ·
I rarely jump for joy these days. Mostly, this is due to me being 27 weeks pregnant so I am carrying a lot of weight up front. Today this little baking experiment did make me do a little jump (and without triggering an earthquake alert at the USGS either). It may be my favorite […]
Crunchy Mama’s Ginger Scallion Beef (Paleo, Gluten-Free)
January 25, 2013 by ·
Today I want to write about a small problem I have with my local grocery store and I want to think I am not the only person that faces this. When you have a demanding toddler, you find little ways in your day to be efficient. I take my own grocery bags to the store. […]
Easy Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 24, 2013 by ·
I don’t know if it’s the phase of the moon or the alignment of planets this week but my toddler has taken “spirited” to a whole new level. If she’s not sitting square in my lap with my full undivided attention, it’s truly life-threatening and you would think she was in some kind of […]
Crunchy Mama’s Orange Chicken (Paleo, Gluten-Free)
January 23, 2013 by ·
When someone says “Chinese food”, what do you immediately associate with it? Take-out, chopsticks, fortune cookies, greasy. “Gourmet” is not a word I hear in the same sentence with Chinese food so I find the Panda Express logo a bit on the ironic side. I have never eaten from a Panda Express. I may have […]
Easy Slow Cooker Pork Loin with Honey and Balsamic Glaze (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 22, 2013 by ·
Walk into my house on any given day and you will witness exclamations of “Maaaaaaa!!!”, “Kiityyykittyyykittyyy!!!”, “Gogogogogogo!” and a number of baby sign language gestures like “food”, “more”. In all my life of working as an IT Consultant in high-pace, demanding environments, noone has had me running around as much as this one pint-sized tyrant. […]
General Tso’s Chicken (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 21, 2013 by ·
Prior to the big move to America in 2009, I had only visited this country once before on a work trip and spent most of that in an office. There were many things that amused me when I first got here… most of it involved what I found at Walmart and of course the novelty […]
Homemade Hoisin Sauce (Paleo, Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
January 21, 2013 by ·
Since going Paleo, lots of store-bought sauces are not accessible to me anymore. I have been hoarding this bottle of hoisin sauce in my fridge for months. Today, I finally let it go and throw it in the trash. Fortunately for me, I have been able to make a Paleo-friendly version with these ingredients. It […]
Fijian Palusami (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 20, 2013 by ·
“Where are you from?” is a question that can be a bit tricky for me to answer. I was born in China but immigrated to Nauru and Fiji when I was a few months old. I spent my childhood in Fiji and then moved to New Zealand to go to college. I lived in New […]
Fukien Crispy Sweet and Sour Fish (Paleo, Gluten Free)
January 19, 2013 by ·
EDIT: I had a laugh when a reader remarked that “Fukien” may come out sounding rude so in case you are interested and didn’t know, it’s pronounced “Foo-Key-Anne” 🙂 My Sweet and Sour Chicken is always a hit with the family from my husband down to the pickiest of kids. The main components of that […]
