One of the places we MUST stop at whenever we go to Austin, TX is Picnik. They have a knack for making some amazingly creative and tasty blended coffee options (not to mention the most deadly delicious blondies ever conceived). They start with the idea of bulletproof-style coffee but in a blended variation. So really…
Traditional Beef Pho
It’s no secret that for the last 10 months or so I’ve been living up in Vancouver, BC for visual effects work. It really is a beautiful place right on the foothills of the mountains to the North and at the same time right on the ocean to the West. Alton Brown considers Vancouver to…
Review ~ Paleo By Season | Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
We first met Pete & Sarah Servold at a Balanced Bites seminar in our old gym back in early 2013. Diane had brought them up to cater the event, and Sean and I immediately hit it off with the Pete’s Paleo team. One bite of the bacon, and you’re in love. Pete’s background as a…
Carrot Cake Faux Oatmeal Cookies
My all-time favorite cake has to be carrot cake. It’s something I inherited from my dad…along with the same birthday. Which is tomorrow by the way! For the last 3 years, Suz has made me the carrot cake our friends Bill and Hayley made in their first book Make It Paleo (rumor is, they’re working…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
In case you didn’t know, I have a pretty big sweet tooth. And ice cream? Yeah, it’s my weakness. I love dark chocolate and all, but to me ice cream is hard to pass up when I’m craving something sweet. Another go-to has to be Cappello’s Slice & Bake Cookie Dough from Primal Palate’s recipe….
Teriyaki Pineapple Shrimp Skewers
Well, I have officially been in Vancouver for a whole week as of yesterday! I can’t believe how fast the time is already going by. Because I haven’t really explained it yet, you might ask yourself, “Sean, why are you in Vancouver for the next 3 months?!” Well, my day job as it were is…
Honey Vanilla Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting
When baking grain-free treats, it’s hard to come up with things that taste like the gluten bombs of our past. Case in point: cupcakes. I love cupcakes. Who doesn’t? It’s a small little portion of delicious cake, topped with usually too much frosting. I personally split the cake part in half, and put that half…
Top Ten Recipes for Cinco De Mayo
It’s already May (can you believe how fast this year is going already?) and that means that Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner. In the past, we’ve always managed to put out some recipes to celebrate this day. To us, it signifies the start of grilling season and summertime and let’s face it,…
Banana Cinnamon Chia Pudding
This is actually something that I’ve wanted to make for a long time. Almost two years in fact. When I first heard the concept of chia pudding, I was talking to a member of my gym regarding her epilepsy. We were chatting about the steps I was taking to treat or at the very least,…
Vanilla Coconut Milk Ice Cream
I love ice cream. It’s hands-down one of my favorite treats – be it summer or winter. I can handle dairy OK, but occasionally I need to lay off the cow, so I decided to try my hand at making vanilla coconut milk ice cream. Meanwhile, try out the vanilla and let me know what…