Author: Megan Keatley
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Hoisin Chicken Burgers
This is my new go-to favorite, easy peasy recipe (+ Creamy, Crunchy Miso Slaw). All together, the fresh and creamy slaw and the sweet and salty burger, has so much flavor with so little time and clean up involved. Ingredients ~1.25 lb ground chicken 1/4 c hoisin sauce 3 green onions, finely chopped salt, to…
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Crunchy, Creamy Miso Slaw
I made this as part of one of my weekly Sunday meal preps. Like I’ve said before, a lot of what I make has become semi-homemade in nature, like using pre-shredded coleslaw mix. Chopping up cabbage, let alone 2 colors of cabbage AND carrots, into super thin pieces just takes too dang long, and really,…
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Mediterranean Meat Kababs
Most of the recipes I write and make require a certain set of standards to be posted on this website. I don’t mean like poo-don’t-stink, nose-in-the-air standards, but quite the opposite. It must be tasty above all else of course, but also fast, cheap, and/or easy. Those standards are usually all related, but if I…
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Really Easy Strawberry Vanilla Crunch Parfaits
Since I birthed our little booboo, I’ve been trying to lose all that lovely baby weight. I gained 30 pounds, but of course didn’t realize it; since I mean, my stomach was tight, and there was no muffin top to be seen. Everything else; the puffy face, bigger legs and arms was just uhhhh….swelling, I…
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Fajita Breakfast Bowls
When we opened the gym, we were there together for 15 hours a day. So cooking, and even grocery shopping was really, really difficult. I kid you not, our “3 squares” were fished out of the freezer section of the grocery store. It got pretty bad. It’s obviously better now, since I’m posting recipes again.…
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Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Apples, and Sausage
One of the things I did before the bebe was born was plop myself in the kitchen, literally barefoot and pregnant, and knock out a few meals to put in the freezer. I’ve eaten this one so often I decided to make it again. I like to portion this out into containers, and toss them in the…
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Surviving My First Month As A Mom
We had a baby! We’ve survived 2 months now and I thought I’d talk about some of the basic/non-fussy things we’ve found useful. I definitely want to make sure I say that I understand everyone and every experience is different, and I just want to write this for anyone out there that’s like us, and doesn’t know…
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10 Minute Verde Chicken Soup
I’ve probably made this soup once a month for the last 3 months or so. It’s such a great ‘clean out the pantry’ kind of meal, and now I’ve got leftovers portioned out and hanging around in the freezer for post baby meals-in-a-hurry. I am officially full-term today (I’ve been pregnant for 10 months!!!) and…
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Broccoli, Cheddar, Rice Meatballs
I know. You’re like, “You’ve been gone for a year and all you have for me is this incredibly frumpy meatball recipe?” I feel you. But let me say, I’m in my (hopefully) last few weeks of being pregnant (It’s our first. It’s a girl. Yes, I’ll write more about this.) and went DEFCON 2 in the…
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Things I Would Buy For Other People, But Secretly Want For Myself: Holiday Edition
Wear It Onzie Elastic-Back Top $58, Alo Yoga Long Sleeve Top $58 Hershcel Royal Dopp Kit (in Quilt/Seafoam) $30 Marled Stripe Over-the-Knee Socks $14, Stance Moblow 2 Crew Socks $15, Double Heart Necklace $26,  Lowercase Initial Necklace $36, Initial Triangle Necklace $36 lululemon Reversible Bang Buster Headband $18 Essie Nail Polish in Wicked and Penny Talk $8.50 Weird and Fun Origami Tree Topper $18 Cucumbo Spiralizer $12 44″…
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Seared Fish, Garlic Roasted Leeks & Potatoes with Celery & Olive Salad
i haven’t cooked crap for the last year. obviously. crickets. cooking for the week feels like a chore, and i really stopped enjoying cooking. it’d take a solid hour to write a menu, and make a shopping list. then, off to the grocery store to fight the checkout lanes with grumpy biddies–who argue about bogos and .30/lb bananas. and also,…
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One Year Later
it’s been almost a year since my last blog post. i want to say thank you to the people who bought our book, and to the people who have emailed me…asking what’s going on–letting me know we’re missed. as to the future of this website–i have no idea. i think about it often, but still don’t…
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Dear Paleo, I Quit.
image What is Paleo? There doesn’t seem to be one, simple defining set of words, and yet, for years, we tried so hard to fit our ideas of what a healthful diet was into the confines of the term Paleo. That ends today. We are not Paleo. We are Health-Bent, so go ahead and unlike…
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Chili, Garlic, Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I know it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted anything–and I don’t really see that changing much in the future. A few reasons why: a.) We’ve got our fingers crossed that our CrossFit gym will f.i.n.a.l.l.y. be open by the end of November, which means virtually zero time logged in the kitchen and b.)…
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Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Muffins
I’m sitting at home, craving something reallllly sugary and sweet. You know why. Usually I’m a salty, crunchy kind of snacker, but I had already eaten a bag of popcorn coated in butter and salt, and was still on the hunt for something to inhale. Â I open the freezer, stare into the fridge, and dig…
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Buffalo Greek Caesar Salad
Yup, that’s a long ass title..but I said it. There’s no other way…I mean, what are you supposed to do when you love Caesar salad, Greek salad and buffalo chicken? Mix them all together and see what comes out. What came out was deliciousness. We roasted garlic for the Caesar dressing to add some serious…
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Chunky Monkey Muffins
This recipe is from our cookbook, Primal Cravings: Your Favorite Foods Made Paleo A classic combination of bananas, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Make sure you use bananas that are brown and spotty. If they’re too ripe for eatin’, then they’re perfect for beatin’—errr, baking with. Yield: 12 muffins Ingredients ½ cup coconut flour ½ cup…
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15 Minute Apple Crisp (Nut Free)
Yield: 1 serving. Just kidding (but not really) Ingredients butter, for the skillet squirt of lemon juice, about 1 teaspoon 2 lbs apples, peeled, cored, & chopped 1/3 cup apple juice concentrate (in the freezer aisle) 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg…
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From the Book > Cheese Crackers (We made a boo boo)
This recipe is in the snacks section of Primal Cravings, on page 196, except it doesn’t say “1/2 teaspoon baking soda”. I am mortified and so, so sorry. Ink is so very much more permanent than pixels on a screen. Oy vey. See what had happened was… Our editor gave us the good news that…
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
The book has been out for almost 2 weeks now and we could not be more thrilled with the feedback we’re getting. Thank you all so much for the comments, emails and reviews. I have never written a review or even a blog comment in my life, so as corny and eyeball-rolly-worthy as it is;…
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Barbacoa Meatballs with Guac
I love barbacoa, but I usually don’t (a.k.a. never) have the foresight to stick a huge hunk of meat in the crock pot before I think, “Mannnnn, barbacoa sounds soooo good right now.” Yeah I could go to Chipotle and pick something up, but that would also mean I would need to have showered and…
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Things I Like: Stuff I Found on the Internet
Christopher Boffoli: Big Appetites This dinky little collage I put together does not do his photos justice. Please, please, I beg of you…go scroll around here -> http://bigappetites.net/. He’s got a book coming out too (click the pic for the link)… Google Your Nutrition This would have been extremely helpful while we were writing…
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Why We Avoid Almond Flour in the Book
We’re so thrilled that today is the true release date of our book, Primal Cravings. Books will begin shipping today from Amazon and can be found online and in local Barnes and Nobles. Are you like us and want a peek at the book before purchasing? You can search by your zip code on B&N to…
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Things We Like: Epic Bar Review + Giveaway + Coupon Code
Our Take Epic bars are “protein bars”. They’re not protein bars in the sense that most of us have come to think of them though. They’re protein bars the way a protein bar should be – not soy crispies coated in chocolate…but bison, beef, and turkey (respectively). The company website describes their quest to procure…
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Hibachi Sesame Chicken & Ginger Dressing
It’s like going to the hibachi restaurant without all that added pressure of trying to catch the shrimp in your mouth… Ingredients For the Salad romaine lettuce, 2-3 heads, chopped thinly peeled carrots and cucumbers For the Dressing 4-inch piece peeled, fresh ginger (~3 tablespoons) 1/2 cup oil (high-oleic/high heat sunflower oil or a light olive oil) 1/4…
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How To Make a CrossFit 30/24/20 Plyometric Box
Tools and Materials 3/4†sheet of plywood 8’x4’ 2†deck screws (box) tube wood glue (or bottle) 8’ 2×4 board sandable wood putty paint (we used and recommend “Deck Over†by Behr) circular saw jig saw drill caulk gun (not required if your wood glue is in a squeeze bottle) saw horses 4’ level or…
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Steak with Sherry, Mushroom Cream Gravy
Some of you may remember the SousVide contest a few months back. Well, we didn’t win, but they asked if we would be interested in keeping it if we’d post a couple recipes using the machine. I know 99.9% of people in the world don’t have one of these contraptions, but don’t click off of…
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From the Book > Gyro Taco Salad & Tzatziki Guacamole
This is a recipe from our book: Primal Cravings: Your Favorite Foods Made Paleo. A theme we like to play with a lot is taking flavors you know and love and adding a twist…we want our food to be familiar yet interesting. Gyro Taco Salad is a good example of just that. We took…
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Our Book > Primal Cravings: Your Favorite Foods Made Paleo
We are so happy to finally be talking about this book. We’ve been working on it since March 2012, putting all of our best ideas into it, because what we want you to expect is a cookbook that you’ll actually use. A cookbook that will be worn with stains and dog ears. A cookbook that…
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Things I Like: PaleOMG Book Review + Giveaway
Juli cooks the way I want to eat. I’m sure you’re familiar with her blog; PaleOMG.com if you’re not. You can get a sense of the way she cooks and her general aura of awesomeness. It’s creative. It’s flavorful. And most importantly, it’s fun. We started Health-Bent because I hate salad–I don’t hate it, but it doesn’t really inspire me.…