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Fed & Fit BBQ Chicken Potato Casserole + Giveaway

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Hi, guys! This post is jam-packed with awesomeness, including an incredible recipe for  BBQ Chicken Potato Casserole , a review of a new, healthy  cookbook  (+ food and fitness plan) from Cassy Joy Garcia of Fed & Fit , and a giveaway to win a copy of it for yourself. Oh, boy. Get ready! With over 175 gluten-free and Paleo-friendly recipes, a 28-day food and fitness plan, program guides, and all sorts of supplemental online tools, Fed & Fit  gives readers an amazing foundation for getting healthy and fit. There are so many delicious recipes inside– all of which include easy, step-by-step instructions, beautiful color photos, and personalized meal preparation guides to help you achieve your individual health goals. Cassy Joy also includes shopping lists, tips for stocking your pantry, make-ahead meal ideas, cooking for one, and best practices for storage, freezing, and reheating. It’s truly everything I ever wanted in a cookbook and more! Fed & Fit also features work

Clean Eating Graveyard Dirt Cupcakes Recipe

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It’s October!!!! I say that with the biggest grin on my face ever!! I love this month with such ferverence that it’s rubbed off on Mini Chef as well. We both dearly look forward to this month of hay… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2dsLXAh

Introducing The Paleo Primer: A Second Helping

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Primal Blueprint Publishing ’s been busy this year with the release of several new books, but there’s one that’s been under the radar that I think you’ll be especially excited about. Remember in 2013 when I published The Paleo Primer by Keris Marsden and Matt Whitmore? This delightful book introduced us to paleo/primal principles in the wittiest of ways, and then dished out creatively delicious primal recipes. Well with your help it went on to enjoy global success with copies published in the UK (Ebury Publishing) and Germany (Goldmann Verlag), and it’s ranked #1 in many categories on Amazon, including Paleo Diet, Low-Carb Cooking, and Exercise and Fitness. Thankfully, Keris and Matt weren’t done, and they’ve spent the last three years perfecting even more mouthwatering, primal-approved meals. And we’ve packaged them all together in The Paleo Primer: A Second Helping ! Your second helping includes: Healthy, great-tasting meals you can whip up with minimal ingredients, logistics, o

Grapes for Dinner: Sauteed Chicken with Roasted Grapes and Onions

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This time of year, dozens of clusters of green and purple grapes take over the outside wall of my garage. I pop them into my kids’ lunches every day for weeks at a time and serve them again as an after-school snack. They also make an easy appetizer, set out in a pretty bowl with a hunk of good cheese. Inevitably, though, my family’s ability to eat endless amounts of raw grapes starts to wane. Before I know it, the fruit is spilling out of my refrigerator and I’m racking my brain to find new uses for it. Most recipes for grapes — jellies, jams and desserts — call for combining them with a lot of sugar. These uses also often dispense with the skins, which provide healthy fiber. Besides containing fiber, grapes are an excellent source of antioxidants known as polyphenols, which are associated with a reduced risk for developing several types of cancers. To retain all that healthy goodness, it was time to think beyond dessert. That’s when I came upon the idea of roasting grapes to make

Places Of Positivity

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I have been feeling really happy lately, and some of you have noticed. I am still trying to find myself (do we ever stop?), but I feel like more than ever I am closer to figuring out what makes me happiest. Positivity is like wildfire, and I want to be wrapped in it like the snuggliest, warmest down comforter on a cold, cold day. I hope that you all find KERF to be a virtual place that you leave feeling uplifted and cheerful. I am hoping to focus a bit more on this in the coming months. The Lively Show Podcast I have become absolutely obsessed with The Lively Show ! Some of you recommended it to me earlier this year, and I have loved listening to the podcast. Jess brings my spirit up every time I tune in. Her show is a combination of interviews, tips and tricks (love her monthly “Favorites” and Q&A episodes), and uplifting chats about how to live with value-based intention. Jess and her husband have parted ways, and she is a business owner in a similar industry to me, so I can

Day In The Life (2.4 Years Old)

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Good morning! It’s time for another Day in the Life post! Qman turns 2 years and 4 months later this week, so I thought it was the perfect time to share a look into life at this age, which, I have to admit, is a very fun age. I love that he’s finally talking. He already says the funniest things! Ok, here we go! 6:03 AM : I wake up and immediately look at the time on my phone. I went to bed at 7:00 PM the night before (life finally caught up with me), so I know I can’t sleep away the morning. Carpe diem! 6:05 PM : Qman is still sleeping, so I head downstairs, pour myself an iced coffee with collagen and coconut milk, and immediately start to answer emails on my laptop . Mal is already awake and just finishing up breakfast, so we chat for a couple of minutes and then he heads upstairs to get ready for school. 6:40 AM : Mal leaves for school. 6:42 AM : I hear Quinn on the baby monitor , so I pack up my laptop and head upstairs to get him. He immediately asks me about “Murpee,” wh