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Recipe: Paleo Zucchini "Fettuccine" with Meat Sauce
I have a confession: I don't own any fancy kitchen gadgets. I need one of those spiral things that turn vegetables into noodles, but I don't have one. While I want a juicer and an espresso maker with a steam wand and a food processor, I'm also in that weird liminal space between forgetting your kitchen things in storage and creating a wedding registry full of awesome stuff that other people will probably buy for you. Normal, right?

Whether you're with me or not, you can still make Paleo pasta with zucchini with just a vegetable peeler.




Ingredients:
Three or four zucchini
One pound of grass-fed beef
Half an onion
One can of crushed tomatoes
Garlic (fresh or powder), crushed red pepper
Olive oil, salt, pepper

1. Chop onion and add it to a large pan with some olive oil.
2. Once the onions are sauteed well, add beef. 
Season with salt, pepper, and a few shakes of crushed red pepper.
3. Brown meat and when it's cooked through, add can of tomatoes and reduce heat to low.
4. With vegetable peeler, slice zucchini into flat, long noodles (see image below). Don't cut yourself!
5. Transfer meat sauce from pan to a bowl and quickly saute zucchini noodles with some more olive oil and about a teaspoon of garlic.
6. To serve, plate the noodles and spoon meat sauce on top. Enjoy!

  

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Twin Cities Brunch | Modern Times Cafe in Minneapolis

Alright you guys, I'm finally going to introduce you to my favorite place. Modern Times is the most amazing brunch spot in Minneapolis and I would go every day if I could. They have fantastic coffee and the best menu. The window outside says "Organic - Vegan - Vegetarian - Fair Trade - Carnivore" and they seriously mean it. They also have delicious gluten-free toast, so I just really do brunch while I'm there.

All of the food looks, smells, and probably is amazing, but we always order pretty much the exact same thing. Sometimes I get a latte with whole milk (the only thing they don't seem to have is almond milk), but most of the time I'm happy with their coffee (they serve coffee fresh out of a French press all day). Rob always gets the Deadwood Scramble and I get a gluten-free Croque John Paul (pictured below) without cheese.



As you can probably tell already, I can't recommend this place enough. We take everyone who visits us here at least once, and then I daydream about it until we go back again. If you're ever in the area, make sure you stop by for breakfast or brunch one day; but don't you dare go without me!

Modern Times Cafe
3200 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Food 5/5
Service 4/5
Atmosphere 5/5
Prices & Specials 3/5
Paleo-Friendly 5/5
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Recipe: Paleo Pumpkin Custards

Fall is coming to an close and I think we're finally entering the end of Pumpkin Everything Season--to me, Christmas and New Year's Eve feel more like chocolate and caramel things. But I didn't want to let it go without one more festive pumpkin recipe! And when Lavazza sent me some coffee to try out and challenged me to create a complimentary recipe, I knew these little pumpkin custards would be just perfect.

Ingredients:

One cup of canned pumpkin

One teaspoon vanilla extract

One teaspoon cinnamon

Four eggs

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

One cup of canned coconut milk

1/4 cup maple syrup

Pinch of salt

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Boil some water.

2. Mix the pumpkin and the spices into one bowl. In another, lightly beat eggs and add maple syrup, vanilla, and coconut milk.

3. Slowly add egg mixture into pumpkin mixture and combine well.

4. Pour the mixture into half-cup ramekins. Put the ramekins in a baking pan and carefully add boiling water to the dish so that it surrounds them. Don't spill water into the custard! Not that I did that or anything (I totally did).

5. Gently place the pan into the oven and bake for 30 minutes (this will totally depend on your oven--mine were totally done after half an hour, but I've read other custard recipes that call for an hour of baking time. They'll be done when you put a knife into the center and it comes out clean).

6. Serve with coffee!

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