I still remember the trip down, what would have taken an adult less than a day ending up four with three kids. But we had fun with it, stopping at a water park and the famous Luray Caverns, staying at motels and visiting chain diners along the way. When we reached the blue-gray hills of…
Blackberry Raspberry ‘Cheese’cake (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Inga hurried through the empty gray streets, her blowsy skirt caught by an unseen gust of wind. The sun had set and in half an hour soldiers would be grabbing her by the arm and demanding her papers. She gripped a parcel close to her chest and sped over the wet cobblestones. Soon the prison blocks…
Blueberry Pancakes (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Dusty woods Campfires above the banks of the Berezina river Mosquitoes and tangles of dense undergrowth Roasting chicken, fresh-cut cucumbers and tomatoes Berries peek through in the undiscovered nation A posse of reveling campgoers descend upon them. In the northlands of the island of Ice Past sulfurous fields, tempered hot springs And a towering crater…
Strawberry Shortcake (paleo, AIP)
Summer by the seashore Wandering lost and finding four Children playing on the beach Squirrels roaming out of reach Seagulls zipping through the skies Deer leaping over sties Fish jumping in the sea Fires burning merrily Sand castles dripping free Frisbee, football, baseball tees Fireworks and moonlit leas Lobsters, clams and fried fishies Bacon, sausage,…
Iced Beetroot Latte (paleo, AIP, vegan)
A swirling lake flashes red to the oceans A tireless snake hisses credible notions A setting green sun falls beneath a deep well A volcano unleashes an ashy blue swell The earth overturns and reveals a rouge belly A fire returns and unpeels a bright melee Of timorous embers and blazes aglow Of colors and…
Matcha Latte (paleo, vegan)
Green is a color I like Green is a color I like in a bike To move and to circle and wheel and freestand To lip and to squeal and gurgle and remand We say, hey man let those green eyelids go Let them go til they flow into rivers of roe And green becomes…
‘Cheesy’ Noodles (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Gooey oozy cheesy noodles Sitting in a pile Whispering their thoughts and doodles Waiting to be styled Ogling these gooey noodles Was a small young boy Setting down his apple strudel He decided that these noodles Merited a try Dug a fork into these noodles Pulling out a great caboodle Of noodles thick…
Fried Onion Rings (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Igor stared out the window of the spaceship, his green nose smudged against the glass. They had just passed Mars, its reddish hues coppery from a giant dust storm enveloping the whole planet – and were about to enter the asteroid belt. “You know Son,” said his dad, who was sitting at the controls, his long,…
Mushroom Ravioli (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Alice stumbled upon a field of blue poppies whose opulent perfume enveloped her in a slow daze. “This is nice,” she said, setting her picnic basket down and sitting on a soft bed of flowers. “Perhaps I’ll take a nap.” The Cheshire Cat appeared before her, its tail slinking around her neck before the rest…
Korean Kimchi Pancake (kimchijeon) (paleo, AIP, vegan)
With the zing of cured winter kimchi still tingling their tastebuds, the Princess and the rebels made their way to a village on a high promontory where waves crashed far below and villagers traversed a hand-cut path down the cliff to harvest bivalves and crustaceans off the rocks. Condensation from the seafood stock which boiled continuously in…
Banana Pear Fritters (paleo, AIP, vegan)
The girl was having fun playing with her food again. This time she was making banana pear fritters, letting the shapes run and dash in funny directions, forming all sorts of bumps and trundles and whorls. When she was done, she left the plate out on the kitchen table, sternly admonished Tom the cat not to touch…
Pear ‘Almond’ [Tigernut] Tart (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Taj was the only tiger on the entire Indian subcontinent with a nut allergy. Granted, he’d never left the jungle where he was born, so he was really only going off the fifty other tiger kids in his school, but of them only his friend Kala also had an allergy – and that was just…
Chocolate/Carob Chunk Banana Muffins (paleo/AIP, vegan)
The monkey placed the banana on his head and looked at himself in the mirror. “All ready!” he said, scampering down the sidewalk to where the man with the safari hat was waiting. “Come on George!” shouted the man. “We must hurry!” George scrambled up onto the man’s shoulders and they took off, pedestrians and…
