This was the story that would not write So a poem it became And when came time for publication It still wanted for a name And a subject and a message, That much was clear to see So dear reader please permit me To construct this repartee See I’m practicing my rhyming And basic word…
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…
Korean Kimchi (paleo, AIP)
The Princess was relishing her time on the coast, where the air was fresh and balmy. Each seaside village the ragged group of rebels visited invited them into their huts for meals and recountings of adventures on the sea. Here there was no sign of the war and hunger which ravaged the north. “Don’t get too excited,”…
Burgers & Sliders (paleo, AIP)
In real life Goldilocks was never a fan of porridge. In fact, she thought it was disgusting. “Who would eat such a gloopy, tasteless mess?” she was known to exclaim. So when she found out that a story had been written about her involving the theft of porridge from poor, hapless creatures, she couldn’t believe…
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…
Deep Fried Beef Tendon (paleo, AIP)
After fourteen days trekking through snow-covered mountain passes, the rebels and the Princess emerged on the eastern path leading down to the seaward fishing villages. As they descended towards the ocean, the snow began to melt, replaced by fragrant springs and budding wildflowers. The Princess breathed in deeply, rejuvenated by the balmy, salt air after the…
Golden Milk Chai (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Golden milk on a yellow gold day Of snow white daffodils and rosy blooms gay Out on the roots of a beautiful bay That shone in the darkness with reverb for miles And wept with the sunlight which started and piled On top of a snow-lit canopied hill Beyond which the trees stood finitely still…
Kalbi Tang | Korean Short Rib Soup (paleo, AIP)
The Princess and the rebels made their way up into the mountains, forced to pass over a large, snow-covered range to reach the more temperate southern coast. As they led the horses between two steep mountain summits, the Princess shivered and looked up at the silent peaks towering over her. They were more imposing than any imperial building…
Korean Mandooguk Dumpling Soup (paleo, AIP)
The Princess and her escort picked their way to the coast on horseback, flanked by two packs of rebel guards traveling a few hundred meters ahead and behind them. A kingdom-wide alert for the Princess had traversed the countryside, and the King’s soldiers were out in droves, stalking the main thoroughfares and questioning villagers in the…
Korean Mandoo Dumplings (paleo, AIP)
When the Princess awoke the next morning, the first light of dawn was creeping into the cave, illuminating the backs of the rebels standing guard nearby. She stretched, her neck stiff from lying on hard rock. “Good morning Princess,” said the young man who had spoken to her the previous evening. “Today we will take…
Coconut Candy (paleo, AIP, vegan)
Jake watched as Aunt Nell grated the fresh coconuts he and Jenny had fetched from the beach. Using a serrated tool that Uncle Lonnie had hammered into a piece of driftwood, she went through four coconuts, then reached out for the fresh coconut sap they had gathered earlier. It went into the baking pit, where…
Korean Vegetable Pancake (Pajeon) (paleo, AIP, vegan)
In the middle of the night, they took the princess – out of the palace, carrying her on their backs until they reached the horses, and then they were galloping through the forest in a devil night devoid of moonlight. The princess was alert, her eyes and ears open, trying to catch sight of the…
