From the Genius Mind of Matt Stone: 180 Degree Health Spicy Shrimp Veggie Dinner

Shrimp in Spicy Tomato Broth from 180 Degree Kitchen

I am not afraid to admit to being a bit of a food geek. Meaning I read everything I can get my hands on and try to figure out what the optimal diet is and what to avoid. Like most folks who get the old expiration date stamp, I have struggled with eating foods that were 'healthy' but not tasty. Those days are over my friends, thanks in part to my good pal Matt Stone of 180 Degree Health! As the name implies, Matt does not cotton to the usual FDA Government food pyramid, calories in calories out hoo hah, he flips all that over and reveals the true reasons we get fat and how to get your body to behave. The nice thing is, he's pretty funny and handsome to boot. So that's the kind of guy I like to get all food geeky with!

Check out the video Matt made for Shrimp in Spicy Tomato Broth (the pics are from my doubled batch I made for dinner, I love it with Trader Joes fresh Roasted salsa, OLE!)




Here's how to make it your own self!

Ingredients:

• 10 frozen shrimp
• 1/4 cup salsa
• Splash of water
• Handful of spinach
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1/4 cup frozen peas
• Salt
• 1-2T butter

Directions… Throw it all in a pot and cook it until it’s done – except for the butter that is. Stir that in at the very end.  Takes 5-7 minutes. 

Want a closer look at mine?

Please do visit Matt and tell him Debbie sent you, he may give you a smart ass reply but know that deep in  his heart he is smiling. 

 Thanks Matt for all you do, I love my new audio set, I can listen to your dulcet tones any old time I want to geek out on food and health.  You can get your own 180 degree health weight-loss metabolism boosting audio/ebook here.

It's a steal for all the valuable and cutting edge info Matt provides. And he has a nice voice.

One last thing, want a yummy dessert? Try this!

I made this one up....

Take about 1/2 cup plain yogurt

add 1 Tbls or so of Coconut Manna by Nutiva (you can use coconut oil but it won't taste quite as sweet)

handful of fresh raspberries,

Throw it a bowl and call it dessert!!

Sweet and Spicy Dreams!

deb xo

Buffalo, Broccoli and Bacon Dinner, Peach Ice Cream Dessert!

Quick post on last nights Sunday Dinner.
I am leaning towards Paleo these days.. listening to tons of Robb Wolf podcasts and his book in on it's way!

I found this recipe on Jen's Gone Paleo blog!

I only had a bison roast, not a strip steak, so it ended up really rare.. but so tasty that Sam and Daddy just chowed down. I served them ginger Kombucha from High Country on ice, they loved that too. Gotta be a tad sneaky with those too... anything 'too healthy' makes them get all weird on me.

I like this diluted with water.

How do you make the Triple B Dinner?

*Preheat the oven to 415 degrees *

 Use about a 1 lb bison steak(lightly salt and pepper each side) , 2-3 strips of uncured bacon (cut into 2 " pieces), grab an oven proof pan and your choice of veggies. I used broccoli (about one head of florets), asparagus would be good too.

Brown the bacon, then sear the bison for about 2 minutes each side. 

Then pop the whole deal into your preheated oven.

Let it bake for about 5-7 minutes ( I doubled this and it was still mostly rare, mine was really thick)

Remove from oven, put the bison on a plate, then add your veg to the pan and put back in the oven for another 5-7 minutes, with the bacon still in the pan.

Remove the pan and then take the broccoli off, sear the bison one more time and VIOLA'!

Dinner is Served!

This fed the three of us, with about 1/3 of the rawish bison leftover.

Even though this was satisfying to me, I knew that Daddy would be sneaking Sam off to the ice cream shop if I did not whip up some good sweet stuff.

So I put about one cup of frozen peaches, white and  yellow varieties, about 2 frozen bananas and a tablespoon of my newest secret ingredient: Nutiva Coconut Manna. It's made from the whole coconut and it is TASTY!

Blend that all up in the Vitamix, you get a creamy, tasty, kind of peachy keen ice cream!

They loved it and Baskin Robbins was foiled again. 

Yeah for the Real Food Team!

Hope you try this at home, it is super easy and awesome!

Thanks to Jen!

I hope to keep us as paleo as possible, working on it..

This mornings breakfast for me:

2 pastured eggs, scrambled with baby spinach, topped with Trader Joes Roasted Salsa, yum!

with love 

deb

Real American Heroes! The Series Begins! PART 2 Blackbird Tribe!

So bright and early we set out from Palm Springs to Casa Paradiso AZ!  It's a long lonely stretch with no radio reception and Sam kept asking how much longer??? Four or so hours later...

Malcolm was not a fan of the driving.

We Arrived! Dolly and Anthony, Andrea and Selim were there to greet us. After unloading our stuff and giving out the goodies (raw cheezeits, savory/sweet almonds, bison, raw milk, raw cream) we headed out for Singh Farms.

What an incredible farm it is!

Sam, Dolly and Anthony at Singh Farms. It was VERY hot!

and those 'mountains' in the distance, HUGE amounts of compost!  This is where Dolly and Anthony got the compost for their food forest.

Sam LOVES Dolly!

we all do!

We saw so many awesome trees, plants, and even chickens!

This was the area where they do demos..

                                        Sam at the chicken coop
Singh farms was a vacant lot when they started, in the desert.. and now? A Lush forest of trees, fruit, veggies and flowers, amazing!

                                    Anthony and Sam looking at the before/after of the farm area.


We bought a big organic watermelon and headed back home.  Sam really wanted to see the baby chicks and go swimming too!  But first, an art project ensued..

  Malcolm has a good eye.. 

Soon it was time for dinner prep...

  

                                                Anthony, Sam, Dolly and Charlie

Anthony is tending tons of plants and trees, he showed me a few new ones, like this gorgeous melon, hanging off a tree!

I cannot remember if this is a kiwi? But have you ever seen anyone happier than Anthony in his garden? ever? Just glowing!

Selim, the Dog whisperer. 

His secret? Steak. Works like a charm! Charlie, Max, Lucky and the new kid, Malcolm

Sam feel in love with Prudence. She spent hours with the chickens, helping Andrea and feeding them. I wish we could have some here, but we found out it is not allowed :(

Here is a short video taken in the coop, it was not quite finished but still very cool!

                                                      Dolly showing off the latest fashion trend, chickens!

The Tribe gathered for dinner! What a fun time, good company and delicious eats too.

Sam and I out back on the patio. Even though the sun had set, it was still very hot. About 90 degrees at night and very humid. The woofies spend tons of time in the pool to cool off.

                                          Family Friend Paula, me, Dolly, Anthony and Sam


We are so lucky to have such wonderful generous friends to visit and spend time with!  And and if you are wondering what Sam was up to with her art project, let's just say it was a labor of love...

We were off to bed rather early.. Sam was almost sleeping on her dinner plate.. stay tuned for Day Two at Casa Paradiso!

Oh and if you want to taste the best raw vegan or non vegan chocolate truffles, go to Blackbird Naturals and tell them Sam sent you!

Next Post:

More fun with the chickies and Andrea the Chicken Healer/ coop builder!

                                   Andrea and Prudence Hanging out with the chicks

First Class Real American Heroes: PART ONE Anthony and the Blackbird Naturals Tribe!

Oh what stars fell on me that I am so blessed to have such amazing friends!?  Once again, I headed out to hot sultry Phoenix, this time driving with Malcolm and Sam in tow.

Let me just say, it was melting hot and very humid in Palm Springs!  Malcolm was not a fan.

 Sam loves swimming so she was hunky dory as long as she was in a pool.

Not much relief when night fell.. but it was beautiful.....

Early the next day, we set off across the arid sands for a four hour journey to paradise, Casa Paradiso to be exact!

Next Post: Leaving Palm Springs.. feels so good! We get to Paradise and meet the Family!

xoxoox
deb sam and malcolm the wonder pooch who now hates the car xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Real American Heroes! The Series Begins!

Sing along with me won't you?

' Real American Heroes.. ' yes, I am aware that song is for a beer commercial. But here at Debbie does raw, and at Grass fed Momma, those words mean much more.

This summer, I will be paying tribute to my own Real American Heroes, the men and women who inform, delight and just plain inspire me to greater heights!

Who are these heroes you ask?

Let's see..

Raw Model Food Forester Anthony Anderson and his Too Cute Blackbird Naturals crew!

Sugar Shock! author Connie Bennett

Matt Stone of 180 Degree Health!

Jimmy Moore of Living La Vida Low Carb

Alice Waters of Chez Pannise and The Edible Schoolyard

and Many Many more..

Great Minds think alike.. and I want you all to know the people behind all that thinking!

Stay tuned for the first post on Real American Hereos!

with super charged love,

deb

Novy Ranch: Grass Fed Angus Beef

Long long ago in a town far far away, (ok Simi Valley) in Southern California,

 my family lived with all our pets.

                                                                 Dr. Novy
Our family vet was Dr. Novy, highly respected in town and the ONLY vet my dad would take our purebred Lab Spooky to.  Flash forward to 2010, Facebook and a reconnection to an old hiking pal from Royal High, Darla.

 Turns out Darla lives in the Shasta Valley area of Northern California, raising gorgeous horses on Forward Farms with her family.  Darla mentioned something about getting grass fed beef.. turns out, she works with the Novy Ranch!

Here is what Novy Ranch is all about:                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Novy Ranches is a family operation based in the Shasta Valley area of Northern California since 1976. 

The Ranch is comprised of two properties in Siskiyou County near  the small communities of Grenada and Gazelle. Surrounded by vast conifer forests, the Shasta Valley lies in the shadow of magnificent Mt. Shasta, a Cascade Range volcano. Additional acreage is held in adjacent Lassen County. 

Blessed with an abundance of natural vegetation, water and natural beauty, the ranches  provide important habitat and sanctuary to a number of wild species. It is common to see migrating geese, swans, herons and Sand Hill cranes. Numerous raptors and many other bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species make their homes here. Bald and Golden Eagles are frequent and revered guests on the Ranch. The Shasta River flows  through the Grenada Ranch property  and is critical habitat for the Coho Salmon.

 It is the family’s goal to maintain the natural balance of the Ranches so that it’s open space and wildlife are protected now and well into the future.

The ranches are the ongoing  life work  and commitment of Dr. Lowell Novy, a veterinarian, whose interests in conservation, cattle-ranching and animal welfare have informed his decision to turn away from “traditional” feedlot cattle production by developing an entirely grass-fed  program that is healthy for the land, cows and people.          

In a conversation with Daniel Vitalis, he advised me to start making bone broth.. from grass fed beef marrow bones. I was looking around for this when Darla let me know that Dr. Novy sells them, among many other items from his grass fed Angus. After not being able to get them in Simi, she was so kind as to send an incredible gift to my family, take a peek!                                                                                   Grass fed ground beef, tenderloin steak, tons of beef marrow bones and some tasty liver for my Malcolm! WOW! Thanks to Darla, I was able to make this lovely bone broth...

and these very tasty tenderloin kababobs with Korean BBQ sauce..

My Plate, so nourishing.. thanks to my good friend Darla and Dr. Novy's Ranch..

Up Next: How to make Bone Broth!

With True Gratefulness for the Bounty of Life!

deb

aka Grass Fed Momma

Taking a Life Break

to smell the flowers and taste life first hand.. I know you understand..

Think about your dreams
take a risk,
Get Outside and shake what your momma gave ya.

and be grateful to the world that you are still in the game!

Much Love

Deb