Beef Head Cheese

This post in my series on organ meats isn’t actually a recipe, it’s more of a review. We tried this beef head cheese from US Wellness Meats. Whenever I hear the words “head cheese”, I think of this passage about butchering a hog from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book Little House in the Big Woods: Ma ...Read More

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Livers

Today’s post in my series on organ meats uses Free Range Chicken Livers from US Wellness Meats. Chicken livers contain high levels of retinol (preformed vitamin A). This type of vitamin A is ready to be used by the body, unlike beta-carotene, which the body must convert to retinol before use. Liver is also high ...Read More

Braunschweiger Spread

For the second installment in my series on organ meats, I decided to try braunschweiger from US Wellness Meats. Braunschweiger is a sausage made with meat and liver, and can be either beef or pork. Liver is one of the world’s most nutrient dense foods. It contains a lot of vitamin A, and it is ...Read More

I ❤️ Bacon Burgers

For the first recipe in my exploration of organ meats I decided to use beef heart. It seemed appropriate so close to Valentine’s Day. The heart is a muscle, although it has a stronger flavor and denser texture than other muscle meats. It is very lean, which makes it higher in protein than some other ...Read More

Organ Meats: Does Offal Have to be Awful?

Eating organ meats is an important part of the ancestral health movement. Whether they’re paleo, primal, or clean-eating keto, nearly anyone who advocates eating according to our bodies’ biological needs rather than eating what industrial agriculture and flawed nutritional guidelines push at us will say that everyone should be eating organ meats. Historically, organ meats ...Read More

What Sweeteners Should We Use?

A ketogenic lifestyle should be focused on whole, natural, low carb foods. While keto sweet treats are not physically necessary, for many they make this lifestyle more sustainable. It’s much easier to say no the free donuts at the office if you know you can make keto donuts at home. Just keep in mind that ...Read More

Everly Hydration Drink Mixes

When following a ketogenic lifestyle, some of the foods we eat have less water in them than some of the foods we avoid. This makes it extra important to drink enough water. In general, you should drink 1/2 an ounce of water for every pound that you weigh each day. For me, this is easier ...Read More

Single Batch Sautéed Mushrooms

You know how most recipes for sautéed mushrooms instruct you to sauté in batches? I don’t know about you, but I usually ignore that instruction and just dump them all in at once. Then, they absorb all the oil and stick to the pan, so I add more oil. After that, they release a lot ...Read More

Blackened Salmon with Crispy Skin

In the past, I’ve always discarded my salmon skin. I knew it could be eaten, but it always turned out squishy and limp, so I didn’t want to eat it. I came across this post from Serious Eats, and decided to give salmon skin another chance. I’m so glad I did! This crispy salmon skin ...Read More