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Morning on the Savannas. My royal poinciana (Delonix regia) is really coming to life with all of the rain we’ve had of late! #florida #floridagarden #tropicalflowers #goodmorning #sunrise #flogrown #visitflorida (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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First peach of the season! 🍑 🍑 #floridapeaches #homegrown #florida #gardening #growyourown #Peaches #peachseason #thatsapeachhun (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Happy Birthday to my little man! Made @turshen’s Happy Wife, Happy Life chocolate cake from her fantastic book, “Small Victories” (it really is a must buy- super inspirational). I reworked the original recipe to be GF/DF so I could enjoy it as well! Used @ottos_cassava_flour as a 1:1 sub for flour, coconut sugar, and @kitehillfoods almond yogurt/cream cheese for the dairy. I love @publix cakes (who doesn’t!) but I can’t eat them anymore. It makes me happy to be able to join in the celebration and have a piece of cake with my family ❤️ #familyfirst #happybirthday #celebrationcake #glutenfree #dairyfree #paleo #celebrateeverything #smallvictories (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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End of the week lunch: I refuse to break down and go to the store edition 😂 mashed half of a sad looking cauliflower added some @kerrygoldusa and frozen spinach + peas + lots of garlic. The other dish has what is left of the incredible salmon tartare from @russanddaughters from Mother’s Day brunch plus some @inkacropsnz plantain chips! 🏆#leftovers #paleo #ironchef #lunch #wastenotwantnot #quicklunch (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Bubblin’! This cold and flu season really has been a bear at my house 🏡 (anyone else ready for a break from the school germs? 🙋‍♀️). I prepped a bunch of cauliflower on Saturday, so when we all woke up with a sketchy cough, two tropical depressions off the coast of Florida making the weather super gloomy, I said- time for soup! 🍲 browned some @butcher_box pork sausage, sweat some shallots + celery+ few pieces of honeycrisp apple, added two quarts of homemade stock and a few heaping tablespoons of @nomnompaleo Magic Mushroom Powder (a sweet gift from the even sweeter @jefolkerts 🌈) and voila! I’ll buzz it with the immersion blender and maybe top with some green onions or cilantro 💯 #paleo #primal #fitfam #bruttimabuoni #soup #soupday #bonebroth #guthealth #realfoodheals #foodasmedicine #fitmama #eatyourveggies #leftovers (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Pretty sure my people have figured out that chocolate 🍫 is clearly my #lovelanguage ❤️😂💯 amazingggg @woodhousechocolate from my mama and some equally amazing @maggielouiseconfections from me to her (we always share ❤️). Happy Mother’s Day to all! #mothersday #chocolate #lovemymom #sundaybrunch (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Got some spotty bananas 🍌 hanging out on the counter? Then you should be making @rachlmansfield chocolate chip banana bread with @hunnybonsweets PB chips and some @castronovochocolate 70% dark chocolate 🍫❤️🏆🍌 #paleo #primal #paleotreats #bananabread #fitfamily #peanutbutter #dairyfree #crazygood #rachleats (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Posting this lovely video of my other hometown, #marathonflorida, because food & fitness are not happening today- the stomach bug has laid us all low 🤢🤢🤢#takemeback #sickday #sendhelp #somuchlaundry

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Was flipping through @goop founder, GP’s, book “It’s All Easy” today, while my son was home sick from school. Despite the silly title, there are quite a few lovely grain-free/dairy-free recipes (or ones easily made so) that I bookmarked to try! These “Coconut Cookies” were not 💯 faithful to her recipe (I used @bobsredmill paleo muesli instead of plain shredded coconut 🥥 added cinnamon + vanilla powder and omitted the jam topper)- but they came out great! I add @vitalproteins collagen to all of my paleo baking recipes for an added boost and though I wasn’t sure if these would stay together (they were kind of tricky to ball up), once they cooled the texture is lovely and not sticky at all. I will definitely be using this technique again! #paleobaking #paleo #paleodessert #grainfree #dairyfree #eggfree #treatyoself #sickday #fitfam #refinedsugarfree #goop #itsalleasy (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Hey @chasingpaper! Just finished giving this old girl some new pizazz with your awesome paper! Totally in love with how she turned out 😍 (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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My yellow #hibiscus are in bloom once again! The vibrant yellow color really just perks up the whole bed and I can’t help but smile every time I walk by these sunny faces ☀️ #florida #floridagarden #tropicalflowers #tropicalgarden #flogrown #landscaping #gardendesign (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Most days I can motor through without a second coffee, but today is not that day! I prefer iced coffee in the afternoon so I blended some of my homemade cold brew 🏆 with unsweetened @califiafarms almond 🥛, a few tablespoons of @thrivemkt cocoa powder, two @thedatelady pitted dates, a scoop of @vitalproteins collagen and big shake of cinnamon. #dairyfree #coffeetime☕#masonjar #icedcoffee #paleo #primal #afternooncoffee #coffeebreak #floridalife (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Happened to have my oven on to make myself a lovely piece of @sizzlefishfit sablefish, so I threw this roughly chopped head of #cauliflower in to roast at the same time. Didn’t get all of my #mealprep done over the weekend because we were so busy! Tonight we have karate 🥋 which means no time for messing around with an elaborate meal- this prepped side will do nicely with some leftover pork + mushrooms (maybe a quick Marsala is in order?) for dinner! 🥘 #paleo #primal #fitfam #cleaneating #quickdinner #getinwhereyoufitin #eatyourveggies #cookonceeattwice #leftovers (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Growing up, when we were sick, my mom would make a big batch of white rice with a ton of butter, black pepper and frozen peas. It looms large in my mind as one of the most comforting dishes in the world. Whenever I am feeling particularly stressed, I find myself whipping up a bowl of my mom’s speciality, reworked for my current dietary needs- so I boil cauliflower in salted water, mash with garlic ghee, lots of salt and black pepper and then throw in a cup of frozen peas. These days I top it with a #crispyegg 🍳 and call it breakfast! #paleo #primal #breakfast #bruttimabuoni #comfortfood #momlife #childhood #selfcare (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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#overcooked fish really is a crime! 😢This delicious piece of Atlantic cod from @sizzlefishfit was my delicious (and quick) lunch, served alongside some mashed cauliflower with garlic ghee, @bragglivefoods nutritional yeast, a ton of black pepper and frozen green peas (I made a big batch for #mealprep). For the fish, I mix up a quick paste of @primalkitchenfoods mayo, some @flavorgod fiesta sweet & tangy, plus fresh lemon juice- top the fish, bake at 425 until just medium (how long really depends on the thickness of your filet). Broiling would work equally well, but you have to not also be doing laundry, dishes and a million other house related things at the same time 😂 #momlife #sickday #fish #eatfish #eatwild #paleo #primal #lunch #mealprep (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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Leftover veggies make a great base for a gangbusters omelette! Sautéed #leftovers bacon with a portabella cap, fresh garlic, some of my son’s sweet potato leftover from #sundaydinner and a huge handful of #organic spinach- then poured over three well beaten eggs off the heat. Finished with a pat of @kerrygoldusa and #breakfast could not have been more delicious! #paleo #primal #frenchomelette #culinaryschool #eatyourveggies #andyoureggs #putaneggonit #dawnpatrol #fitfam (at Jensen Beach, Florida)

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It’s Friday night and that means #pizza! @simplemills pizza crust- one with a simple goats milk mozzarella + @raoshomemade marinara + uncured @applegate salami, the other with slow cooker bbq chicken with a @tessemaes habeñero ranch drizzle 💥 I did whole milk mozzarella for the kids and they gobbled it right up 🏆 It’s so nice to be able to have a pizza that I can enjoy that is #glutenfree and #dairyfree- the #bbqchicken was insane! Hoping to recreate my old favorite pizza order next week- spinach and eggplant 🍆 with pepperoni 🍕✨✨✨ #pizzanight #familynight #celebrateeverything #smallvictories #familytime (at Jensen Beach, Florida)