Blog

  After an exhausting and amazing time at Power Monkey Camp 6 this past week our staff is back in the office and getting back into the swing of things. We haven't fully recovered, sleeping 9 hours a night without interruption and still hoping for a nap during the day, but it's always worth it and we are already looking forward to camp again in April! It being our second time to attend camp we knew what to expect and were able to constantly be ahead of the game rather than constantly working; a huge blessing that meant more playtime...

Your favorite RosieJo staff is headed back to beautiful Crossville, Tennessee to cook for the amazing people of the 6th biannual Power Monkey Fitness Camp! Power Monkey Camp is a week long, all-inclusive, fitness-focused camp taught by world class gymnasts, weightlifters, aerialists, CrossFitters, etc. RosieJo was invited to cook for the 5th Camp in April of 2016 and all of us can agree that it was one of the most exciting and rewarding (albeit also VERY tiring!) weeks. The picture above is just the staff alone! Our small staff cooked up three hot meals per day, six straight days, for...

How many times have you heard the recommendation to eat 5-8 servings of vegetables each day? How often do you only hit three servings in a day, and all three are steamed broccoli that sat too long in the microwavable bag? It's really difficult to get a full spectrum of nutrients in your diet while enjoying what you're eating without exploring different foods and testing out your cooking abilities. You don't have to be an expert chef to make vegetables taste good; actually, most of the time, you really only need some grass-fed butter and a good shake of pepper...

For those of you who have had our Grass-fed Beef Lasagna before, you know we're not kidding when we say this stuff is legit. If you haven't had it, you're in luck! It's on our menu this week so do yourself a favor and order 3.   Cappello's whole pasta line is gluten, grain, dairy, and soy free and made with only non-gmo, simple ingredients. Our beloved lasagna sheets in particular are made with only 5 ingredients: almond flour, cage free eggs, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, and sea salt, but we're positive you would never know the difference. Gluten and...

(image:paleoplan.com)   Ghee is simply clarified butter; butter that has been slowly simmered to remove the milk proteins, water, and sugar, leaving pure butterfat and making it a safe and healthy fat for those with dairy sensitivities. Ghee is also a saturated fat, making it perfect for cooking at high heat. Monounsaturated oils (macadamia nut oil, peanut oil, etc) and polyunsaturated oils (soybean oil, grapeseed oil, corn oil, etc.) especially are considerably less stable than saturated fats and heating these oils cause them to oxidize, causing free radical damage in our bodies when we consume them. Coconut oil and ghee...