Carrie Saum

Bio

Carrie is an author, recipe creator, food lover, and feels super pumped about connecting people in her online community,www.ourstabletable.com. With a great sense of humor, warmth, and vulnerability, Carrie brings genuine reality to the Internet, along with tasty food and slightly inappropriate jokes. After receiving her paramedic medical training, Carrie spent a decade abroad and in the U.S. in the non-profit medical sector, before venturing into the world of Ayurveda and integrated health in 2011.Carrie uses her skills mostly for good these days, and helps clients from all over the world meet their health goals. She loves spending time around the table with her young son, partner, family, and friends. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Carrie Saum Articles

Simple, versatile, delicious: this take on s'mores will make everyone happy.

#RavsRecipes: S'mores Cookie Cups

This is the thing about cooking for the internet: It only wants sweet treats. Okay, and cauliflower recipes.

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To elevate this dish, consider drinking a dirty martini while your asparagus roasts. Image: Our Stable Table.

#RavsRecipes: Roasted Heirloom Tomato And Asparagus Salad

Asparagus. It's a definite love-it-or-hate-it kind of vegetable. In general, I'm a veggie lover, but I'm a super asparagus fan. There is no way that I WON'T eat it.

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There are no good or bad foods so let's stop moralizing food.

Moralizing Food (Or Money, Fitness, Time) Is Immoral

This is utter nonsense. There are no good or bad foods so let's stop moralizing food. Let's also stop moralizing money fitness and time!

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The Invisibility Of Motherhood

I didn't have even an ounce of energy to spare to process my own feelings. Everything I had went to my son.

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#RavsRecipes: Green Goddess Soup

#RavsRecipes: Green Goddess Soup

Ladle, herbs, cover, blend. Repeat until finished. Season with remaining spices. Now, go and and feed your inner goddess with this Green Goddess Soup.

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image credit: Carrie Saum

Would You Let Your Son Wear Pink Shoes?

I knew it was bound to happen.  

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#RavsRecipes: Persimmon Burrata Flatbread

#RavsRecipes: Persimmon Burrata Flatbread

I now interrupt your frantic turkey preparations for the following announcement: 

EAT PIZZA, INSTEAD.

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#RavsRecipes: Ginger Garlic Spice Rub

#RavsRecipes: Ginger Garlic Spice Rub

Am I the only one who gets pumped about using a crockpot during the colder months?

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#RavsRecipes: Lemongrass Ginger Chicken Soup​

#RavsRecipes: Lemongrass Ginger Chicken Soup

Food is fun and chicken soup is hard to mess up. Truly! Enjoy this Lemongrass Ginger Chicken Soup recipe from my heart to your stove.

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