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If anyone were to ask me where I got my biggest life lessons, it would be as an entrepreneur. Years ago I left the corporate world and starting a decorative painting business. It was there that I learned how to negotiate on behalf of myself and ask for my value. I even negotiated a job that exceeded $50,000. Its MUCH HARDER to sell your own goods, your own services, basically to believe in your own value and purpose.
The bakery, not a planned adventure, has been quite the learning experience. These are the lessons I share to those wanting to venture out on their own.

* There is something you have that the world needs. EVERYONE, has a purpose, as each person is born to be a value center for their part of the world. Some have many varied purposes, but there is something you have that the world needs.
* Your venture should solve someone else’s problem. If your venture is only to satisfy you, it’s probably a great hobby, but not a great business idea.
* Embrace the daily mistakes and failures because that’s where you learn. Be willing to learn something new from yourself and from others. This has been crucial for me.
* Don’t allow mistakes or fails to take you down. They can be the best lessons in polishing you or your products and or services. Fails are a natural part of science of cooking/baking.
* Get feedback. Have a team, a tribe, a community you can trust to critique your work. LISTEN. Learn from others.
* Surround yourself with successful people and edit out negative people. Feedback should come from people who want you to succeed, not fail.
* Research. A quick research gave me my secret ingredient to a chewy cookie.
* Study the market. Look to see who is doing what and tell yourself you can do it better because you’re willing to work harder.
* Don’t do everything by yourself. You will burn out and hate what you’re doing. I have a small team, and I don’t do the paperwork, and I never will.
* Build systems that work. Operations are just as important as creating. In the very early days of the bakery, I set up a system for bagging ingredients, baking days and boundaries. Without this system, I would fail.
* Focus and prioritize. I don’t focus on a f

Happy National Pasta Day. 💚❤️In my top ten blog posts this year is HOW TO COOK PASTA LIKE AN ITALIAN. Certain pasta goes with certain sauces. Biggest mistakes people make. Not salting water heavily. Adding oil (don’t do that). Cooking too long. Pasta should have a bite to it (al dente). It is better for your digestion that way too! Thinking homemade pasta is always best. It’s not always suitable to certain sauces. Not saving some of the pasta water (it’s starchy and can add to certain sauces). Not finishing pasta in cream sauces, mushroom sauces, pesto sauces, etc. Read more about cooking pasta and my favorite pasta dishes here at #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/how-to-cook-pasta-like-an-italian-al-dente/
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Don’t think you have to make turkey for the holidays. Roast chicken can win the day. 👩🏻‍🍳The first one is made with roasted figs and potatoes and is just amazing when you get a little bit of fig with a bite of chicken. This is a no fuss, easy prep dinner that could take the stress out of all the preparation. One year I did two chickens instead of turkeys and we had plenty to go around. Here’s the good news. One hour Roast Chicken takes ONE HOUR to make and it always looks like this. Golden crispy skin and tender meat 👩🏻‍🍳😋. I learned this method from the Zuni Cafe in San Franciso. See recipe below.
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One Hour Roast Chicken

3-4 pound organic chicken
Herbs such as rosemary, sage, thyme
Salt Pepper
Cast Iron Frying Pan
Figs Potatoes

Salt chicken and refrigerate for up to three days. This tenderizes the meat.
Take out two hours before roasting and place herbs under skin.
Preheat over to 450 degrees F.
Once oven is hot, place large cast iron pan in oven for ten minutes to get it hot.
Place chicken in pan. Roast one hour.
At 30 minutes, add potatoes, figs, etc. (make sure your pan is large enough to hold.
Test chicken at thick part of thigh, to make sure 165 degrees F. internal temperature.
Allow chicken to sit for 20 minutes prior to carving.

Combining world egg day with national sausage pizza day with a twist. The crust is all sausage, topped with broccoli rabe, cheese and the oven baked glorious egg. https://spinachtiger.com/keto-sausage-crusted-pizza-broccoli-rabe/
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Apple Cinnamon Lala Cake is back in the bakery only better this year. We are topping with a smattering of Choc Zero Caramel Syrup. 5 net carbs. Order now for next week if you’re local to Nashville. Little Lala Cakes are 6 for $24.
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Every season I like to put a twist on my bolognese. This includes an apple and a mix of pork/beef and sage. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/easy-spaghetti-bolognese-recipe-pork/
Who is having a crazy time this Fall? Me. So much up/down with everything going on. So….get out a dutch oven, make bolognese and enjoy slow food cooking that warms the soul. Food is medicine, not just physically, but spiritually. Authentic bolognese takes kitchen time as you layer, vegetables, then meat, then milk, then wine, then tomatoes. This can take as long as 30 minutes to layer the flavors. THEN….3 to 4 hours of slow passive cooking.
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Every day I look at this angel painting called Carry You and I feel it. Doug surprised me and I mean surprised me with this for my birthday. Deann’s angels are a legend in Nashville, and I am so happy to tell you she has a store on Main Street in downtown Franklin. Not all the paintings are this big. She also does churches, flowers and a few other things. Many sizes. Check out her instagram @deannart
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New to the Bakery, Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Why do I love these so much?👩🏻‍🍳❤️ One biscuit and I can go hours without feeling hungry. They re-heat extremely well. They make great sandwiches. The best way to eat them is to drown them in melted butter. Introductory price is 12 for $20. Pre-order for next week NOW! You’ll be glad you did. Got to #linkinprofile to get to bakery page. Text me your order.
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If I could snap my fingers and bring back a recipe on my dinner table today, it would be this beef bourguinon the Julia Child favorite I’ve made more approachable.#linkinrecipe https://spinachtiger.com/dutch-oven-easy-beef-bourguignon-paleo-keto/
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In the bakery this week. THE GOOEY BROWNIE. 👩🏻‍🍳😘Thanks to delicious Choc Zero chocolate chips, ❤️I make a gooey fudge sauce that is streamed throughout the brownie, giving it that gooey. Then I top with a baked on glaze. It’s AMAZING. Tuesday is last day to order for the weekend. More details #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/
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he Spinach Tiger Bakery is a home-based keto friendly, paleo friendly bakery available for pick up and delivery (minimum requirement).
We feature cupcakes, layer cakes, bundt cakes, sheet pan cakes, blondie sheet pans, cookies, tortillas and biscuits.
We deliver to the Franklin, Nashville area (and sometimes beyond) on Saturday mornings. We offer Friday Saturday pick up.

Spinach Tiger is founded by Angela Roberts, a veteran 12 year food blogger who accidentally started a low-carb, keto friendly, sugar free bakery after years of baking with alternative methods.
We are committed to making baked goods that taste delicious, are nutrient dense and will do no harm.
We use almond flour, coconut flour, and Swerve in our baked goods. We never use xylitol.
To date, we have baked and sold over 5,000 Lala Cakes (our signature cupcake that is shaped like a tart).
We are thrilled that most of our customers order more than four times, and many are weekly or monthly clients.
Let us bake for you and stay off grains and sugar.

The rib eye is hard to beat as a steak choice. And the good news is how easy it is to make the perfect steak. Believe it or not, I get the most traffic and positive comments to my steak recipes and there’s nothing to them but simplicity. Stove top to oven finish. Cast iron pan. Salt and Pepper.Start with hot hot pan. Full recipe #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/perfect-ribeye-steak-recipe-pan-fried-oven-roasted/
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Apples, we wait all summer for you, and now you are here. Grain free Sugar Free apple upside cake that warms the soul. You’re welcome. #linkinrecipe https://spinachtiger.com/low-carb-apple-upside-down-cake-grain-free/
I’m sure I’ll do some version of this for the bakery in the form of a lala cake. We did that last year.
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Locals (nashville)Last Day to order keto bakes for the weekend. We are excited to bring you Grain Free Sugar Free pumpkin spice this week AND Cinnamon Chai. See Cupcake flavors this week below. Order a bundt cake or celebration cake and don’t forget we have cookies, sheet pan cakes and blondies. Go to #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/

Don’t you love pumpkin candles? Me too, especially the ones sold at the Golden Slipper. Best candles ever!
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Cupcake (Lala Cakes) This week

* Chocolate
* Vanilla
* Chai
* Pumpkin
* Blueberry Maple Pancake Muffin
* White Chocolate Raspberry
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The Spinach Tiger Bakery is a home-based keto friendly, paleo friendly bakery available for pick up and delivery (minimum requirement).
We feature cupcakes, layer cakes, bundt cakes, sheet pan cakes, blondie sheet pans, cookies, tortillas and biscuits.
We deliver to the Franklin, Nashville area (and sometimes beyond) on Saturday mornings. We offer Friday Saturday pick up.

Spinach Tiger is founded by Angela Roberts, a veteran 12 year food blogger who accidentally started a low-carb, keto friendly, sugar free bakery after years of baking with alternative methods.
We are committed to making baked goods that taste delicious, are nutrient dense and will do no harm.
We use almond flour, coconut flour, and Swerve in our baked goods. We never use xylitol.
To date, we have baked and sold over 4,000 Lala Cakes (our signature cupcake that is shaped like a tart).
We are thrilled that most of our customers order more than four times, and many are weekly or monthly clients.
Let us bake for you and stay off grains and sugar.

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Happy Fall Salad 👩🏻‍🍳.More people ask me for my salad recipes than my dessert recipes once they eat them. Why? Balance! That magic combination of fat salt and acid along with varying textures and sometimes tiny bit of sweet. The sweet is NOT sugar. It’s usually a bite of fruit but can come from a syrupy balsamic, honey or a sugar free maple syrup. I probably have 25 different vinaigrettes in my arsenal and it always depends on the season and the ingredients. Take this kale salad for instance. The kale is not that curly hard to eat stuff. It’s lacanato kale, rib removed and chopped to bite size. It’s not massaged as that’s not necessary if you dress it a few hours in advance. Pears and apples add sweet and texture. Cranberries or golden raisins add a different form of sweet and texture but might be left out if you’re avoiding sugar. Nuts are always welcome and I used pumpkin seeds in this recipe. As a surprise I used a warmed up maple dressing here. Buy Choc Zero Maple Syrup at 10% off using code SpinachTiger.
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Ingredients
* 2 bunches lacinato kale the long skinny kind aka Tuscan kale
* roasted sweet potatoes
* 1 small apple or pear
* 2 tablespoons toasted pumpkin seeds or nuts of your choice
* 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
* Warmed Cider Vinaigrette
For Roasted Sweet Potatoes
* 2 sweet potatoes peeled, cubed or one large butternut squash, peeled and cubed
* 1 tablespoon maple syrup (Use Choc Zero for Sugar free)
* 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
* dash cinnamon
* dash nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon tumeric optional
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Warm Cider Vinaigrette
* 6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
* 1 clove garlic finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
* 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
* 12 tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
* Wash and dry kale. 
* Remove ribs from kale. I used a sharp knife to cut out

Meatball sliders and Football! Use the rolls you like, but these are made with my amazing keto dinner rolls. GRAIN FREE, GLUTEN FREE, but STILL GOOD. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-meatballs-keto-meatball-sliders/
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The Optimist is one restaurant I never want to see shut down. This time I had Red Snapper Vera Cruz and it was perfection.
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It’s time to get cozy with my new flavor Cinnamon Chai, inspired by this candle from the Golden Slipper (a new adorable store in Germantown). It’s on the menu along with pumpkin, chocolate, vanilla and blueberry. Get your order in TODAY for the weekend. Yes, we deliver wth a minimum of $45 and a $5 charge. Yes, the recipe will be posted on the blog before October. Go see our bakery page #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/
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it’s that time of year when a butternut squash takes front and center, starring in so many wonderful dishes. ❤️We start with a soup. First of all did you now you can just stick a butternut squash in oven until the skin is ready to fall off. 👩🏻‍🍳Add a roasted apple, onion and carrot to the mix, throw in Vitamix with some water (or broth) with spices, maple syrup and heat. Fry some sage, toast pecans for amazing garnish. 😋recipe #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/autumn-soup-roasted-butternut-squash-soup-with-browned-butter-sage-leaves-toasted-pecans/
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My favorite cake flavor is classic chocolate with vanilla buttercream. The Spinach Tiger Bakery can make your next KETO friendly birthday cake. Check us out. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/
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