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

#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: Pumpkin SPIKED Latte

#RavsRecipes: Pumpkin SPIKED Latte

This is the season where we Pumpkin Spice ALL the things. Pumpkin spice lattes? Check. Pumpkin spice chocolate? Check. Muffins, cake, cookies, scones, sodas, and Cheerios? CHECK. If scientists could figure out how to pumpkin spice newborn babies and puppies, I'm sure they would because we are crazy about All Things Pumpkin Spice.

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The drive to hyper-perform is basically a DNA strand of Americans. But that doesn't mean it's healthy... or sustainable.

It's Okay To Ask For Help & It's Definitely Okay To Give It

I can't do this on my own. This life thing, this parenting thing, this figuring out how to make it all work thing? Yeah, those things. I can't. And what's more is I don't think any of us are meant to. It's time to shed the taboo around asking and receiving help.

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Photo by Maciej Ostrowski on Unsplash

An Education Guide For White People

As white feminists, we have an absolute and undeniable responsibility to seek out perspectives of marginalized people and gain understanding.

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#RavsRecipes: Cutest Stuffed Bell Peppers (With A VIDEO!)

#RavsRecipes: Cutest Stuffed Bell Peppers (With A VIDEO!)

Everyone's favorite candy holiday is just around the corner. And I have to tell you, I'm feeling like one of those mythical Pinterest creatures tha

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#RavsRecipes: Butternut Squash Au Gratin

#RavsRecipes: Butternut Squash Au Gratin

It's officially fall. Pumpkin spice everything is everywhere and I totally love it. 

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Feel free to make these as messy and ridiculous as I did.

#RavsRecipes: Easter Geode Treats

Easter is rapidly approaching, which means that we all need to get our collective ish together and figure out how to eat all the chocolate.

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We all have that One Friend. Whatever your problem is, their MLM has a fix for it.

What To Do When Your Friend Won’t Stop Trying To Sell You Things

We all have that One Friend. They found a product that they love and just can’t get enough of it. Whatever your problem is, their MLM has a fix for it.

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#RavsRecipes: Mapledoodle Vegan And Grain-Free Cookie Recipe

#RavsRecipes: Mapledoodle Vegan And Grain-Free Cookie Recipe

My cookie baking knowledge has won me friends and come in handy while navigating food allergies. Here's my delicious vegan and grain-free cookie recipe!

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