As I write this, we’ve made it through two full weeks of the Whole 30/21 DSD. I finally turned a corner this week and felt pretty great most days. My moods are more even (read: there were less episodes of me telling Mike I hated his ass face), I’m sleeping great, and don’t get that late afternoon face-meets-wall thing around 2 pm like I used to. I have tons of energy and have been feeling great through my WODs, even the heavy breathers which I usually suck …

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For the last installment of the SHEBA® Entrées for Cats  review series, I decided to talk about how being a cat owner is a lot like being a parent. Since I AM a parent, I feel qualified to make that statement. Back when Mr. Hungry and I weren’t parents yet, people with children would sometimes get offended when we’d compare having pets The post What Being a Cat Owner Means to Me – SHEBA® Cat Food Review Series Part 3 appeared first on I Breathe… I'm Hungry….

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Happy weekend, friends! I have some links I wanted to share but yesterday I really wanted to show you my DIY menu board, so here I am on a Saturday. Last night, Rob and I went to happy hour at Chino Latino with some friends, followed by coconut milkshakes at The Wedge. We’ve been really busy lately and it was so nice to just slow down and enjoy an evening (and be home early)! I have zero plans for this weekend other than sleeping in, going for a walk or…

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“How on earth do you guys keep up with everything you’ve got going on?”  ” SEVEN kids? That’s INSANE. How DO you do it all?”  We get this a lot. Especially when people see things on facebook about what we’ve got going on this week. I have even had people tell me to stop pretending my life is so damn perfect and be real. Okay, here’s the real: We are a hot mess. Having a family of nine IS  insane. There truly is …

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The Slosh Tube is a bit of PVC pipe about 3 meters long, 4 inches thick, and filled with 20 litres of water.  You can build one for approximately $20. It’s surprisingly difficult to control the Slosh Tube, because the water in the tube is always moving around – just when you think you have it stabilised, the water moves again, throwing you all over the place. I could really feel my entire mid-section getting a good thrashing – the balance required to hold this thing is incredible.  I would recommend …

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I ate a bug. More specifically, I ate a cricket. Well, probably a dozen crickets. And I didn’t gag, puke, or immediately regret my decision. You might be wondering how this is possible. Well, when crickets are mashed up with dates, chocolate, cayenne pepper, and other tasty ingredients, you don’t even realize that you’re eating an insect. That’s the beauty of the Chapul Bar. You can eat crickets all day and actually enjoy it. Weird, right? Are crickets the next big #Paleo craze?Click To Tweet – …

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Two human studies, published in 1995 and 2000, tested the effect of carbohydrate vs. fat overfeeding on body fat gain in humans.  What did they find, and why is it important?We know that daily calorie intake has increased the US, in parallel with the dramatic increase in body fatness.  These excess calories appear to have come from fat, carbohydrate, and protein all at the same time (although carbohydrate increased the most).  Since the increase in calories, carbohydrate, fat, and protein all happened at the same time, how do we know that …

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I miss that face so much it hurts Five years ago, I met the two great loves of my life – Hubs and Dog. They came as a pair and I’ve never known a dog to be so bonded to its owner. Hubs couldn’t walk from one room to the other without Dog trotting at his heels. They shared a bed, a sofa, a whole lifetime before I came on the scene. Walking as I did into this batchelor idyll, you’d expect Dog to show some animosity …

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Do you suffer from headaches or migraines? Or is it low blood pressure? Maybe a runny nose? All of these symptoms could be resultant of a histamine intolerance. This vastly overlooked condition can derail many, who would otherwise greatly benefit from a Paleo Diet. But what exactly is histamine and what does it mean to be intolerant to it? Histamine is a biogenic amine that occurs (in differing amounts) in many foods.1 In a person without an intolerance, exogenous histamine obtained via food can be rapidly detoxified by amine oxidases…

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Over this past weekend, I was scheduled to appear at the latest Perfect Health Retreat in Wilmington, North Carolina as a guest chef. I had a whole day’s worth of recipes planned for the 20+ attendees and staff members, most of them based on traditional Indonesian or Malaysian dishes. I was very excited, and had even devoted the previous weekend to practicing and tweaking the recipes to get everything perfect. And then life struck. My son Oliver started feeling very sick last weekend, likely a gift from one of…

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According to the Internet, May is National Salad Month. Who am I to disagree?! With that in mind — and with potluck season officially kicking off in the U.S. with Memorial Day next week, a.k.a., the first official holiday of the summer — here are some of my favorite Paleo Summer Salads. They’re all easy to double and triple for sharing at potlucks, and they’re so packed full of flavor and texture and mouth explosions like fireworks, no one except your most astute friends and …

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No menu plan this week. We all might be subsisting on quick-fix tex-mex. Thank goodness my husband’s mother fixed us some real food over the weekend! We are getting the furniture and everything all packed up for our “hop” across town… Catch ya on the flip side!floor picnic with the kids

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One-Pot with a flavor shortcut… As of late I have been working on a slew of new paleo sauces for my upcoming book, One Pot Paleo. These sauces often involve simmering for a while and sometimes an immersion blender. Understanding that not everyone has the time (or desire) to whip up their own paleo sauces, I reached out to Steve’s PaleoGoods to check out their PaleoChef line of paleo-friendly sauces and dressings. One of the first flavors I tried was the tomato balsamic dressing, which was beyond…

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Image stolen with love directly from their site. We all knew it had to happen. Michelle Tam of NomNomPaleo.com fame, has cooked and cursed her way into our hearts and bellies, and now she can adorn your bookshelf. I hear ya: “WHAT?! Another Paleo cookbook!” Oh yes, but you’ll want this one. Besides, it has one of those cool fabric bookmarky thingies like all the big hardbacks of yore. Fancy! What’s clear from the beginning is how much of a labor of love this was …

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Cravings can spell trouble for the most committed of healthy eaters. It’s viciously hard to hold up under the all-consuming drive to eat that makes your mouth start watering just imaging the food you want. And even if you can struggle through it once, could you keep doing it forever?… The post 8 Ways to Beat a Craving appeared first on Paleo Leap | Paleo diet Recipes & Tips.

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As a single gal, I only have to worry about cooking for myself. It had been too long since I had made kabobs and I was just really craving some grilled pineapple. I was at Fresh & Easy (a Southern California grocery store) and I found the gluten-free aisle. I was hoping  there would be some sort of magical marinade that would fit in to my paleo regime. I was in luck. I discovered this marinade / dressing that is pretty close! I just needed to use a little to …

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Since I was named the editor of the Food & Drink Section at Chicagoist, I haven’t had as much time to blog here. A lot my writing there isn’t going to be particularly interesting unless you live in Chicago, but I have a scattering of pieces that might appeal to a broader audience I will highlight here from time to time with commentary. 

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Testimonial written by: Montana Mike Hey everybody, First off, here’s a little back ground info on myself. As I was growing up in a family of five, it was obvious that I was the one who was always trying to be the “healthiest.” I was very active, I was playing high school soccer, weightlifting, backpacking and running long distances. And I never even really considered that proper nutrition was vital to fuel those activities. I just abided by the food pyramid with the majority of my food …

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