Whether it’s changing your diet, increasing your weekly exercise, starting a meditation practice, giving up cigarettes, or any other big life change, a big switch all at once can backfire in a big way. When you place such stringent rules on yourself (and your family or spouse), you can start to feel deprived, stressed out (because all big life changes are naturally stressful), and even angry. In order to create lasting change, it may be better to make gradual shifts in your routines, instead. When it comes to eating …
My mom made a delicious cabbage dish last night. Adapted from a favorite in our household, Martha Stewart. If you like cabbage and are looking for a new way to make it, give this one a try! Ingredients: 1 Head of green cabbage Olive oil Sea Salt Pepper Caraway / Fennel Seeds Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush a rimmed baking sheet with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil. Place 1 medium head green cabbage, cut into 1-inch-thick rounds, in a single layer on sheet and brush with 2 tablespoons oil. Season with coarse …
Whatever that means. One book signing down, four more to go!! Our book release for The Paleo Kitchen was a complete hit! We had around 120 people come to Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch to hear us speak, pick up a book and have it signed! It was so freaking cool to have that many people show up. I was pitting out with the worry that no one would show up. But people from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins came to visit us. So fun. And we almost sold out of …
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So, um, hey guys. It’s been awhile. What may have happened in the intervening year, you ask? Well, several things. I moved and had a baby, for starters. I also completely abandoned paleo for multiple reasons, including morning sickness, stress, and burnout on food in general. I really wasn’t doing well on paleo near the end of it (around the time I wrote the shrimpy new year post back in Jan 2010) and the time off this past year has given me space to sit back and think about why …
Bacon Lime Sweet Potato SaladBy George Bryant on 05/16/2014This is an amazingly tasty salad contributed to us by George Bryant – from his new book, the Paleo KitchenPrep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 30 minutesYield: 4 servingsIngredients:1/2 pound bacon (225 grams)3 large sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds), cut into 1/2 inch cubes4 garlic cloves, chopped2 tablespoons coconut oiljuice of 1 lime2 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar2 green onions, choppedhandful of fresh dill, roughly choppeddash of red pepper flakesdash of ground cinnamonsalt and pepper, to taste Cooking Directions Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet …
Guest post written by: Dr. Tim Jackson Photo Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Most of us looking to optimize our health get bombarded with information on hormones, gut health and detoxification. But we rarely hear very much about the immune system. The reasons for this are many, namely that it is quite complex and interacts with the other systems in numerous ways. The goal of this article is to give you some basic information on how our immune system works and how to improve upon it. I’m going to assume that …
David Maren is a husband, father, farmer, and co-founder of Tendergrass Farms. Tendergrass Farms is an online grass fed meat shop that exists as a bridge between the often geographically isolated family farmer and committed grass fed meat enthusiasts like yourself. The Tendergrass Farms vision is to sustain family farms through making it easy for you to purchase their meats by taking advantage of appropriate technology and ultra-efficient transportation models that enable their meats to be shipped to fans all around the USA. If you’re not already a …
Are you ready to win 1 of 8 Paleo cookbooks? Awesome! Go HERE to learn how to enter. The cookbooks that are up for grabs: Cavegirl Cuisine Nom Nom Paleo Paleo By Season The Ancestral Table Cooking with Coconut Oil The Paleo Kid’s Chocolate The Paleo Foodie Cookbook The Slim Palate Paleo Cookbook There will be 8 winners so your chances aren’t too bad! Good luck!
if you’ve any leek/leak puns, now’s the time to use them This was actually supposed to be a turnip-based mash but then I turned the corner into the turnip aisle of my local supermarket (yes, it has a turnip aisle – right next to the broccoli counter) and was assailed by a noxious cloud of poison gas. Not really (although I hope you appreciate that attention-grabbing intro) if you do cheese, don’t be afraid to sprinkle some parmesan on that The culprit was a …
If you follow our facebook or twitter account, you’ll know that my brother Tom started a kickstarter campaign for his glorious idea of pre-made paleo, gluten free, kick ass butter coffee in a convenient to-go pack. Okay, so maybe I’m a little biased because Coffee Blocks is my brother’s company. But, I think they’re amazing. A little over a year ago, he started bringing to my house these funny cube shaped versions of what today, is a simple way to get bullet proof coffee …
A Native American maple sugar camp, 1853. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Hi everyone, Andrew here with another food history post. I’m originally from Upstate New York, where maple syrup is kind of a big deal. My family has always had a special fondness for the stuff. The “pancake syrup” made of corn syrup was completely unknown in my house. We only used the real stuff, but sparingly (it’s so sweet!). Maple sugar candy was a favorite treat—but again—only in small amounts. A single 1/3 ounce leaf-shaped candy …
In my post about our wedding reception, I mentioned that I made a menu board out of an old window. It was super fun and totally easy, and I shared how I did it on La Crema’s blog last month. Check out the tutorial here!Thanks again to my friend Sarah of Photo + Love for taking these photos for me! She’s wonderful.
Reposted from my blog, Rational Jenn.As lots of you know, I’ve been eating paleo/primal/real food for many years now, to the overall benefit of my health, and I am committed to continuing this good eating plan forever and ever.But, that doesn’t mean I eat 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} paleo 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} of the time! If you see me consuming something that is definitely not paleo, here are some reasons why that might be:1. I’m traveling.I find it difficult to eat 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} paleo when traveling, for various reasons. So I …
This past weekend, I turned 30. Officially in the dirty thirties now. And I feel great. Fantastic, in fact. My awesome hubby took me on a helicopter flight for my b’day! It has been 1 year since I wrote my postabout putting on weight to restore my fertility. It has been 3 years since I lost my period due to under-eating, over-exercising, taking the birth control pill and being a
We’ve been to two cities on our tour so far and now we’re heading to Portland! We started our book tour in Colorado, then headed to Seattle yesterday and now onto Portland today! Yesterday was a bit hard , I’m not into leaving Jackson. He totally knew something was up. Last time I left him, he had no idea. This time, Jackson stood by my suitcase and he wouldn’t eat, which NEVER happens. It was awful. And you know what he did yesterday for the first time?? …
From the website: Children are vulnerable to advertising. They are less able than adults to fully understand that the purpose of advertising is not to inform but to persuade, and to ultimately sell a product. Studies show that children are much more likely to want to eat food that comes in branded packaging than food with no branding – even if it is the same product. A study of 3 to 5 year olds showed that over 75{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} of children preferred French fries in McDonalds branded wrapping, compared to the just over…
In this event at the CI World Congress, 12 children were asked to choose the contents of their lunch box from a range of healthy and unhealthy options. The results speak for themselves. You can visit the Consumer International website here: http://www.consumersinternational.org/
I’ve been following the lectures on TED for a couple of years, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in ideas, technology and design. TED is an organisation that holds lectures by innovative thinkers, where you’ll often see people of notable prestige in the areas of science, health, and education. ; TED releases videos (almost daily) to the public, for free. These videos; usually just 15 minutes in length, are sure to get you thinking about relevant issues and interesting new solutions. Visit their website and open…
I’m excited to share that my first article was published in Paleo Magazine this month! This post is a bit of an expanded review of my trip to Nicaragua through YOGASCAPES, which I also wrote about in my post called 10 Things I Learned About Health In Nicaragua. Unlike my blog post, this article focuses on the benefits of using your vacation time to incorporate play into your life. I always do this on my vacations, and my trip to Nicaragua was no exception. I hope to continue traveling in …