Tags: recipes

• Summertime…

  ShareSummer is here, and with it come both opportunities and challenges. Most summers over the past 15 years I have spent shuttling kids to camps, busy from early morning til late in the evening, and frequently struggling to  find a balance and rhythm for the 3 months of the “out of school” schedule. I’ve been too busy to cook, we’ve eaten “on the run” and in the car, and over-consumed packaged foods and take-out food. Many times there haven’t been [...]

• PREPARING FOR NUTRITIONAL BATTLE: WILL YOU FREAK OUT?

  Share 30- DAYS STRICT…. Been there, done that,  doing it again… THE RIGHT WAY!  Nope, I’m not talking “Paleo Challenge” as previously completed.  This time I am all about Whole 30. I am now at 5 days til I begin my journey, and I am wondering what the heck is going on with me.  How does someone who embraces Paleo nutrition like religion lose all sensibilities on the verge of a 30-day quest??  I’ve been scratching  my head all week [...]

• I don’t like to cook! I’m not creative! I don’t know what to make! I’m bored! I need some ideas!

  ShareI hear those excuses and complaints frequently from people who have tried shifting to Paleo, or who think they want to but don’t think they can, or who’ve been Paleo for a while and have gotten stuck in a rut (myself included, I’m afraid!). Fortunately, there’s no reason to panic or stay stumped  when you have access to a plethora of healthy, nutritious recipes! Here’s a compilation of the best resources on the web and in print  that I’ve found [...]

• Celebrating Earth Day every day the Paleo Way

  ShareOk, I know Earth Day was actually a few days ago, but never mind! I’m using that as inspiration to share some ideas about how to celebrate and honor the Earth the Paleo Way, not just on April 22nd, but every day! “As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that [...]

• Paleo and Pregnant

  Share I have a client who is eating Paleo and Pregnant.  Wow, I think to myself, I wish I would have known, heck I wish my doctor would have encouraged it! My client was eating within the Paleo guidelines prior to her pregnancy.  She purchases her vegetables and fruits at the farmers market and her proteins are purchased from an organic farm.  She calculates financially she spends $100 more each month than she would at her local grocery store. She [...]

• Juicing!

  ShareLast week I wrote about making shakes. This week I’m doing the same thing, only different! This week is all about juicing. I love my veggies, but I just can’t seem to consume enough of them and since I want to increase my vegetable intake, I decided to investigate Vegetable Juicing. I have to say, that my initial thoughts upon contemplating the word “juicing” turned immediately to either steroids or the old Wheat Grass/Carrot Juicer I used to have to [...]

• Please Help The Children!

  ShareIt was a cold rainy Sunday  I lay snuggled on my couch watching t.v. flipping between the Olympics and Sponge Bob when this commercial came on……(click on the Tomato Sneak Link Below) Tomato Sneak 3-26 I was speechless, I jumped off the couch ran to my kitchen and called my 3 and 7 year old over.  Quiz time kids, I showed them a Tomato and said “What is this?” My seven year old said “tomato, are you crazy Mom?” Okay, [...]

• What’s Shakin’?

  Share“Ya put your good stuff in, ya keep the bad stuff out, ya put more good stuff in and you shake it all about!” Lots of people LOVE shakes.  For many folks, shakes are the way to get a quick and easy meal while on to go or at work. Most start with some ice,  fruit, orange juice and a couple scoops of protein powder, or fruit, yoghurt and juice. But wait!  We’re eating food the Paleo way now, so [...]

• Friday FoodFest!

  Share The weekend is almost here and perhaps you, like me, have a little additional time to prepare something a bit special for dinner. The PaleoChix have contributed four different recipes to inspire your creative cooking juices and give you some ideas to bring a fresh and yummy meal to the table. The Photo here is of a Birdseye Chili, which I had never known the name of until today! Watch out, it’s a hot one (but you can sub [...]

• A Visit to the Pyramids

  ShareI’m not usually happy when one of my kids misses school, but when my youngest son was out for 4 days with a bad cold, the timing couldn’t have been better! While he was out, the PE teacher presented the students with a Nutrition unit, which was based upon the USDA Food Pyramid.  When given the “test preparation” pages upon his return, Ben and I were stumped and had to look up a whole lot of information. Although neither of [...]