The Label Says Paleo

First, a disclaimer: YOU CAN EAT PALEO WHEREVER THE HELL YOU PLEASE. Literally. You can order your food however you want it. You’re paying for it. Don’t be shy. That said, there are places where it is much EASIER to eat paleo and where you won’t be as tempted by thin crust pizza or the [...]

Just discovered the most amazing way to enjoy a “PBJ”: mix a spoonful of almond butter (LOVE Kettle Brand) with an equal amount of applesauce (no sugar added, obvi) and voila: PBJ! Granted, there is no PB or J, but as someone who used to make the sandwich sans one piece of bread so I [...]

Lisa and I (collectively L7) were talking the other night about releasing a cookbook called L7 Skillet Recipes. We’d make zillions of dollars helping people eat Paleo/Primal. Whoohoo! Here’s how the idea started: we were making dinner while talking on the phone. I said: “I’m making a skillet. Ground beef, cabbage, and spinach. In pastured [...]

An article recently came out in Atlantic Monthly that is particularly interesting for our Whole-Foods-loving band of paleos: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/walmart-local-produce Atlantic Monthly writer Corby Kummer shopped for ingredients from both Wal-Mart and Whole Foods in order for Austin’s FINO (who, btw, often but not always have local, free range meat) to create a four-course dinner. They [...]

As a freelance writer, I spend a lot of time eating out — checking out new restaurants, schmoozing over lunches, and networking at happy hours. I’ve also been traveling more recently, so I’ve been having to eat out more as I’ve gotten more strict with my Paleo diet (I also strictly only eat free-range chicken [...]

For Christmas, I got The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. I read the entire thing on the plane ride home, and I was thrilled to get a chance to cook something from it tonight. First things first, Elana is adamant about choosing the proper almond flour. Apparently the ever-prevalent Bob’s Mill doesn’t cut it; I worried [...]

It’s illegal to buy raw milk in the state of Texas, but to be Paleo with our milk it must be raw. You can buy raw milk on the farm from the owner, so off we went. We picked this raw dairy out of a list of many (some closer to Austin) raw dairies simply [...]

OK, I made these again and the new version is EVEN BETTER than the last. Changes will all be in bold below. I also came up with the holy grail: a Paleo Buttercream frosting!!! Sorry I’ve been MIA, team, I’ve been throwing the crazy party you guys were all SO AWESOME about supporting. I’ve been [...]

People, I am 15 hours and 55 minutes into my first day “off” the Paleo Challenge and I can’t bring myself to eat anything not Paleo. I’m at a coffeeshop, but as I tweeted, I couldn’t even bring myself to buy a latte or some vegan pumpkin bread. I’m scared! Big bad dairy, grains, soy! [...]

Happy Birthday @lodea! Since I’m not here on Lisa’s favorite day of the year, when she again gets to eat cold, amazing deliciousness from Yogurt Spot, I made her a totally Paleo birthday cake. Luckily, she liked the slightly-salty and not-at-all-sweet cake topped with sort of strange icing. So much so that when I looked [...]