The Label Says Paleo

As a nurse, I often work twelve hours shifts.  By the time I get home, I’m tired and ravenous.  Although I’m lucky in that I have a willing ‘sous-chef’, the last thing that I want to do is spend an hour on my feet preparing an elaborate meal.  For that reason, I’ve created several simple [...]

A couple of weekends back I had the privelege of attending a dinner party with a group of people so phenomenal that I actually get a little nervous everytime I get around them. They all have such remarkable life stories and endless spunk! I left that evening inspired for action/direction for my own life PLUS a [...]

On the Paleo diet, you have to be really careful with any sort of condiments or dips. Mustard is generally safe, but many others contain sugar and/or questionable oils. When TLSP took on “strict paleo” back in November, I spent a good deal of time reading mayonnaise labels at every grocery store I stopped in. [...]

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 [...]

We’ve touched on supplements before, but I came across this article from Dr. Andrew Weil and wanted to share it. He is raising his daily recommendation of 1000 IU Vitamin D to 2000 IU. Here’s the part that really made an impression on me: To focus particularly on cancer prevention, two recent meta-analyses (in which [...]

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 [...]

This past weekend I had ever intention of making a how-to video of Veronica’s recipe for cooking a whole chicken. My friend Daniel was over at my apartment for 4.5 hours trying to fix my laptop with no luck. While I had plenty of time to clean my office, kitchen, and living room, I still [...]

This past week I was up in DC for work. I wind up travelling for work just 2 to 3 times per year, so I’m very lucky that I’m not on the road more, fighting to stay paleo. Travelling paleo is tricky. It really is. It requires some extra effort, maybe a little extra dinero, [...]

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 [...]

Another favorite food of mine is salmon.  A great source of omega-3 fatty acids, this fish is not only nutritious, but simple to prepare.  When I’m in a rush, I sprinkle my fillet with a little salt and paper, throw it on a baking sheet and cook it in a 400 degree oven until flaky [...]