Choosing Your Oils

All oils are not created equal, and even within one specific type of oil, like olive, there are still many variations. The first PALEO rule of thumb when it comes to oils is that our choices include olive, walnut, avocado, coconut and flaxseed.  (Fish oil is also an important part of The Paleo Diet, but […]

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Corn Is Not A Vegetable!

Argh!  What a pet peeve!  Corn is NOT a veg.  It's a grain.   Perfect example of people missing the boat is as follows: I ordered my fave salad to go from a local cafe (which I always have to doctor by asking for NO grain, NO feta and dressing on the side), and, much […]

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Roasting A Whole Fish

While eating a nice, clean, deboned filet is far more 'neat' than eating a whole fish (the latter is, indeed, work as one needs to be cautious of avoiding eating pin-bones), the presentation of serving a whole fish is quite lovely. In keeping with using a 'whole' animal, using the whole fish also allows one […]

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Artichokes, Baby!

Or rather, baby artichokes! Quite the opposite of a few recent posts I've done which featured GIANT fruits.. look what I found the other day:  little teeny, tiny baby artichokes! As with many other 'baby' versions of fruits & veg, they were more delicate and almost sweet compared to their larger (and sometimes tougher) counterparts, […]

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