Memorial Day BBQ

What to make?   If you’re Paleo, it’s hardly going to be Oscar Meyer Hotdogs on buns with baked beans and macaroni salad!  The good news is that since many people traditionally center a Memorial Day party around the barbeque, keeping it Paleo is a cinch. With tomorrow being the end of the three day […]

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Green Garlic- Bring On The Antioxidants…and The Flavor!

Regular garlic, elephant garlic, black garlic… now green garlic? Well, not that it’s a ‘new’ thing, per se, but to many people’s palates and plates, it’s a novelty. Green garlic is just young garlic which is harvested before the cloves have begun to mature.  It looks like a scallion and is more likely to be […]

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Whole Grains For Triathletes? Please Stop This Nonsense!

Lovely! Another article from the governing body of triathlon telling me that I should have a “minimum of three, one-ounce servings of whole grains daily” because  “…besides supplying premium muscle fuel, quality carbohydrates are filled with health promoting vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and fiber.” Continuing along we read that “a recent study found that consuming three to […]

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Peanuts…The Sneaky Little Guys Are Everywhere!

We know peanuts are not Paleo; they’re a legume, not a nut.   We go out of our way to not eat them, and then, they turn up sometimes in the most unlikely places! They’re in salad dressings, ‘energy bars’, commercially prepared trail mixes (another reason not to buy them) and even in pet treats […]

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