Paleo Cooking Sous Vide Style: Is It Safe?

Recently, a blog reader wrote in to ask my opinion on implementing sous vide cooking to prepare Paleo style food. Sous vide is a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath or in a temperature-controlled steam environment for longer than normal cooking times. The intention is to cook the item […]

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6 Reasons to Eat Peanuts. What?

According to Learnist,  a “crowd-sourced collection of the world’s knowledge, with curated web, text and video content on Learnboards™ covering tens-of-thousands of topics”, we should all be eating peanuts. Why? Because of their ability to: Can Lower Cholesterol  Control Blood Sugar Lose Fat Make You Lean Provide Good Fats Boost Memory Power Provide Protective Nutrients Hmmm… […]

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Fortified. Enriched. How About Just Eating The Real Deal?

Check out the website of the good old USD (EatRight.org) and you can easily decipher the legal definition of the two food-industry terms: “Both terms mean that nutrients have been added to make the food more nutritious. Enriched means nutrients that were lost during food processing have been added back. An example is adding back […]

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Is Brita Water Paleo?

Hmmm.. let’s think. Did our ancestors take the time to filter their water? No, but then, they didn’t have an environment filled with toxic chemicals and a depleted ozone that we have today. So what to do?  Use a tried and true Brita filter? Maybe, but what is the trader off if you’re filtering off […]

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