Kale Powder? How About Kale Power Instead?

I thought I’d seen all the possible permutations of kale- in the form of chips of all flavors, that is, but yesterday at Whole Foods, I saw something new:  kale powder. Freeze-dried and organic and $20.00 for 2 ounces? A quick peek at the label touted all its benefits: Supports healthy detoxification and healthy liver […]

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Welcome Back to School with a Healthy Lunch

We all know it’s a sad state of affairs when we think about the state of school lunches. But when we see ‘healthy lunch’ ideas touted by what we regard as valid sources of information, it doesn’t really help the situation. Just yesterday, I received an emailed newsletter entitled 5 Tips to Pack the Perfect […]

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If Only We Didn’t Need Adjectives

Organic blueberries.  Grass-fed beef.  Wild Salmon. Imagine if real food was just food and we didn’t need to use adjectives? Sadly, the exact opposite is the case today. If you walk into a grocery store and buy an apple, just an apple without any descriptives, it’s likely going to be conventionally grown somewhere far away […]

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Fresh Figs- Another California Treat

Just like my post yesterday about how nice it is to have access to fresh Rosemary, another fruit I’ve missed is fresh figs. (It’s almost as though being gone for a while gave me an even greater appreciation for all the fresh produce we have here, year round!). While we often think of the high […]

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Rosemary, How I’ve Missed You

One of the things I’ve missed quite  bit during our six month stay, thus far, in NYC, is the abundance of herbs and spices that grow au natural right outside our door of our home in LA. Being back home now, I can’t tell you how much I relish the delicious smell of rosemary, jasmine […]

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A Paleo Mix?

With the exception of perhaps a dried spice and herb blend called a ‘seasoning mix’, I’d be really hard pressed to believe any mix of any kind could be Paleo. Especially a bread mix. A few weeks back, I wrote about a Paleo Bread Machine and this morning in an email newsletter, there was an […]

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Avocados Galore

Kudos to Livestrong for another home run.   While the entire piece they published a few days back about avocado wasn’t positioned as being Paleo, there was quite a good selection of recipes that completely fit the bill. They offered some great ideas, some of which I’ve been doing for a while, like using avocado […]

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Coconut Oil In My Coffee?

Yes, you read that correctly. And if you’ve been in the Paleosphere for a while, you’ve likely heard about this. I was introduced to the concept a few years back when I did an interview with The Bulletproof Executive (click). His signature formula contains butter, I’ve played around with just using the MCT oil without […]

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Your Body Is Talking To You. Listen.

If you were to buy a new type of body lotion and apply it to your skin and then have the unfortunate experience of breaking out in a rash, it would be rather obvious that there was some type of ingredient that simply didn’t agree with you. You’d then be likely (hopefully) to put two […]

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Before You Gobble Up Those “Paleo” Baked Goods…

Have a look at this. Keep in mind that while replacing white flour with almond flour, white sugar with honey and using tapioca as a thickener are indeed slightly less offensive than sticking with the good old Standard American and acceptable for the rare treat on special occasions (think about how often cavemen likely ran into […]

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