As promised, here’s my meal plan for the following week. This post is part of Orgjunkie.com’s Menu Plan Monday blog carnival. If you’re fishing for inspiration, go check out everyone else’s meal plans. I wrote this meal plan using my new, handy-dandy blank menu planner.
Archives for February 2009
4 Meal Planning Tips For Busy People
Once upon a time, I began each week with a meal plan. It was an amazing little thing — a simple sheet of paper with hand written notes outlining the week’s meals. It also made doing traditional foods preparation a lot simpler. If I planned sandwiches for lunch on Tuesday, I would make a note to bake sandwich bread Monday night. I’d note when to make mayonnaise, ketchup, or dill pickle relish. I’d tell myself when to marinate meat or start the crock pot. When to sprout grains or legumes.
Study Shows Benefits of Paleo Diet
It’s not surprising news (at least to me). But it is news. Medical researchers released the results of a study on Wednesday that demonstrated just how beneficial a return to eating foods more traditional to the human diet can be. They took a group of non-obese, sedentary(!) volunteers and fed them a paleolithic diet for 10 days. Just 10 days! And they got amazing and significant results.
Cookbook Giveaway!
Okay. Now for some really exciting news. Drew over at How To Cook Like Your Grandmother has created an all-new, color, illustrated version of his cookbook. And he’s giving away three copies! Drew is the guy who taught me how to render beef tallow (among many other interesting and handy kitchen skills I didn’t pick…
The Cholesterol Myth
In my latest video, I talked about the Lipid Hypothesis — the theory that there is a direct correlation between the levels of saturated fat and cholesterol in the diet with incidence of heart disease. Today, I’d like you to hear from a man who absolutely rips the Lipid Hypothesis to shreds.
Suggest A Topic — I Dare You!
Of course, I have a hundred ideas for new blog posts everyday. But this blog isn’t about me. It’s about you.
Good Fat, Bad Fat — A Video Tutorial
When I tell people about my diet, they smile and nod through just about every detail. Oh, you make your own condiments? Great. You cook everything from scratch? Great. You source local, organic vegetables and meats? Great. When I tell them I cook with animal fats — lots of animal fats — I lose them….
Breakfast Smoothies — Real Raw Food
They’re fast. They’re nutritious. We eat them every morning. And sometimes we eat them with lunch or dinner. Popular with kids as well as parents, smoothies enable you to sneak in all kinds of healthy vegetables and proteins your family members might otherwise turn their nose up at. Make them with totally fresh, raw ingredients…
Wendell Berry On The Problems of Industrialization
I *heart* Wendell Berry — an agrarian poet and farmer bent on asking and answering some of the most potent questions we’re faced with in today’s world. His work regularly points out the divide between consumer and producer, city and country. These divides violate something Berry holds dear — relationships. Almost all of Berry’s work…