Labels are deceptive. I was in the grocery store yesterday — in the sugar aisle. Of 5 products claiming to be natural, raw sugar, exactly ZERO actually were! Now, I know we’re supposed to avoiding sweeteners altogether. When I get a hankerin’ for sweets, I usually grab a fruit or — I kid you not…
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More Advantages of Grass-Fed Beef
Yes, there are health benefits to eating grass-fed beef. But there are other advantages as well. For example, rotating cattle through pastures by allowing them to intensively graze on young, shooting grass builds an inch of fertile top soil every year! That’s because grass grows down as well as up. When a cow walks by…
Eat Fat to Lose Fat: A Real-Life Example
I’ve said it before. Fat isn’t bad for you. It’s not the quantity of fat you eat, but the kinds of fats that matter. In short: Vegetable oils = BAD Animal fats = GOOD (Go read this post on the subject if you’re fuzzy on why this is so.) Mark Sisson, of Mark’s Daily Apple,…
Egg Drop Soup — A Paleo/Primal Recipe
It’s fast. It’s nutritious. It’s Egg Drop Soup. My kids love it, and it’s a tasty way to get quality animal proteins into our diet without spending a fortune. We have it with lunch or dinner about once a week. It also has the added benefit of being primal. You know — the kind of…
Newbie Tips
Taking Baby Steps Towards Better Health How do we make real, lasting change in our lives for the better? Everybody say it with me now: “Baby Steps.” (Bob would be proud.) Any changes you can make, no matter how small, do make a difference. In Japan, it’s called kaizen. It’s a strategy for making change…
Healthy Fats: Is There Such A Thing?
Food Renegade Newbie Tip #2 Start Eating Healthy Fats. They’re not what you might think they are. If you’ve become a Label Nazi, you’ve probably noticed the perniciously pervasive oils that saturate the Standard American Diet (SAD) — corn & soybean oils. These oils — along with most vegetable oils — are primarily polyunsaturated fats…
Sausage & Swiss Stuffed French Toast
This is easy. So easy I feel guilty that I don’t make it for my husband and kiddos more often. It’s also a family favorite. My kids gobble it up with the relish of wild beasts. And it’s fancy enough to serve guests. A hit. As if a savory sausage and melted swiss cheese stuffing…
How To Effectively Change Your Diet For The New Year
I’ve said it before, but it bears saying again: Baby Steps. Baby Steps are the key to any real, lasting change. Offended by the word “baby”? Then, call them whatever you want — small, tiny, rookie, newbie. The point is to make changes in small, but effective increments. You start with where you’re at, and…
Why use buttermilk?
Do you love buttermilk pancakes served with real butter and drizzled with real maple syrup? Old-fashioned waffles? Grandma’s biscuits, fresh out of the oven? Me too. It’s a shame people these days don’t know what buttermilk is for. Why did our grandmothers and great-grandmothers add buttermilk to their quick breads? Here’s a hint. They used…
Junk Food Isn’t All Bad
…at least not if you take Michael Pollan’s advice and only eat junk food you make yourself. (Don’t know who Michael Pollan is? You absolutely MUST READ his bestselling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It’s the single most important book on food in America today.) I tend to agree with Pollan’s assessment. If you only eat…