OK, this blog is mostly for me. Selfish reasons aside, I do hope that it gets read by people and above all, I hope it helps people. I've been thinking lately that I need a way to write down my thoughts about all the things I learn in my quest for better health for my family. I also wanted somewhere to keep my recipes and what works and what doesn't, what we liked and what we didn't. Using this format, I can post pictures of food I make, any changes I would make from the original recipe and hopefully inspire myself and others to make quick, easy meals that taste great and nourish ourselves and our loved ones. Attention; I will ALWAYS give credit to recipes that aren't my original work. I understand that other Paleo bloggers and authors work very hard to create their recipes, so I will always give credit where credit is due. I will also post changes I make to any recipes created by another person, but also include links and credits to the original recipes.
I find a lot recipes that work well as is, but I often change recipes to suit our tastes and dietary needs and the ingredients I have on hand. And sometimes I just make them up as I go along! I hope I can inspire others to do the same.
I am sort of a podcast junkie, my husband gets a little tired of hearing about all of the new things I'm geeking out on from podcasts and books and websites, etc, so this is somewhere I can put it down, with links so I can find the information easily in one place, yay technology! I love science and finding out how our bodies work, and especially how are bodies react and use the foods we eat and the exercise we do.
Our "Paleo Journey" as so many call it, started about two years ago when my husband read a book by this really cool, super smart guy, Robb Wolf. It's called The Paleo Solution. After reading this book, we dabbled in Paleo, my husband stuck with it a bit more than I did in the beginning. I wasn't really on board right away, bread is yummy, after all. Since I do a bigger portion of the shopping, planning and preparing meals, I would say it took a full year and a half to really make the complete change to a Paleo lifestyle and eating a pretty clean diet. I have to say, dabbling in Paleo is NOT something I recommend, you will not get the results you desire, and you won't feel as good as you can. My husband saw immediate results, literally within days of starting Robb's 30 day recipe plan. He felt better looked better, slept better, and on and on, it was truly amazing! This lifestyle is still a work in progress, we have our weaknesses, after all, we're only human. One thing we almost never compromise on anymore is gluten, if we do, it's usually by accident and I will know it because of the migraine that will inevitably follow and my youngest son's skin will be one big patch of eczema, among some other, not so PC side effects. But I'm sure this isn't the last time gluten will come up, stay tuned!
I do have a full time job and four young boys, and the cave husband just opened a CrossFit Gym, in partnership with two other people, so we're busy, I will post whenever I have something to post about and when I have time, hopefully a couple times per week, even if it's just a picture + recipe of what we had for dinner that isn't an In & Out protein style burger. The new gym will definitely come up, since a lot of our time and energy is spent there.
Here is our modern cave family, minus one dog, since we hadn't added him to our family yet, he's only three months old now.
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