Author Archives: Andrea Wilson

Quinoa: Straying from the Paleo Diet

A couple of weeks ago, I wanted a snack to have while watching NetFlix, so I took a bag of quinoa out of my cupboard and cooked some up. It made a great rice-pudding-like dessert mixed with blueberries and cream. However, my digestion wasn’t very happy with me and I suffered the old, pre-Paleo bloating and…

Bone Broth Made from Beef Feet

Okay, I’m really excited! I just found beef feet at my local Asian supermarket (for Vancouverites: the T&T Supermarket in Coquitlam Centre). Today I’m making bone broth from duck feet (chicken feet make excellent stock, but I’ve never tried duck feet before), but I’ve been wanting to make stock from beef feet for a few…

Listening to Your Body: A Double-edged Sword

You will hear many people say, “You should listen to your body,” or “Your body knows best.” It sounds so sensible and so organic. But it isn’t always good advice and it isn’t always true! “Listening to your body” can be a double-edged sword! For one thing, we don’t always recognize what our body’s signals…

Paleo Egg Muffins

Mark Sisson has a recipe for egg muffins in his “Primal Blueprint Cookbook.” Tonight I decided to try the recipe because my grandsons are coming to visit on the weekend and I thought they might like them. But the boys are vegetarians, so I bought some “Mexican-seasoned fake ground round” to use in place of the…

A Contest: Mark Sisson’s 30-Day Paleo Challenge

Today in Mark Sisson’s 30-Day Challenge, he is asking his readers to answer ten questions about their experiences in going Paleo. He will compile the answers into a digital ebook. Each answer counts as one entry in Mark’s contest. Ten questions means ten opportunities to win. Here’s the link if you want to enter: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-share-your-wisdom/. Make…

Making Bone Broth in a Slow Cooker or Crockpot

I made a few one-pot meals in my new crockpot recently, but I wasn’t very impressed. The meat was tasteless; all the flavour was in the liquid that was sucked out of the meat. Every meal tasted pretty much the same. I guess if you’re really in a rush in the evenings, it could be…

Dairy is Neolithic, not Paleolithic!

While the various paleo/primal diets that are currently popular vary in opinion as to whether you should eat dairy or not, I just wanted to clear up a few things. Our Paleo ancestors did not drink milk, except their mother’s, of course. While the Maasai keep cattle and drink their milk and their blood, their Paleo ancestors…

Is a Low Carb, Paleo Diet Too Expensive?

At first I thought it would be too expensive to eat primal the right way with grass-fed beef and pastured chicken, etc., but when I realized what I wouldn’t be buying (no bread, pasta, processed foods; almost no canned or packaged foods) and how satisfying eating high fat was, I began to think this way of…

Constipated? IBS/IBD? Six Steps to Restoring Your Gut’s Health

1. Stop Eating Fiber: Read “Fiber Menace.” For most, this will mean removing all grains and legumes from your diet, although white rice seems to be the least offensive grain and may be eaten, if tolerated, and, if a paleolithic-type diet is not being followed. 2. Eat Saturated Fat: Bacon fat, lard, tallow, suet, butter, ghee (clarified…

Should I Choose Lean or Fatty Meat on a Paleo Diet?

When a paleo/primal (caveman) diet author, blogger or nutritionist advocates high fat, moderate protein and low carbs, it sounds fine until they start talking about regular vs. grass-fed beef and poultry. So here’s the “skinny” on that issue: If you have to buy regular, grain-fed meat, buy the leanest cuts available. Supplement the lean meat with…