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…
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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…
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…
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…
IBS, Constipation, Diarrhea, Gas and Bloating on a Paleo Diet
Digestion is a complex subject, but self-experimentation can often prove very effective when the medical community is handing you drugs and not solutions. Yes, many people just want a drug that will resolve all their digestive issues, with 100% effectiveness and no nasty side effects. The problem is… that drug hasn’t been invented! But here’s…
All Canned Sardines Are Not Created Equal!
It pays to try several (many?) brands of sardines before deciding that you don’t like them or that you are “just okay” with them. Really good sardines from Morocco, for instance, taste so much like tuna that you’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference in a taste test. The brand I buy in Canada is…
You Are What You Eat!
Thinking is such fun… You are mainly made up of water, protein (meat) and fat. I could eat you and survive quite nicely. You are zero parts grain, seed, nut, vegetable or fruit. Therefore, you are more like yourself when you eat meat. Trust me, if we’re in a plane crash in the remote wilderness…
