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…
Category Archives: Grain-Free, Gluten-Free
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chia Seeds: Power Food or Just Another Cheap Food for the Masses?
Once we started to leave our Hunter-Gatherer ways to become Agrarian, we had to find a local staple food that could cheaply feed much larger populations than our small family groups. In some places it was a grain like wheat, rye or millet, in other places it was a seed like chia or quinoa, and in…
Missing Grains While Transitioning to a Paleo Diet? Try Quinoa!
Quinoa is a seed, therefore, it can be eaten on a grain-free, gluten-free diet. Quinoa is a complete protein and contains healthy amounts of several minerals. While it is technically gluten-free, the protein in quinoa can still cause digestive upsets in susceptible people. Also, quinoa is high in fibre… and as I’ve mentioned before, fibre…
