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  • I don't do beef stock often, but moreso chicken stock. When I do chicken stock I use 1-2 chicken carcasses and the "throw aways" of any veggies I had used. Typically that is the skins and some bits of 3-4 heads of garlic, about three pounds of onions, the end of celery (not the leaves), some bits of mushrooms that were…
  • Thanks Quinn :). Sometimes I'll throw some of the broth in with the meat and toss my veggies in there too and make it more soup-like for a different kind of lunch.
  • You mention that you have a lot of pins for crockpot meats rather than recipes. What if you cook those crockpot meats and roast vegetables. He can put the two together for meals and then instead of one meal for 5 days he can take different combinations. I mention this because it's what I do for my lunches and dinners every…
  • I fell of the wagon to the point of going vegan again for about six months. I've been vegetarian or vegan most of my life (since age 11, now almost 29), so I think it's a matter of comfortability and knowing that I KNOW how to eat when I eat that way. But the fact is I don't feel good when I eat that way, so I'm back on…
  • Between my job, the kids, going to school, and homeschooling I'm *worn out* most of the week and barely have time to breathe. On that note, it means that I have to do a lot of pre-cooking just as you are talking about. If I don't then I am put in a rough spot of wanting to grab convenience foods. Here is how the day…
  • I enjoy the way things are described here: http://paleomagazine.com/paleo-vs-primal
  • I eat grassfed butter, but margarine grosses me out. I even made "fat bombs" out of grassfed butter, raw honey, and cacao-maca powder to get rid of sugar cravings and increase my fat intake. I have a healthy whole-foods diet, and I have no problem with butter being a part of that. :)
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