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I don't steam much - prefer roasting veg, personally. When I do steam, I pay attention to size and cooking time; for instance, carrots take longer than zucchini - so carrot pieces need to be smaller and zuke for both to be the same amount of done.

Since I was the one mentioned the macro settings, I'll explain a little... For me, 20% equals about 85g per day - which places it in the area of 'weight loss' (which is what I want). On a daily level I don't pay much attention to whether I hit 18% or 25% - if my carbs average out in the 50-100g range over a week, I'm fine.…

I wouldn't bother with net carbs - net carbs was a dodge by the Atkins crowd to allow carbs without counting them. Mark Sisson and others have stated that the carb levels in the primal/paleo diet are TOTAL carbs - including fiber. 100g-150g/day - maintenance 50g-100g/day - weight loss under 50g/day ketogenic

- If Grams is making flapjacks, she'll have eggs. Bring along an extra dozen or so and offer to cook up your own. As others have said, you can make a gluten intolerance excuse if you wish - or not. - Going out is easy. You can always pick something that is paleo - or close to it. You don't have to be 100% if you catch the…

Keep in mind that sugar is not your friend - whatever the source. That doesn't mean eliminating fruit entirely, but it shouldn't be a mainstay. Skew towards the lower-sugar fruits like berries. Without getting into all of the technical folderol, the basic rule is "eat plenty of plants and animals, go easy on the roots and…

Yeah, technically poultry aren't "grass fed" or "pastured", but it's a shorthand that's understood - free-feeding rather than penned. I hear ya. I justify it two ways: 1. You get what you pay for. Cheap meat is like cheap ANYthing - made with shortcuts from substandard components. Quality pays for itself in anything - but…

I would set it (for starters) at 20% carbs, 30% protein and 50% fat - and then adjust it as you learn about what works best for you. I'll let others make food suggestions. Good luck on your journey! :)

A clever response. ;) The only problem is that one should ideally be eating 'free-frolicking' ('free-range' has been co-opted by the industrial poultry growers, and means nothing anymore), pastured poultry - not grain fed. Grain fed birds get corn and soy meals - two of the most highly GMO-contaminated grains around. The…

Everyone's given good advice, but I'd like to add one more wrinkle.... Don't be on the defensive - let HER be on the defensive. Ask her what it is that she thinks you'll be deficient in if you eliminate dairy or grains. Make her be specific - if she's a nutritionist, then she shouldn't be able to get away with vague…

Since desserts are generally grains and too much sugar - and the 'paleo' alternatives generally use too much nut/coconut flour and too much sugar, I pretty much avoid the whole 'dessert' category. It's kind of like the 'fake meat' issue for vegetarians - if it is a principle to not eat meat, why then pretend to be eating…

As noted, Saffola is only partially safflower oil. The only all-safflower mayo I know of that is generally available is Hain Safflower Mayonnaise. Ingredients: Safflower Oil Expeller Pressed, Egg(s) Whole, Grain(s) Vinegar, Water Filtered, Egg(s) Yolks, Salt, Egg(s) Whites, Cane Juice Dehydrated, Spice(s), Lemon(s) Juice…

So Delicious, Silk and others is NOT coconut milk - it is coconut milk BEVERAGE. If you look on the carton, you'll find the word. It's not milk in the same sense as cow's milk - it is called milk merely because it has a milky texture and can be used somewhat like the real thing. I've used it for chia pudding as well, but…

In answer to your original question: although alcohol is technically a carb, it is not processed by the body in the same way - so it doesn't show up in standard carb-counting. It's still a buttload of calories, so regular drinking can definitely affect weight loss as well as health. If you are trying to lose weight,…

Eh. 'Because I like it' is as good a reason to ingest something as anything else. If I know the plusses and minuses (alcohol IS actually a poison, etc.) and choose to indulge anyway - my choice. If I try to call it 'paleo' in an attempt to give it some legitimacy, then you're right - which is why I tried to qualify your…

Have to disagree with you, Akima - or at least qualify it. Fermented fruit juice has been around for as long as there has been fruit juice ready to 'go bad'. I've often seen birds kicking up their heels after eating waaay overripe berries. So, by extension you can say that wine is at least marginally paleo - one might…

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My wife simply switched to coconut milk (the canned one - not the one in the carton). It adds plenty of creamy mouthfeel and a slight coconuttiness. She then dusts it with some cinnamon.

Bacon roses!

I don't mess much with herbal tea. To me, tea is....tea. Camellia Sinensis. Leaves soaking in boiling water is about as paleo as you can get.

I'm one who believes that chili ISN'T chili if it has beans in it - chili is a meat-and-chili-only dish (my recipe uses beef, tomatoes and eight different types of chiles and chile powders for the proper flavor) . So I'd go along with those who say just drop the beans. But I'm sure the recipe needs to produce enough for…

Almond milk: it's a manufactured food. I wouldn't use it. Butter: Organic Valley pasture butter if you can find it. Kerry Gold (pastured but not certified organic) if you can't. Yogurt: goat yogurt. Either Capretta or Redwood Hill Farm.

Just to be a touch pedantic..... Wrong. The actual quote (which is from the Bible) is "the LOVE of money is the root of all evil". Money itself is just a medium of exchange - and THAT has been around for as long as one human had something that another human wanted. Which is forever. Also wrong. The concept of evil depends…

Actually, I prefer to use cabbage leaves when I've made wraps (usually red). Iceberg lettuce has virtually no nutritional value, and the other lettuces are either shaped wrong or rip too easily. Generally, tho, I don't make wraps since I am retired and don't need to make 'hand friendly' lunch foods.

The thing about buying lard from the market is that it comes from conventionally-grown pigs - meaning that they are fed a diet of corn and soy. Since the resultant omega6-heavy result resides mostly in the fat, what you are getting is an inferior product health-wise. I use EVOO, goatsmilk butter or coconut oil, depending…

Yep. I just put the number of slices I need for wifey and myself into ziploc baggies and freeze them. Usually about 3/4 pounds (dunno the metric equivalent).

I don't bother curing it. If you have access to good pork, then order 'side pork' or 'fresh bacon' from your butcher and have him slice it. This is the bacon before it is cured - and curing seems to almost double the price per pound. When I cook it, I salt it well with Lawrys seasoning salt (allows you to control the…

While the wifey and I aren't philosophically adverse to cow dairy, we do avoid your situations by: - using coconut milk (canned, not beverage) as a coffee 'creamer'; - sticking to primarily sheeps- and goats-milk cheeses, which are more easily digestible.

Really? Most fish sauces are just fermented fish, salt and water, like Nam Pla. I would imagine any Asian market (real or online) would have something.

Well, I don't know specifically for soy, since I quit eating it in conjunction with all the other dietary changes. I don't use soy products at all (and that includes soybean oil, in nearly all commercial mayos and salad dressings). The rare times a recipe calls for soy sauce, I use coconut aminos instead - while it is a…

Most primitive peoples have found various plants that can be burn and inhaled for various reasons. That being said, there's a difference between the occasional communal pipe around the fire (the old 'peace pipe' cliche) and going through a pack of cigarettes or couple of bongs a day. Now you are introducing carcinogens…