Thanksgiving Turkey: Hold the Salt

Nell, I always have used a salt and sugar brine in years past for my turkey, but I no longer want to do that since I’m really enjoying how I feel on the Paleo diet.  What do I do without salt for this festive dinner, though?  I can’t imagine a no-salt turkey will cook properly, […]

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Turkey Talk

Thanksgiving is just days away and I’m fairly sure there are at least some of you who may be nervous about hosting your first Paleo Holiday Meal. Last year I extended an offer to all readers to post questions and concerns regarding turkey prep, side dish recipes and more or less all things related and […]

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What’s The Point of Paleo?

The Paleo Diet is, according to Dr. Cordain, whose opinion we should really regard most highly in this space: “based upon eating wholesome, contemporary foods from the food groups our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have thrived on during the Paleolithic era, the time period from about 2.6 million years ago to the beginning of the agricultural […]

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Veggie Sides…Or Main Dishes?

One of my biggest pet peeves is the way we as a society have come to view veggies: as ‘side’ dishes. While I’m eternally grateful when I see a menu listing the ‘sides’ and including items like steamed broccoli or sautéed garlic spinach, there is still something fundamentally wrong with thinking of  veggies as anything […]

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