Are Green Beans Paleo?

Since green beans are ‘pick and eat’ doesn’t that mean they’re ok to eat on the Paleo diet?  And snap peas? Unfortunately, simply being able to eat ‘as is’ doesn’t mean they’re a  healthy option; all legumes contain anti nutrient properties which can prevent us from properly absorbing the nutrients we get from the other […]

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Want A Hearty Soup? Squash That!

If beef barley or chicken noodle used to be your go-to soups as the seasonal weather descends upon us, you may be at a loss with regard to how to be hearty…and Paleo. While grains and beans are no longer going to cut it, we can find a lovely balance of healthy, hearty and Paleo […]

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For Crying Out Loud, It’s Just Food!

What if the word ‘Paleo’ didn’t exist? What if we could just go into any restaurant and know that the beef were grass fed, that it wouldn’t be cooked in butter or manufactured oils and that it wouldn’t have been marinated in soy to ‘texturize’ it, courtesy of the glutamic acid (MSG) it contains?  And […]

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Canned Coconut Milk: Can This Be Paleo?

Possibly, but not usually. With the exception of a very few brands, which are often hard to come by, most canned coconut milk contain the stabilizer, guar gum, which is derived from a bean and is a potent source of anti nutrients.  For some, it also causes GI distress.  According to wikipedia, “it has almost […]

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