Fish Sauce Substitute

We’ve cut out soy and all its derivatives, including soy sauce, so when a reader recently sent me an email asking for something to use in its proxy when preparing an Asian soup dish, he wondered if fish sauce might be a good option. Yes, there are soy free variations of fish sauce, but they […]

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Previously Paleo

What have you chosen? About a month ago, I asked you to write in if you used to be Paleo but opted to not continue to follow the diet.   I’m always interested to learn why people choose to either forgo it completely or perhaps modify with some not so Paleo foods  into something they […]

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Cured Meats- Aren’t They Paleo?

Salami, Prosciutto, Speck, Culatello, Coppa, Guanciale and Pancetta, just to name a few are delicious preparations of meat, indeed…but are they Paleo? I’m afraid not.   Because most are cured with salt and sometimes sugar, and sometimes additives like nitrates and nitrites, both of which are linked to cancers, by the way, they’re not considered a […]

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