Prepping Your Paleo Protein

This topic comes from a suggestion from a reader; and what a good one it is! Here’s what he had to say:  “I eat my fair share of wild salmon raw with avocado on top on the weekly basis, however, I do consume a lot of organic free-range chicken breast tenderloins and turkey breast cutlets, […]

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2012 PALEO SURVEY IS LIVE

Click HERE  to add your input! As per the site, the  information about paleo diet community members, including demographic information, medical conditions, dietary preferences, and physical activity and the resulting data will be invaluable in terms of understanding the nature of the paleo movement. It will be provided to other bloggers and researchers with the […]

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Is Juicing Paleo?

Bananas, apples, carrots & beets… all Paleo friendly plants indeed, so would they constitute a good meal option then?   If you’ve got a state of the art juicer in your kitch, I could see why you’d like to make the most of it.  Equally, if the cafe in your office building sells juices, it […]

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Completely Paleo? Or…Mostly?

During a recent SKYPE conversation with an international client, I was asked an interesting question. “Nell, I read The Paleo Diet and it talks about an 85% plan.  Will  you write my meal plan at 85% rather than 100% and then I can still have my favorite non Paleo cheat foods?”, John (as I’ll call […]

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Finding Paleo Wherever You Are

Yesterday, amidst the pizza places, the McDonald’s and the little French cafes selling baguettes, my husband and I popped into a casual little eatery to grab a quick lunch. Simple usually proves to work quite well for Paleo, and it did again yesterday! After a long morning run including a jaunt through Central Park, by […]

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St. Patrick’s Day- Paleo Style

 While I realize that what I’m about to write may border on blasphemy for die-hard traditionalists, as in- no potatoes, Irish Soda Bread or Beer on the 17th, it IS possible to prep it, Paleo Style, simply by sticking to some basic similar ingredients (one of which is cabbage) and themes. Rather than Beef Brisket […]

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What’s In That Lunch Bag?

Today, for the first time, I was pulled aside at TSA while going through airport security at LAX.   I’d done something quite silly and forgotten that I had a little bottle of water in one of my carry on bags, which obviously triggered a red flag while it went through the scan. Not a […]

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So, You Used to Be Paleo?

Funny, every once in a while when I run into someone who finds out what I do and then tells me that they used to be Paleo.  It typically happens after I’ve given a lecture, or sometimes at the grocery store or even at a restaurant. They’ll go on to recount how great they felt/how […]

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