HYH Giveaway: 8 Paleo Cookbooks with 8 Lucky Winners
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HYH Giveaway: 8 Paleo Cookbooks with 8 Lucky Winners

May 26, 2014
Are you ready to win 1 of 8 Paleo cookbooks? Awesome! Go HERE to learn how to enter. The cookbooks that are up for grabs: Cavegirl Cuisine Nom Nom Paleo Paleo By Season The Ancestral Table Cooking with Coconut Oil The Paleo Kid’s Chocolate The Paleo Foodie Cookbook The Slim Palate Paleo Cookbook There will be 8 winners so your chances aren’t too bad! Good luck!
Sweet Potato & Cauliflower Mash Topped with Garlic Leeks
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Sweet Potato & Cauliflower Mash Topped with Garlic Leeks

May 26, 2014
if you’ve any leek/leak puns, now’s the time to use them This was actually supposed to be a turnip-based mash but then I turned the corner into the turnip aisle of my local supermarket (yes, it has a turnip aisle – right next to the broccoli counter) and was assailed by a noxious cloud of poison gas. Not really (although I hope you appreciate that attention-grabbing intro) if you do cheese, don’t be afraid to sprinkle some parmesan on that The culprit was a ...
Instant Butter Coffee? Coffee Blocks has Launched!
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Instant Butter Coffee? Coffee Blocks has Launched!

May 25, 2014
If you follow our facebook or twitter account, you’ll know that my brother Tom started a kickstarter campaign for his glorious idea of pre-made paleo, gluten free, kick ass butter coffee  in a convenient to-go pack. Okay, so maybe I’m a little biased because Coffee Blocks is my brother’s company. But, I think they’re amazing. A little over a year ago, he started bringing to my house these funny cube shaped versions of what today, is a simple way to get bullet proof coffee ...
Maple Syrup of the Native Americans
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Maple Syrup of the Native Americans

May 25, 2014
A Native American maple sugar camp, 1853. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Hi everyone, Andrew here with another food history post. I’m originally from Upstate New York, where maple syrup is kind of a big deal. My family has always had a special fondness for the stuff. The “pancake syrup” made of corn syrup was completely unknown in my house. We only used the real stuff, but sparingly (it’s so sweet!). Maple sugar candy was a favorite treat—but again—only in small amounts. A single 1/3 ounce leaf-shaped candy ...
Wedding Details | DIY Menu Board
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Wedding Details | DIY Menu Board

May 25, 2014
In my post about our wedding reception, I mentioned that I made a menu board out of an old window. It was super fun and totally easy, and I shared how I did it on La Crema's blog last month. Check out the tutorial here!Thanks again to my friend Sarah of Photo + Love for taking these photos for me! She's wonderful.
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10 Reasons I Might Not Be Eating Paleo

May 25, 2014
Reposted from my blog, Rational Jenn.As lots of you know, I've been eating paleo/primal/real food for many years now, to the overall benefit of my health, and I am committed to continuing this good eating plan forever and ever.But, that doesn't mean I eat 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} paleo 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} of the time! If you see me consuming something that is definitely not paleo, here are some reasons why that might be:1. I'm traveling.I find it difficult to eat 100{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} paleo when traveling, for various reasons. So I ...
How I got the body I’ve always wanted
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How I got the body I’ve always wanted

May 25, 2014
This past weekend, I turned 30. Officially in the dirty thirties now. And I feel great. Fantastic, in fact. My awesome hubby took me on a helicopter flight for my b'day! It has been 1 year since I wrote my postabout putting on weight to restore my fertility. It has been 3 years since I lost my period due to under-eating, over-exercising, taking the birth control pill and being a
The Paleo Kitchen Book Tour is Heading To Portland
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The Paleo Kitchen Book Tour is Heading To Portland

May 25, 2014
We’ve been to two cities on our tour so far and now we’re heading to Portland! We started our book tour in Colorado, then headed to Seattle yesterday and now onto Portland today! Yesterday was a bit hard , I’m not into leaving Jackson. He totally knew something was up. Last time I left him, he had no idea. This time, Jackson stood by my suitcase and he wouldn’t eat, which NEVER happens. It was awful. And you know what he did yesterday for the first time?? ...
New website to protect kids from junk food marketing
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New website to protect kids from junk food marketing

May 25, 2014
From the website: Children are vulnerable to advertising. They are less able than adults to fully understand that the purpose of advertising is not to inform but to persuade, and to ultimately sell a product. Studies show that children are much more likely to want to eat food that comes in branded packaging than food with no branding – even if it is the same product. A study of 3 to 5 year olds showed that over 75{4dd43735419885e2296c717ac798d5bb3483a708b4c1340b99a8b965668bd4df} of children preferred French fries in McDonalds branded wrapping, compared to the just over...
The Lunch Box Challenge
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The Lunch Box Challenge

May 25, 2014
In this event at the CI World Congress, 12 children were asked to choose the contents of their lunch box from a range of healthy and unhealthy options. The results speak for themselves. You can visit the Consumer International website here: http://www.consumersinternational.org/
TED – Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers
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TED – Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers

May 25, 2014
I’ve been following the lectures on TED for a couple of years, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in ideas, technology and design. TED is an organisation that holds lectures by innovative thinkers, where you’ll often see people of notable prestige in the areas of science, health, and education. ; TED releases videos (almost daily) to the public, for free. These videos; usually just 15 minutes in length, are sure to get you thinking about relevant issues and interesting new solutions. Visit their website and open...
Paleo Magazine: 6 Reasons You Should Take A “Play-cation”
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Paleo Magazine: 6 Reasons You Should Take A “Play-cation”

May 24, 2014
I’m excited to share that my first article was published in Paleo Magazine this month! This post is a bit of an expanded review of my trip to Nicaragua through YOGASCAPES, which I also wrote about in my post called 10 Things I Learned About Health In Nicaragua. Unlike my blog post, this article focuses on the benefits of using your vacation time to incorporate play into your life. I always do this on my vacations, and my trip to Nicaragua was no exception. I hope to continue traveling in ...
Salted Caramel Coconut Chips – Paleo, Gluten Free, AIP friendly
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Salted Caramel Coconut Chips – Paleo, Gluten Free, AIP friendly

May 24, 2014
Crunchy, caramely, lightly sweet, and with a touch of salty sea salt, these bits of goodness are perfect on their own, as a paleo "cereal", or, as I plan to use them this weekend, on a bowl of grassfed ice cream!I got the idea for these from a package of Dang coconut chips, which comes in a "salted caramel" flavor. When they first arrived at my local health food store they were offered at a steep discount, and I bought them like they were going out of style. When ...
Guest Post by Michelle Fitzpatrick – Part 1: What Not To Feed Your Kids
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Guest Post by Michelle Fitzpatrick – Part 1: What Not To Feed Your Kids

May 24, 2014
Michelle Fitzpatrick, author of the Happy Paleo Kids blog, has worked with special needs children and their families for over 13 years to promote development and mental health. She adopted a “Paleo Diet” to lose weight after baby number 3, and quickly saw that the benefits of eating nutrient-rich, plant-and-animal-based foods would benefit her entire family. After applying the Paleo Philosophy to her family, she felt compelled to find a way to bring the science behind how food impacts child development to the masses. Follow her blog, ...
Snow-Airbrushing, the Endless Cavalcade of Snow Days, and a Stomach Bug that Wouldn’t Quit
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Snow-Airbrushing, the Endless Cavalcade of Snow Days, and a Stomach Bug that Wouldn’t Quit

May 23, 2014
Greetings, fellow captives of Winter 2014.If you live anywhere in the mid-Atlantic all the way down through Florida, you are all too aware of the...*ahem*...variant weather patterns we are experiencing this season. Since the start of 2014, our county has had exactly one intact week of school - by which I mean one week without cancellations due to snow, ice, extreme cold, and so on.I'd love to direct you to the pictures on the right - of travel-sized spray bottles filled with food-coloring-tinted water."Oh!" ...
Slow Cooker Chipotle Barbacoa Brisket
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Slow Cooker Chipotle Barbacoa Brisket

May 23, 2014
Everyone loves Chipotle, meaning the eatery and the smoked jalapeño peppers. After my last trip to the eatery I found myself thinking, “why don’t I just whip up 10x more of this meat for the same price at home?” So then I went and did just that. This is an easy recipe to make, and I provide my own chipotle adobo sauce recipe to use with it, or you could just buy that not-perfectly-clean can of chipotles in adobo if you’re willing to go...
Blurred lines: teaching kids healthy without compromising their self esteem.
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Blurred lines: teaching kids healthy without compromising their self esteem.

May 23, 2014
I have 6 girls and one boy. Most of them are teenagers. I know. Prayers accepted Because we are a family centered around our health and fitness, we have had some questions about how we walk that line between teaching our kids to eat right and exercise without them getting a complex. I hate this conversation. I don’t do political correctness well, as it is my personality to just call things as I see them. I do, however, respect the position of parents who want to protect the very fragile...
“I’m Rubber, You’re Glue…
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“I’m Rubber, You’re Glue…

May 23, 2014
whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you.”  Ah – one of the classic sayings of childhood.  Let’s see – do you remember the ever so popular, “liar, liar, pants on fire”?  Given the opportunity I would have triple dog dared someone at the past political debates to stand up and exclaim that very phrase!  Wouldn’t that have been a moment to go down in history – sort of like Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer?  Okay, okay, so I digress a little bit.  Here’s another classic ...
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Overcoming “I know I should, but…”

May 23, 2014
How often do you hear those five little words: “I know I should, but…”? It’s a different issue for everyone, but most of us have at least one thing we should be doing, but for whatever reason, we just can’t make it happen. For example, say there’s an imaginary Paleo... The post Overcoming “I know I should, but…” appeared first on Paleo Leap | Paleo diet Recipes & Tips.