Starch is avoided in Paleo eating. No to corn products, no to potatoes (sweet potatoes are exempted), no to rice and bread including pasta so the answer to the question is “No.” How are we gonna have spaghetti without pasta you ask?
Baked Zucchini Chips
Baked zucchini has a really subtle taste and the flavor will depend on what you put on it. This opens a world of experimentation. A friend added jerky seasoning, my cousin added cinnamon (ikr?!) and one guy added a combination of nutmeg and cumin. Sounds weird to me but I’m always open to new things, I might give it a try!
Paleo Hummus
First off, what is hummus? Hummus is a Levantine and Egyptian food. It is a thick paste or spread made from ground chickpeas, sesame seeds, olive oil, lemon and garlic. Nowadays, it is popular throughout the Middle East, North Africa
Elvis Sandwich, The
Elvis: ‘Little girl, go fix me a sandwich, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.’ Now, you know, back when I fixed a sandwich for him, we mixed up the peanut butter and banana together. We didn’t put it [the sandwich] in butter and put it in a skillet. We just put [the mixture] on white bread. But…the other day, this man was fixing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that Elvis liked and they sliced the bananas in thick slices and put it in this butter and cooked it…so he [Elvis] may have started liking that later. But when I was dating him [1957-1962], he liked just a plain old-fashioned mashed banana [sandwich].” – Anita Wood
Roasted Vegetables with Garlic and Pepper Cashew Dip
I used to hate vegetables when I was a kid. My dad would usually sit in front of me when I eat just to watch and make sure I swallow them vegetables. This recipe is a great way to introduce vegetables to kids as a delicious and nutritious food.
Bacon and Egg Cups
So what’s difficult about frying bacon and eggs? Well, today we are gonna get a little bit creative. We are going to shape the bacon into cups and have the eggs in as a filling. Think of this as a combination of a Pinterest project and a Buzzfeed food test. Now, commence baconization!
Cauliflower Rice
1 cup of cauliflower rice will give you less than 100 calories, 2 grams of protein and only 5 grams of carbohydrates compared to brown rice’s 220 calories and 45 grams of carbohydrates!
Oven-Fried Chicken
Speaking of comfort food, the earliest known usage of term “comfort food” was traced back to 1966 when the Palm Beach Post (a major American daily newspaper which serves Palm Beach County in South Florida and the area of Treasure Coast) used it in a story: “Adults, when under severe emotional stress, turn to what could be called ‘comfort food’—food associated with the security of childhood, like mother’s poached egg or famous chicken soup.”
Fruit and Herb-Infused Water
Today’s recipe is all about fruit and herb-infused water. One might ask, why do that instead of just drinking fruit juice? Basically, you can choose any fruit / herb combination.
Paleo Pork BBQ
There is only 1 rule in Paleo diet meats: if it used to make a sound (moo, oink, baa, pika-pi, mee), then it is Paleo-friendly. You’ll be glad to hear that almost all meats are Paleo except of course for the highly-processed meats liked canned meat (spam, corned beef, canned sausages, burgers), hotdogs, and other types of low quality meats. Bacon is also Paleo provided it didn’t go through heavy processing and doesn’t contain additional nitrites/nitrates and sweeteners. Going to a butcher shop where meats are cut on site is your best bet in getting the unprocessed ones.
