Primal Coconut Blueberry Muffin I am always on the lookout for a primal baked good that still might taste good without adding honey, agave, or sweetener.  I’ve noticed that if you stop eating sugar for long enough, fruit starts to do a pretty good job at satisfying a desire for something sweet.  It being blueberry season and all I decided I’d try my hand at creating a coconut flour blueberry muffin that...

Breakfast. Purple cabbage mixed with carrot, apple, pecans and goat cheese. No fancy photos for this post since when Dave’s at work, it’s just me and the point-and-shoot.  Kind of a ho-hum day, food wise, but I thought it might be time to post another daily menu.  I have been experimenting with various breakfast ideas.  The cabbage salad made for a refreshing start to the day.  I was also desperately...

Did I just say a few days ago that mollusks freak me out?  That sentiment excludes these pure, clean, fleshy gems.   You don’t hear a whole lot about scallops, but in my mind, they are overlooked as a low calorie source of protein.  Four ounces of scallops, at a mere 100 calories, has 19 grams of protein!  I don’t know about you but I can easily put away twice that at a primal dinner of meat...

Have you ever eaten a fresh fig?  It doesn’t surprise me that many people have not.  Their season is relatively short and they can cost $1 or more per fig.  Even at that price, however, it is hard for this primal eater to pass up such a sweet fruit that is so versatile in the kitchen.  You can eat figs raw, sautee them with butter, roast them in the oven, even deep-fry them (can’t wait to try that!). ...

Let me start off by saying I suck at running. Sprinting can be sort of a thrill but even with a good sports bra there’s nothing so dreadful in my opinion, as a long distance run.  My experience with endurance exercise is probably a contributing factor of my enthusiasm for a more primal approach to exercise.  However, as a long-time internet over-researcher, I also believe there is solid evidence to...

Excepting organ meats and anything that could be classified as a mollusk, I like to try new foods.  The other day I had the opportunity to try two.  It all started at a neat little market in my town that sells a lot of local produce, eggs, baked stuff, etc.…  As I was browsing I came across these odd looking orbs that turned out to be gooseberries.  The sign said they were from a nearby farm that I am...

Yesterday I posted a master recipe for create-your-own primal cookies.  Today I will share with you some of the cookie recipes I came up with. Chocolate Chip Cookies I won’t call these primal because let’s face it, they aren’t.  They are, however, grain free, use a minimal amount of natural sweetener, and to my surprise, look and taste like normal chocolate chip cookies.  No joke. 1 ¼...

Over the 4th of July weekend I decided to mess around with some primal cookie making.  The last thing I need are loads of cookies hanging around the house but I had lots of family in town who politely ate the products of my experiments.  I’ve mentioned before that baking is not my forte mainly because I don’t measure carefully and I get impatient with the process.  There’s something about...

My double batch of soup. I used mostly cauliflower and broccoli with a little asparagus and turnip thrown in for good measure. I prefer to use two pots rather than try to cram everything into one pot. Eating primal is not always very convenient.  It is easy to get caught in a situation where you walk in the door, hungry, and realize there’s not much to eat that doesn’t require a lot of preparation. ...

Here’s another snapshot of my primal eating style. On this particular day I had chemistry class at night so I ate dinner when I finally got home and settled – after 9pm. I always fear not eating something before class will affect my level of concentration so I usually have a snack in the car on the way to school. All-in-all, this was a pretty typical of a day when I have class. Breakfast of Cherry,...