A blog about the Primal Blueprint diet and lifestyle
My brief respite in August from the long commute to school is officially over. I find myself once again printing out PowerPoint lectures, making flash cards in my spare time, and hauling myself three towns over to join in with that odd mixture of people one only finds at a community college night class. The good news is that I only need to attend a live class once a week. The bad news is that this class... 
When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I told my dad that pork chops were my favorite meat. I actually meant spare ribs but got the names confused. After that he would make me pork chops on the grill and happily inform me that he was making my favorite dinner. I dont know why but I could never bring myself to tell him I had made a mistake. Thank goodness Im a grown-up now and can have ribs whenever I... 
I ran across a rustic sort of carrot cake recipe online not too long ago and thought it looked like a good candidate for a primal cake. I am beginning to realize how many flour-based dessert recipes can be successfully altered using almond flour and an alternative sweetener, such as honey or maple syrup. The result, as in this case, is frequently something healthy enough to eat for breakfast. I made this... 
It may be cooling off a little but barbeque season isnt quite over yet. I recently made a huge rack of ribs with a tangy rum-mango sauce (Ill post the recipe later this week that would have been just fine with some grilled vegetables. But having recently purchased Everyday Grain-Free Gourmet: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner by Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass, I decided to try my hand at some primal biscuits as an... 
Since I’ve started eating primal, my egg consumption has gone way up. On days when I actually possess a little motivation before 9am, I might fry some with a few vegetables or some apple for breakfast. More often I eat hard boiled eggs as snacks. In my opinion, hard boiled eggs are nature’s perfect convenience food. Already in their own little wrappers, you can take them in the car, on a... 
The Primal Blueprint Health Challenge that is going on throughout the month of August at Mark’s Daily Apple is in full force. I’ve been checking in there daily to get updates on the latest contests and to check out the contest entries of my fellow primals. Some of the haikus, including my own, were a little painful (though the winning entry was inspired, but I loved reading the entries to the... 
Sometimes I wish I were one of those people who could casually take or leave a chocolate-caramel brownie. Or better yet, one of those strange specimens who actually find the taste of sugar too sweet and mildly unpleasant. But I am not. I am slave to my physiology and people evolved to enjoy sweet foods. In nature, sweet foods are rich in nutrients and carbohydrates (think carrots making them a good bet for... 
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