Archive for July, 2012

13 Jul

You Down With E-W-G

Posted by Crunchy Hot Mama in Baby, Crunchy, Green. Tagged: , , , , , .

Yeah you know me!
Who’s down with EWG?
Every last crunchy!

Yikes!  We don’t ask where my thoughts blog titles come from, they just appear.

Alrighty then, let’s move on shall we?  So to follow-up with my previous post on edible shampoo and conditioner, I wanted to tell you a little about the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles.

In 2002, we founded the EWG Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates on Capitol Hill for health-protective and subsidy-shifting policies.

EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides™) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.

After toying with the thought of making the plunge to just straight baking soda and apple cider vinegar on this noggin, I sought out my shampoo ingredients for some insight.  Alas, there on the bottle was Sodim Lauryl Sulfate (SLS).  I knew this stuff is bad but I didn’t know it was THIS bad.  Now I see that I need to avoid it like the plague (if possible) thanks to an explanation from EWG:

WHAT? Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)

WHY? Probably the most dangerous ingredient used in skin and hair-care products, SLS is a powerful detergent and attacks greasy surfaces. Used in 90 per cent of products that foam, including cleansers, shampoos, shower gels and bubble baths. In the cleaning industry SLS is used in garage floor- cleaners, engine degreasers and car-wash soaps.

WHY AVOID? Harsh skin irritant that may also result in the formation of potentially carcinogenic nitrates and dioxins. Animals exposed to SLS experience eye-damage, central nervous system depression, laboured breathing, diarrhoea, severe skin irritation and even death.

Sounds pretty bad, huh?  I think it’s terrible that they put SLS in over 90% of care products.  For what good reason?  To sicken us even more?  No thanks.  I usually check my food labels but now I will be more diligent in checking the labels of my every day products as well.

It finally dawned on me that I get emails from EWG and didn’t realize it until reading a post from Sherry at Young House Love.  They have a wealth of information on:

  • Health/toxins
  • Farming
  • Natural resources
  • Energy choices
  • Chemical index
  • Health tips

EWG has done a ton of research and recently released their Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database which searches over 74,000 products.  This is where you can go and see how bad (or good) the stuff you are putting on your face is.  They also have a 2012 Sunscreen Report which tells you the best of 1,800 sunscreens and SPF lip balms, moisturizers and makeup.  I use Badger on Emma and myself and when I searched it, it came out with an overall score of 1-which is good.  The lower the overall score the less toxic it is for you.

I just gotta say, since a lot of you parents out there use the spray sunscreen, STOP RIGHT NOW!  Anytime you are ingesting a chemical that is sprayed into the air, especially if it’s toxic, is no bueno.  When I see parents put their finger on the trigger, I try to head the other way so baby girl and I don’t have to inhale.  Here’s what EWG says about why they put them in the Hall of Shame:

Sprays that could coat the lungs

Aerosol spray sunscreen packages will soon be required to display FDA-mandated warnings such as “use in a well ventilated area” and “intentional misuse… can be harmful or fatal.” These cautions highlight growing concerns that sprays pose serious inhalation risks. Spray sunscreens also make it too easy to miss a spot, leaving bare skin exposed to harmful rays.

Two aerosol sprays marketed for babies and kids:

  • CVS Kids Fast Cover Continuous Clear Spray, SPF 50
  • Rite Aid Baby Continuous Spray Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50

Um, no thanks, I’ll pass on grass spray sunscreens.  Yes, you will probably pay more for the better quality stuff but it will be worth it in the long run when our little ones grow up.  Also, you don’t need to use anything over SPF 30.  It’s getting a little ridiculous with SPF 100+.  Really?  Believe it or not 10-15 minutes of natural Vitamin D (at high noon) is healthy for our bodies, especially for those of us with osteopenia.  I am so thankful that I live below the 38th parallel so I can get me some good ‘ole sunshine for my inside and out.

EWG also has a 2012 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides complete with a list of the dirty dozen (that need to be organic) and the clean 15 (that can be conventional).  I had no idea bell peppers needed to be organic and that sweet potatoes didn’t.  Check it out and even print you a copy to keep with you when you go grocery shopping.

It really is a great resource and I intend to get lost for several hours educating myself on the good, the bad, and the ugly with what’s out there and in the things I use.  I hope you will do the same.

Join me on researching the products and food you use every day.  Try not to be brainwashed by the media and what celebrities get paid millions for to sell a product that I guarantee they DON’T use.  Take charge of your health, along with your family’s, and make sure we are putting the best items inside and outside our bodies.

11 Jul

The No-Poo Hair Care Method

Posted by Crunchy Hot Mama in Crunchy, Green. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

Remember this clip?

Haha!  Does anyone else think of that Billy Madison clip when it comes to shampoo and conditioner?  No, just me?  I can’t help it, I love me some stupid funny!

I would like to share with you a few tips I discovered on our week-long vacation road trip that we took at the end of June.  Emma and I headed down to my hometown of Corpus Christi, for some fun in the sun, and spent a few days visiting my parents, in Austin, to break up the wonderful eight-hour drive with a toddler.  We had a blast getting caught in a few rain storms and checking out the gluten-free eateries in the cities we passed through and can’t wait to tell you about them soon!

At the beginning of June, I went to get my bi-annual haircut from a place called The Styling Hutch.  They specialize in curly hair, and my stylist told me to try a little baking soda for that product buildup I was having on my new growth.  I had been noticing that it felt very greasy on the crown of my head, where my natural color was growing out, and was so ready to be done with it.  I knew the highlights helped it but I wanted to push through and let my natural color grow out.  In an effort to go au natural, I thought it best to stop coloring my hair (that have been doing since maybe high school), since I figure those chemicals aren’t good and I could also save some money and the planet at the same time.

When at my parent’s house, I finally bit the bullet and tried it.  I had read on a few other crunchy blogs to use baking soda for shampoo and Bragg’s apple cider vinegar (ACV) for conditioner, called the No-Poo Method.  I knew the baking soda would strip my hair, which I needed, but wasn’t on board with using it daily or every other day.  There were different ways to apply it; like putting some of each item in a spray bottle and watering it down or just pouring a small amount in your hand; I opted for the latter.

No-Poo Hair Care Method is where you use ONLY baking soda in water as your cleanser and apple cider vinegar (ACV) in water as your rinse. No shampoo, conditioner, or other hair products.

UPDATE: I am doing the “no-poo” method regularly now, though I learned you only need to no-poo once a week and use just water every other time.  I absolutely love it!  I also use it on Emma (just the baking soda) when she takes a shower with me, once or twice a week.

I would love to give you exact measurements but I just kind of eyeballed it for the baking soda and vinegar. It felt like I needed more of both the first time I tried it, so I just poured more in my hand and ‘lathered.’

And to answer the question of did my hair smell like the vinegar, no it did not. At least I couldn’t tell. Since my hair is curly I do add some mousse before diffusing, though, so that could have helped.

The results: AMAZING!!! I couldn’t believe how soft my hair was! I had my mom feel it multiple times because I.just.couldn’t.get.over.it! I wish a picture would have done it justice but sadly I didn’t snap one since I didn’t think you would be able to tell anyway.

When the hair dresser told me to try the baking soda, she said try it once then to wait two weeks to do it again. I was curious what it would do if I waited only a week and it was still soft but not like the initial wash.

I did find this tip from a wisebread.com talking about DIY Shampoo that was very insightful:

Hi Claire,

First, let me say I’ve been using baking soda to wash my hair and acv (apple cider vinegar) to condition for years!

I keep a plastic cup (actually, it’s a brown hydrogen peroxide bottle I cut the top off) in the shower. I keep a sugar bowl filled with baking soda to use as a face scrub/wash and I literally take a couple pinches from the bowl (probably 2-3 tsp worth), throw it in the cup, and then fill the cup almost full with warm shower water. I stir it up with my fingers, wet my hair, then pour on the baking soda solution. It’s great for daily use, removing chlorine from swimming pools, and getting out hair products or gunk. I massage it in, then I rinse. I follow with acv–about 1/4 cup in the same brown cup, fill with water, rinse. The vinegar itself closes the hair cuticle so therefore acts as a conditioner. Wonderful and cheap!

I caution your readers about your high ratio of baking soda to water mixture b/c on the occasions I did use more baking soda (2 T worth ) for a more “scrubby” experience, it actually dried my hair out terribly (like straw) and actually lightened it a little. Too much baking soda will absolutely strip your hair of oils and dry it. I’d suggest your readers might try making it fresh, per use.

Finally, when I want extra conditioning, I rub a few drops of evoo (extra virgin olive oil) on my hands and then run my hands/fingers through my hair. Lovely. 

The last tip I will leave you with is that you don’t need to put your shampoo or conditioner all over your hair.  If you just get the roots, which is the living part, the water will wash the residual product over the rest of your hair.

Is this crazy/crunchy or what!?  I never would have thought in a million years that I’d try it, but I’m learning to never say ‘never.’  Has anyone else tried this or is this your standard fare for your hair?

5 Jul

4th Of July Fanfare

Posted by Crunchy Hot Mama in Crunchy, Food, Gluten-Free, Paleo. Tagged: , , , , .

Woohoo!  I am back ya’ll with the follow-up to yesterday’s post on my 4th of July yummy goodness.  And come on, who doesn’t love food especially when it comes to celebrating?  I do, I do!

But first, a few pictures of the awesome fireworks display we saw from the top of a two story building.  The show took place just north of Dallas’ professional soccer stadium and was amazing.  Thanks to our friends who have connects, we were able sit comfortably on the roof while the fireworks went off literally in front of our face.

It was fun to watch Emma’s reactions and hear her call them ‘stars’ as they exploded then faded away.  You gotta love a one-year-old’s imagination.

She was such a trooper though.  This was her second go round of seeing fireworks, which means she stayed up late (bad mama!), and happily stuck it out all the way through.  I guess that’s the perks of it getting darker later…or me not wanting to give up our little tradition.  It’s hard to pass up those seats!  That finale has us hooting and hollering along with the rest of the people.

It seems like at any age fireworks can still wow you year after year!

I do have to rant for a minute though about the musical accompaniment that went on during the show.  I’m not that old and I guess I’m not a young buck either but the music selection was SEVERELY lacking!  I get you want to play songs that cater to the pop kids so you play things like Katy Perry’s ’Fireworks’ and Black Eyed Peas cuz ‘tonight’s gonna be a good night’ but c’mon.  I want to hear something patriotic like a little country music or the infamous Lee Greenwood’s ’God Bless the USA’…it is kind of a big deal day after all.  I forced myself not to sing along just because I knew the lyrics and successfully held out until they played ‘We Are Young’ and ‘Call Me Maybe’ after the show was over.  Yeah, I know I’m a rebel.

But let’s rewind to the morning when I wanted to kick off America’s Independence Day by surprising the hubby with making him my normal, plain breakfast.  As I pulled out the bacon I recently picked up from our Sprout’s shopping trip, I happened to see a recipe on the back for a Mediterranean Frittata.  Say wha??  It sounded yummy and since I had most of the ingredients except the cheese, I thought let’s do this and kick things up a notch!

So Emma and I loaded up and headed to Market Street to get some of the best.strawberries.ever, in my opinion, along with some smoked gouda stuffed burgers since I felt like it was my patriotic duty to grill out.

When we got home, Josh was still asleep, so I got to cooking this muy delicious ‘pizza’ as Emma called it.

Mediterranean Frittata

From Farmland Foods

  • 6 slices Farmland® All Natural* Bacon, cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
  • 6 large eggs
  • ¼ tsp minced garlic
  • ½ cup (2 oz.) crumbled feta cheese with sundried tomatoes and basil
  • 4 cups (about 5 oz.) fresh spinach
  • ½ cup chopped fresh mushrooms
  • 2 TBSP finely chopped red onion

1. Place oven rack in center of oven; heat broiler.  Cook bacon in 10-inch ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until done but not crisp. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on paper towels.

2. Whisk together eggs and garlic; stir in cheese. Set aside.

3. Stir-fry spinach, mushrooms and onion in bacon grease remaining in skillet over medium heat until spinach begins to wilt.  Stir in bacon, egg and cheese mixture until evenly combined. Cook until eggs are done on the bottom.

4. Place skillet on center rack in oven. Broil until eggs are set and just begin to brown around the edges of pan, about 3 minutes.

5. Enjoy and try not to hog (haha) it all!

I also decided while at Market Street, that I wanted to try my hand at a gluten-free flag cake.  I’ve seen it pop up every time I google ‘trifle’ and thought it looked cute.  I definitely wanted to do my spin on it and knew I’d have to pay for having sugar and dairy but thought what the heck-I want to bake something festive.

It’s not really that complex nor is it very rectangle like a flag but it sure was yummy.  I told Josh I wanted to do brownies instead of a yellow cake and he wasn’t too sure about it.  I promise it was super easy and the only time-consuming part was the placing of the blueberries and strawberries.  I wasn’t that meticulous when it came to the measuring of the berries, like my engineer hubby, but I did my best.  Luckily, I was able to complete the flag while a little girl I know was by my side asking for ‘more berries please.’

Gluten-Free Brownie Flag Cake

  • 1 box of gluten-free brownies (I used Betty Crocker’s)
  • 1 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream
  • sugar
  • fresh blueberries
  • fresh strawberries

1. Bake brownies according to directions.  I also added in some extra chocolate chips (Enjoy Life).  Place brownies on cooling rack to cool completely.

2. Whip heavy cream and add 1 TBSP of sugar for every ½ cup. That was a trick my Italian grandmother taught me.

3. Pour whipped cream onto brownies and smooth evenly.

4. Add berries to create your American flag.

5. Enjoy!

Another fun little recipe that our friend’s wife made was this delicious salsa that isn’t what you’re used to.  It’s light and very addictive so beware.

Aunt B’s Salsa

  • 1 bell pepper (red, yellow, or orange), diced
  • 1 poblano pepper, diced
  • 1 anaheim pepper, diced
  • a handful of cilantro, chopped
  • ½ of a carton of grape tomatoes, diced
  • ¼ of a red onion, diced
  • juice from 1 lime
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • cumin
  • diced mango (optional)
  • diced celery (optional)
  • diced jalapeño (optional)

1. Seed and dice up all ingredients and combine in mixing bowl. For an extra kick add some diced jalapeño.

2. Squeeze lime juice all over and mix. Add olive oil to your preference along with salt, pepper, and cumin.

3. Stir ingredients until evenly coated and chill in the fridge.

4. Enjoy!

*You can serve this with chips, on top of scrambled eggs, or over fish. It would also be good to use with vegetable medallions if you want to go the paleo route.

I hope everyone had a great 4th, and the day off in the middle of the week didn’t mess you up.  I’ll take any extra day Emma and I get to spend with Josh, so you won’t hear me complaining.

Let me leave you with this little goody that Aunt B introduced me to.  Happy 4th of July to me, gluten-free!

4 Jul

Gettin’ Crafty With Pinterest

Posted by Crunchy Hot Mama in Crafts, Crunchy, DIY, Make It Yourself. Tagged: , , , , , .

Happy 4th of July everyone!

I am making a few ahem non-paleo goodies for the holiday that I plan to share tomorrow, so stay tuned.

This post, however, is all about my lack of craftiness.  One of my 30 Pinterest boards is called Gettin’ Crafty so I thought it fitting to title a post with it.  Let me start off by saying I am not crafty, at least in the sense of coming up with my own ideas.  Thanks to Pinterest, I can find inspiration and copy it or at least do my own rendition of it.  I really love to cook, and even though I have a theatre degree, I’m not very crafty.  Sad, I know.  Oh well that’s what Pinterest is for, right?

To date, I have quite a few crafts, recipes, and decorations that I’ve made from there so it hasn’t been all for naught.  If you remember I did a post a while back on homemade laundry soap, from Pinterest, that I am still in love with and using full-time now.  I recently threw a baby shower for my dear friend from high school, who was having a little girl, and found a cute idea from Martha Stewart.  These vases were for baby shower ideas so I thought it might be fun to incorporate them with the shower colors.

The description called for streamers (which shocked me for Martha) but I thought ribbon would look nicer.  I just wrapped the ribbon around the vase twice and attached it with some double stick tape.  I think it turned out pretty cute and could be adjusted for any holiday/theme.

I then found this cute bow holder that was being sold on Etsy but figured I could craft it myself.  I wanted to make it for the shower as well, so her baby girl could have a place for the oodles of bows to come.  I just used a leftover frame that I had and spray painted it ORB (oil-rubbed bronze).  Then I bought some cute ribbon, used a staple gun to attach it to the back and violà!  It was quick and easy and I’m thinking I may have to make one for Emma now, too…

My next inspiration came from a friend who had pinned a bunch of kid craft ideas.  I thought these sticks were cool and wanted to do my ‘crunchy’ spin on it and make my own homemade dyes-which happened to be a lot of fun especially with Emma’s help.

I ended up using blueberries (purple), espresso (brown), turmeric (yellow), and raspberries (pink).  To make the green, I combined the yellow and blue and will admit that I added a little help to the red and green, with the store-bought stuff, since they weren’t vivid enough.  Someone on the site suggested using tea bags for a quicker, easier method, which I will try next time.

Emma had fun making shapes and letters out of them so I know they were a hit.

Tip: use glass containers when soaking sticks in food dye…I dyed wooden Easter eggs in my plastic measuring cup and to this day is still yellow from the turmeric.

Well there you have it-probably my one and only post on crafting!  Ha. I hope you all have a wonderful fourth of July and get to celebrate with your loved ones!

Note: photo from here.

2 Jul

Going Paleo: Part Tres

Posted by Crunchy Hot Mama in Books, Crunchy, Food, Gluten-Free, Paleo. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

I just got back from a week-long roadtrip to my hometown and can’t wait to share a ton of info with you, like my edible shampoo and conditioner!

But first, I think it’s only fair to do one last post on Going Paleo.  See part one and two if you need to catch up.

I was talking to a high school friend the other night, about going paleo, and was raving about how great I feel and how my hubby and I happened to lose weight while eating.  She said she was a busy college girl (studying chemical engineering) and would love it if I could do a post on a breakdown of how I eat throughout the day.  I thought that was a great idea!  Sure I can give you recipes but sometimes people just need you to tell them where to start.  This was right up my alley since I had even printed up menu ideas for newly diagnosed celiacs a few years back.

Like I told my friend-we eat A LOT of eggs.  It’s not uncommon for us to go through two dozen easy in one week.  I feel like the Costco people should know me by now, always coming in babywearing Emma in my Ergo, just to get their two dozen cage-free eggs.  Can I tell you secretly how much I heart Costco?  If you have one close to you, check them out stat.  I will run in there when I’m in a pinch for dinner and grab one of their $4.99 rotisserie chickens, that has no added hormones or antibiotics and is gluten-free.  It usually lasts a couple of meals and is always a good snack when we’re out and about.

Here’s what I usually get from there:

  • Organic Blueberries $8.99
  • Fresh Broccoli (3 lb bag) $4.59
  • Brussels Sprouts (2 lb bag) $3.99
  • Organic Carrots (10 lb bag) $5.99
  • Peeled organic Carrots (5 lb bag) $4.99
  • Kerrygold grass-fed butter $6.89
  • Organic boneless skinless chicken breasts $5.99/lb
  • Fresh organic thigh meat $3.99/lb
  • Fresh organic whole chicken fryers $2.49/lb
  • Organic spinach (1 lb clamshell) $3.99
  • Organic spring mix (1 lb clamshell) $3.99
  • Wild-caught Atlantic salmon: fresh-$16.70, frozen (3 lb)-$27.99
  • Wild-caught frozen Cod (2 lb) $15.99
  • Wild-caught frozen Mahi-Mahi  (3 lb) $24.99
  • Wild-caught frozen raw Scallops (2 lb) $26.99
  • Frozen organic Broccoli (4 lb bag) $5.89
  • Frozen organic Wild Blueberries (4 lb bag) $13.79
  • 13 pound bag of baking soda (for cleaning) $6.59
  • 1.32 gallons of distilled white vinegar (for cleaning) $3.29
  • 2 dozen cage-free eggs $6.39
  • Canned Wild Sockeye Salmon (3/6 oz.) $9.99

A few weeks ago, I happened to snag a pound of their fresh wild-caught sea scallops for a quick dinner and they were delish!

Now don’t get me wrong, just because I stay home with baby girl it doesn’t mean I can’t get in a rut bind with cooking.  I don’t mean to complain about cooking every.single.meal, but it does get old sometimes not having enough leftovers for the following day or for Josh’s lunch.  It constantly feels like I’m doing dishes every time I turn around-blah.  I might have to see if I can tempt my mom to come up and be dishwasher since she’d rather do that than cook.  Ha!  Fat chance.

So to give you a breakdown of what we typically eat during the week, this is what it looks like.  You can check my recipes tab for more inspiration.

Breakfast

-Egg cupcakes with fresh fruit

-Leftover chicken or salmon (breakfast doesn’t have to be just eggs and bacon) with sautéed veggies or a poached egg

-A couple of boiled eggs with fresh fruit and a cup of herbal tea

-Ham and egg cups

-Fried eggs over sweet potato hash with onion and bell pepper

-Scrambled eggs with broccoli, Brussels sprouts, spinach, zucchini, bacon, nutritional yeast, etc. The sky’s the limit with what veggies you could put in your eggs-you could even do an omlette and toss it all in.

Snacks

-Trail mix (any combo of raw nuts with some toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, unsweetened dried cherries, and golden raisins)

-Sliced celery and carrot sticks with fresh ground almond butter

-Boiled egg (these are great to take with you on the go) and piece of fruit

-Fried plantains and fresh guacamole

-Diced tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and avocado with extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and garlic powder.  Yum!

-Organic Beef Jerky, LÄRABAR, ReBar, Rise energy bar, or  Tanka bars *I swear by these!

Lunch

-Roasted chicken with cauliflower mash and sautéed Brussels sprouts with fresh garlic in bacon grease or butter

-Grilled wild-caught salmon or cod with broccoli and cauliflower

-Salad with cooked chicken, turkey, or fish and veggies (to your heart’s content) topped with extra-virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar

-Thai shrimp soup

-Scrumptious salmon chowder

-Homemade chicken, tuna, or salmon salad nested in a tomato or avocado

Dinner

-Bean-less chili

-Sirloin or Chicken Dijon with spinach or kale

-Pork tenderloin with cherry sauce over mashed cauliflower

-Paleo chicken piccata with Brussels sprouts

-Garden-fresh meatballs (can be chopped up with eggs for breakfast)

-Lasagna with zucchini noodles and kale

Dessert

-Bedtime blueberries

-Strawberry shortcakes

-Paleo apple muffins (can be used for breakfast, too)

-Nutty cookies

-Chocolate pudding (made with avocados)

-Sliced banana with almond butter

Yes, it appears that we are constantly eating but it doesn’t seem to be bad for us.  I know veggies give you the fiber that beans never could and protein gives you the energy you need to sustain throughout the day.  I kid you not, I was telling my friend that I had a new-found energy once we went paleo.  As many of you know, toddlers can wear you out, but I would wake up with renewed energy even after only getting six hours of sleep.  No good reason why I go to bed so late-guess I’m a night owl por vida baby!  Like I said, I’m a work in progress in regards to exercise and sleep (it is 12:37 as I write this).

I did want to take a minute to rave about the Everyday Paleo Cookbook by Sarah Fragoso I mentioned in the last post.  In her book, you can find easy, delicious recipes, lunch ideas for kids, a shopping list for 4 weeks of food, AND a workout routine.  You now have no excuse to say ‘I don’t know what to eat or how to work out in going paleo’ especially since it’s only $18!  Sarah also has another book coming out in September called Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook with 80+ new recipes that the family can do together.  I am letting the hubby know I’d like that for the b-day since it comes out around my special day.  She even has a book for kids, called Paleo Pals, to get them started on their paleo journey and help them understand what is happening.

In case you’re wondering what a typical day of grocery shopping looks like (besides the above mentioned Costco), check this out.  The family all headed to Sprouts for some grocery shopping after Josh and I donated some good ‘ole red blood yesterday afternoon.  I think we made out like bandits with all our provisions and spent just under $100!  I still can’t believe it.  This picture shows a boat load of meat, sans two 6-packs of chicken thighs (those were already on the Big Green Egg for dinner), that SHOULD last us a couple of weeks.

Does that help?  I thought it might be easier if you actually have a rundown of how to eat paleo, especially if you don’t know where to start or are intimidated.  I just gradually made the changes and once I felt amazing we just kept going.

Tell me, are you inspired to check out this lifestyle or are you content with your bag of carby goodness and yelling ‘Heck no we won’t go!”?

Note: Pictures from here and here.

Note: Once again-I wasn’t paid or perked for this.

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