Easy Prime Protein Bites are a snack you can quickly make using pantry ingredients. They are perfectly paleo and packed with healthy carbs, fiber, protein and good fats. Health Benefits of Dates Recently, there was a report showing that medjool dates, in spite of being quite sweet, do not spike blood sugar. It’s suspected the … Read more
As I beheld the beautiful purple-skinned sweet potatoes, I imagined this would be the perfect show-stopping element at dinner. But on the first pass of my potato-peeler, my hopes were shattered. Rather than the deep purple flesh I had envisioned, the skin was white! What Type of Sweet Potato Has Purple Flesh? The thing is, … Read more
As a Certified Holistic Health Coach, my primary focus is METABOLIC HEALTH. The Paleo Spirit Plan helps midlife women: How’s It Going? Are you experiencing an increase in belly fat? Is what worked for you in the past not working anymore? Are you tired of the demoralizing roller-coaster of diets and “diet culture”? Are you … Read more
This type of dessert recipe has been known by a few different names. For example, it’s been referred to as “Magic Bars“, “Seven Layer Bars” and “Million Dollar Bars“. Paleo Magic Bars sounds the most fun. And it does have seven layers. Basically, it’s an easy recipe that happens to be gluten-free and grain-free. Because it has … Read more
(The following post is written by my son, Benjamin Valle) Who was Ray Peat? And how does his philosophy align with or diverge from Paleo, Primal and Keto ways of eating? Today I would like to explore these questions in the first of what I envision as a short series where I outline how following … Read more
The word “stress” evokes negative emotions. We are reminded constantly to “reduce stress” in our lives to improve our well-being. But did you know there is such a thing as “good stress”? Hormesis is the word for this type of stress, which is the body’s adaptive response to stressors. Hormesis or “hormetic stress” refers to the … Read more
Remember when Chick-fil-A served a Carrot Raisin Salad as a side option? If not, there are multiple possible reasons why, including that you may be too young! Carrot Raisin Salad was on the Chick-fil-A menu for almost 50 years but was dropped around 2013. My late grandparents (born in the 1910s) were fans and even … Read more
Saying 2020 did not pan out as expected may be the understatement of the century. How many of us would have predicted how it all went down? To be fair, in the scheme of the entire world and of history, there is and has been worse. But everything is relative and relatively speaking, 2020 was … Read more
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we can officially kick off the holiday season! Avoiding the shopping crowds is becoming easier and easier every year so Cyber Monday is my favorite day to look for deals from the comfort of my home. While perusing some online sales, I decided to put together some links … Read more
These Vietnamese Meatballs are Paleo and Keto friendly! My latest recipe, Paleo Vietnamese Meatballs, is the result of a big, beautiful box of grass-fed, grass-finished beef I received a few days ago from ButcherBox. If you have similar high quality ground beef and want a recipe worthy of it, look no further. Of course you … Read more
