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Guest Post, Aimee Buxton: Photographing Beyond Bacon

Posted by Aimee Buxton on May 13, 2013 in 2013, beyond bacon | 2 comments

Today we welcome a special guest! The third half of the Beyond Bacon team, Aimee Buxton. She was instrumental in making the whole project sing, as everyone has mentioned when looking at the preview. But what was it like to spend several months of Sundays in a row at the Paleo Parents’ house? How does one go about photographing someone else’s food to execute their vision? She’s the only one who can answer! Aimee is one of our very dearest friends, so we knew that handing her this vital part of the project was going to work because we trusted her talent and she trusted our...

A Look Inside Beyond Bacon – Recipe Reveals & Giveaway!

Posted by Stacy on May 8, 2013 in 2013, beyond bacon, Featured | 236 comments

First things first, a few celebratory notes: This is our 500th blog post. FIVE HUNDRED BLOG POSTS. Y’all should be set on content for a while, right? This week is our 3 year paleo-versary! We lost 200lbs, gained our health and changed our lives… no big deal. We were on TV. We have a really special podcast coming out on Mother’s Day. In an attempt to recoup some podcasting costs it’s going to be the first of what we hope to be a monthly series which will be $.99 to download each, but we hope it’s worth every penny. No need to buy, but if you’re interested...

Look Ma, We’re On TV!

Posted by Stacy on May 6, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 8 comments

In the midst of everything else we had going on the last few weeks, we got a request from a local news team for an interview about our family’s experience with Paleo. Of course, we were thrilled to help spread our positive thoughts on how real food can affect a family! It’s our hope that other families watching their morning news would be inspired to give paleo a try if it means not just losing weight, but drastically improving health too. So we (nervously) invited a news crew with bright lights and a big camera into our home for a few hours to hang out and watch us prepare a...

Behind the Scenes at the Beyond Bacon Family Photo Shoot

Posted by Stacy on Apr 21, 2013 in 2013 | 8 comments

Back in the day the blog was just that – a place where our family did a brain dump, posted untouched photos from our phone or point-and-shoot, and jotted down foods we wanted to remember for next time. It has obviously evolved over time into something much more than we could have imagined, which is great, but we lost that connection to the now as it happens. But now that Monica’s here we actually got time again to blog about the stuff we want to share, instead of spending that time with the administrative upkeep of the blog! I know, I know… you guys are mostly here for the...

Beyond Bacon: FAQs

Posted by Stacy on Apr 6, 2013 in 2013, beyond bacon, Featured | 34 comments

After an amazing week away from work and the routine of life, we have returned from our mini-vacation refreshed! We’ve been away from the blog too long, and for that we sincerely apologize. We’re looking forward to getting back into the kitchen blogging recipes and talking about our day-to-day life. Of course, the main reason for our disappearance (as we warned about here) is because Beyond Bacon is in the process of being put into its layout, edited and wrapped up in a pretty bow for the printer in order to make sure it gets into your hands by July 2, 2013! Now that all of the...

Apple Plum Sangria

Posted by Stacy on Feb 25, 2013 in 2013 | 3 comments

The end is near! We’re starting to see a light at the end of the Beyond Bacon tunnel! This weekend we invited our local recipe testers over for a potluck of Beyond Bacon recipes – and I have NEVER seen food disappear so quickly at a potluck! The overwhelming hit at the party was our Savory Bacon Jam, which was brought as an appetizer with apple slices – something I never would have thought of, but was genius! Before you ask, the recipe will be in the book – apologies for the teaser but July 2nd is coming quick! I just love these type of events where people get to...

Being Busy Bees with Beyond Bacon

Posted by Stacy on Feb 11, 2013 in beyond bacon | 2 comments

All, we wanted to let you know that we’re thinking about you. Matt and I have a backlog of posts we can’t wait to write, recipes we can’t wait to share and photos to provide for you all. But this month is going to be tough for us… Beyond Bacon is due to our publisher at the end of the month – and it’s a short month! Right now over 100 recipe testers have been sent the recipes in Beyond Bacon and are giving things a trial run, telling us their thoughts and pointing out the idiotic errors that inevitably happen when you’re writing over 100 recipes. One...

Giving Away 5 Early Review Copies of Beyond Bacon!

Posted by Stacy on Jan 14, 2013 in 2013, beyond bacon, Featured | 0 comments

Last year we asked our readers to share the news of Eat Like a Dinosaur, and the results were amazing. We met new blogging friends and watched in amazement as they met our challenge. The best was getting to announce the iterative top referrers and then watching the friendly competition as online friends “fought” for the top spot on our referral list. Of course, we’d like to ask you all to do the same with Beyond Bacon, Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog! If you would like to get yourself a FREE copy of our book and have a website or other social media avenue, all you...

Beyond Bacon, Announcement for our 2nd Cookbook!

Posted by Stacy on Dec 10, 2012 in 2012, beyond bacon, Featured | 899 comments

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winners are Sarah Stevenson, Alison Whyte and Brandae (fillafarmstead). We are so very excited to finally share our next big project with you all. We’ve been posting teasers on Instagram and Facebook, but here is the official announcement. We’ve begun working on our next cookbook: Beyond Bacon, Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog Don’t miss the preview recipe and giveaway at the end of this post! Want to learn how to cook the whole hog, without grains, dairy, legumes and refined-sugar? Interested in making treats with lard, enhance the...

Beef Bacon 50/50 Braunschweiger Burger Sliders

Posted by Matthew on Sep 11, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 11 comments

Probably the most difficult task most paleo and ancestral health advocates advise you to do is to eat organ meats, particularly liver. Frankly, I just have a really hard time stomaching the preparation of organ meats. One time, I made this with both liver and kidneys and felt so nauseous afterwards that I couldn’t eat it, even though the rest of my family scarfed it up. There is a mental block there, I think, where a liver looks exactly like what it is: an organ from an animal that was once alive. Most of us grew up so separated from the life and death of our food that we are not...

ZuSketti with Bacon & Roasted Tomatoes

Posted by Matthew on Jul 23, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 6 comments

[Please note, this recipe was created for The Balanced Platter and made before Stacy eliminated nightshades. If you're following her WTF plan, simply make this recipe without the tomatoes and add avocado prior to serving] When I think of summer foods, I think of the colors. Pink watermelons, violet blueberries, purple eggplant, orange cantaloupe, yellow squash, and, of course, red tomatoes and green zucchini. We are especially big fans of zucchini and use it in so many of our recipes. Readers of Eat Like a Dinosaur will remember our ZuCakes and Zucchini Latkes. Few foods are more versatile,...

Egg Drop Soup

Posted by Matthew on Apr 19, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 30 comments

Wow, what a crazy week we’ve had so far! Monday’s post has had quite the impact for us, keeping us busy and gaining us a lot of new followers! To those new followers, welcome. I almost feel like an introduction is in order. Hello. My name is Matt. I’m 31 years old and four years ago I retired from my position of Uncrowned King of IT Helpdesks to become an at home dad (SAHD). When I’m not writing epic articles on being called fat or on losing 200 pounds with my wife or on how eating a paleo diet might activate your spouse’s sex drive , I make my bread and butter...