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Eggs Stacy

Posted by Stacy on Jun 15, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 4 comments

Stacy’s favorite breakfast to order in restaurants used to be Eggs Benedict. With a delicious yolk plus Hollandaise and a bed of bread to soak it all up, it seemed the perfect indulgent meal for brunch. But then when we quit bread she struggled with what to order. Even the omelets at popular breakfast joints are tainted with pancake batter! So, Stacy started ordering the same predictable thing over the years. We like a local restaurant that serves gluten-free pancakes the kids get freakishly excited about (gasp! yes, we let our kids indulge occasionally – and regret it immediately...

Paleo P.F. Chang’s Recipe Recreation Round-Up

Posted by Matthew on Jun 4, 2013 in 2013 | 16 comments

There’s a famous chain restaurant out there that somehow provides the impossible: gluten-free Chinese food. I know that it’s hard to believe, but it’s completely true! With soy sauce (first ingredient: wheat) serving as the base for nearly every dish, we had pretty much given up on ever eating Chinese again. But P.F. Chang’s not only has an extensive and surprising gluten-free menu, but the food is quite delicious as well! In fact, our kids loved it so much we made a recreation of their Egg Drop Soup last year. Of course, their gluten-free menu is still riddled with...

Asian Short Ribs – a Beyond Bacon Recipe

Posted by Stacy on May 23, 2013 in 2013, beyond bacon, Featured | 3 comments

The official start of grilling season is upon us! Memorial Day weekend has always been a time of year for us when we grill outside, let the kids run around in the yard without a shirt (or pants, as is always the case with one of our children) and enjoy the company of friends and family with good food. This year, we’re headed off to the home of The Domestic Man, where we anticipate our children making a mess of his home while we enjoy some of Russ’s amazingly great food. We’ve got fun plans for the family to explore Baltimore, which although it’s only an hour-and-a-half...

Rocky Road Blondies

Posted by Stacy on May 11, 2013 in 2012, Featured | 8 comments

As mentioned in Hayley’s recent (donut) post, often we visit with her she (politely) requests Urban Poser’s honey-sweetened Marshmallows accompany the visit. Matt has some sort of magic over Jenni’s marshmallows and they come out wonderfully perfect and puffy each time. So when I was talking with Bill & Hayley about visiting for their Gather Release Party and I offered to bring something for their dessert table I knew exactly what to expect. I wanted to bring two things, so I also checked with Diane and Aimee (my travel companion) and was enthusiastically encouraged to...

Guest Post, The Simple Paleo Life: Argentinian Steak with Chimichurri

Posted by Matthew on Apr 20, 2013 in 2013 | 4 comments

Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series. We hope you enjoy the new view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! Today, Sylvie of The Simple Paleo Life shares a classic recipe of her Argentine heritage: Steak with Chimichurri! We met Sylvie at Paleo FX where we hugged! Go visit her blog where she documents how she is living a paleo lifestyle in...

Crazy for Kale

Posted by Matthew on Apr 18, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 57 comments

Don’t miss the end of the post, there’s a GIVEAWAY! One of our boys’ favorite vegetables is kale. I think it probably started when we made Kale Chips for Eat Like a Dinosaur, and then our oldest (a born leader) declared his absolute love for the vegetable. Since then the other boys have followed along like little ducklings in support of his declaration. I mention this vegetable often when talking about their favorite foods on the podcast, so when Hallie asked us to review her Crazy for Kale ebook and submit a recipe for round-up I was shocked to see that the only recipe I...

Guest Post, Living Healthy With Chocolate: Coconut Cream Pie

Posted by Matthew on Apr 13, 2013 in 2013 | 16 comments

Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series. We hope you enjoy the new view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! Today we invite Adriana from Living Healthy With Chocolate. She writes many delicious paleo-friendly desserts we know you’ll be dying to try. She is giving us a peek at her kitchen with a delicious coconut cream pie...

Salted Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookies

Posted by Stacy on Apr 8, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 17 comments

We keep a board on Pinterest of recipes we want to Paleoize. You may recall our popular Monster Cookie Dough Dip and PB&J Sandwich Cookies, each inspired by this board. And now, these insanely delicious looking Salted Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookies are the next on our list. They’re incredibly rich and delicious, just what this lady needs once a month… Dark Chocolate Salted Truffle Cookies (dairy & grain-free and option for nut-free too!) Ingredients: 6 oz by weight (almost 1 cup) unsweetened chocolate, in 1 oz chunks 1 1/4 C semi-sweet or dark chocolate (we used Enjoy...

Guest Post, Eat Recycle Repeat: Stuffed Sweet Potato Skins

Posted by Matthew on Mar 27, 2013 in 2013 | 4 comments

Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series. We hope you enjoy the new view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! This week we’re visited by Kate of Eat, Recycle, Repeat, a terrific blog about healthy and natural living. Whether it’s inspiring posts, or life journey posts or recipe posts, there’s always something interesting on...

Guest Post, KatieDid: 3 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes

Posted by Matthew on Mar 20, 2013 in 2013 | 14 comments

Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series. We hope you enjoy the new view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! This week we are joined by Katie Kiely of KatieDid! Please check out her lovely blog where you can see her fantastic photographs of both her food and her progress with CrossFit. Seriously, you own it to yourself to checkout her...

ELaD’s Frozen Waffles and other Naturally Green St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Posted by Stacy on Mar 14, 2013 in 2013, ELaD, Featured | 31 comments

There are a few recipes in our first cookbook, Eat Like a Dinosaur, that we’re asked to share. A lot. Like, at least once a week someone wants to publish (or wants us to publish) on the web some of our most popular recipes from ELaD: Fools Gold Chicken Nuggets, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Rat on a Stick, Anytime Cookies, 50/50 Burgers and Frozen Waffles. Until now, only 50/50 Burgers were on our site. We’re not trying to be mean, but if we don’t hold some recipes hostage you guys would have no incentive to actually buy a book. And frankly we think 1) kids deserve a tangible...

Guest Post, Paleo Family Eats: How I’m Transitioning My Son to Paleo

Posted by Matthew on Mar 6, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 10 comments

Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series. We hope you enjoy the new view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! Today we are joined by our friend, Rachel, of Paleo Family Eats. She shares her plan for helping her son’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease by transitioning him to paleo, a topic we are all interested in! After reading her post,...