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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: Coconut Butter Bark from Diabetic Paleo

Posted by Stacy on Jan 27, 2013 in 2013 | 13 comments

Normally Wednesdays are 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 to two days a week. We hope you enjoy the expanded 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’s post is from Nathalie from Diabetic Paleo. I found her blog not long ago and was impressed with her honesty and food photography. I can only imagine her story and health struggles will...

Chocolate Trail Mix Detox Cookies

Posted by Stacy on Jan 12, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 12 comments

What do you call a ball of ingredients that’s packed with protein & healthy fat and missing the sweeteners that would make it a cookie? How do you tell people, “Warning, this cookie is not your typical cookie. Do not think this recipe will remind you of Toll House.”? I don’t know, no matter what I call this people are either going to complain I shouldn’t make cookies on a detox or that it’s not sweet enough – so, let’s just forge ahead anyway and encourage the nay-sayers to MYOB. The cookies are called Chocolate Trail Mix Cookies because...

TPV Podcast, Episode 18: Paleo 102

Posted by Stacy on Dec 14, 2012 in 2012, Featured, Podcasts | 3 comments

Our eighteenth show! Ep. 18: Paleo 102 In this episode, Stacy and Sarah continue to talk about the basics of paleo in hopes of helping those that are getting on board. What do these paleo ladies actually do to stay healthy and strong? What foods are they actually eating? They share their tips in this episode! Click the picture above to be taken to iTunes or download and listen by clicking the PodBean player below Podcast Powered By Podbean If you enjoy the show, please review it in iTunes! The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 18: Paleo 102 0:00 – Introduction 1:07 –...

Banana Bread Balls: Nut-Free Larabar Wannabes

Posted by Stacy on Oct 25, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 26 comments

For 3 months now, I’ve been nut-free because I’m only eating Autoimmune-compliant paleo foods. And for 3 months now, I’ve been missing the convenience and tasty treat a Larabar always offered me while on-the-go. A few weeks ago, however, I saw a Banana Bread Larabar at the store and a light bulb went off (as I stood there, eyes glazed over and frothing at the mouth longing for my long-lost-friend: the nut). With the magic of bananas, I could recreate this flavor of their awesome bars without nuts! No, seriously, I did. And they’re fan-freaking-tastic. If you were a...

Healthy Lunchbox Alternatives, a Guest Post for And Love it Too

Posted by Matthew on Aug 27, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 21 comments

If you recall, last year we did a guest post for Sunny of And Love it Too on packing paleo lunches for school. We’ve included those ideas for you at the end as our daily suggestions. As a quick reminder, we also discussed the topic of healthy lunches quite extensively on the first episode of our podcast, The Paleo View. We also cover this topic in our book, Eat Like a Dinosaur. Due to our personal experiences last year with lunch packing, when Sunny asked us this year to contribute to her annual round-up, we wanted our annual post to focus more on food “replacers” as an...

TPV Podcast, Episode 1: Paleo Kids in School

Posted by Stacy on Aug 17, 2012 in 2012, Featured, Podcasts | 14 comments

Our first show! Ep 1: Paleo Kids in School Read to the end for our Podcast GIVEAWAY of an iPod Touch Click the picture above to be taken to iTunes or download and listen by clicking the PodBean player below If you enjoy the show, please review it in iTunes! The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 1: Kids in School In this episode, Sarah’s daughter is headed to Kindergarten, so the ladies discuss everything involved in packing school lunches, navigating school policies, and how to talk to your kids about why they eat differently from their peers. Hope you enjoy listening as much...

Prepping for Vacation with Apple Cinnamon Mini Crumb Cakes

Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 18 comments

Holy cow. Who knew that getting ready for vacation could be SO stressful. At this point, the Low Carb Cruise canNOT come soon enough! Stacy’s been working 15 hour days at her job in anticipation of not being there next week. I’ve been doing everything from finding passports to building a schedule and making meals in advance, for my mom coming to stay with the boys for the 9 days we’re gone. We thought after all that work we’ve put into it, you might want to know what we’ve done to ensure our paleo-kids will stay well fed and nourished in our absence. As awesome...

Primal Kitchen: Getting Buy-In for Real Food Lunches

Posted by Stacy on Jan 18, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 21 comments

We get a LOT of questions about packing lunches. As often as I can point people to this post, or this post, or tell them there’s a chapter in the book devoted to lunches… I knew we needed new, fresh material on the site. That’s where the Primal Kitchen: A Family Grokumentary comes in. I’ve been following this blog for quite some time. How can you not?! The name is genius. And the lunch picture compositions are beautiful, inspiriting and fun! I was SUPER thrilled when Primal Kitchen agreed to do a post for you all – a guest post on getting your family’s...

Goodbyn Bynto and a COUPON

Posted by Stacy on Nov 22, 2011 in 2011, Featured | 10 comments

If you recall, I wrote that Goodbyn was my lunchbox of choice in this Packing a Paleo Lunch is Easier Than You Think post. I found them to be the most leak-proof and the most fun (they come with their own dishwasher proof decorating stickers!) of all lunch boxes we’ve tried. And they even come with matching drink bottles and a handle! How can you resist these BPA-free, recyclable, made in the USA, adorable products?! Plus, I love how they fit perfectly into the front of Cole’s bookbag. When I wrote Goodbyn to let them know I’d be featuring them as a product we love on...

Not Sugar Cookies for the Nut-Free School Dilemma

Posted by Matthew on Oct 26, 2011 in 2011, Featured | 50 comments

In this age of frequent tree nut allergies, we frequently get asked how we deal with nut-free school situations. We’ve certainly dealt with this exact issue at any school we’ve had our kids attend. I’m all for protecting kids in the best way possible, but sometimes paranoia fear gets the best of us. The idea of banning all forms of nuts is often an exaggerated reaction to a severe problem for what is actually a problem for only a very small segment of the population. In Finian’s school, for example, his classroom is only used by one class: his. There are no peanut or...

Packing a Paleo Lunch is Easier Than You Think

Posted by Stacy on Aug 19, 2011 in 2011, Featured | 37 comments

Thanks to Sunny, I finally have the motivation to make a post that’s been long overdue. I know one of the hardest challenges for us in the beginning of adapting a Paleo lifestyle (that’s removal of dairy, grains, legumes, sugar, chemicals and all processed foods) was figuring out what to pack for lunch. Breakfast was easy enough, since we love eggs. And dinner can simply be solved by replacing grains with salad on most meals we were making before. But lunch, what a challenge! However, lunch really isn’t that hard – or at least it doesn’t need to be. It took a few...