I'm basically Paleo, due to food allergies (dairy & grains). Although I do eat legumes & starches. I have a LOT of friends who do it. It does pair well with Crossfit, which I think is a great thing - I've had a lot of friends switch from being overweight & not active at all to being pretty dang healthy because they found something that worked for me. I think it's a lot better of a diet than a lot of other eating styles too, because it encourages you to make healthy decisions & gives you some structure to base your meal plans off of.
If you hate cooking, then you should definitely look into make-ahead meals (sometimes called "freezer cooking" or the "once-a-month" system). Basically you do all of the cooking once a week or once a month & then just eat throughout the week. I use disposable plastic TV dinner trays that I buy in bulk online, shovel the food in them, and then either put in the fridge or freezer. I have a thread on that project over here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2336038
Basically, you can find ways to both hit your dietary targets & make it easy on yourself. There's tons of great Paleo resources out there; here's a few to get you started:
http://paleomg.com/
http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=paleo
http://nomnompaleo.com/
My family has been doing Paleo/Primal for the past few years. We slowly, over the course of 6 months transitioned to strict Paleo. My son has had several food allergies since birth, my wife did an elimination diet while nursing and we found out he was allergic to corn. Corn is in everything so we took that out of our diets completely first. Then over time he started to react to oats. So we then went to SCD/GAPS/Paleo diet. All three of us have been on it now for 2 years. My wife and I cheat now and then but we try to stick to it. My wife sees a big change in her mood, brain fog, etc when she goes off the diet.
Sorry didn't see your post earlier. I cook several times a week so it's not a big issue for me. So far this week so good, minus being fairly tired yesterday and today. It's literally the same things I have been eating minus dairy and grains, as everything has been fairly healthy. (Veggie + protein)
Appreciate the links - had NomNom already bookmarked, but good seeing the Pinterest pins!
Oh also @VoteQuimby - not sure if you've heard of "Against All Grain", but I've been going through that book lately & it has a TON of great recipes:
http://againstallgrain.com/buy-it-now/
We've been fans since we stumbled upon her "White bread" recipe while back.
Could you post it or a source?
http://againstallgrain.com/2012/05/21/grain-free-white-bread-paleo-and-scd/ - maybe that's it? Either way that looks pretty darn good...might have to give that a shot this weekend.
That's it. Fairly easy to make too. You can toast it and put on some homemade preserves or use it for french toast. Very versatile.
That's it. Fairly easy to make too. You can toast it and put on some homemade preserves or use it for french toast. Very versatile.
Awesome. Have you tried almond vs coconut flour out of curiosity? I don't have a preference one way or the other on flour, just thought I'd ask. I need to pick some up this weekend and will give it a shot (also going to use almond butter instead, as I just whipped up a fresh batch)
Funny you mention that, my wife's friend actually just bought us that book a month ago. My son is addicted to her banana bread recipe. It's nice too because it uses minimal coconut & almond flour ($$$). We've been fans since we stumbled upon her "White bread" recipe while back.
Interesting to find another person allergic to corn. Basically means you have to make everything from scratch. Plus there is a learning curve to find out what has corn in it and all the chemical ingredients that are derived from corn. Though some brands (health food store) are getting better. We even make our own Vanilla from potato vodka.
Another great place for recipes is Urban Poser urbanposer.blogspot.com
Awesome I have a gift card to B&N so I now have something to get there - thanks
PS - do you have a spiralizer or veggie shredder of sorts? Interested to see how that veggie pasta tastes. (Not spaghetti squash, but shredded veggies) IE, can you recommend one that is decent? Thanks again!
Awesome. Have you tried almond vs coconut flour out of curiosity? I don't have a preference one way or the other on flour, just thought I'd ask. I need to pick some up this weekend and will give it a shot (also going to use almond butter instead, as I just whipped up a fresh batch)
I use both, but I only use almond flour only after the little dude goes to bed, since he's nut-allergic, so my usage is minimal. I've also read that almond flour maybe isn't the best flour to use a lot:
http://empoweredsustenance.com/avoid-almond-flour/
I don't mind using it occasionally though. I do have an amazing chocolate-chip cookie recipe using almond meal (it's like coarse almond flour) & coconut oil. They are ridiculously enjoyable to eat:
http://catch42.pbworks.com/w/page/78284306/Chocolate Chip Cookies
btw, if you want to get more into coconut, check out the Coconut Mama on Facebook - she posts links to amazing recipes all the time:
https://www.facebook.com/thecoconutmama
Ok made the bread recipe last night. Looked more like wheat than white bread (made a new batch of almond butter, so that caused the discoloration) and didn't rise as much as the picture did, but it's good. Interesting though. I will say, toasted it tastes a lot more like regular bread.
Choc cookies - made those too lol. It was about the same recipe as the one you posted. A bit more crumbly than I was thinking though, but still pretty tasty!
Coconut vs almond - read an article last night about the dangers. Is what it is, I'm not overly worried about it when we've cut out all the other crap out of my diet. Thanks for all the links K!