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How to go primal (without really trying) - join me?

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  • #122
    RobAMerc
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    Doolee wrote: »
    Cauliflower mash all the way! Big knob of butter and some white pepper...what more would a gal want:)

    Course theres always broccoli too. Feckit have both!
    I'm going to make a chili or sort of bolognase and top it with cauliflower mash, its my new favourite thing.:D

    adding a knob of goats cheese to Cauliflower or Broccoli mash is a real winner in my house, with a bit of cayenne and plenty of slat and pepper.


  • #123
    Doolee
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    RobAMerc wrote: »
    adding a knob of goats cheese to Cauliflower or Broccoli mash is a real winner in my house, with a bit of cayenne and plenty of slat and pepper.

    Ooooooh god, sounds yum.....
    But cheese...I'm sort of trying to keep the dairy lowish...cept for yoghurt this morning and milk in my tea. Might save that though for a non yoghurt day though!

    Also, thought I should let everyone know theres a paleo bread for sale in Nourish on Wicklow st! Its by a new company called DetoxRetox and theyve just started supplying a few places. Its expensive but tastes yum! Theres 3 kinds, a cinnamon and raisin one-my favourite, then an original one, then an oregano and something else, so more savory. The girl who runs it is totally paleo, like cant even handle the sweetness of sweet potato! Its mostly through intolerances but fair play to them I'm sure they will do well.
    Would absolutely love to have done that...


  • #124
    Transform
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    I'm having meatloaf in tomato sauce for dinner - what to serve with it paleo peeps?
    Lots of veggies in the sauce will be more than enough e.g. Peppers, onion, celery etc


  • #125
    Dotcomdolly
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    cool, cauli mash & brocolli it is :)
    I'm going the have a blt for lunch - without the bread. I amde the guacamole last night from the nom nom recipe and it's fab. Avocados are only 38c for 2 in Aldi at the minute.


    banshee - that burger recipe seems like too much work for me! I just had meat, italian seasoning, pepper & onion salt in mine. It was very tasty M&S angus mince though.

    Doolee, the nuts sound great. I fried off some cashews in coconut oil and a good bit of sea salt & they were yummy. I'd like to try to do spiced nuts, I was looking at the salt & pepper cashews in Aldi, and the amount of other ingredients - yuck!
    Doolee - have you tried the hot smoked salmon in Lidl/aldi - very good also.

    Lotwan , your hash sounds excellent. So are you going to continue on to a whole60?


  • #126
    banshee_bones
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    Doolee wrote: »
    Cauliflower mash all the way! Big knob of butter and some white pepper...what more would a gal want:)

    Course theres always broccoli too. Feckit have both!
    I'm going to make a chili or sort of bolognase and top it with cauliflower mash, its my new favourite thing.:D

    Thats a really good idea for bolognese! As I always associated it with pasta and spagetti! Think thats what I will be having for dinner tonight!
    RobAMerc wrote: »
    with a bit of cayenne and plenty of slat and pepper.

    you just made cauliflower mash better! cayenne pepper! why didnt I think of that! Although I want to try Carrot & Star Anaise Puree-mash first!

    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/893649/carrot-and-star-anise-pure

    Doolee wrote: »
    Also, thought I should let everyone know theres a paleo bread for sale in Nourish on Wicklow st! Its by a new company called DetoxRetox and theyve just started supplying a few places. Its expensive but tastes yum! Theres 3 kinds, a cinnamon and raisin one-my favourite, then an original one, then an oregano and something else, so more savory.

    That sounds delicious, I may wander over at lunch time and get some!


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  • #127
    Stench Blossoms
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    cool, cauli mash & brocolli it is :)

    Gonna have this as well myself with roasted parsnips and sweet potato.


  • #128
    Dotcomdolly
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    Lunch

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    and the cauli mash will be this recipe
    http://nomnompaleo.com/post/1657598867/best-make-ahead-side-garlic-cauliflower-mashed


  • #129
    Inky_Lady
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    Is there a link missing? Quinoa as a grain isn't paleo, or is it? I have heard it referred to as an ancient grain though.
    Dinner was yummy and extremely filling, I could have left the non paleo corn really.

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    Quinoa isn't a grain. "Quinoa is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beets, spinach, and tumbleweeds." (wikipedia)
    It seems to be a controversial inclusion in the paleo communities, from what I've seen on some forums though!
    I've been following the Paleo diet since the start of Jan - finding it great, and not difficult - although in all honesty, I haven't had to make too many changes from my old diet.
    Going out for dinner on Friday so I hope I'm not too tempted to stray from the path then! :eek:


  • #130
    GThorp
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    You guys make your meals so much more decorative than mine. I've been primal since November and just end up eating simple meals like steak cooked in grassfed butter plus a bowl of veggies. Looks like I've got to take my meals up a notch in aesthetics.


  • #131
    Dotcomdolly
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    Doolee wrote: »
    Also, thought I should let everyone know theres a paleo bread for sale in Nourish on Wicklow st! Its by a new company called DetoxRetox and theyve just started supplying a few places. Its expensive but tastes yum! Theres 3 kinds, a cinnamon and raisin one-my favourite, then an original one, then an oregano and something else, so more savory. The girl who runs it is totally paleo, like cant even handle the sweetness of sweet potato! Its mostly through intolerances but fair play to them I'm sure they will do well.
    Would absolutely love to have done that...

    Just had a look at their site, not a bad price considering how expensive coconut flour is. Especially if you froze it in 2 slice portions so there was no wastage/piggery.
    I used to make bread out of flaxseed, but it also contains a good bit of parmesan which wouldn't be paleo.


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  • #132
    Dotcomdolly
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    Doolee wrote: »
    . I've made paleo bar things in ice cube trays so I usually nibble one of those too!


    Doolee

    Is it Transforms recipe you use? My friend calls over for tea & chocolate every Friday and It would be nice to have a "treat".
    day 3 off the sugar here, had my cappucinno with no sugar, no chocolate!
    I know I'll be required to quit dairy at some point :(


  • #133
    Transform
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    Is it Transforms recipe you use? My friend calls over for tea & chocolate every Friday and It would be nice to have a "treat".
    day 3 off the sugar here, had my cappucinno with no sugar, no chocolate!
    I know I'll be required to quit dairy at some point :(
    Not sure why you would give up the dairy - I find most people I work with function grand on butter, yoghurt and some sheeps or goats cheese.


  • #134
    Doolee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭Doolee


    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    Is it Transforms recipe you use? My friend calls over for tea & chocolate every Friday and It would be nice to have a "treat".
    day 3 off the sugar here, had my cappucinno with no sugar, no chocolate!
    I know I'll be required to quit dairy at some point :(

    It was one of my own creations...threw in everything but the kitchen sink...coconut oil, almond butter, desiccated coconut, cacoa nibs for the caffine hit, barely grass powder, bit of stevia, chopped almonds, acai powder, and linseeds or something I think. Forgot the protein powder ironically. Everytime I make them theyre different! I dont aim to create an amazing tasting bite or i'd eat the whole lot so its more the ingredients, as little sugar as i can put up with and whatever amount of good things, protein, fats I can fit :)

    Dairy is a bit of a thing I know. I'd love to be rid of it just to see is there a difference. Its such a mucus forming food and gives lots of people horrible sinus probs which I've not had but realised recently my nose runs like theres no tomorrow when I eat yoghurt during the day. I think as long as its an organic milk or fermented type dairy - blue cheese, kefir etc then youre fine. Easy on the cheese too!

    Also, forgot to ad, check out susanjanemurrey.com website for recipes. Lots of weird and wonderful alternatives for treats. A little heavy on the agave all of them so maybe stevia would be a better option when possible. I've made loads of her treats, and theyre great....at least I think they are:)


  • #135
    LoTwan
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    You guys were busy today.

    DCD... I will do a Whole32 & then I'm going out to dinner for my birthday. I'll decide when I'm out if I want to comply with the Whole30. Who knows what I will do then but I can tell you this now. I love the way I feel. I love the way I am sleeping. I love the way we are all eating and that I can quickly & evenly stabilise my blood sugar when it goes low (as it has a tendency to do) unlike before when I would chase a low with carbs and then spend hours trying to cope ith the after effects.
    banshee_bones wrote:
    LoTwan wrote: »
    I made chorizo & sweet potato hash for lunch yesterday & it was yummy :-)

    Two of my favourite things ever! Please do tell how you made it! Theres a chorizo and bean stew I make and I LOVE it.

    I went looking for the recipe but then I remembered I changed it so much there was no point finding it LOL

    3 small sweet potatoes
    1 small ring chorizo (Aldi Spanish chorizo)
    1 medium onion
    3 cloves of garlic
    1 bell pepper
    1 tsp marjoram
    Salt & Pepper

    Chop the sweet potato into 1/2" "cubes"
    Cover in a pot with cold water to 1" above the sweet potato
    Add 1/2 tsp salt & bring to the boil
    Boil for 4 minutes until the fork will nearly pierce the flesh, drain & set to one side
    Thinly slice the chorizo & dry fry in a non stick pan
    Finely chop the onion, garlic and peppers & add to the frying pan
    Fry until the onion becomes translucent and the peppers soften
    Add the sweet potato & marjoram to the pan & cook until the sweet potato is soft
    Add salt & pepper to taste
    Serve & enjoy :-)


  • #136
    Doolee
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    I'm getting the impression that you guys are a bit more relaxed about the carb content of your din dins. Ive not even read the proper paleo books, bar flicking through the odd one in the book shop but between podcasts and marksdailyapple i think I know what I'm at. I really do not want to be someone counting calories and logging food items and weighing stuff so I suppose from that perspective, Im just keeping the carbs as low as possible. Sweet potato is a bit of a treat for me. I've a heavy weights session at the crack of dawn tomorrow so had one tonight. Defo makes a difference and god knows theres nothing worse than wanting to have a great session and the energy just isnt there!
    Anyway,...suppose its just interesting to see what everyone elses version of paleo looks like!


  • #137
    Dotcomdolly
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    Doolee wrote: »
    I'm getting the impression that you guys are a bit more relaxed about the carb content of your din dins. Ive not even read the proper paleo books, bar flicking through the odd one in the book shop but between podcasts and marksdailyapple i think I know what I'm at. I really do not want to be someone counting calories and logging food items and weighing stuff so I suppose from that perspective, Im just keeping the carbs as low as possible. Sweet potato is a bit of a treat for me. I've a heavy weights session at the crack of dawn tomorrow so had one tonight. Defo makes a difference and god knows theres nothing worse than wanting to have a great session and the energy just isnt there!
    Anyway,...suppose its just interesting to see what everyone elses version of paleo looks like!

    I'm probably having them once or twice a week, most days my carbs are sub 100g which I'm happy with. I am someone who counts calories and logs on MFP though.


  • #138
    El_Dangeroso
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    Just found the ingredients for that bread there:
    Organic Coconut Flour, Coconut Flour, Fresh Filtered Water, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Whites, Pasteurised Free Range Whole Egg, Organic Linseed, Baking Powder (aluminium-free), Baking Soda,Organic Sea Salt, Lemon Juice, Guar Gum, Coconut Oil.

    tumblr_lltzgnHi5F1qzib3wo1_400.jpg

    Guar gum or even that much coconut might be troublesome for those with IBS but I'd like to give it a try. I wonder could I get it in Galway?


  • #139
    Doolee
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    I'm probably having them once or twice a week, most days my carbs are sub 100g which I'm happy with. I am someone who counts calories and logs on MFP though.

    So is 100g the sort of maintenance level of carbs they recommend or are you meant to count calories or whats the max calories you should hit do you know DCD?
    Also, potential stupid question but is MFP my fitness pal? I put up my todays munchings on Fitday.com which i used a couple of years ago. Very american and then theres the whole paleo bar thing, or how do you count homecooked food without getting the calculator and weighing scales out! Suppose thats what it takes really!
    Damn this could get complicated!


  • #140
    banshee_bones
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    El_Dangeroso wrote: »
    Just found the ingredients for that bread there:



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    Guar gum or even that much coconut might be troublesome for those with IBS but I'd like to give it a try. I wonder could I get it in Galway?

    Evergreen health food shops should be your best bet, the one in the headford road s.c does a large selection of foods.


  • #141
    Stench Blossoms
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    banshee_bones wrote: »
    Evergreen health food shops should be your best bet, the one in the headford road s.c does a large selection of foods.

    Yeh I was just going to say this as well. I saw Tiana coconut flour in Evergreen's. You can get coconut oil in Dunnes as well.


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  • #142
    El_Dangeroso
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    Yeah they don't do it in evergreen I know that. They do a glebe farms one that's nice but you have to bake it yourself and it needs to be toasted.


  • #143
    Dotcomdolly
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    Yummy lunch - fried egg & bacon , spinach mushroom and some leftover cauli mash. DElicious.
    El_D, they seem a small Dublin company I'd be surprised if they had a distributor for outside Dublin, time to get your pinny on!
    I'm doing baked camembert tomorrow night - now what to dunk in instead of breadsticks or other bready things??


  • #144
    LoTwan
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    I am well and truely into the Whole30 groove so now it is time to trim the carbs down.


  • #145
    Glitter
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    I'm doing baked camembert tomorrow night - now what to dunk in instead of breadsticks or other bready things??

    Strawberries!


  • #146
    Dotcomdolly
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    Yikes really??

    Tried making transforms paleo energy treats this evening and I think they may be an expensive disaster :( I omitted the chocolate but it didn't look there was any way it would hold together. So I hurriedly melted the only chocolate I had in the house, Lindt orange and put that in the second half. I think I may end up with very expensive rubble!!

    Eta I take it back, they set!!

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  • #147
    El_Dangeroso
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    Yummy lunch - fried egg & bacon , spinach mushroom and some leftover cauli mash. DElicious.
    El_D, they seem a small Dublin company I'd be surprised if they had a distributor for outside Dublin, time to get your pinny on!
    I'm doing baked camembert tomorrow night - now what to dunk in instead of breadsticks or other bready things??

    Grilled aspargus! Om nom nom..


  • #148
    Dotcomdolly
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    El_Dangeroso wrote: »
    Grilled aspargus! Om nom nom..

    Yes my friend suggested that & I think it sounds lovely. Damn the airmailes & the stinky pee :D I'm also going to try cornichons.
    Followed by STEAK! I'm trying it the Heston Blumenthal method so it has been air drying/ageing in the fridge since yesterday!


  • #149
    Dotcomdolly
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    Doolee wrote: »
    So is 100g the sort of maintenance level of carbs they recommend or are you meant to count calories or whats the max calories you should hit do you know DCD?
    Also, potential stupid question but is MFP my fitness pal? I put up my todays munchings on Fitday.com which i used a couple of years ago. Very american and then theres the whole paleo bar thing, or how do you count homecooked food without getting the calculator and weighing scales out! Suppose thats what it takes really!
    Damn this could get complicated!

    Sorry Doolee, never answered this. I only know what I do myself - I log everything on MFP, yes my fitness pal, and my goal is 1600 cals and no more than 100g of carbs (so about 25% of my total) and most imprtantly I want these carbs to come from veg & fruit, not pasta, bread, rice etc.
    On MFP you can create a recipe to get the n.vs - doesn't copy over very well but you get the idea.
    But you're not trying to lose weight are you? I wouldn't bother starting all this if you're not, just eat the stuff on the allowed paleo list to satiety and you'll be fine!

    Calories Carbs Fat Protein
    Navitas Naturals - Cacao Power Raw Chocolate Nibs Certified Organic, 1 oz (28g) 130 10 12 4
    Meridian Foods Foods - Almond Butter (Organic), 20 g 126 1 11 5
    Meridian - Organic Smooth Peanut Butter, 20 g 120 2 9 6
    Diamond of California - Shelled Walnuts, 3 oz (30g - 1/4cup) 600 12 60 15
    Generic - Almonds Raw Approximately 29 Kernels = 1 oz, 3 ounce 483 18 42 18
    Mckenzie's - Fine Desiccated Coconut P/100g, 150 g 1,014 10 101 10
    Louana - Pure Coconut Oil, 13 Tbsp (14g) 1,560 0 182 0 Ico_delete
    Generic - Lindt Excellence - Orange Intense - Ultra Thin Dark, 6 squares 80 7 6 0 Ico_delete
    Add Ingredient
    Total: 4113 60 423 58
    Per Serving: 91 1 9 1


  • #150
    El_Dangeroso
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    Dotcomdolly wrote: »
    Yes my friend suggested that & I think it sounds lovely. Damn the airmailes & the stinky pee :D I'm also going to try cornichons.
    Followed by STEAK! I'm trying it the Heston Blumenthal method so it has been air drying/ageing in the fridge since yesterday!

    Aww yeah! I got his book for the boyfriend for xmas it's brilliant. Every recipe I've tried to far has been lovely.


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  • #151
    Stench Blossoms
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    El_Dangeroso - There's 5% off evergreen.ie

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056531206

    Just purchased some coconut flour and oil from the website.


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