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

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 11:00AM

Ape X wrote: »

Oh, and something else I wanted to ask... is it possible to make cauliflower "rice" from frozen cauliflower? I've looked on the Google doo-hickey, with contradictiong results.

Thanks in advance

Frozen cauliflower is too wet to make rice with but you can make mash with it. You need the fresh stuff for rice. Oh, how I wish cauliflower didn't make me feel sick. Cauliflower mash is so good. 6 months ago I ate crap that made me feel like crap all.the.time! Now I won't eat cauliflower because it makes me fart LOL

Everydaypaleo.com, growinguopaleo.com, thefoodee.com, Paleofoodblog.com, Paleocomfortfoods.com

If truth be told I usually just google "<name of protein> paleo recipe" and it comes back with a list that I check down through.

This stock cube has no **** in it

but the powdered stuff has corn flower in it. now I just need to find it! Either that or just make my own & freeze it in ice cube trays!

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 11:18AM

Ah I saw that one, definitely best of them, but I wasn't sure if the palm oil was W30 approved or not?

SummerDreamer · 26-04-2012 11:37AM

Thanks for The Marigold stock cube info Lotwan. Was in greengrocer's this morning but he only had a Kallo one which had raw cane sugar in it so I left it.

I tried to get kale (after reading the recommendations on here) but to no avail-must try Dunnes, they seem to have it more often.

Do any of you make smoothies? I made one from a recipe I found on one of the paleo sites, using coconut milk, handful of raspberries, an egg, small bit of almond butter. It was lovely. Am I better sticking to non-smoothie breakfasts because of the sugar hit from the fruit first thing? Interested to hear your opinions.

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 11:44AM

Palm oil is fine (it falls under the vegetable oils in moderation instruction)

SummerDreamer wrote: »

Thanks for The Marigold stock cube info Lotwan. Was in greengrocer's this morning but he only had a Kallo one which had raw cane sugar in it so I left it.

I tried to get kale (after reading the recommendations on here) but to no avail-must try Dunnes, they seem to have it more often.

Do any of you make smoothies? I made one from a recipe I found on one of the paleo sites, using coconut milk, handful of raspberries, an egg, small bit of almond butter. It was lovely. Am I better sticking to non-smoothie breakfasts because of the sugar hit from the fruit first thing? Interested to hear your opinions.

Don't drink your food (unless it's soup and it should be eaten in moderation and preferably with protein in it... No low fat protein free WW soups). It causes an insulin spike which you are trying to avoid and also puts too many calories in without the full feeling and so you are likely to continue to eat even though you don't need to.

SummerDreamer · 26-04-2012 11:55AM

Thanks Lotwan-I was thinking that was probably the case alright. I wouldn't dream of a WW soup, don't worry! Have been eating healthily for a long time and that type of food wouldn't make the cut. What I'm doing at the moment is a new departure for me in the sense that I've ditched all dairy and sugar. I was largely wheat free up to this anyway and didn't drink milk but I still ate yogurts and cheese so have obviously cut those out with doing the Whole30.

Will take your advice on board re the smoothies and view them more as an occasional thing rather than a staple.

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 11:58AM

SummerDreamer wrote: »

Will take your advice on board re the smoothies and view them more as an occasional thing rather than a staple.

Smoothies are never Whole30 complient and really should be avoided all the time. Pour coconut milk over fruit and eat it with a spoon sooner than blitzing it up & gulping it down.

SummerDreamer · 26-04-2012 11:59AM

LoTwan wrote: »

Smoothies are never Whole30 complient and really should be avoided all the time. Pour coconut milk over fruit and eat it with a spoon sooner than blitzing it up & gulping it down.

I didn't realise they were never Whole30 compliant. Thanks for that.

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 12:18PM

Good stock news!

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 02:16PM

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Only 46 pages, better get yourself of (black) coffee

I'm making this for dinner tonight, with sweet potatoes & brocolli.

Had lovely home made coleslaw with lunch today.

Been meaning to make cole slaw for my 4-year-old. Do you have a recipe? I've never made it.

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 02:20PM

LoTwan wrote: »

Smoothies are never Whole30 complient and really should be avoided all the time. Pour coconut milk over fruit and eat it with a spoon sooner than blitzing it up & gulping it down.

I didn't know that either! They were kind of a twice a week thing for me when I was rushing out the door to work. Breakfast is always a hassle for me, bc I spend more time rustling the kids out the door and trying to make lunches than I do thinking of my own breakfast/lunch.

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 02:25PM

Sarah I just ran a wedge of white cabbage and a couple of carrots through the processor with the grater attachment. Both are on special in dunnes for 39c! And stir in home made mayo salt & pepper.

I find making a big egg loaf for mid week breakfasts works for me.

Ape X · 26-04-2012 02:29PM

LoTwan wrote: »

Frozen cauliflower is too wet to make rice with but you can make mash with it. You need the fresh stuff for rice. Oh, how I wish cauliflower didn't make me feel sick. Cauliflower mash is so good. 6 months ago I ate crap that made me feel like crap all.the.time! Now I won't eat cauliflower because it makes me fart LOL

Everydaypaleo.com, growinguopaleo.com, thefoodee.com, Paleofoodblog.com, Paleocomfortfoods.com

If truth be told I usually just google "<name of protein> paleo recipe" and it comes back with a list that I check down through.

This stock cube has no **** in it but the powdered stuff has corn flower in it. now I just need to find it! Either that or just make my own & freeze it in ice cube trays!

Thanks for that LoTwan, appreciated!

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 02:37PM

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Sarah I just ran a wedge of white cabbage and a couple of carrots through the processor with the grater attachment. Both are on special in dunnes for 39c! And stir in home made mayo salt & pepper.

I find making a big egg loaf for mid week breakfasts works for me.

Good. Will try it. I do have some homemade mayo. Never go to Dunnes

. Which is why I can probably never find anything in there when I do go. My veg guy suggested putting kohlrabi in your cole slaw. I am going to try that.

I will have to do the egg loaf too. Do you put meat in it?

Orla K · 26-04-2012 03:12PM

LoTwan wrote: »

This stock cube has no **** in it but the powdered stuff has corn flower in it. now I just need to find it! Either that or just make my own & freeze it in ice cube trays!

I don't really follow any sort of plan(just mainly eat right which seems to be more paleo/primal than not) but that stock cube got me wondering is yeast extract alright on whole30, I would have thought that the gluten in it would be the thing you'd want to avoid most.

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 03:13PM

Oh yes there is meat in the breakfast loaf! As much as you can fit in.

don't forget breakfast doesn't have to be egg! Nor does it have to be eaten before you leave the house!

I'm having a love affair with pastured pork mince at the moment. I bought 7kg of it at the start of the month and half of it is gone already.

There are some times when I think "would you listen to yer wan (me) talking like she has been paleo all her life?". Has it only been 16 weeks? Soon it will be 1/3 of a year.

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 03:32PM

LoTwan wrote: »

Oh yes there is meat in the breakfast loaf! As much as you can fit in. don't forget breakfast doesn't have to be egg! Nor does it have to be eaten before you leave the house!

I'm having a love affair with pastured pork mince at the moment. I bought 7kg of it at the start of the month and half of it is gone already.

There are some times when I think "would you listen to yer wan (me) talking like she has been paleo all her life?". Has it only been 16 weeks? Soon it will be 1/3 of a year.

Ha ha, yer wan. Oh, how I love the language here

- not being sarcastic.

I have been making sausage patties with ground pork. Must try that approach. So are there eggs in it at all?

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 03:34PM

I am on day 17 today. I've resisted the urge to weigh myself - probably because I made my husband hide the scale. BUT...some trousers I had bought at home in the US during a skinnier phase actually fit me! And they are not at all tight, maybe even a bit too big. What a joy! They are at least one size smaller than my usual fattest size.

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 03:49PM

sarahfancy wrote: »

I am on day 17 today. I've resisted the urge to weigh myself - probably because I made my husband hide the scale. BUT...some trousers I had bought at home in the US during a skinnier phase actually fit me! And they are not at all tight, maybe even a bit too big. What a joy! They are at least one size smaller than my usual fattest size.

That's great news

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 04:17PM

Whoop whoop Sarah! Even though I said I didn't want to lose/need to lose weight on the W30 I know I will be pissed off if I don't :rolleyes: It was a real struggle for me to go from 130>125lbs so I don't know if I have it in me to lose more...I'm in a size 10 now anyway, no way want t be an 8..but yet if I step on those scales next Monday & it says 125 I will be cross. Oh the human mind is a funny old thing....I shouldn't really give a toss what it says...I have read all the articles on the subject

Re the egg loaf, yes lots of mayte

I made on with minced beef and one with sausages (taken out of casings), the latest (yet to try) version has pancetta, probably not as much meat as I need so will add to that brekky.

OrlaK, I think yeast is ok as long as it's not brewers yeast, or a by product of beer making. I know when I was younger I couldn't take any vits with yeast in them because it used to upset my stomach.

Speaking of vits I had a very annoying rip to Holland & Barrett. I decided to get some vit D, so picked up the 400iu tablets. But then I got a fb msg from a nutritionist I know who said to start on 3000is - that's a lot of tablets! so I brought them back to exchange them for the 1000iu, it was only when I was looking at the labels realised the crap n the ingredients:mad: I really was naive to think that vit tablets would be ok...So I asked the guy

Do you have he tablets in 1000iu?
H&B : No, but we have the spray or liquid

The spray has sweetener in it, which I don't want
H&B: It's xylitol, it's natural, did you know that?

I don't use any sugar or sugar substitutes
H&B: But it's calorie free and natural

Do you have 1000iu capsules, the liquid one has sunflower seed oil
H&B: and....

I don't eat any refined seed oils
H&B: But it's natural

Raising voice "I am telling you what I want, I shouldn't have to argue my case"
H&B: grovel grovel blah blah

And then I went across to Nourish and got the Veridian brad - vit d3 vegan capsules, suspended in algae. end of list.

sarahfancy · 26-04-2012 04:20PM

I absolutely need to lose weight. I am battling through about 40-50 pounds. So if 10 are gone, I will be thrilled! And there are still 13 days to go. I know something is gone and it went without too much stress. What a victory for me.

I'm going home in October and would love to be able to buy myself some new clothes in a small-ish size! (And on American prices).

SummerDreamer · 26-04-2012 05:56PM

sarahfancy wrote: »

I am on day 17 today. I've resisted the urge to weigh myself - probably because I made my husband hide the scale. BUT...some trousers I had bought at home in the US during a skinnier phase actually fit me! And they are not at all tight, maybe even a bit too big. What a joy! They are at least one size smaller than my usual fattest size.

That's brilliant Sarah! Hope I'll be posting a similar report in a few weeks:)

Dotcomdolly-that's mad about the ingredients list in the vits! Is Nourish in town?

It soooooo hard to stay away from the scales I find! A lifetime of scale-oriented conditioning is a hard habit to break. I am staying away though. Just hope I can last it out and not hop on before day 30!

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 06:27PM

SummerDreamer wrote: »

That's brilliant Sarah! Hope I'll be posting a similar report in a few weeks:)

Dotcomdolly-that's mad about the ingredients list in the vits! Is Nourish in town?

There is a branch in town (grafton st I think) but I was in Nutgrove.

It soooooo hard to stay away from the scales I find! A lifetime of scale-oriented conditioning is a hard habit to break. I am staying away though. Just hope I can last it out and not hop on before day 30!

Honestly, the hardest part of whole 30 for me. Been weighing myself twice a day for the past nigh on 3 years.

SummerDreamer · 26-04-2012 07:46PM

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Honestly, the hardest part of whole 30 for me. Been weighing myself twice a day for the past nigh on 3 years.

I know the feeling. Still though, it's great that the food isn't the hardest part! Result!

I'm definitely going to try one of those breakfast loaf tray thingies. Ideal when you've something you can prep ahead and just slice and eat when the mornings are hectic.

Dotcomdolly · 26-04-2012 07:54PM

SummerDreamer wrote: »

I know the feeling. Still though, it's great that the food isn't the hardest part! Result!

I'm definitely going to try one of those breakfast loaf tray thingies. Ideal when you've something you can prep ahead and just slice and eat when the mornings are hectic.

Yep, I make one with 8-9 eggs and get 6-8 portions out of it (lotwan is probably gasping at how few eggs I am eating now!). I put half of the portions in the freezer and the rest in the fridge. Zap it in the microwave to reheat.

LoTwan · 26-04-2012 08:26PM

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

SummerDreamer wrote: »

I know the feeling. Still though, it's great that the food isn't the hardest part! Result!

I'm definitely going to try one of those breakfast loaf tray thingies. Ideal when you've something you can prep ahead and just slice and eat when the mornings are hectic.

Yep, I make one with 8-9 eggs and get 6-8 portions out of it (lotwan is probably gasping at how few eggs I am eating now!). I put half of the portions in the freezer and the rest in the fridge. Zap it in the microwave to reheat.

I am gasping! I eat 5 eggs a day! What amount of meat are you putting into it?

I have lost some weight time around. Not as much as the first W30 but I didn't expect to. I'm much more level headed about my weight these days. If you think you will have an issue with not weighing yourself bring water to bed & drink it as soon as you wake up. No point weighing yourself with a glass of water in your belly.

SummerDreamer · 27-04-2012 01:45PM

Having a great day here. Finding the Whole30 very manageable so far and really enjoying the food I'm having.

Got olives marinated in lemon juice and lemon zest today. Think they are ok on W30 based on what I read on the W30 forum on the 'Can I have' section. Any more experienced Whole30 people agree?

Have a good weekend all!

Dotcomdolly · 27-04-2012 01:56PM

The aldi ones SD? They are yummy, yes olives are fine, just check on the ingredients that there's no veg oil in them...

eta, I practically spat out my coconut coffee!!

did a search on etsy for paleo.

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Vooice · 27-04-2012 02:22PM

One week of Whole30 left!
I’ve chosen next Friday to finish because Friday is a great day to finish

I’m definitely going to relax and take Friday evening and Saturday off to eat and drink whatever I chose.
I’ve been dreaming of Guinness and seafood lately…fish in a creamy buttery sauce…yes please!

I will go back to my Whole30-ness that Sunday however.
I’m off on holidays the third week in May…so largely for money and vanity reasons!
(money not spent going out…I still go out but drink water and drive, far cheaper!)

Haven’t weighed myself in months so I won’t know a before and after number.
But I am comfortably wearing my ‘I’m feeling thin” jeans.

All has been going well, no hiccups to report.
I must say I have been feeling good!

I went to give blood the day before yesterday…I was a teeny bit annoyed by all the junk food on offer.
I don’t expect them to provide anything – but why chose biscuits, fizzy drinks and crisps?
There were lots of kids waiting on their parents, running around filling up on this junk.
Is that the right message from a (somewhat) health organization?
Why not apples if anything? I sent them an email to ask also…
Anyhow, back to counting down the last few hours of work!!

SummerDreamer · 27-04-2012 02:30PM

Dotcomdolly-yes the Aldi olives. Thought they'd be a nice weekend snack.
Funny pic!

Vooice-great to hear you have been getting on so well on your Whole30. Brill about the 'thin jeans' fitting now too! I'll be hoping mine do too in a few weeks.

Dotcomdolly · 27-04-2012 04:54PM

Vooice, that is great. I agree re the blood doantion - I just eat a banana..I am in a bookclub with 2 girls from IBTS, I will grill them on Monday!

My friend Fb'd me this, had to laugh.

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