Invigorating Veggie Smoothie
Super easy. Super tasty. Super healthy.
The following is for one beast mode serving or two normal servings.
1) 1 cup ice 1 cup water
2) 1 cup water
3) One handful of baby spinach
4) 1/2 of a cucumber (half peeled)
5) 1/2 TBSP of ginger (I chop it first)
6) 2 garlic cloves
7) 1 Apple (cored)
8) 1 Lime (peeled)
9) 1 TBSP of Honey
10) 1 TBSP of coconut oil
Just toss everything into a blender and let it do it’s job. Once you get a nice smooth consistency…drink it up!!!
***I find that when using a cheap blender you get a better consistency adding each item one at a time and letting it blend a bit before adding more***
Adjust to taste.
Enjoy friends!
Let me know what variations you come up with in the comments!
The Best Diet?
People have been asking me lately what my diet is. I haven’t been dropping pounds left and right, but I have been thinning out quite nicely. I personally follow a “liberal” paleo eating routine, but I still enjoy some of the crappier things in life every now and then. So when people ask me how they can loose weight also, I tell them to check out the paleo diet.
The paleo diet can be intimidating. It’s extremely simple, yet hard to follow. It can be expensive and daunting at times. The best way for people to lose weight is this: cut the shit! Stop drinking sugary beverages, energy drinks and soda. Stop eating candy. Stop eating junk food. Stop eating fast food. Eat more natural foods like fruits, vegetables and berries. And most importantly (to me) strive to drink a gallon of water day, especially if you are in a work out routine.
If you can cut the shit and make small changes you will start to see results. You don’t need to jump into a full fledged diet, just wise up to what you are putting in your body.
Good luck!
Shoeless Joe
Good Job America! Where's the common sense? At least it's a Diet Coke!
*I am not a licensed anything. Everything I said in this post is my opinion. I am not a nutritionist. Feel free to contact one if you feel like spending money, but I prefer common sense.
A New Year A New Beginning
Happy New Year to everyone!
I regret to inform you that I have fallen victim to the evils of holiday traditions. Yes, I failed to go completely paleo this holiday season. It is hard to not eat what a little old Irish Grandmother tells you to eat. She is a sweet lady, I couldn’t make her upset. But! This is a new year and there are a lot of people how have committed to eating paleo for the month of January. Check out hunter-gatherer.com John Durant is going to be doing this as well.
So after falling extremely short of my 6 month goal, I will push forward again and go until July of this year. I hope to be announcing something very big in February that the Paleo Diet will help me with. But this is a secret!
So please, if you have any words of encouragement they would be very VERY helpful. This is going to be tough, but with the holidays done this should be much easier!
Long days and pleasant nights,
Shoeless Joe
Paleo Chicken Fingers
Posted By: Nicky
Chicken fingers are a quick and easy meal that I like to make at least once a week. I found this recipe at liveprimal.com and then made a few subtle changes. This site contains a wide variety of paleo recipes, so check it out: http://liveprimal.com/LPrecipes.pdf.
These chicken fingers are very easy to make. I try to keep the ingredients on hand. These can be cooked in a frying pan, but I find they turn out better if they are baked in an oven.
What you will need:
1-2 lb boneless skinless chicken tenders or chicken breasts cut into strips
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c almond flour
1/2 t sea salt
1 tsp poultry seasoning
1 tsp dry mustard powder
olive or coconut oil to line cooking sheet or for skillet
Set the oven to 375 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and coat with oil. Place egg into a bowl and beat. Place the almond flour with seasonings into another bowl. Dip each chicken piece into the egg bowl and then dip into the flour mixture. Place each piece on the cookie sheet.
Place the cookie sheet in the oven for 30-40 minutes, turning halfway through. The chicken fingers are done when the juices run clear and there is no pink.
These can be eaten plain, topped with marinara sauce, or used in salads.
Enjoy!
Eating Bugs
Since I am embarking on a 6 month paleo challenge I will be needing to find some new foods that will break up the monotony. Solution: BUGS! I will probably start with meal worms since they are readily available (pet stores) and easy to prepare (they won’t hop around like crickets). After defeating the meal worms I will delve into the wonderful world of crickets. I will post pictures, videos, recipes and reactions to my new food source. Watch out insect kingdom…here I come!
Long days and pleasant nights,
Shoeless Joe
FRIGGIN AWESOME PALEO CHILI
This is the recipe for some pretty good Slow Cooked Paleo Chili. Because this recipe does not include beans I add the green peppers and one of the onions in towards the end to give it a little more heartiness. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 lbs Grass-Fed Beef
2 Large Onions
2 Green Peppers
3 Garlic Cloves (Pressed)
2 T Chili Powder
2 T Crushed Red Pepper
1/2 t Cumin
1/2 t Garlic Powder
1 t Cayanne Pepper
2 14oz Cans of Diced Tomatos
1 Can of Tomato Paste (for a slightly thicker chili use a 14 oz can)
Steps:
1) Brown the beef and drain
2) Put everything in the slow cooker EXCEPT the 2 green peppers and the extra onion. (They get added later)
3) Cook for 3-4 hours on high or 5-6 on low
4) when you have roughly 1 hour left add the green peppers and other onion.
That’s it. It’s a simple, great tasting dinner!
Dress To Kill This Halloween at Chipotle
Chipotle has a Halloween promotion going on tomorrow for anyone who is interested.
Dress up as a HORRIFYING PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT on Halloween after 6 pm and they’ll give you a burrito, bowl, salad, or an order of tacos filled with freshly cooked, naturally raised ingredients for only $2.
The proceeds, up to $1,000,000, will benefit Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, which is a non-profit campaign working to educate people about the importance of eating unprocessed foods with simple, fresh ingredients.
I’m planning on wearing all orange and going as a Cheeto.
-Nicky
Check it out: chipotle.com/boorito
Paleo in a Nutshell
The Paleo Diet is not a fad. It is the way the human bodies are designed to take in energy. Try to imagine the first humans for a minute. They didn’t have processed foods, added sugars and all the chemical preservatives that the modern human ingests on a daily basis. They didn’t eat grains or tubers like potatoes. They were hunters and gatherers. They ate natural food. Animals, vegetables, fruits, nuts and berries. Things that didn’t contain toxins that made people sick. Our bodies are designed to eat natural foods; foods that do not require you to cook them to become edible. So why do we do that today? The answer is simple. It is because of agriculture and population rising. When the population grew the human race needed to find ways to feed more and more people. That is when we decided to stay in one place and grow food. We didn’t want to have to follow the herds and depend on gathering the random apples anymore. The human body hasn’t evolved hardly at all since our hunter-gatherer ancestors so why should our diet evolve?
The Paleo Diet is a very simple one. It can be broken down into two sections: 1 What you can eat and 2 What you shouldn’t eat.
1) What you can eat
Meat
- Beef, Pork, Chicken and Fish
- Grass fed/free range is best
Vegetables
- Roots such as carrots and turnips
- Lettuce
- Cucumbers
- you get the point
Fruits
- All fruits are fair game.
- Try to not go overboard with fruits each day.
Oils
- Use oils in moderation
- Coconut/Olive/Uncured Bacon Grease all work.
Nuts and Berries
- This doesn’t include peanuts
You can also have honey in small amounts.
What you Shouldn’t Eat
Beans
- Peanuts
- Green Beans
- Peas
- Kidney Beans
Potatoes
Salt
Sugar
Dairy Products
All Grains
- Bread, Pasta, etc.
The diet is simple. Summarized it is this: Do not eat anything processed. No dairy, bread, pasta, potatoes, beans, legumes or added sugar.
There is only one beverage that can honestly be called “Paleo”. Water. That doesn’t mean you can’t have other drinks. Tea and coffee are alright to drink as long as you drink them black. Remember, no added sugar and no dairy.
To get all the benefits of this diet you only need to follow it 80% of the time. My challenge to you is to try this diet for 3 weeks. That’s not even a month. See how you feel after those 3 weeks. If you want to feel how bad grains and dairy are making you feel try eating mac and cheese after your challenge. Trust me, you’ll feel the difference.
Buy “The Paleo Solution” by Robb Wolf for a more detailed description of the diet.
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