Salsa Roja Asada recipe

Courtesy of NOM NOM PALEO app

Makes 2 Cups, approx 20 minutes to make.

1 lbs - tomatoes
2 Med - Serrano Chiles (or Jalapenos for milder heat...or up the intensity with any other pepper)
4 Garlic cloves
1/2 tsp - Kosher salt
Juice from 1/2 lime
1 Lrg Shallot
1/4 Cup chopped cilantro

1. Place Oven on broil and put tomatoes in oven until skin in charred and peeling. Doesn't take long, approx       5 min.

2. Roast garlic (skin still on cloves, it helps protect them) until cloves are soft and peppers is soft and skin begins to char and blister.

3. Peel the garlic and remove seeds and ribs from peppers.

4. Add garlic, peppers and salt in food processor.

5. Put tomatoes in blender with the other ingredients (won't take long to blend)

6. Once done, add lime juice and cilantro, give a quick stir.

7. Let Salsa sit for a bit for flavours to build.

Paleo Pancake Recipe

Courtesy of NOM NOM PALEO app.

Only serves 2 and takes approx. 25 min.

2 - Large Eggs
1/4 tsp - Cinnamon
3 Tbs - Coconut Milk
1 Tbs - Coconut Flour
1 Tsp - Maple Syrup
1/2 tsp - Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp - Baking Soda
1 small pinch of salt
2 Tbs - Ghee or fat of choice

1. Whisk eggs in bowl.
2. Add cinnamon, milk, flour, syrup, vanilla, baking soda and salt to eggs.
3. Heat pan and add ghee or fat and make your small pancakes.

Organic vs normal

Yesterday after writing my last blog, I decided to start making paleoized deserts before I start cheating big time. Well I definitely cheated today by having some greek yogurt this morning (i'll still accept it as healthy) but I also ate a full box of spanakopitas :s. After dealing with that guilt, I started making my apple/almond scones and chocolate truffles. There was a much bigger guilt stirring in me...not every ingredient was ORGANIC!!!

Me and the boyfriend were grocery shopping for all the ingredients and the question happened...Where the eff are all the organic chocolate, coconut flakes, almonds etc.? I am now forced to make half organic deserts! ARG!

I don't know much about organic foods but my knowledge is increasing ever so much. I know that organic food is free of pesticides, herbicides, hormones, fertilizers and other chemicals. Organic produce often looks smaller and ripens faster than normal grocery store produce. I always wondered why wild strawberries tasted better than store bought ones. I learned that regular strawberries are showered with fertilizers and do not grow properly, explaining the big white hole in the middle of them. Their natural growing season is also during our winter, so you will find better, juicier strawberries in the cold winter months. Now why would anyone want to buy subpar produce when the real thing is around the corner and tastes so much better? Yeah Yeah I know it's expensive, but replacing a bad habit with buying organic is definitely worth it to me.

My boyfriend, Eddy and I have slowly started to make the transition to organic produce after watching several documentaries: Food Inc., Food Matters, Ted Talks: Chew on this. They are all on my OMG WHAT WAS I THINKING list and can all be found on netflix. Seriously...Watch it!

Well I should stop this rant here before I can continue.

PS: for my Paleo dinner Last night I had maple/balsamic glazed salmon with bacon wrapped asparagus and sweet potatoes.

Day 2- Not bad so far!

Hey everyone! I woke up this morning deciding to make another entire Paleo breakfast and learned a few hard lessons.

Lesson 1. I really didn't think Paleo would be expensive to do, and it isn't in the long run, but a lot of the new ingredients I needed were "exotic" to me. The only place I could find them were at an organic store and we all know how expensive that can be. Once I have the ingredients I'm good to go and don't need to buy them all the time! Still cheaper than going on any other diet!

Lesson 2. Making Paleo pancakes still isn't very Paleo. There really shouldn't be any of that stuff, but its important to have some sort of cheat (even a Paleo cheat) to be successful. By the way, the pancakes were amazing!

Lesson 3. When you first start cooking this way NOTHING looks pretty. Forget those perfect magazine or food network shots, it'll look like a mess.

So for my breakfast this morning I made Paleo pancakes, toad in a hole (avocado slices cooked with egg in the middle), with fruit and of course BACON!!! If anyone wants the recipes let me know! Good luck!

Pal-what?

I am officially joining the blogging world today. This blog is going to be about my new adventures trying to cook and eat Paleo. I first heard about the Paleo diet last year, during my lunch with co-workers, my first thought was:"god that would be torture!". The general guidelines are: eat what cavemen ate and no processed food.

 My boyfriend is very into the crossfit scene and has been asking me cook healthier with him. For those who don't know, crossfit and Paleo tend to go hand in hand. If you don't know what crossfit is, just YouTube it.

Being day 2 of this diet has been great so far....but I haven't had any carb cravings yet.....YET :s.  I have learned that you can't succeed this diet without a few key ingredients: eggs, bacon, fruit, veggies, chicken/beef or any other  previously living creature, coconut flour and SPICES! 

So now I present to you my first Paleo meal ever. The last picture is one of my breakfast this morning and I have to say was amazing!  Thanks for reading and come back!