It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways by Dallas & Melissa Hartwig wowed me in a big way. I didn’t realize what a gem it was when the review copy originally arrived in... Continue reading

If you’ve been keeping up with my blog (I know it can be difficult with so many blogs to follow and so many emails coming into your in box daily and all of the other things you want to fit... Continue reading

Since vegetables make up the largest volume of food that I eat, I'm always looking for great ways to season, sauce, and dress them up in different ways. Sure, I have plenty of my own recipes and I like to... Continue reading

Last Sunday evening I returned from Primalcon 2013, a fabulously fun three and half day weekend of total immersion into paleo and primal diet and fitness. Although I didn’t participate in any of the fitness activities this year, I enjoyed... Continue reading

Roasting is one of my favorite ways to prepare vegetables. It brings out the sweetness and provides a rich taste. You’ve probably made oven fried potatoes and sweet potatoes but have you tried carrots cooked this way? Not the fake... Continue reading

If you’re looking for the most nutrient rich food, you may need to refine your GPS (grocery purchasing system) to avoid foods with GMO ingredients, harmful preservatives, additives, refined polyunsatured oils, hydrogenated fats, and other sinister substances that could otherwise... Continue reading

Rich Food, Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS) by Jayson Calton, PhD., and Mira Calton, CN, contains so much vital information that today’s shoppers need to navigate their way through supermarkets and natural foods stores to find the... Continue reading

Enter to win a free case of Bare Fruit bake-dried 100% organic apple chips in this week long sweepstakes April 2nd to 9th, 2013 on The Healthy Cooking Coach blog Continue reading

Tina Wittmer, a techical writer from Minneapolis, MN, won a special gift pack from Paleo Primal Concepts in last weeks NoGRAINola giveaway. Check your inbox for updates on the next giveaway slated for late this week or sometime next week.... Continue reading

Discover the historical, nutritional benefits of onions, learn how to make roasted, caramelized onions for use in salads, sauces, over meat, fish, pizza, focaccia, and other foods Continue reading

learn how to make gluten free, grain free, low sugar, low carb, naturally sweetened, flourless almond butter brownies, learn how to modify recipes to make them lower in sugar using honey and stevia Continue reading

Are you looking for a wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, corn-free, grain-free, low-carb, sugar-free munchy, crunchy granola-like breakfast cereal alternative or snack? NoGRAINola to the rescue! Last week I reviewed this new product, made by PrimalPaleo Concepts. To read my review... Continue reading

A review of NoGrainola, a low carb, sugar free, gluten free, grain free granola alternative made from organic coconut, almonds, prunes, carrots, water, and Himalayan sea salt. They make one flavor with stevia and sell two different cookies. The cereal tastes a bit like grapenuts without the wheat and grain. Continue reading

Enter for a chance to win Tammi Credicott's new book, Paleo Indulgences: Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes to Satisfy Your Primal Cravings, a beautiful cookbook featuring more than 85 recipes free of grains, gluten, refined sugar, beans (soy and others) and legumes. Enter as many times as you like. Continue reading

Review of Tammi Credicott's new book, Paleo Indulgences: Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes to Satisfy Your Primal Cravings. Shows you how to make special treats using paleo-friendly ingredients. From bakery shop worthy goodies to ice cream shop favorites and from homemade candy to restaurant-style entrees, you’ll find more than 85 recipes that are free of grains, gluten, refined sugar, beans (soy and others) and legumes. Review features a grain free pizza crust recipe. Continue reading

review of stella & chewys freeze dried raw cat food and the benefits of a raw, high protein, grain free, gluten free diet for cats Continue reading

Marjorie Hill of Scottsdale, AZ, won last week's Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole Foods Lifestyle Giveaway. I'll be telling you about a new cookbook this week and announcing another giveaway by the weekend. I hope... Continue reading

I really like Diane Sanfilippo’s new book, Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Healthy and a Whole Foods Lifestyle. I’d like to give you a chance to win a free copy of this comprehensive guide to shopping, cooking, and eating... Continue reading

Cauliflower, it’s one those under-used, under appreciated vegetables, much like cabbage. It belongs to a family of vegetables known as crucifers or cruciferous vegetables, along with broccoli, kale, collards, mustard greens and….. What’s in it for you? It’s also classified... Continue reading

For those with celiac disease, a gluten intolerance, or autoimmune disorder, dining at a sushi bar can spell digestive disaster. Most soy sauces contain gluten and this soy sauce is often used for more than just dipping at the table.... Continue reading

For more than 25 years I’ve been using natural skincare products from natural foods stores. Over the years I’ve tried many brands, some of them good, some of them great and some of them just ok. I look for products... Continue reading

If you read my last post about Vibram Five Finger Shoes (VFFs), you know I’m a fan of minimalist footwear. If you’ve been shoe watching, you know that these and other flat recreational shoes have become increasingly popular over the... Continue reading

I probably have the smallest shoe wardrobe of any woman I know. What I lack in quantity I make up for in comfort. If they’re not comfy, I won’t keep them, which is why it always surprises me when I’m... Continue reading

For years people innocently ate butter, cream, whole milk, eggs, and red meat with fat. They’d never heard of the lipid hypothesis. They hadn’t been brainwashed by the food processing and pharmaceutical industries and mistaken medical practitioners who painted cholesterol... Continue reading

Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole Foods Lifestyle is one of the most practical books and one of the most beautiful cookbooks on the subject of paleo, primal, and whole foods nutrition, healing, and cooking. What’s... Continue reading