6 PALEO DIET TIPS FOR YOUR CARB-HEAVY MEALS

The paleo diet focuses on low-carb foods, and successfully works by eliminating simple carbs that are alien to the human digestive system and contribute to weight gain and illness.

To avoid grains, dairy products and processed sugars, the paleo diet utilizes natural foods to provide slow burning sources of carbohydrate for maximum energy.

Here are 6 tips for altering your favorite carb-heavy meals with slow burning paleo-friendly ingredients.

1. Iceberg Lettuce Sandwiches
Grain based breads are a big paleo no-no, so instead try wrapping your sandwich ingredients in iceberg lettuce leaves. Strong, crunchy, super healthy and refreshing.

2. Zucchini (Courgette) Noodles
Pasta is out but courgettes are most certainly in! Finely slice your courgettes, or use a vegetable noodle slicer, then stir in a paleo-friendly pasta sauce. Sound good? Wait until you read the next idea...

3. Carrot Spaghetti
For a super-paleo spaghetti dish, shave some carrots into ribbons with a vegetable noodle slicer, vegetable peeler, or slice very thinly with a knife, then simmer until soft and tender - or consume raw. You now have orange spaghetti - The kids will love this!

4. Cauliflower Rice
This is what cooking is all about, creativity and working with Mother Nature. Boil cauliflower florets until soft then lightly mash. Now serve as a fantastic rice substitute for curries and stir-fries.

5. Almond Flour Instead of Traditional Flour
Avoid carb-heavy desserts and use almond meal or other ground nuts for baking. You can check out my Paleo Sweets cookbook for loads of paleo dessert and treat ideas and more information on using nuts as a flour replacement.

www.paleocookbook.com - Paleo Sweets

6. Paleo Lasagna Sheets
Lasagna is a paleo meal when you simply use Mother Natures vegetables. Slice up some pumpkin, eggplant and zucchini, lay in between your meat and bake as normal. For optimum taste, cook until the vegetable sheets are slightly crispy on-top.

Enjoy your paleo meals !

Try Rhubarb In Your Paleo Diet !

Have you heard about this mysterious vegetable and in fact many would say it's a fruit? 

Rhubarb is commonly considered as a vegetable obviously due to its large leaves which are somewhat triangular in shape with long fleshy stalks. Although the leaves are not being eaten due to its toxicity, other parts such as the stalk have medicinal and culinary uses. Fresh raw stalks are crisp with a strong bitter-sweet taste. Most commonly the rhubarb stalks are cooked with sugar and baked in pies and other desserts.

In traditional flavoring, rhubarb is served with ice-cream or cream. Its naturally bitter-sweet taste is usually disguised by a few heaps of sugar, and no doubt if you tried some fresh rhubarb today you would be left squinting a little.

Rhubarb isn't extremely versatile, it must be said, but nevertheless it contains solid health benefits. It is a good source of fiber, calcium, and vitamin C, and is said to reduce cholesterol and heartburn. It is also recommended by dieticians to combat hot flushes in menopausal women.


You can try and use rhubarb in your daily diet and amongst some preparation tips are:

• For a refreshing summer-come-spring dessert, simmer it in honey and served with whipped coconut cream; a positive paleo alternative to buying dairy-laden cream or ice-cream.
• To add as a natural sweetener, crush up strawberries, raspberries and blackberries and add rhubarb to this mix.
• If you want to go a little further and serve this up to dinner guests, alternately layer a sundae glass with the simmered rhubarb and whipped coconut cream; then decorate on top with ground nuts, dried fruit and/or desiccated coconut.
• Rhubarb is also awesome within tarts, but be sure to use almond meal or another paleo-friendly option for the tart base such as the chestnut pastry I use for some recipes within Paleo Sweets.

www.paleosweetscookbook.com << Paleo Sweets cookbook

If you're a fan of desserts, and miss the classics like ice-cream, cakes, cookies, jelly and mousse, and all the other treats that are supposed to be bad for you, then why torment yourself any longer?

You can still eat sweet treats with paleo friendly ingredients and you can easily recapture those moments with this Paleo Sweets cookbook, including recipes for homemade dried fruit and paleo friendly protein bars.

Paleo Dessert For Your Air Land Travel Adventure

Now let’s try to have  something to complement  your main meal for the journey. To match  with the Shredded Chicken with Pumpkin Seeds & Bacon recipe,  we will be having  awesome sweets to prepare and pack for a long haul flight, train journey or road trip.

This Walnut and Sesame Slice recipe is a favorite of many of the Paleo Cookbook owners out there, and now  I am giving you this exclusive recipe to help you stay paleo on your travels.

This recipe will complement the protein-rich Shredded Chicken meal perfectly because it requires little room in your travel bag and will allow for an easy feed to keep your energy levels high.

Again, the recipe doesn't take long at all to prepare, but you will need a few hours to cool the slices in the fridge for optimum taste and cutting; hence you need to prepare this  the day before you travel.

Here is  the full recipe, including ingredients, preparation and cooking instructions.

Walnut Sesame Slice

Makes 6-8

What you need:

1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped

½ cup sesame seeds

½ cup sultanas

2 tsp honey

2 tbs coconut oil

How to Prepare:

1. Preheat a fan-forced oven to 180° Celsius/350° Fahrenheit.
2. Place the walnuts on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in the oven for 3 minutes. 
3. Place the sesame seeds and sultanas on the baking tray away from the walnuts and return to the oven for a further 3-4 minutes, or until the sesame seeds and walnuts are lightly toasted.
4. Place the walnuts, honey and coconut oil into the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth (add more coconut oil if the mixture is dry at this point). 
5. Put the walnut mixture into a bowl along with the sesame seeds and sultanas and combine well.
6. Line another baking tray with baking paper. Press the mixture firmly into the tray lined with baking paper to prevent sticking.
7. Cool in a refrigerator for a few hours. When cooled, remove from the tray and cut into bar shapes.
8. Packed this on a Tupperware or use a ziploc and sealed it tightly.

 

Enjoy Eating !

Genießen Sie das Essen !

Manger !

Пользоваться питания! 

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Free Paleo Recipe Meal For Your Airplane Travel

This Shredded Chicken with Pumpkin Seeds & Bacon recipe comes straight from the SimplePaleo Recipes cookbook. It is perfect for a long trip, and best of all it will only take you around 20 minutes to prepare!

The chicken and bacon will give you a much needed boost of protein after a lack of rest, and all the flavors from the ingredients will help perk up a fuzzy mind from all that monotonous travel.

All you need to do is prepare, put in a Tupperware box and whip it out when you feel hungry!

Here is the the full recipe, including ingredients, preparation and cooking instructions.

Shredded Chicken Pumpkin Seeds and Bacon

 Serves 2

What You need:

1 chicken breast
6 bacon eyes, thinly sliced
3 tbs olive oil
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
⅓ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ tsp chilli flakes
200g button mushrooms, sliced
1 bunch chives, roughly chopped
1 tsp paprika
Pinch of ground black pepper
50g snow pea sprouts

Instructions:

1. Preheat a fan-forced oven to 180° Celsius/350° Fahrenheit.
2. Poach the chicken breast in water for 6-7 minutes, or until the chicken has cooked through. Remove from the pan and leave to cool slightly. When cooled, shred the chicken breast.
3. Meanwhile, place the bacon in a frying pan on medium-high heat with 1 tbs of olive oil, fry until golden brown. 
4. Add the garlic, pumpkin seeds, chilli flakes, and mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender. 
5. Remove from the heat and stir in the shredded chicken, chives, paprika, remaining 2 tbs of olive oil and pepper.

Serve the chicken with a side of snow pea sprouts or salad.

Enjoy Eating !

Genießen Sie das Essen !

Manger !

Пользоваться питания! 

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Top Paleo Diet Tips While On Airplane Travel

Perhaps the hardest place for some people to get a paleo-friendly meal is at 40,000 feet above the ground.  Plane food - as much as airlines have tried to improve it over the years - is still pretty awful, and certainly not paleo-friendly.

The nature of air travel means food needs to be pre-packed, practical and served with little effort to a large group of people who have differing taste preferences. This means the food needs to be "standard" in order to please the masses.

Typically, the main course option will consist of starchy carb-heavy foods like potatoes, pasta, rice and/or bread, all largely inoffensive to the average non-paleo eater. You usually get some salad thrown in which is great, but if you're looking for fresh, tasty veggies, forget it. In fact, this is the one part of the meal most people leave! Dessert is likely to be a cake or yogurt, and you'll be lucky if your accompanying heavily processed fruit juice even contains more than 20 percent purity!

Picking out the bits of meat - laden in sauce with more preservatives than you would ever willingly consume - won't fill you up, and neither will the salad. You could register for a special meal with the airline, but quality wise it's always hard to expect much from a company working to a small budget.

So here are some simple answers to the travel food obstacle:

• Make sure you leave space in your hand luggage for a good paleo-friendly packed lunch. 
• Pick something easy to prepare and easy to eat through a period of turbulence (no soups), and also something inoffensive smelling to those sitting around you (go easy on the garlic). 
• Think about a simple meal like grilled chicken and sautéed vegetables. 
• Pack a fruit salad for dessert and a mix of walnuts, almonds and Brazil nuts for a snack later in the flight.
• Unfortunately some airlines won't allow you to take a drink onboard due to liquid regulations. But there is always water, tea and coffee available.
  
  

Long train journeys present a similar situation to flying. In-carriage menus aren't usually designed with paleo followers in mind, and the chance of convincing the train to stop so you can collect some berries in the woods are pretty slim.

Similarly, 24-hour gas stations don't make for quality paleo eating stops on road trips.

Rather than go hungry in the air or on the road, create travel-friendly paleo recipes that can be pre-made and pre-packed for a delicious meal on the go. If you're struggling for ideas check out this Simple Paleo Recipes cookbook:

>>  www.paleocookbook.com/simple-paleo-recipes

Brocolli Bacon and Cashew Salad

Meatballs with Crunchy Sweet Potato Chips

PALEO DINNER : ROASTED LAMB WITH GARLICS

I am going to share to you this recipe which I also did try to cook and serve to my family during a weekend family dinner in our home. This was emailed to me from a newsletter which I happen to subscribe on. 

Surprisingly, my kids and cousins love it. Yes they are meat lovers but it's good that there are veggies on the side on this dish because I also do encourage them to love veggies as well. Although it has a garlicky taste, they still do savor and very much appreciate the tenderness and flavour of the lamb meat. This is easy to prepare although baking time is at least 6-10 hours. 

So why not you try this recipe as well.

~ROASTED LEG LAMB WITH GARLICS~

What you need:

1 1/2 kgs. Leg of lamb

1 tbsp Coconut oil

50 garlic cloves, unpeeled & carmelised

1 1/2 cups Chicken stock

Pinch of salt to taste

For the veggies - 

1  medium carrot, cut into cubes 

1/4 cup Broccoli

How to Prepare/ Cook:

1. Preheat oven by setting it to 150 degrees celsius or 300 degrees fahrenheit.
2. Cut away the fat from the leg of the lamb.
3. Put the lamb in a large pot on a medium-high heat and brown the leg of the lamb in the coconut oil. 
4. Transfer the cooked lamb into a heavy lidded casserole dish which will hold it firmly.
5. Add the chicken stock, carmelised garlic cloves and salt.
6. Put the lid on the casserole dish and firmly seal the lid with aluminum foil to prevent moisture from escaping.
7. Cook it in the oven for 6-10 hours until the meat is very tender and falls off from the bone.
8. While waiting, steam the veggies until desired doneness.
9. When everything is done, serve in a large plate with the veggies on the side.

Hope you and your family will enjoy.. Bon Appétit !

   

TOP 5 PALEO DIET TIPS TO KEEP YOU ALL TIME FIT

We are what we eat and our diet plays a massive role in the way we feel on a daily basis. Often we don't realize the damage we are doing to our health by eating certain foods and not eating enough of others.


Remember these 5 tips in mind when looking at your current diet to ensure that you are right down the path of healthy eating.

1. Eat Your Vegetables - The '5-a-day' recommendation is actually an old school of thought, and  'the more the better' is now considered the way forward. For optimum health you need a solid amount of vegetables in your diet.
2. Watch The Sugar - White sugar is highly addictive. This stuff is quite literally 'white poison' and contributes greatly to dental deterioration, diabetes, hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, mental illness, depression, hypertension, cancer and more.
3. Stay Away From Processed Foods - Processed food is useless to the body. It's full of chemicals, preservatives and alien substances that the body cannot digest properly or use for any cause of good. Processed foods cause high levels of toxicity which contribute to a large range of health problems.
4. Avoid Dairy - A large part of the world's population is genetically unable to properly digest dairy products. In addition to causing an insulin spike and being processed and homogenized in such a way that is unsuitable to it's natural structure, dairy also increases the body's level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) which is a known cancer promoter.
5. Don't Even Think About Grains - Grains were never part of our ancestors diets and they really don't agree with our digestive system. Research has shown that 30-40% of people of European descent are gluten intolerant and effectively making themselves sick. You can easily get your fiber and Vitamin B elsewhere.

If you are following the paleo foundations then all of the above are easy! But if you are finding your fruit &  veggies intake is low and processed foods are creeping into your diet too often, or you would just like a broaden range of paleo recipes - be sure to check out these Paleo Cookbooks:

EFFECT OF LACK OF SLEEP TO YOUR WEIGHT

Do you know that there is a scientific proven link between lack of sleep and weight gain?

Lack of sleep imbalances LEPTIN and GHRELIN, two hormones responsible for the control of feeling hunger and fullness. Ghrelin is produced in the gastrointestinal tract and stimulates appetite, and Leptin on the other hand lets the brain know when you are full. Lack of sleep causes these two hormones to become imbalanced and operate ineffectively. So when you sleep badly leptin levels drop and ghrelin levels rise. Subsequently, your appetite increases and you still feel hungry after you have eaten.

The reality is that people who sleep less than 7-8 hours per night are more likely to put on weight than those getting their full 8 hours in.

In addition to these hormone imbalances, a lack of sleep increases CORTISOL in the body. Cortisol or Hydrocortisone is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal gland and is released in the body in response to STRESS and low level of blood glucose. Its 3 main functions are increase blood sugar and reduce glucose uptake into cells; suppress the immune sysytem; and aids fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism.  A high level of cortisol wreaks havoc with body fat levels, insulin resistance and systemic inflammation.

One key factor in achieving a good night's sleep is to minimize exposure to artificial light, thus the importance of not staying up too late on the laptop or reading with a bedside lamp for too long. Ensure your bedroom is completely dark for the entire period you are in bed. If your curtains let in street light then invest in some thicker ones to fully block out the light.

If you are a Paleo enthusiast, don't put at risk all that good paleo eating by depriving yourself of proper sleep. Have your last meal around 6-7pm - so the body isn't digesting food while you're sleeping - turn off the laptop/TV by at least 8-9pm, give yourself an hour and a half to prepare for bed, and then hit the sack around 10pm - if not before.

Our paleolithic ancestors went to sleep when they felt tired and when the sun began to set, probably a few hours after their evening meal. They weren't straining their eyes on an iPad sending Tweets, engaging in multiple Skype conversations, or working late into the night.

IMPACT OF YOUR DIET TO YOUR SIXTH SENSE

Do you know that there are certain types of  food that we take into our system which have their own vibrations and affect our state of consciousness? 

I read this book "Understanding the Psychic Powers of Man" and got hold of this excerpt - a diet recommendation by Edgar Cayce - a world renowned expert in psychic phenomena,  for the development of psychic powers and this has something to do with the avoidance of certain combinations of foods as summarized below.

• Eliminate all MEATS except for FISH, FOWL or LAMB.
• Eat very little foods that combine starches with sweets such as cakes and pastries.
• Eliminate overly refined or processed foods such as canned goods, preserved meats.
• Avoid fruits and vegetables that are picked before ripening on the vine.
• Avoid the combination of milk and citrus fruits.
• Avoid the combination of whole-grain cerals and citrus fruits.
• Avoid the combination of coffee with milk or cream.
• Eliminate the combination of starches and proteins.
• Eat 80%  ALKALINE-producing foods such as fruits & veggies; and 20% ACID-producing foods such as meats, cereals and starches.

Proper diet is just one of the essential conditions or factors necessary for the development of psychic faculties. If you are really interested in developing your sixth sense abilities since all of us has this, you may not only consider your diet but also other factors such as meditation, proper breathing techniques, self-confidence and finally practice or actual application. This will give you a better understanding of the phenomena so that when the time comes, you may be ready and not get scared.

Some recommended readings:

Paleo Lunch : Beef Tenderloin Tips in Potato Basket

~BEEF TENDERLOIN TIPS IN SALLI POTATO BASKET~

Serves 2-3

Prep time :  25 minutes

What you need:

1 tablespoon butter
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Coarse salt
1-1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup finely chopped spring onions
500g beef tenderloin steaks
1-1/2 tablespoons chopped
fresh thyme
1 tablespoon (or more) olive oil
6 pcs. Salli Potato Basket crispy (how to make click here to watch video )

How to make:

1. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cover and cook until soft and translucent, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.

2. Sprinkle steaks with coarse salt and pepper and cayenne, then chopped thyme. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks and cook to desired doneness, adding more oil as needed, 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium rare. Then add whipping cream.

3. Divide potato basket then fill with beef tips among plates. Place steaks on plates and serve. Sprinkle with chives.

 

UNCONTROLLED SUGAR AND TRANSFAT CONSUMPTION INCREASES HUMAN DEPRESSION

Your mental state and your food-intake are likely best of friends and from what we consume in our daily  lives reflects the outcome of what our behavior will become tomorrow whether we like it or not. So, if you want to become what you most likely would want to be in the future, you better watch out your diet or else it's less likely you're going to have your dream life come true. 

A research study was conducted in the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain about the relation of sugar and trans-fat consumption on human behavioral pattern. The researchers studied a group of almost 9,000 people for between 2-6 years as a part of a long-term, ongoing study. Excluded from the study were people with extremely high or low daily caloric intake, or had obesity-related diseases.

Participants were asked to report how frequently they eat a given list of foods ie. fastfoods (trans-fats) such as  hamburgers, sausages and pizza; and sweet goods such as muffins, doughnuts and croissant.

At the beginning of the study, no one had been diagnosed with depression, or have taken antidepressants. However, by the end of the study almost 500 had been diagnosed with depression or have antidepressants in their system.

The new study showed that, consumers of fast food and sweets, compared with those who eat little or none, were 51 percent more likely to develop depression. The researchers saw that as depression levels increased, so did the amount of junk food eaten. The more depressed you are the more likely you are to consume large amounts of junk food. The correlation could also go the other way -the more fast food was consumed, the greater the risk of depression.

Usually people who eat high levels of  trans-fat junk foods have personalities of being single or unattached, less active and have a poor dietary habits ie. consumes less fruits and vegetables and healthy fats like nuts, fish and olive oil. Heavy cigarette-smokers and workaholics (spending more than 45 hours of week work) are likewise manifesting to have a depressed way of living.

It's better to follow a controlled dietary plan than having nothing along the way. Balanced diet and proper exercise are always recommended by experts but for those regular people who are beginning to adapt a new way of healthy living, the paleo diet plan is recommendable by doctors, dieticians and even athletes and cross-fit trainers.

FOODS TO AVOID ON THE PALEO DIET - SUGAR

 

FOODS TO AVOID ON THE PALEO DIET - TRANS FATS

 

Paleo Tips : Simply No-Cook Summer Food Ideas

Want to spend less time cooking and more time playing this summer? Well here are the top great tricks and ideas for refreshing dishes and snacks that don't require heating and lets you just plain serving on the table.

~SANDWICHING'

• Oftentimes the simplest things to do are the most gratifying to have. Take this four-ingredient sandwich menu by simply layering tomato slices, mozarella, and julienned basil leaves over a crusty bread. Drizzle with olive oil then season woth salt and pepper. You may top with another slice of bread or just enjoy as is.

~TOFU WITH PORK'

• This Oriental dish manages to be both light and hearty at the same time. Simply mix together these: oyster sauce, black vinegar and sesame oil. Season with sugar to taste, then pour the mixture over a block of drained silken tofu. Sprinkle pork floss on top and garnish with cilantro leaves.

~BE PREP WITH PASTA'

• Cook a big batch of pasta early in the day. Let it cool then drizzle with olive oil and portion it out to store in containers. When you are ready for chow time, combine all the precooked pasta with bottled pasta sauce and quickly heat it in the microwave. 

~TRY CEVICHE'

• Ceviche is a simple but classic dish consisting of raw seafood marinated in lemon or lime juice. The acids from the juice essentially cook the fish. Its fresh flavor is perfect for summer especially if you mix in a little chopped mint. You may as well toss in some corn kernels to make the dish more substantial. 

~SALSA WITH FRUITS'

• Tomato-based salsas are common nowadays but why not try experimenting with fruits. Pineapples are a great choice to start with. They are fresh, widely available and downright delicious.

~CHICKEN NOODLES AND PEANUTS' 

• Make use of vermicelli noodles which only need to be rehydrated in hot water. Combine this with peanut, soy sauce, sesame oil and minced ginger. Top with shredded rotisserie chicken, spring onions, and sesame seeds before serving.

~WHITE BEAN AND ARUGULA LEAVES' 

• Arugula is a leafy green herb of the mustard family and the flavor of the leaves is hot and peppery. Try to mix it together with canned white beans (drained), sliced sun-dried tomatoes and canned tuna. Drizzle with a basic vinaigrette or bottled salad dressing of your choice, then toss everything together.

  
~FREEZY FROZEN FRUITS' 

• Fruits are refreshing any time of the year but they are heaven-sent during summer. One extra step to take to make them even more refreshing is to pop them into the freezer. This is best for fruits like grapes and mangoes. For grapes, wash and take the fruits off the stem then place it in a plastic container and stash it in the icebox. For mangoes, scoop out the flesh and dice into bite-sized cubes before freezing. If you want to chill out, its time to take them out of the freezer and eat your heart out!

 ~LEFTOVER COOKED RICE'

• Want to do something more with your rice, then have it spiced up by tossing leftovers with cubed mangoes, sliced red onions, chopped herbs, and minced jalapeno peppers. Don't hesitate to add up to the spiciness of the dish ~ research has shown that spicy food can actually cool you down, so bring on that peppery heat.

Experience and enjoy all the cited foody ideas. Have a Sizzling Summer Eating Fun! 


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