Practical Paleo release celebration GIVEAWAY: Steve’s Original Paleo Kits Sampler Kit

Diane Sanfilippo Bites I Love, Contests & Giveaways, Food & Recipes, Paleo and Primal, Practical Paleo 493 Comments

Updated 7/28/12: This giveaway ended at 5pm Eastern on Friday, July 27th. The winner is Jonathan McMurry. Jonathan – please contact us within 48 hours to claim your prize! In honor of the upcoming release of Practical Paleo and my love for all things Steve’s Original, I’m giving away an amazing Steve’s Club Sampler Pack with the following products (over $65 value) …

Bites I Love: Steve’s Paleo Goods Paleo Kits, Grass-Fed Jerky and more!

Diane Sanfilippo Bites I Love, Direct from Diane, Featured, Food & Recipes 7 Comments

I finally had a chance to try Steve’s Paleo Goods Paleo snacks this week. I know, I must be living under a rock to be a Paleo nutrition educator and CrossFitter and not have tried them yet. #FAIL As a nutritionist, it should be vividly clear to you all by now that I am never in favor of meal replacements when you …

FAQs: How will I get calcium on a Paleo diet?

Diane Sanfilippo Dairy and Dairy Free, FAQs, Featured, Health & Wellness 40 Comments

Those looking to make the move to a Paleo Diet often question the nutritional value of “this way of eating.” One of the assumptions is that, without dairy foods included, the overall diet will be very low in calcium. I recently created a comparison of a day’s worth of meals on the USDA recommended diet versus a Paleo diet for children …

Bacon: Health Food or Devil in Delicious Disguise?

Diane Sanfilippo Beef, Pork & Lamb, Fats and Oils, Featured, Food & Recipes, Nutrition Myths 101 Comments

It seems I’ve become a bit well-known in my community as “the bacon girl.” Maybe it’s because I always seem to be eating, posting pictures of, and wearing T-shirts proclaiming my love for bacon. I’m okay with that nickname, but I have wanted to write this post for quite sometime now in order to explain my choice to consume what …

5 Questions with Marin Sun Farms

Diane Sanfilippo Beef, Pork & Lamb, Five Questions With, Food & Recipes 1 Comment

I had the pleasure of taking a tour of the Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop with the NorCal Paleo Meetup Group back in December of last year and I’m finally getting around to sharing some tidbits from that experience with you! Let me being by saying that I probably fuel myself on protein that’s roughly 50% sourced from Marin Sun …

What the heck can I do with coconut butter?!

Diane Sanfilippo Food & Recipes 32 Comments

Coconut butter (sometimes called Coconut Cream Concentrate) is a great snack to reach for when you want something sweet to eat or just for an energy boost. It’s a good source of lauric acid which, according to Mary Enig and Sally Fallon on page 48 of their book “Eat Fat, Lose Fat,” is “a proven antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal agent that’s …

Balanced Bites | Diane Sanfilippo | Priorities for Eating Paleo on a Budget

Priorities for Eating Paleo on a Budget

Diane Sanfilippo Budget Eating, FAQs, Fats and Oils, Food & Recipes, Paleo and Primal 33 Comments

Eating with a Paleo or Primal approach can seem daunting when you realize that you are no longer going to rely on the cheap, filler ingredients you may have become accustomed to buying on a regular basis. No more rice and beans. No more bread, pasta or cereal. These are all cheap foods. And rightfully so; they provide poor nutritional …

Nutritious Obsession: Chives

Diane Sanfilippo Food & Recipes 1 Comment

My latest nutritious obsession is CHIVES! I love their tiny, tubular shape, their bright green color and their delicately onion-y flavor. They pack a great little punch and I’ve been adding them to my meals lately for both their color and taste. At first I was just generously sprinkling them over my eggs each morning, but after about a week …

Guess the Non-Food #5: Play the Game!

Diane Sanfilippo Food & Recipes, Guess the Non-Food! 18 Comments

Play the game! Below is a list of ingredients from a fairly commonly consumed “Non-Food.” (Meaning it’s eaten by many people, but I don’t consider it food.) I’d love to see your guesses in Comment posts, but if you want to just play the game to yourself that’s okay too. Try to guess the Non-Food! Don’t cheat by doing a search …