Welcome to The Paleo Review!
On this blog, I will chronicle my paleo adventures in cooking. I'll try recipes I find in paleo cookbooks and on the Internet and will review my cooking and eating experiences here. As the blog gets going, I hope to receive recipe requests.
This is very much a work in progress and I look forward to the day in the distant future where I look back at these first posts and cringe and reflect fondly at my inexperience and sloppiness. I'm a bit of a planner, so I could plan and plan this site and never get started, so I've opted to just start. Eventually, I would like each recipe post to include:
- My actual prep time versus the prep time in the recipe;
- My ease in finding the ingredients and expense;
- Notes and pictures during the cooking process;
- My actual cook time;
- End product pictures with my comments on taste; and,
- My clean up time.
Who am I and why should you pay an attention to my opinions? I'm an average girl with a full time job, a house (and two kittens) to manage on her own; I swim with USMS swim team; have a social life; and value my health enough to cook on average 95% of my meals. As many paleo recipes have expensive* cuts of meat involved, I know I'd appreciate not being the Guinea pig sometimes. Well, I'll be your Guinea pig!
Now I used the "expensive" word. I hated to do that. Eating a paleo diet does not have to be expensive in and of itself. What I meant there is that within your total grocery budget, your protein (beef, poultry, eggs, seafood) comprises the biggest chunk of your food budget total. .
Before getting to a recipe post, I'll say a little about me and my kitchen. I like to cook, but I lack any real creativity in the kitchen. If you give me a good recipe, I can make it. Most of the time, I am cooking for just myself, but I rarely cook one meal at a time. I enjoy cooking for others when I have the chance. My kitchen is super tiny. I'm certain the person who designed it has never cooked a meal in his/her life. Here she is:
So, cabinet/work space is pretty limited. I have one kitchen drawer. Yes, I said, one. When I bought the house, the kitchen wasn't complete. I had no idea how inefficiently the cabinets had been designed. I do the best what what I have and have replaced the contractor grade dishwasher and sink with an upgrade and added the super-duper shiny microwave range hood. Thankfully, I have a gas stove and oven. I've managed to spread out some of my kitchen storage throughout the house (my Harry Potter closet under the stairs). I love kitchen gadgets and appliances, but you have to work hard to earn a place on my itty-bitty counter! And yes, those are dirty dishes in the sink. Shame!
Without further ado, lets get to some recipes!