Real life and blogging dont alway mix

Hi everyone,
Just popped in to say I haven't forgotten you!!!!

I have 3 sick people at home at the moment and So I am run off my feet!!

I'll post as soon as things settle I should post a meal plan and shopping list tomorrow!!

So get any requests in FAST!! If you want a soup dish, snacks or curries let me know!!

So keep an eye out of that :)

Rose
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sick kids and finding snacks...

Hi everyone,

well I know I have sort of dropped off the map of late...by a sick lil miss 3 year old does that.

She is sick but still wants to run jump dance and play, rest my kids don't understand the word.

Anyway,

I have found a treat that I just have to share...

Paleo Granola Bars.

My walking buddies and me visited his parents on our 12km walk (up and down steep hills, I swear he was out to hurt me lol ). His mum made Paleo bars and Oh My God!!!!

We could stop eating them so warning these are great of a sweet tooth or a snack but you might want to eat more then you should.

Here's the recipe with picture, thanks to Crossfit Kawatha!

PALEO GRANOLA BARS

Snack

Cooks in 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1-1 1/2 cup – mix of nuts (slivered almonds, pecans, sunflower seeds, walnuts, cashews, etc)
• 1/4 cup – unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup – almond butter
• 1 tbsp plus – coconut flour (if needed to thicken mixture)
• 2 tbsp – coconut oil
• 1 tsp – vanilla
• 1/2 tsp – honey or rice malt
• 1/4 tsp – sea salt
• 1/2 cup – chopped dates or dried unsweetened cranberries or blueberries

Directions

• On a cookie sheet , toast nuts and coconut until golden brown. Once toasted pour mixture into food processor until coarsely ground.
• In a mixing bowl melt coconut oil and almond butter (about 30 seconds). Stir until smooth.
• Add vanilla, honey and sea salt. Fold in nut mixture and coconut flour. Fold in dates, cranberries or blueberries.
• Press mixture into 4 x 8 pan and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Cut into squares and enjoy. Keep in refrigerator to keep firm.

http://crossfitkawartha.com/recipes/paleo-granola-bars/

Sooo Goood!!

Well lil miss is awake again so hope to post again soon.
Rose

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Meal plan recipes and shopping list!

Hi everyone

Its finished and ready to go.

The meal plan and shopping list with all the recipes you need!!

Just click on the link below.

MEAL PLAN AND SHOPPING LIST

Don't forget we love feedback so drop a comment below!

Also click follow to hear about our up coming give-away!

Rose

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Meal plan

Hi everyone

Well I'm trying to get this meal plan thing under control and its not as easy as I first thought.....

So I have been reading on ways to budget for Paleo after this weeks was a complete failure as in didn't work at all!! So i wont post it.

So here I go again.

I have read that to keep veg fresh It's best to buy the meat then buy veg every few days so I'm trying that this week. As my veg from Monday is all gross, some even growing....shudder!

So here is next weeks meal plan... shopping list and recipes next post!

Rose

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Breakfast	Scrambled eggs mixed with diced bacon and avocado	Egg & roasted vegetable soldiers	Poached eggs and sweet potato  hash browns	banana smoothie made with frozen bananas , coconut milk and almond butter	Steak and spinach, mushroom and Carrot	Paleo Pancakes	Leftover bubble and squeak.
Lunch	Warm chicken Salad	Steak and salad	Tuna and salad	Curried egg Avocado and salad	Tuna and stirfry Veg	Cut up veg and dips	Bacon wrapped bub sausage with sweet potato chips
Dinner	Sausages and steam veg	Tri tip roast and sweet potato salad	Stir fry veg and Steak	Sausage and steam veg	Bacon tarts and salad	Pot roast and veg	Veggie spaghetti with chicken and bacon pesto
Snack	Fruit salad	Fruit salad	Banana Chips	Banana Chips	Fruit salad	Fruit salad	Paleo Donuts

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The new resource page!

Hi everyone,

Just some great news..

we have our resource page finally up and going.
So please check it out!

my new meal plan should be ready to go tomorrow :)

Its all going on here at the moment.

Please don't forget to follow us and leave a message on anything about any you want to know about so we can do a post for you :)

Thanks
Rose.

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Isn't Paleo just Atkins reloaded?

Hi everyone... My pc is down so I'm posting from my phone...this is a first... So here goes....

My sister (http://eattolivebykrystal.blogspot.co.uk) recently asked isn't Paleo just Atkins reloaded? Well to be honest I didn't know much about Atkins so a quick Google for some idea and told her that.

All I knew about the Atkins diet was it is a low carbohydrate diet and have a product line in the health slide of woolies.

So this post is for my sister. Who challenged me to do it.

Atkins Diet                                                                 Paleo Diet

Phases to follow	No phases
Carb counting	No counting
Food list for each phase to follow	No phases
Low carbs	Low carbs
commercial range of bars and shakes	Natural food like grass fed meats, organic veg and fruit
Has a weight loss focus	Has a lifestyle focus
Allows grains and legumes	No grains or legumes
Low sugar	Low sugar
Ok with their brand of processed foods	No processed foods
Phrase one promotes ketosis	Promotes healthy eating
Against trans fats	Against trans fats
Doesn’t promote food source knowledge	Highly promoted food source knowledge
Has a vegan program	Promotes meat consumption
Rules of phases  then principles to follow in final Phase.	Principles of healthy eating to follow

So there you go. there are similarities low carb being one but some as massive deferences such as the Atkins having a commercial range of power bars and shakes and Paleo being about whole natural foods and also the Paleo idea of knowing what you food eat or how to grow not being a part of the Atkins diet.

So Paleo is not Atkins rebooted.

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Not all Carbs are created equal.

I am trying to lose weight.

I have been told over and over and over eat more carbs(grains) fruit and veg to lose the weight (from two babies with a small gap of 15 months!)Yet I gained more weight! The more I tried the more I gained. No how much I exercised.

My Sister (http://eattolivebykrystal.blogspot.co.uk) and myself have both battled with our health and weight. My sister has found the approach from Joel Fuhrman, M.D. I as you can tell by the blog found Paleo.

The approaches have a few things in common. and this is one of them. Not all Carbs are equal.

This idea is certainly not new.

The First Low-Carb Diet And Diet Book

During the 1850's a physician named Doctor Harvey in England had to treat a patient named William Banting regarding obesity. Harvey advised him to cut down the sugars and starches. In fact, he told him not to eat more than the minimum daily amount that was required. This came to be the very first low-carb diet.

The plan worked so well, that even William Banting was able to write a book about the so-called diet. The book was published in 1862 and was called letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public. This book came to be the very first diet book made in history.
http://www.thehealthsuccesssite.com/the-history-of-losing-fat.html

 So how do Carbs work you ask ?

http://blog.massivehealth.com/infographics/Carbs_are_killing_you/

So If you are trying to lose weight avoid the carbs!

All refined carbohydrates are to be avoided including…

• bread
• pasta
• white rice
• fruit juice
• sugar

Notice veggies aren't on that list?
But they have carbs...

Carbohydrate Content in Vegetables

Search: 

Vegetable	Carbohydrates in gram	Calories
Asparagus	2.1	18
Aubergine	2.7	17
Beetroot	5.9	31
Broccoli	2.9	25
Brussel Sprouts	3.4	31
Cabbage, average	4.4	26
Carrot	4.8	26
Cauliflower	3.3	22
Celery	2	15
Chicory	2.2	16
Courgette	2.2	20
Cucumber	2	12
Fennel	2.9	25
Gherkins	2.8	15
Gourd	2.2	13
Leek	2.5	23
Lettuce	1	11
Marrow	2	10
Mushroom	0.5	15
Okra	2	19
Onion	4.6	26
Onion, Spring	6	23
Parsnip	3	22
Peppers, yellow	4.9	28
Pumpkin	2.1	12
Radish	1.9	13
Spinach	0.6	16
Swede	4.8	26
Sweetcorn	15.7	90
Tomatoes	2.8	18
Turnip	5	26
Watercress	2.1	18
Yam	21.5	97

All values are calculated from raw vegetables. Values for carbohydrates in vegetables may vary between different pieces!

http://www.weightlossforall.com/carbohydrates-vegetables.htm

The difference?
Bread and other "processed " Carbs are quickly turned to sugar as seen above while the body has to work harder to turn veggies and whole Fruit to sugar.

So in closing.
Avoid the carbs lose the weight. eat your veggies( esp the green ones!) and whole fruits :)

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Kids say Good bye Dairy, hello questions and tantrums.

Hi Everyone,

 I hope you are having a great day!

Today's topic.

DAIRY.

 we have been trying to eliminate dairy. with very little offered to the kids, mini frozen yoghurt ice-blocks (rare treat.) and milk are all we have in the house.To lil miss (3year old) this week saw the last of her beloved cheese. This is a girl that wakes asking for cheese or a banana!

This coming week we are again reducing milk. at the moment they have a glass in the morning and some at night. Good ol' warm milk, well now it's not as good as we once believed.

My lil man(4yrs.) is not going to be happy. Neither will my lil miss. We are diluting the milk with water so we hope to add rice or almond milk in its place as a treat food.

Now, I know some of you are thinking  at 3 and 4 years they NEED milk for calcium and strong bones, Don't they?

Short answer is no. 

Milk Does contain a lot of calcuim, 300mg in fact but there is a problem, milk it acidic to our body so if fact Milk makes us loose calcium.

Here’s how it happens. Like all animal protein, milk acidifies the body pH which in turn triggers a biological correction. You see, calcium is an excellent acid neutralizer and the biggest storage of calcium in the body is – you guessed it… in the bones. So the very same calcium that our bones need to stay strong is utilized to neutralize the acidifying effect of milk. Once calcium is pulled out of the bones, it leaves the body via the urine, so that the surprising net result after this is an actual calcium deficit.

Knowing this, you’ll understand why statistics show that countries with the lowest consumption of dairy products also have the lowest fracture incidence in their population.(http://saveourbones.com/osteoporosis-milk-myth/)

“These data do not support the hypothesis that higher consumption of milk or other food sources of calcium by adult women protects against hip or forearm fractures.” (Source: Feskanich D, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA. Milk, dietary calcium, and bone fractures in women: a 12-year prospective study. American Journal of Public Health. 1997).

Not only this but large amounts of sodium(salt) are removed from the body by building the sodium to calcium for removal.

So where do we get the most calcium?

Let me show you...

(I know beans are pictured and Paleo life stylers(paleo is more then a diet..) don't get legumes I'll share on that tomorrow.) )

Look at the range of foods in this one picture and that's only a sample! All contain calcium  as well as other essential mineral vitamins and fibre.That are needed for calcium absorption!

So what else do we need for calcium intake?

 A combination of calcium, vitamin D, vitamin K, magnesium, and phosphorus protects your bones against fractures.

(http://www.helpguide.org/harvard/vitamins_and_minerals.htm)

Vitamins D and K are called fat soluble meaning they need fats or/and proteins to move through the body. . Calcium is more like a fat-soluble vitamin because it requires a carrier for absorption and transport.(http://www.helpguide.org/harvard/vitamins_and_minerals.htm)

So I know my Kids won't miss out on Calcium and in fact might just be better of with out the dairy. Does that mean they will never have it well no.. we don't live in a paleo bubble, So milk and cheese will be treats(sometimes foods.) not a daily occurrence.

What are your thoughts? Have any dairy removal tips? Or just a question about all this information? Please leave a comment below. 

And don't forget to follow us!

Remember you are what you eat.

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MEAL PLAN PDF!!!!!!!

Well, Hi *waves*

I know I know it took me soooo long to post this but its finally done. Its been a learning curve. So from now on I am Doing the PDF first then posting it. I promise!!

MEAL PLAN 1

click on the link to download :)

https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a716b8a5c6171aa71a1

Let me know how I can Improve this idea in the comments below

thank you

Rose

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Paleo tunes for kids A GodSend!!

Hi everyone and we are back,

Teaching the kids why we are eating differently is hard especially since most resources are in America and expensive to get out here.

We have found a great music site called http://thecavekids.com/

With songs called eat like a dinosaur and just like mum and dad.

 I think a lot of our download limit goes to this site we put it on for the kids and they go NUTS!! My lil man can sing most of the songs and my lil miss is getting he idea. even better my lil man has got sometimes foods(aka treats aka anything non paleo) and all the time foods(lean meats fish veggies fruits nuts ect..) almost down!!

So take a look but if in Australia we can't download it ....yet..... contact the cave kids or even Amazon and let them there is demand  :)

Don't forget to click follow or leave a comment below :)

when life has other plans and eating out.

Hi Everyone,

The PDF should up tomorrow thanks for the patience guys.

Life doesn't follow the play book at least not with two little ones. Today I don't know how but I've but my neck out headaches and pain all day but I kept with the program as far as food goes.

I'm trying to get it sorted before my scheduled walk with my mate. Got to beat 7km's!!!

Add to this my Hubby is sick and its not fun at my house.

Luckily the kids are fine.

So today I want to talk a bit about Eating out and Paleo.

Good choice

Next week I'm hanging out with my sis in law and I love my food but since going Paleo going out to eat has been a learning curve and I'm still learning.

I don't got to fancy restaurants due to budget so Fast food is usually where my friend and I end up.
what do T ask myself well usually questions like...

Is there a salad on the menu?

Do they have a gluten free option?

Can you order minus bread?

Is there a vegan option. If all else at least its got my veggies I can eat a boiled egg or piece of chicken at home after if I have too!

My other tip it is remember the avoids of paleo.( I have a picture for the background of my phone if I feel like cheating!!... no dairy, no gluten, no legumes  no processed foods(hard when out.) no highly processed oils.) and try to limit them in your meal choice.  I have left beans on my plate with others giving me weird looks because I didn't realise they were in the salad. It's your health.

Also a cheat is not a bad thing ON OCCASION. cheats can quickly get out of hand if you are not careful. Trust me Max Brenner;s chocolate restaurant, my paleo best friend, my cousin and me. ohhhhh so sweet sooo sick!

Bad choices

all this in one night bad idea.

Know thy self. for example gluten and me are not friends. I eat it and the next day I feel like I have the flu so Ill take dairy over gluten. So people can eat gluten no drama but legumes make them sick. 

Know your body and make the best choice you can for YOU.

I love this Picture from USANA Health Sciences Inc. Don't forget to follow or comment or ask questions :D

Finally the house is quiet...

Well, Today has been....


eventful.

I had my meal plan ready to go. Planned prepared organised but not fool proof.

I forgot kids cost $$

My lil miss needs a new carseat.$150
I needed new walking shoes. Desperately! $30
lil miss needs new clothes as she just shot up again $ errr .....

So my food budget quickly got tight!!
But smart me remembered MARKET DAY! So I have only grab enough to get me till my local market day which is Wednesday.

I love the markets fresh veg and fruit also meat eggs spices the list goes on and the prices are AWESOME!!

But back to today, so mummy goes for her walk with a good mate.... 6km later, we push ourselves, still not sure why....... I get home hubby has feed the kids but forgot to take picture no biggie...then I remember hubby is leaving for a date with his sister, so after innumerable conversations convincing my lil man he cant go with daddy finally everyone is sleeping.

This Mummy is wrecked!

Please don't forget to comment on anything and everything you want to know about.

As for the PDF. I promise its coming asap. Same with Pictures of what we eat.

But this cave-girl got to sleep before the lil ones JUMP on me in the morning...nope I'm not kidding JUMP.

want to hear more crazy adventures click follow!

Night!!