Long-winded plea to hear about your favorite recipe resources

[abyssinia]

I've been reading about Primal/Paleo for a while now, and while I'm skeptical about some of the evolutionary arguments, some of the biochemical arguments are convincing and I know over the years I tend to feel better when I eat more vegetable/protein/fruit proportional to carbs/grain. I already cook the majority of my food from "real" ingredients, so it's not an overly huge leap for me, at least in terms of dropping processed food.

I've been dabbling with paleo-style meals for a while now, and I'm considering attempting to try a month of more pure paleo and see what happens. I can see giving up bread and pasta without much trouble, but I'm pretty nervous about losing cheese, yogurt, milk and beans and about battling my sweet tooth.

Anyway, Passover (in two weeks) seemed like a good time to start, since it forces me to get partway there anyway. What I'm looking for is recipe resources. Are there any paleo recipe websites you love? Cookbooks? Things which are quick and easy, or make large batches so you can enjoy leftovers? Any tricks for fighting sugar cravings? Any easy breakfast suggestions - I'm not afraid of eating non-traditional breakfast foods, but I prefer breakfast that is quick and low on dishes - my habit is a yogurt. Since I don't eat pork, I'm particularly interested in paleo recipe resources that don't put bacon in every other recipe (I do like turkey bacon, but it doesn't always work the same).

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Yeah, my basic approach is to use this all as a basis for self-experimentation and finding out what works for my individual body and is practical in my life.

So, I seem to be fine with dairy (and Greek yoghurt is a very good thing in my life), as a fair few people are -- "Primal" is basically paleo-plus-dairy. But other people cut out dairy and find that it makes a big difference to them.

And I need significantly more carbs than many people because of the amount of intense climbing I do. OTOH, tinkering with the small amount of grains I still eat is starting to suggest that while I'm okay with some rice, my stomach may not be happy with wheat in particular. Not sure, still observing on that one.

[abyssinia]

Yeah, my basic approach is to use this all as a basis for self-experimentation and finding out what works for my individual body and is practical in my life.

*nods emphatically* I don't really see myself ever being pure primal for a length of time - more using it as a general guideline.

I think I'm nervous about fully cutting wheat. I'm not willing to 100% give it up - I seem to have no issue with it and is occasionally culturally important to me (challah, matzah, etc). But I know some studies have shown that if you stop eating it for a while, you're body slows down the enzymes it needs to digest it and you're more likely to have problems.

I don't know. Human bodies are massively complicated pieces of biological machinery.

I am thinking now, though, given how crazy my next month is going to be with the end of the semester, I may hold off serious diet tinkering until May.