Primal Kitchen Mayo!

Last week was the first time I tried the Primal Kitchen Mayo I purchased in my latest Thrive Market order. And I have to share a secret....It's amazing!!!!!! I don't remember what Hellmen's tastes like but I think it was sour and tart and not very yummy. But this Primal Kitchen Mayo is out of this world. I cannot say enough good things about it. I made BLTA (BLT plus Avocado) over the weekend just like my stepmom use to make and the mayo made them SOOOOOOO good. I'm really impressed with Primal Kitchen's products. I'm a happy camper! Check it out! It's very good and if you buy it through Thrive Market, it's cheaper than off the website :D

Siete Quesadilla

Yesterday, I decided to make a quesadilla with my left-over grass fed steak and the amazing Siete Tortillas.  OMG, I was in heaven! I heated up the steak in a pan with ghee and removed when the steak was browned.  Grated raw milk cheddar cheese. Cut the lettuce and avocado.  I put one tortilla into the heated ghee and let that brown a bit. I layered cheese to melt, then steak, then more cheese and another tortilla. OMG. I really can't stop raving about how good it was. I wish I had had more steak because I would've made more. These tortillas are no joke. I'm so glad I took a leap of faith and ordered a bunch. I highly recommend them!

Primal fuel

As promised, here is the review of Primal Fuel by Primal Kitchen.

This morning I woke up almost giddy to try my new primal fuel! I opened it and mixed it with Califa Almond Milk and it was really good. It wasn't grainy or had an intense texture. The flavor was perfect (chocolate coconut) with no gross aftertaste and it mixed pretty easily in with the almond milk. There was some powder on the side of the glass that I sort of just mixed in with my finger. I think a blender would be needed to make it more creamy but I didn't mind.

This powder has 20 grams of protein! It's supposed to be a meal replacement but we will see how that turns out for me haha. On the weekend, I typically eat two breakfasts anyway. And it's moving weekend so I need to eat a lot!

So there is much debate on what's in it. The ingredients are listed (I think there's 6 of them--all things I know) and under the "contains" section it states there's soy. But the ingredients don't list soy. So I'll keep you posted because I'm allergic to soy --thankfully not deathly--but I'll itch or knock out.

Overall, get this powder, it's a great powder if you are into those!

Paleo and the critics

There are many times I critic Paleo and the existing isms that are within the Paleo industry. For example, most of the folks who have Paleo books are (mostly) white, appear middle class and heterosexual. You know me. I think about these things. I think about the intersection of class and Paleo as well as race and Paleo. Most of the products that are "Paleo friendly" are made by white folks.

Well, as I've said in a previous post, I bought Siete Tortillas. When I exclaimed my excitement to my partner, I was met with resistance because of the common assumption that Paleo is white. I was SO excited to share the story of Siete with her! So here it is:

Veronica, of Siete Family Foods battles an autoimmune disease and her family came together to support her transition to new foods. She made these tortillas that are praised within this world. I'm SO excited for them to arrive today that I want to make all the things! I love Mexican food and often times grin and bear the consumption of corn tortillas but I won't have to any longer! I'm SO excited.

Check them out. I'll make some good food this weekend, photograph it and let ya know how it goes!

Lack of appetite and Primal Fuel

Does this happen to anyone else? Every year, not at the same time, I generally cannot be bothered with food. The act of chewing annoys me. The lack of ease of meals annoys me. I just cannot be bothered. This morning was no exception. I had no interest in cooking eggs so I drank a Rebbl and am going to eat an RX bar in a bit. I think I need to make some stuff ahead of time so I can just grab and go. What are your favorite grab and go meals? I know there are some in various Paleo cookbooks I own so when I move, I'll check it out and see what I can make ahead on Sundays and eat throughout the week with the intermixing of my new Primal Fuel by Primal Kitchen. Check it out! I'm super excited about it! I don't generally like protein powders but this one is recommended by one of the advocates for Paleo so I figure it'll be alright and a nice way to get protein when I just can't be bothered with eating.

I went ahead and got some no sugar added almond milk from Sprouts this morning so I will try the Primal Fuel tonight or tomorrow :)

Becoming Strict with Paleo!

I've made the choice to become stricter with Paleo and while doing that I find myself actually not wanting to eat. Not because I am striking food but because I'm not hungry. That's new for me. Well not exactly new, this happens every few years. I've gone ahead and ordered some products to help my transition back into strict Paleo.

Check out Primal Kitchen! One of my close friends swears by the Chipotle mayo so that was purchased haha.

I ordered all my products through Thrive Market and I saved $40 and got TWO free gifts! Two mustards by Sir Kensington that we've wanted to try so I'm excited!

Also in the mail is Siete's Tortillas. I see them all over other blogs so I took that plunge and bought a case so I can freeze them and enjoy them this summer.

Pretty excited about my purchases! When I get them, I'll do some reviewing for you!

Until then, enjoy Thursday!

Update on the intake of coffee

About an hour and a half after ingesting coffee, I threw up multiple times. Apparently, my body is literally rejecting coffee or maybe it's the creamer? Either way, I'm glad to not drink it again. I'm kind of surprised but thankful that I'm not doing anything today but reading because now I feel like crap.

No more coffee for me! Now we know!

How's it going?

hello blogger world!

It's a rainy Sunday morning here in Southern California and life has been busy. I started a reboot two weeks ago that failed this week due to SO many receptions at work. The end of the semester is so tough on my eating habits due to catering's amazing gluten free cookies. I have zero willpower against them. Most of all, they perfected the recipe in part because of me so I feel guilty not enjoying one. But I'm going to start the reboot again soon.

I didn't post about the reboot so here's a recap:  Two weeks ago one of us decided they were going to partake in the 21-day superhero challenge and the other is going to do a whole 30 type deal but not so strict. This was a decision I made while in the grocery store two weekends ago. I was feeling very much like I need a reboot in terms of food and what better time than now? I bought the staples because that's easy. And I'm trying to not stress myself out by being super strict with myself while adhering to the rules of whole 30. The reboot is more about getting back on track than losing weight. I've been SUPER lax about my diet because PHD and hectic work/life. When I had my three hour class this past term, I indulged with frozen gluten free pizza. Well, I started seeing and feeling those effects. I really needed to cut out sugar and I started when I cut out coffee because I was adding refined sugar to my cups. But we now know I got off track and will start again soon!

This morning, after a night of friends, graduation, and some alcohol, I woke up feeling like this rainy day really needed some coffee. I've been without it for six weeks and I felt like I could try to reintroduce it into my system but not at the levels I was drinking it. I'm sitting here enjoying some cold brew with some coconut milk creamer. I have never had Califa cold brew so I thought I'd give it a go. Check it out! It's SUPER smooth and tastes perfect. My anxiety isn't spiked and I'm not even sure my heart rate is increased. When I introduced sugar while doing my reboot, it was obvious that I had had sugar because my heart rate was through the roof! Then I crashed. I'm pretty excited that this coffee hasn't spiked anything and I'm feeling good.

The cold brew is high quality and I think if I had tried something like dunkin donuts or starbucks, I would've been screwed. I'm glad I went with a high quality cold brew to try it out!  The coconut milk creamer is by SO delicious and it is SO delicious.  I forgot how yummy it is!

This is kind of the perfect Sunday. I'm listening to Alabama Shakes, drinking coffee, listening to the rain with a cat attacking me with love (literally he's biting me when I stop petting him).

I'm off to do some reading for class. :) Thanks for reading! I'll update again soon!

Hugs!