Paleo Cupboard

My name is Amy, nice to meet you! I grew up watching my grandmother cook amazing foods from all of the countries she had lived in during her life. She taught me everything she knew and I try to put the same care and attention into my cooking that she did. I can spend all day in the kitchen trying out new recipes, and usually slicing or burning some... part of my body in the process. I have never met a recipe that I didn't tweak, and I encourage you to do the same thing. If you like an ingredient a lot, add more of it. If you don't like an ingredient, add less or use something else. Cooking is a lot more fun when you break the rules and do it your way. I stumbled upon the paleo lifestyle because I was at a point in my life where I had started feeling rundown and tired almost every day. I was nauseous a lot of the time after eating, and was getting horrible headaches. I ate a low-fat diet, counted calories, led an active lifestyle, took a daily multivitamin, and did everything I thought was "healthy". I work a 50+ hour a week job and have two young girls, and not feeling well every single day is just not an option, so I knew I had to make some changes. I decided to remove anything from my diet that I thought was "not natural" for a human to eat. That meant eliminating all grains, sugars, dairy, processed foods and trans- and hydrogenated fats. I decided I would try it for one month and see how I felt. I figured I could withstand anything for one month. Within a week I felt AMAZING. I had so much energy that I was bouncing off the walls. I had been feeling bad for so long that it became "normal" for me. I thought stomach pain after a meal was just part of eating. I had forgotten what healthy really felt like. The drastic difference I felt in such a short amount of time made me curious, and after doing some research I came to find out that the eating plan we were following was very similar to the "Paleo Diet". The more I read the more I realized that many people had the exact same experience as me, and I decided to ...Read More