November 2012
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My Favorite Stocking Stuffers for Under $20
The problem: Every holiday season, after all the big-ticket purchases have been made, I start obsessing over stocking stuffers and Secret Santa gifts. The people on my “nice” list deserve awesome, thoughtful presents, but it’s not like I have unlimited funds.
The solution: I draw up a list of budget-friendly gifts that won’t break the bank! (The holidays always trigger...
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Giveaway Time! Win A Lava Lake Lamb Gift Card &...
**UPDATE! The giveaway is over and the winner (Tina!) has been contacted. Thanks to everyone who entered!**
Are you as sick of shopping as I am? Wouldn’t you prefer to just sit back and win a $50 gift card to Lava Lake Lamb AND a $65 sampler pack of grass fed beef and lamb? That way, you could give ‘em both away for the holidays, keep one and gift one, or be a grinch and hoard...
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Paleo Eats: 11/25/12
Still kicking yourself for veering off course over the Turkey Day weekend? Don’t fret. Just brush those pie crumbs off your shirt and get right back on the Paleo straight-and-narrow. After all, tomorrow is another day, right?
We had a lovely holiday weekend. (Thanks for asking.) On Thanksgiving, my sis drove up for the day and presented us with my brother-in-law’s incredible...
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News, Socks, & News About New Socks
I know I’ve been incredibly delinquent with my newsletters. My excuse? Each one takes hours to put together from scratch ‘cause I don’t want to just regurgitate my recent posts. (That’s what my RSS feed is for, right?) Plus, I hate spam (of all kinds) as much as the next gal, and I don’t want to clutter up your inbox unless I have something important to say.
So...
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Paleo Eats: 11/20/12
You know that old saying about how a watched pot (of bone broth) never boils? That’s kinda how I feel about this interminable workweek. Don’t get me wrong: I like my job and my co-workers, but I’m antsy to finish my shifts and relax with my favorite people. My last night of work seems SO. FAR. AWAY. I totally get how Lil-O feels when he complains that Christmas is “infinity...
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Paleo Sriracha
Question: Who doesn’t love sriracha?
Answer: People who haven’t tried it yet.
But I know you. You’re a sriracha connoisseur. The first time you spied it on the table at your favorite Vietnamese joint and squirted some onto your spoonful of phở, you were hooked. You squealed when you spotted little squeeze packets of sriracha at the food truck near your office. You sought out the...
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Paleo Eats: 11/15/12
Okay — deep breath. Before I dive right into my eats for the day, I have a few PSAs for y’all:
If you wanna hear me shoot the breeze about food prep with Stacy and Sarah, download the latest episode of The Paleo View podcast. Yes, I know my voice is squeaky.
I’ve been nominated for a couple of categories in Paleo Magazine’s Best of 2012 Awards. Yay! But I’m up...
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Wise Traditions Conference 2012
Did you miss me? In case you’ve been wondering, I’ve been busy with real life. But let me get you up to speed.
I couldn’t wait to finish last week’s graveyard shifts. I was more than ready to hit my first ever Wise Traditions Conference — the annual meet-up of the The Weston A. Price Foundation. After my friends Liz, Laura, and Diana convinced me to join the...
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Paleo Emergency Kit & Steve's Original Giveaway!
If nothing else, Hurricane Sandy was a sobering reminder for the NomBomb clan to finally cobble together an emergency preparedness kit. I’m not proud to admit that if it weren’t for the disaster in the Northeast, I probably would’ve never gotten off my butt. A round of applause, please.
Here’s some of what I stuck in a big, sturdy plastic bin, and why:
Bottled water. I...
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A Full (Paleo) House
A whole host of our Paleo pals are in town for the annual Weston A. Price Conference, and Bill and Hayley spent all of yesterday cooking up (and photographing) a feast in our kitchen. Plus, our house is actually clean right now — an incredibly rare occurrence.
An impromptu dinner party was clearly in order. The planets don’t align all that often, folks.
After a jam-packed day of...
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Hijacked!
Hello Nom-Nommies,
It’s Hayley and Bill, from The Food Lovers Kitchen. Today, we hijacked Nom Nom Paleo’s home, kitchen, and have now taken over her blog as well! We’re in town for the Weston A. Price Conference to be held Friday through Sunday in nearby Santa Clara. Before flying in to town, we demanded begged Michelle to let us shoot some photos in her gorgeous kitchen for our...
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Paleo Eats: 11/5/12
I’m more than halfway through my week of night shifts, and the work’s been steady — not too crazy and not too slow. It’s been juuust right. Sipping bone broth during my 10-hour shift staved off the hunger pangs, so my leftovers stayed in my lunchbox all night.
But when I walked through the front door and smelled the boys’ breakfast of eggs and sausages sizzling on...
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Essential Paleo Kitchen Tools
This revelation will be about as shocking as when Geraldo Rivera opened up Al Capone’s vault: I’m a KITCHEN GADGET QUEEN.
Henry would go so far as to say I’m a hoarder of unnecessary clutter, but I like my self-anointed title much better. Regular readers are well aware that I frequently use a pressure cooker, toaster oven, and SousVide Supreme, often all at once to prepare a single meal. But...
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Paleo Eats: 11/2/12
I’m back on the zombie shift at the hospital. Hooray — I can pay for more bacon and cookbooks! I guess that balances out the sky-high cortisol levels caused by sleep disruption. Sorta.
At work, I ate leftover Damn Fine Chicken and veggies, and guarded the narcotics ‘til the sun came up.
I got home just in time to kiss Big-O good-bye for school and watch Lil-O prance around the...
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Curried Cream of Broccoli Soup
[UPDATED November 2, 2012: This ain’t a new recipe (it’s from almost TWO years ago!), but it continues to be popular and the old photos were all kinds of horrible, so I updated this post with new pics. Enjoy (again!)]
This recipe is a perfect example of what I call garbage soup: I pull out whatever vegetables are left in my crisper and throw them in a pot with some pre-made broth. This...
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Paleo Eats: 10/31/12
Happy Halloween and a belated happy birthday to my kickass mommy!
Our neighborhood takes Halloween very seriously. With herds of costumed kids traipsing from house to house, we all do our part to creep ‘em out with spooky porch decorations.
After helping Henry strew styrofoam skulls and fake cobwebs all over the front of our house this weekend, I barely had time to get ready for another...
