One of the hardest things about going paleo is giving up our favorite comfort foods. Pizza is obviously a popularly missed item. This recipe mimics the texture of true pizza dough, yet because of the coconut flour, it has a little bit of a sweeter flavour, so I advice using flavourful toppings like savoury tomato sauce, spicy meats, and sautéed veggies. In the picture below, I browned some ground turkey with curry and paprika and it held a lot of flavour for the pizza. I also added sautéed onions, and when the pizza came out, I topped it with arugula and drizzled olive olive on top. This also gave me the idea of infusing olive oil to bring more flavour profiles, so I will be experimenting with infused olive oil and getting the recipes up soon (I’m thinking rosemary infused.. and maybe garlic for a more savoury touch). If you are incorporating cheat days into your paleo diet, this can be helpful, add cheese to the pizza for a little less guilty cheat.
The body naturally favours carbohydrates as a main source of energy. So if your eating to many carbs, your body just wont use your fat. Why would it? If you cut down the calories you are getting from carbs to about 10-15% your body will have no choice but to begin burning fat. This state is called ketosis and is completely safe. Just another great benefit of the paleo diet. Stop wasting your time burning the carbs you ate. Start burning fat right away.
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There are too many ways to achieve “carb binge” status these days. Your friend’s birthday party, and he ordered 12 pizzas, and you know there’s a cake finale afterwards. Maybe it’s just another office birthday, and why wouldn’t you have free cake? Grandma had you over for tea and cookies, and bores you into a binge. Whatever the reason, you happen to find your self caught up in a carb binge, and after the guilt and insulin spike have worn off, you want to know what just happened to your body.
Layer upon layer of pain
But if you just cannot resist, there’s (little) good news, and there’s bad news.
For all you pancake lovers out there, these are absolutely delicious. They are so easy to whip up and make a great meal for a late Sunday morning, or breakfast in bed.
Honestly, I was NEVER a pancake fan until I went paleo. They just weren’t that tasty to me, until I started getting sick of eating eggs every morning for breakfast when I started paleo, I began making almond flour pancakes, and now I’m addicted! The best part is that you are getting healthy fats and protein from the almonds, and some vitamins from the banana. I go for 3rds! If you want to make it really gourmet, top with the blueberry sauce from my paleo cereal recipe. Mmmmmm….
In the beginning of my paleo journey, one of the biggest challenges I found was geting full on paleo foods. Most meals I used to eat included some type of grain (be it rice, pasta, garlic bread), and that really tipped me to the edge of being full. Once I started plaeo, I realized I needed to find some recipes that would add something to the meal to get me to the point again. One trick I learned was having at least 2 vegtable/fruit side dishes. This offers variety and allows me to eat more, and feel great about having a full plate.
If you think your body would be better off without chronic inflammation, insulin spikes and crashes, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure; If you want to avoid accelerated aging, dementia, and infertility; If you want to remain youthful, strong and sexy, be full of energy, and avoid an early date with the reaper – then you MUST learn the truth about the base of our food supply…grains.
“Unnecessary at best, but flat out unhealthy at worst.” The words of Mark Sisson rang through my head over and over after reading them. He had summed it up perfectly. Grains, the staple of our modern diet, provide us with little nutritional value, while being the primary contributor to the greatest health crisis our world has seen since the Bubonic Plague. If only people knew what grains were doing to them, the billions of dollars of needless health care costs for pills, surgeries, and other life-extending measures they were incurring, maybe they could make a change – one that could quite literally save their life.
This is a super easy recipe that tastes great. Because of the spice, I like keeping it simple by topping it with some arugula and paleo catalina dressing. This recipe makes about 4 burgers, the raw patties can easily be frozen for quick dinners!
These also make great lunches, if you have left overs, hate the next day with some chopped up lettuce and your desired sauce. You can also throw a fried egg on top for an exotic taste.
