A quick hello

Hi everyone,

ok. I took the plunge. I decided to open up my own blog. After having turned our house 90% plus paleo (it has taken us two years to get to this stage) I started to wonder if it is only me or if most paleo recipes are just super not kosher.

I have read books over books about the issue. Some recipe books have pork in virtually every recipe!!! Including Bacon Jam! (Ok, that one for me is just not appealing). I got really frustrated so I started to throw most of the books out and decided to do what I do best - improvise in the kitchen. And G'd are the results great.

Just as a quick clarifier. We avoid eating anything that is NOT paleo but don't go crazy if we do. I have gluten free pasta at home so that when the kids want to eat pasta they can have some. My kids love rice milk, so that's what they get.

I live in Israel and many products are just not available in this country as they are in other countries. One example is Coconut Amino. We just don't have it. According to the kosher rules. we are allowed to eat fish and meat during the same meal, we are just not allowed to mix it on the same plate at the same time. So Fish Sauce (paleo friendly or not) is not an option for the meat dishes - not that we would get Fish Sauce (except for Worcester Sauce) in this country. So, for the few occasions that I do need this ingredient I use Gluten Free Soya Sauce. It is that or nothing and we love our Asian food too much to go for nothing.

We use honey, Silan (which is date honey) and maple syrup mainly for sweetening. Sometimes I do use palm sugar or, something new and totally expensive over here, coconut sugar. I do not use stivia. And obviously not something highly industrialised - like white sugar or agave syrupe (which may have a low GI, but needs extensive industrial processes prior to being on our table).

A word to kids friendly recipes. I only cook once. My two kids (they are 6 & 7) have always gotten the same as the adults have - with the rare exception of super spicy stuff. My kids love fruits and vegetables^. They love their meat. They love nuts. They love junk food too... but since turning paleo we have observed that they crave it less. And if they really want some junk I rather give it to them and know that when they are elsewhere they will not go crazy. 99% of my recipes are kids friendly - it just depends on the kid you have at home. :0)

I am sure you will enjoy the recipes I post here. They are all tried and tested in my kitchen.