How do you keep prepared so that you can produce Paleo Meals quickly and easily.
One of the keys to success for following any type of eating plan is being prepared. If you aren’t prepared and you get hungry, you are much more likely to break the plan and start chomping on something that you shouldn’t be eating like bread, biscuits, cakes, soda drinks and all that stuff that sugar has.
Step 1 – Paleo Meals – Understand the diet
It’s important to understand why you are eating Paleo meals and are not just on another diet.
- Read “The Paleo Solution” by Robb Wolf.
- “The Primal Blueprint” by Mark Sissan
is also and excellent read
Step 2 – Paleo Meals – ingredients
Make sure you keep your freezer/cupboard/pantry stocked with Paleo ingredients.
- Grass fed meats (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish)
- Buy fresh vegetables regularly
- Frozen vegetables as a backup
- Tinned salmon / tuna / sardines
- Berries
Step 3 – Paleo Meals – recipes
Having a series of paleo meals that you can easily cook is essential. It’s also important to have variety, otherwise you will start to get bored and be more tempted by grains and sugary food.
Check back on this blog for the recipes I cook or grab one of these books.
- Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen
- Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals: Delicious, Primal-approved meals you can make in under 30 minutes (Primal Blueprint Series)
Step 4 – Paleo Meals – snacking in between
Having snacks with you at home and at work will allow you to eat well when you are starting to get hungry and avoid the temptation of bad foods. Here are some snacks that are easy to keep around
- tinned fish (salmon, tuna, sardines)
- tinned chicken and vegetable soup (check that there is no wheat, sugar added)
- carrot sticks or celery sticks with hummus or baba ganoush
Step 5 – Paleo Meals – eating out strategies
So what do you do when you go out with friends. Try and stay paleo as much as possible without becoming one of those boring friends.
- Drink red wine instead of beer
- Skip the bread that comes to the table
- At an Italian restaurant go for a caprese salad and a veal parmigiana rather than a big pasta dish