Caveman Sam

Candied Nuts

Normally I just eat nuts as they are. They’re a great snack, especially paired with a couple dried apricots, apples or roasted kale. But every once in a while I want something a little sweeter. There are tons of ways to do this. I’ve used a variety of combinations of nuts, oil and sweeteners. This [...]

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Carne Adovada

Carne Adovada is a New Mexican dish that’s everywhere here. When we moved to Albuquerque a little over a year ago I went and got a breakfast burrito at a local place and saw that one of their burritos had Carne Adovada in it. I asked what it was and I remember the cashier had [...]

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Primal Meatloaf with (mostly) primal ketchup!

I made a meatloaf tonight that was full of primal goodness. It was a test recipe so I took notes but no photos. But next time I make it’ll be perfect and I’ll post a recipe. While it was cooking I fiddled around and came up with some ketchup that is amazingly delicious and tangy. [...]

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Fried Plantains with Guacamole

While on our trip to Pros Ranch Market I also picked up some plantains. I’ve since learned that plantains aren’t the ideal primal food – they have lots of carbs, similar to a sweet potato -  but they have a glycemic index of 38 (same as an apple) so not totally terrible. Anyway I’ve been craving [...]

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Nopales con Huevos (cactus with eggs)

Recently I took the cavefamily to Pros Ranch Market, a great local Mexican grocery store where I got a cactus leaf. Or “nopales” as I’ve since learned they’re called. I found these cactus leafs in the store and even though I had no idea what to do with them I bought one and then used [...]

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Andouille sausage stuffed zucchini boats

Last night I made something primal that even the cavekids liked. So far in my primal journey this is rare. Unless I make bacon of course. Everyone likes bacon. There are tons of recipes out there for zucchini boats. It’s a relatively simple concept: scoop out innards of zucchini. Put delicious stuff where the zucchini innards [...]

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Pomegranate lemon salad dressing

Tonight the cavefamily and I went shopping and I picked up a bunch of neato ingredients for a few of the recipes I'll be posting here. It took a bit too long and by the time we got home there wasn't time to make the stuffed Moroccan tomatoes or the B.L.A.S.T. salad. So I made some dressing for my salad tomorrow. Actually there's probably enough for about three or four salads. :)

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