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Five Primal Snacks

A lot of people who start eating a primal or paleo diet will complain that they don’t know what to snack on during the day.  I’m guilty of it myself, especially when I first started eating primal.  Working a 9 to 5 job doesn’t always make it easy either but the key is (as always) to plan your lunches every week and have your snacks prepared.  This prevents running to the office snack closet and grabbing a bag of chips or cookies!

A rule I’ve followed over the past couple of years is pretty simple…snack on real foods or products.  Ones that you can actually read the entire ingredient list.  Here are five primal snacks that keep me going through the day!

Cottage Cheese with Fruit and Nuts

I promise I don’t eat the whole container. Just one serving 🙂

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Kind Bars

They have a ton of different ones but my recent favorite is this Cashew & Ginger Spice flavor.  I love Kind Bars because if you look at the ingredient list you will recognize each one.  It’s one of the best bars I’ve found with nothing processed.

 

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Dark Chocolate & Blueberries

I think I am officially addicted to dark chocolate.  Even if it’s just the tiniest piece I usually have a bite every night.  I usually stick to at least 80% cacao.

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Avocado

If you get one just the perfect ripeness, avocados are an awesome snack just on their own!

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Justin’s Honey Almond Butter with an Apple or Banana

I just recently discovered Justin’s brand and absolutely love it.  It is so tasty but yet so good for you.  Here are the ingredients: Dry Roasted Almonds, Honey Powder (Sugar, Honey), Organic Palm Fruit Oil, Sea Salt.  Honey is my favorite flavor so far and it only has 3 grams of sugar!  Throw a tablespoon of this on an apple of banana and you have yourself a tasty, healthy, and real snack.

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What are your go-to favorite snacks?

How I Started A Blog

It’s been almost two months since I started The Primal Yogi so I thought I’d write about my progress so far and how I started a blog.

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Why Did I Decide to Start a Blog?

I’ve always loved reading blogs especially food blogs, travel blogs, and just all around healthy living blogs.  It started with discovering Carrots n’ Cake and Adventurous Kate.  I started reading theirs about three years ago and it’s been really cool to see how far they’ve come since then.

I’ve always loved writing, even though I don’t think I realized it until recently.  Whenever I’ve traveled for long periods of time I would write a journal. In 2011 I started Yelping and to date have over 150 reviews.  So I recently realized I guess I like to write! Whether it be for myself or to share thoughts with others.

I have a lot of thoughts that run through my brain on a daily basis so I think writing is almost therapeutic for me….just to get it out!

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Steps to Start This Blog

  • Decide what to write about.  It’s pretty easy to write about things you love so I decided this blog would be focused on healthy living and travel.
  • Pick a name. That’s a tough one.  You want something relevant to what you will write about and continue to write about, something that would make other’s want to read your blog, and make sure it’s not taken!
  • Set up a WordPress account. Buy your domain name.  If I hadn’t bought my domain name my address would be theprimalyogi.wordpress.com.
  • Start writing!  I’ve been trying to be consistent writing about three posts a week.  I’ve had the same theme every Tuesday, except this Tuesday ironically.

Steps to Grow Your Blog & Gain Readers

  • I’ve taken a bunch of tips from Tina at Carrot’s n Cake and Anne at fannetasticfood.com
  • I registered my blog on Foodie Blogroll.  They feature all different food blogs daily on their site, have contests and promotions you can participate in, and give you a widget for your blog (look to the right)
  • I signed up for Bloglovin.  This is an awesome site I just discovered.  You can search for ANY blog on their site and ‘Follow’ it.  It then takes all of the blogs you follow and puts them on your homepage as sort of “news-feed.” Once you claim your own Blog you can get a widget for your readers to click and ‘Follow” your blog (look to the right).  They even have an app which brings all of your favorite blogs to your fingertips!

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I know I have a ton of things to learn about this whole blogging world.  I think I’m off to a good start mainly because I’m having fun doing it…even if I’m talking to no one!  Where have you gotten your best blogging tips?

 

Easy Primal Salsa Burgers

I can’t take full credit for these primal salsa burgers.  My sister gave me the idea this summer when she told me about her salsa turkey or chicken burgers.  I decided to try them out with some real meat and on the grill.  Now they have become a go-to dinner / lunch.  I’ve really been enjoying bringing burgers to work for my lunch.  They’re easy to re-heat and filling!

Easy Primal Salsa Burgers

  • 1.5 llbs organic grass-fed beef sirloin
  • 1 cup of fresh salsa (mine was from Whole Foods)

Mix the beef and salsa together and form 5 patties.  Throw on the grill on medium heat and cook for 8-10 minutes on one side and then flip.  Cook for an additional 5-10 minutes depending on your desired temperature.  Wah lah! Told you that was easy!

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For my sides I cooked up some quinoa and roasted some brussels sprouts with salt, pepper, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.

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This meal was a perfect one to follow the workout I did tonight.  I feel like my week doesn’t start until my Monday workout and dinner…it really helps kick me in to gear for the rest of the week.  

Tonight’s Workout

  • Ran 1 mile
  • Walked for 5 minutes
  • Biked for 5 minutes at a high resistance

Three Rounds for Time: Completed in 8:15

  • 10 clean squats with 40 pound bar
  • 20 box jumps

This WOD was a quick hitter but definitely kicked my butt.  My legs are going to be feeling pretty sore tomorrow!

 

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