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Escalante’s, Soooo Paleo!

By in Ketogenic, Paleo, Restaurant, Transformational Nutrition

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Hands down, my favorite Tex-Mex restaurant.  If I do want to be good, or I don’t want to be good, Escalante’s has it all!

Remember!   What ever restaurant you go into, you want to look at the menu for your Meat, Vegetables and Healthy Fat Options(HFO).  The cleaner your food the better…no sauces, no fried.

Lets dig in.

Entremes/Appetizers: The Escaviche, and thats really all I have to say about that!  The Table side Guacamole will be a great accompaniment to any of your meals(your HFO).  And it goes with out saying, I hope, that you do a big smack down to the basket of chips that will come your way.

Sopas y Ensaladas: Great selection here, with out drawing to much attention to yourself.  The only “No’s” are Roasted Corn Bisque, Ensalada Cabo and Kopi’s Greek.  All others, NO Cheese, No Dressing, No Tortilla Strips.

How to Jazz up your salad?  Lots of Fresh Limes and/or EVOO(HFO).  Fresh Salsa and Guacamole(HFO). Vinegar and EVOO(HFO).  Don’t be fooled by “homemade” or “fresh-made” dressings.

Especiales de la casa: I’m going to give 1-6 the thumbs up.  BUT, the best meal on the menu is the Fajitas Relleno!  Order NO cheese in the chile and NO queso on top and 1-2 sides of grilled vegetables…Heaven!  Without all that cheese it is still so good.  People will ask what I’m eating, and order it, too!

Sorry, No Platos Tex-Mex Section, No Platos Combinados section, and Double “Hells No!“ to the Sunday Brunch!

The Escalantes in Highland Village is very accommodating!  Feel comfortable asking for what you want and how you want it.  Every thing is fresh and they will happily pick out what you don’t want.  If you cant help yourself with some of these yummy dishes, Please, Please, Please sub the Grilled Veggies for the beans and rice, you will not be disappointed.

As far as it goes with the booze,…NO Booze.  But, as far as which are the better drink options, a drink is a drink, enjoy it for what it is.  I always have club soda at the ready to pace myself if drinks are part of the plan.

Can’t say enough about the great service, especially in the bar.  The bar tenders know the menu inside and out and are VERY accommodating…. Or maybe, they just see me coming and go, “here we go..” :}

www.escalantes.net

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Don’t Drink That Juice!

By in Paleo, Recipe, Restaurant, Transformational Nutrition

As I stand in line at Starbucks looking at all the Bad choices one can make to start their day, the juices are what fly’s out at me the most!

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This particular juice, boasting its “protein power”,  is enough to make me me want to run crazy through the store ripping off the lids and pouring out all the toxic chemicals in the name of all that is “healthy and nutritious”!  First off, their are two servings in this little bottle and unless you are climbing Mount Everest as your day job, their is no way your tiny pancreas can handle the SIXTY-FOUR grams of sugar that is coming its way.  Fortunately for us, their is no added sugar :()!!!  Even if I did condone the drinking of milk as your protein source, it isn’t even organic, but, it is Flash Pasteurized..what does that even mean?

I’ve notice that in general, we are seduced by healthy phrases, “cold Pressed” , “never heated”, “raw”, “100% juice”, “gluten free”

How about 100% SUGAR!  People!!  Sugar is bad.  Fruit Sugar is Bad.  Starting your day with sugar is Bad!

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Again here with the Sugar, the sub par milk(meaning, who knows where it came from) and the cheap filler, soy isolate which is GMO’d and if it wasn’t GMO they would proudly slapped that all over the bottle, because that would indicate that it was “healthy”:()

Oh!… Here is one more for you, excess Protein is broken down in the body into…wait for it.. Sugar!!!  AND then stored as fat!

So,  If you want to have a shake in the morning, and forgo the processed sugar fest, make your own Healthy Veggie Protein drink.

Make it at night so you can grab and go(you’ll feel like your at Starbs) or give yourself 10 extra minutes in the morn(if you are like me, you will make to much and have to stand there and drink before the lid can go on!)

I like this one>

2 kale leaves(equals 2 cups)

1 raw egg or hard boiled

1 small avocado

(can add Paleo Protein if you like)

water and little ice

Dash Sweet leaf Stevia or big squeeze of lime

Big dash cinnamon

I hope you found this helpful!

 

 

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Cafe Express

By in Paleo, Restaurant

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I love this place because of their awesome condiments bar.

Remember, when you go into a restaurant, you want to find a meal or a combination of little meals where you have Meat, Vegetables and a Healthy Fat Option(HFO) displayed in a clean(no sauce no fry) manor.

This can be a tough one here at Cafe Express, because its such a soup and sandwich-y type of restaurant.  So, I’ll start there, NO Soup and Sandwiches!!

Lets see,…What’s left?  Ah yes, Salads!

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Okay, so with the salads, 1-6 on the menu(add meat to the veggie salad) are all fine.  However, NO cheese, NO dressing, No croutons, NO glazed nuts.  And NO to the Spinach and Penne Pasta, Grilled Chicken and Pasta Pesto Deli and Caesar Salads.  If you can afford it, order extra meat, Add Shrimp, Grilled Chicken or Salmon.

There are tons of flavor options on the Condiment bar.  Vinegars(NOT Balsamic), EVOO, Pickles, Jalapeños, Banana Peppers and Capers, so load up on those!

Okay!  Lets just skip on past any of the MEAL COMBOS, SANDWICHES, PASTAS, GOURMET BURGERS(are you still reading…?), and come to a stop at the Grilled & Roasted Entrees!!  Mediterranean Salmon, sans the bread.  Go ahead and keep the sauce, that will be your HFO.  Roasted Half Chicken, double/triple down on the veggies and skip the mash.  Grilled Chicken & Vegetables..No fuss, No muss, No changes.  Skip the rest, to much picking it apart.

Side options.  Steamed Broccoli, Mushrooms and Leaf Spinach and Roasted Brussels Sprouts.  EASY on the butter or ask for steamed ONLY… because you have a heart condition;)  But, the butter can be your HFO, I just don’t want your veggies doing the backstroke in the stuff.

I’m not going to tackle the breakfast options, but I do want to say this:

Do Not Start your day with Fruit, Yogurt or Bread… Period.

www.cafe-express.com

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I have GOT to go back to school for Psychology!

By in Books, Fitness, Paleo, Recipe, Restaurant, Transformational Nutrition
If you do not have Dr. Brene Brown on your radar for living your best life, Well that's a terrible shame! 
Her greatest work has been studying shame and vulnerability and how both mold our existence.

Shame is correlated with Addiction, Eating Disorders and Depression!

The difference between Shame and Guilt, is the way we talk to our selves and the words we chose.
Example, Your on a "Diet" and you go out and you eat/drink everything in site.  
The next day you have party post- mortem. 

"I have no will power, I'm always going to be fat, I'll never be able to stick to a diet,Whats the use...Forget it!"  This talk focuses on you as a person...Shame.

Instead of..."That was a stupid idea, I'm am making progress, this will take time, i love myself, back on track today!"  This talk focuses on the behavior not you.

I have been practicing taking myself from a place of shame over relationships,eating properly, working out and just plane existing, by focusing on up lifting self talk AND, BELIEVING what I'm saying to myself.
Think of talking to yourself as you would someone you love, your best friend, your kids, your pets.
"you made a mistake...I love You..lets get through this.." 

If you are stuck in life read books by people that will lift your spirit...move you forward...and redirect or give your life direction.


This book has always been a go to for me.
And,Of course Any Book By Dr.Brene Brown, New York Times Best-Selling Author.

Have a great Monday!  Talk nice to yourself, and others.  Make The decision to live your life in happiness... You are loved!
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I have GOT to go back to school for Psychology!

By in Books, Fitness, Paleo, Recipe, Restaurant, Transformational Nutrition
If you do not have Dr. Brene Brown on your radar for living your best life, Well that's a terrible shame! 
Her greatest work has been studying shame and vulnerability and how both mold our existence.

Shame is correlated with Addiction, Eating Disorders and Depression!

The difference between Shame and Guilt, is the way we talk to our selves and the words we chose.
Example, Your on a "Diet" and you go out and you eat/drink everything in site.  
The next day you have party post- mortem. 

"I have no will power, I'm always going to be fat, I'll never be able to stick to a diet,Whats the use...Forget it!"  This talk focuses on you as a person...Shame.

Instead of..."That was a stupid idea, I'm am making progress, this will take time, i love myself, back on track today!"  This talk focuses on the behavior not you.

I have been practicing taking myself from a place of shame over relationships,eating properly, working out and just plane existing, by focusing on up lifting self talk AND, BELIEVING what I'm saying to myself.
Think of talking to yourself as you would someone you love, your best friend, your kids, your pets.
"you made a mistake...I love You..lets get through this.." 

If you are stuck in life read books by people that will lift your spirit...move you forward...and redirect or give your life direction.


This book has always been a go to for me.
And,Of course Any Book By Dr.Brene Brown, New York Times Best-Selling Author.

Have a great Monday!  Talk nice to yourself, and others.  Make The decision to live your life in happiness... You are loved!
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