Are You Well Fed?

This post can also be seen at Highbrow Paleo!

I was so excited to learn last year that Melissa Joulwan was coming out with a cookbook.  Melissa writes the very popular blog The Clothes Make The Girl, which is my go-to resource for fun Whole30 meals, delicious homemade sauces, and paleo-friendly ethnic recipes.  After checking out the handy-dandy free sample though, I saw that this book is so much more!

If you're a paleo-eater, you may find yourself spending a pretty ridiculous amount of time in the kitchen.  I don't have children or a spouse to cook for, yet I often find myself coming home from the gym, and spending upwards of two hours preparing my dinner for that evening, plus my lunch and breakfast for the next day.  I love to cook, and I know this is an investment in my health, but it's still a bit much!  Well, I am happy to say this is now a thing of the past, thanks to Melissa's tips.  Well Fed outlines how to run your kitchen like a restaurant, so you're never more than a few minutes away from a good meal.  Melissa recommends taking a couple of hours each week to cook up a few pounds of meat and partially cook a bunch of veggies (this is the "Weekly Cookup"); these items can be infinitely combined into "Hot Plates" with seasonings and sauces to keep your belly happy over the week.  It makes so much sense, I was kicking myself for not thinking of it before!  I did my first cookup this past Sunday; my self-diagnosed ADD was raging, but I got it done (and unfortunately burned up a batch of bacon) and it was SO worth the effort.  When I got home from work on Monday, I had my dinner on the table within five minutes, ate it, and then had my Tuesday lunch and breakfast packed away fifteen minutes later. Shazaam!

Cookup #1 (with the beggarcat)

Yes, the cookbook has fantastic recipes too!  Melissa's Paleo Pad Thai is a favorite of mine, and I am looking forward to cooking my way through the whole book.  My (non-paleo) sis looked through the book and declared that every single recipe looked like something she would like- not too shabby!  If you only buy one cookbook this year, Well Fed is well worth it.

Ask nicely and your copy can by signed by the Melicious herself!