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I understand that many of you need to take Paleo one step further by including more restrictions. If you are afflicted with an auto-immune disease or have severe food allergies, it may be especially tough to navigate restaurant menus and grocery stores. Let's help each other out! Support each other by offering tips, strategies, and assistance to those who need support with their elimination diets!

This will be a weekly event that will take place during lunchtime but feel free to come and go anytime during the allotted schedule.  The Whole Foods Market offers $2.00 off the organic salad and hot food bar so it makes a great lunch spot!  Also, the Town and Country center has a very charming farmer's market going on at the same time!  Some suggestions for this group could be discussing AIP books or news articles, swapping AIP-friendly recipes, shopping together and eating lunch together.  You guys set the tone and share what you would like to get out of this!

And by no means is this group restricted to people on the AIP protocol but they are especially welcome and encouraged to attend.  I think we could all learn a little something just by being a fly on the wall! 🙂

Chocolate….Got your attention, right?! Let's have a get together in honor of St. Valentine and share our favorite high-quality dark chocolate recipes. I imagine this spread will include a lot of sweets, but let's get creative and make it diverse! There are recipes out there for chocolate chili and other chocolate marinated meats. Of course, I won't turn away desserts, though! I ask that your dish please be include good quality, high percentages of cacao/cocoa – not cheap milk or other allergy-laden “chocolates.” As always, please abide by our Paleo/Primal guidelines and ask me if you think an ingredient is “on the fringe.”

How do you get more in tune with the Paleo lifestyle? By reading the abundance of literature and having lively discussions afterwards, of course! Our next book club installment is The Primal Connection by Mark Sisson. The name should sound familiar to you – Mark Sisson dazzled us a few years back with The Primal Blueprint which is a go-to introductory manual to Paleo eating. His follow up publication takes things a step further by explaining some fundamentals about a primal lifestyle. Sleep, stress management, companionship, sunshine, and play are just a few topics. This book is reasonably priced on Amazon and available at the library. No excuses – come get educated with us!

Sunday, January 19th, 2013…January Potluck
5:30 pm Meet & greet, set out your delicious dish(es) with a list of what is in each one.     6 pm: We eat! Drawing for Paleo & Primal books will follow the meal!

Don't tempt fate by showing up late…the good stuff may be gone! 🙂
RSVP and let us know how many people will be coming with you.

Bring enough of each dish to serve at least 6 to 8 people.

Please be aware of what foods are suitable to bring. This is a Paleo and Primal Meetup. Further, we have members with food allergies and intolerances who could get very sick if you bring dishes that contain certain wheat or gluten. Unsure about a particular ingredient? Contact one of the group hosts (Danen Downs or Chef Rachel) to clarify.

Please DO NOT bring dishes that contain the following ingredients: gluten (e.g., wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, farro, breadcrumbs, white flour, cake flour, etc., food made on equipment used to process these foods), grains and pseudo grains (e.g., quinoa, corn, rice, and all others), beans, legumes (including soy), hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, etc.
Some primal eaters include high quality dairy products; others do not. Please label your dishes so we know all of the ingredients they contain.

Use safe food handling practices! Don't double dip when preparing or tasting foods. Bring perishable items in an insulated tote with ice packs or warm and in a crock pot wrapped in insulating material.

Let us know what category of food you plan to bring in the comment section. This helps prevent overlap and helps to create a well-balanced offering. You may bring more than one dish if you like! If you need suggestions to fit your cooking skills, budget, or time constraints, please contact Chef Rachel for ideas. This can be done by email through meetup.com

Food Categories

• Fish, poultry, or meat * Egg dish * Soup * Stew * Casserole
* Green salad * Sea vegetable dish * Cooked starchy vegetable  • Fruit                            * Cooked non-starchy vegetable * Cooked leafy greens * Dessert * Fruit * Beverage

Label it: On an index card, please write the name of each dish with all of the ingredients, so people with food allergies or intolerances will know if they can eat it. If you like, bring copies of your recipe to share. We love learning how to make new dishes.

Goodies to go: Feel free to bring your own containers to take home whatever leftovers are available! Trading leftovers adds to the fun.

Our book club decided to read and review Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter. It is rather popular at the library (long waiting list!) but apparently very reasonably priced at Costco and Amazon. The good doc keeps showing up for lots of interviews with internet bloggers, so there are plenty of podcasts to listen to as well! I will volunteer my home as a meeting place unless there is another location/part of town you would prefer.