I love books. If it’s a really good book, I can read it in a couple days. I start to miss it even before I am finished. One of my favorites recently is Water for Elephants. Really great reading. Sara Gruen’s other books are great too.
Leah is giving away a book on her fun blog Why Deprive. I have not read any books by this author, but I want to. 
I have a few new cookbooks that I have been enjoying… (I like cookbooks for reading… does anyone else do that?). Today I made a couple things from this exciting new book:
It follows the ideas of a paleo diet, which mimics a hunter-gather or cavemen approach, eating foods our bodies are genetically meant to eat. There is a line in this book that says “No Pasta, No Bread, No Rice, No Beans, No Kidding”. It’s been a very interesting read! I’ve been receiving Mark Sisson’s “daily apple” emails for a while, and based on what I learned in those, I recently bought the book.
As an almost daily Green Monster fan, I was intrigued by a recipe called Spinach Bread. No flour or yeast. This?
fresh basil + pine nuts + garlic
Smells amaze. As does the finished product. I will be making this again:
spinach bread !
I realize the irony of Laughing Cow, but The Primal Blueprint includes dairy:
My food processor is getting a workout today. I made almond meal:
The other recipe I made from The Primal Blueprint? Crackers. Again, no flour / yeast. Again? Delicious:
This was fun – I have always wanted to make crackers. Pretty easy, too.
I made these !!
I’m still giddy over making crackers
These crackers are fabulous. Delicious. Based on the bread and crackers, I am excited to make more recipes from this book.
Yes. I also realize Early Man did not have tofu, so no Toby’s. Oh, Toby’s. I think I love you most of all…
tastes like college !
Does everyone have access to Toby’s? It’s a tofu spread, and comes in a few flavors. Original tastes kinda like egg salad? It’s really hard to describe, but it is YUM. I love Toby’s. In college I lived on Toby’s + wasa crackers.
After such an exciting day, I’m ready for dinner! We’re going out to dinner then to a club to see a band. Good night all! :)
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What an interesting post! That book sounds fascinating, but too difficult for me
. So props! Those crackers look so yum!
Have a great dinner out
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thanks! it was an awesome night!
and if you mean difficult as in hard to prepare… nope! pretty easy
the book is really great.
Have a fab night out! Please feel free to post pictures of your going out attire…I like to live vicariously through people that are cool enough to go out on weeknights.
So are you willing to share the green bread recipe with me? I do like spinach. And I do like bread. Do you think it would be good without the cheese? Because if so then yes, I’d love to take a peek-sky at the recipe.
it is awesome w/o the cheese… I’m dm-ing you
ahh everything in this post looks amazing! & I am very impressed you made all of this in 1 day. Go you!
the muffins were made day before, from first post
and the spinach bread & crackers… really easy and under 2 hours total, INCLUDING a break in the middle to clean up broken glass #bakingfail
Ahhh! I LOVE reading. I read Water For Elephants last summer and it is excellent. They are actually making the movie right now with Robert Pattison and Reese Witherspoon; I must say I am disappointed with the casting
meh. not who I’d have picked either. I will see it though!!
have you read her other books, there are two more, and they go together. Water for Elephants is my favorite, but those are good too.
I have a thing for spinach and that looks so interesting!
that’s exactly why I had to make it, I love spinach (oh, maybe that’s not what you mean by a thing…?)
and this is a GREAT new way to have it! 
i love reading cookbooks (as opposed to actually using them to cook) too!
isn’t it fun??!?
SO cool! I want to try both of these recipes…homemade crackers? Yes, please! I’ve never had Toby’s – I’ll have to see if they carry it at Dallas Whole Foods
the crackers had mixed reviews (from my panel of three, two liked them!)
I love them and will make again, now that I know I can!! (still giddy over that – hee!) I may try different herbs + flavors.
I WILL DEFINITELY be making the Spinach Bread again. It Is Amazing!! Toby’s is great, I bet WF has it..
I almost always have to have some kind of sprouts on my Toby’s…mmmmmmmm it makes me feel like a hippy.
Curious what band you went out to see!
ah… we saw Tortoise. so so good.
I am addicted to eating Toby’s. The Original or Jalapeno. It doesn’t matter to me! Most of the time I buy the Lite version but either way it’s super yummo. The Spinach bread looks super amazing as do the crackers. Good stuff! I am impressed.
I will make for you when you come over
this all looks GREAT and impressive!! kudos to you, lady! I haven’t ever even conceived of MAKING CRACKERS!!
I want to come over and hang out in YOUR kitchen all day!
this all looks amazeballs !
Hi,
Can I get the spinach bread and the cracker recipes??
Thanks!
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