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Another great place to stay Paleo is Whole Foods.

Whole Foods Market (RSQ)

If you don’t know what you are doing and just dig into the salad bar..you may be shocked on how high the price is causing you to miss out on the excellent products Whole Foods offers. So while the salad bar definitely has the potential to be Paleo there are other options that you can check out.

Option 1:

Over in the carving station next to the made to order burritos,  they have a few meal deals.

Of the Paleo options, you can get a half all natural chicken with two sides for $6.99, marinated pork shoulder with two sides for $9.99 and depending on the day there are other choices that might show up for meats. Here are a few of the combinations I have made:

Entree: 1/2 chicken
Side 1: Mixed vegetables (onions, peppers, squash, zucchini, more?) with seasoning.
Side 2: Sherry mushrooms

So how was it?

Taste: 8 (Add some guacamole or other dressing / sauce and it goes to 10)
Nutrition: 10
Filling: 10 (I could barely finish it)
Price: $
Overal Value: 10

Ingredients confirmed to be 100% free of soy, grains, artificial ingredients, and added sugar.

Option 2:

The Corner Cafe serves made to order grilled items with huge Paleo potential

Large beef patty served with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions, and avacado. I went for the side of sweet potato fries

Taste: 9
Nutrition: 7 (Meat used was not 100% grass-fed and the fries are Alexia brand which is coated with some non Paleo but all natural ingredients)
Filling: 8
Price: $
Overall Value: 8

Ingredients confirmed to be 100% free of soy, artificial ingredients, and added sugar.

The fries contain: Sweet Potatoes, Oleic Canola Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil And/Or Safflower Oil, Modified Food Starch (From Potatoes), Rice Flour, Corn Dextrin, Salt, Leaving (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Extractive of Paprika, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Added To Preserve Natural Color).

Option 3:

Build your own. Meat from meat department, not Prepared Foods

100% grass-fed lamb, steamed broccoli, guacamole, caramelized onions

100% grass-fed ground beef, steamed broccoli, guacamole, caramelized onions

The absolute best deal and highest quality option is to bring over grass-fed meat from the meat department. From there for $2.99 you can get 2 sides (steamed broccoli, grilled vegetables, sherry mushrooms). Guacamole is $0.50 extra and caramelized onions are $0.50. Get creative! You can piece together an awesome meal with effort.

Thank you Whole Foods for helping Seattle out!

Just letting you all know I re-uploaded Simplistic Destruction 1 and the Mighty O Donuts interview in higher quality for your viewing pleasure.

As a reminder, the interview is raw footage so part of it may have audio and or visual problems. I was not the camera man and am also not responsible for the terrible camera work at times

Enjoy!

Sorry for the delay in posting these.  It seems everytime I go to a restaurant that is Paleo friendly I forget my camera. Luckily this time one of my friends I was with had an iPhone on hand.

Southlake Grill

Located about one block west of REI is the Southlake Grill. This is one of four locations, each with a different name but the same menu (Greenlake, Eastlake, and Lake Forest).

Besides the typical salads, this restaurant has a number of Paleo choices.

Here’s what I had:

“Grilled Boneless Half Chicken: Natural Washington Grown Chicken with an orange-basil sauce, garlic mashed potatoes & seasonal veggies.”

The mashed potatoes, were easily substituted for sweet potato fries, or if you want to stay even more strict, you can just ask for double the veggies (carrots and broccoli). And yes, I gave the ketchup and ranch away.

So how was it?

Taste: 10
Nutrition: 8 (10 with double vegetables)
Filling: 10
Price: $ (usually $$)
Overal Value: 9-10

Ingredients not confirmed to be 100% free of soy, grains, artificial ingredients, and added sugar

Every Sunday this location only has a screaming deal. Every single food item on the menu is 50% off. This entire entree as pictured was $8.75 after tax.

I know I am a little late in posting this but in case you haven’t heard, Starbucks recently eliminated all artificial ingredients from all of their products.

“Our new recipes contain:

No artificial flavors

No artificial trans fats

No artificial dyes

No high-fructose corn syrup”

It is great to see more and more places doing this on their own – with no need for government regulations demanding it.

Also just as a reminder, even with this improvement, a piece of coffee cake still isn’t going to be healthful, but at least it is real.

Source: http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_freshfood.asp