Welcome to our new home on the web – The Food Lovers Kitchen. This website is one big step towards providing you with a highly functional and interactive Paleo website. We’ve built some great features into this website to make it more useful and functional for day to day use. We’ve been blogging for almost 2 years now, and have tried to incorporate two years of feedback into the construction of this website.
We’ve built The Food Lovers Kitchen to incorporate all the features you’ve come to love about The Food Lovers Primal Palate over the last two years. We’ll still be blogging here on the new site, with new recipes each week. You’ll still be able to print the recipes and look through all sorts of photos. There will also still be a way to search through all the recipes on the site by photo – our signature “Visual Recipe Index.”
Here are some of the great new features:
- Over 150 previously unreleased recipes! Below are just a few of the many new-to-you recipes. All of our recipes are now available with slick navigation and a refined user experience. We’ve expanded upon the idea of a visual recipe index and made it more user friendly by providing several different sorted views. Click the “Recipes” tab in the upper left to get started!
- You can filter all of our recipes by special dietary needs. Do you have an Egg Allergy? How about a FODMAP aversion? Dairy or Nut allergy? Or are you trying to cut out sugar? All of these filters are available on the website to alert you to allergens or dietary restrictions within each recipe. This filter is located in the left column.
- Over a dozen special menus for occasions and events. From birthdays, to holidays, to making any night of the week special – we have a menu for you and your loved ones to enjoy a perfectly paleo meal.
- A hand-picked 30 day “Intro to Paleo” meal plan, in which we guide you through some of our best Paleo recipes that can help you or your friends get going quickly and easily. The 30 day Intro to Paleo meal plan also includes 4 weeks of shopping lists so that trips to the grocery store are no mystery.
- A 21 Day “Sugar Detox” meal plan that will help you tackle Diane Sanfilippo’s 21 Day Sugar Detox with ease. Everything is planned out for you – all you have to do is click.
- Each recipe has its own macronutrient breakdown, as well as a calorie calculation. We know not everyone is concerned with these numbers (nor should they be), but they are a mouse-click away for those that wish to know and are trying to dial things in, nutritionally speaking.
- Expanded “About Paleo” resources. We tell you everything you need to know to get started if you’re new to paleo. From how to select the best meats, to buying produce in season, to explanations about the best fats to use – it’s all available in our “About Paleo” section.
- Ye old virtual store. We have links to buy all of our favorite things: our book (and books we recommend), our shirts, ingredients, cooking utensils, camera gear that we use – you name it. We have one place to find it all.
- Resources out the wazoo. If you run out of ideas and inspiration on our site, we have a comprehensive list of links to the very best resources on the net. If you’re new to paleo, this will help you along your way. We have gathered the best sites for Health and Nutrition, Recipes, Lifestyle, Fitness, and even Podcasts.
But wait, we’re just getting started.
Here are some features we have in the works:
- Interactive Meal and Menu Planner
- User generated shopping lists and ingredient sourcing
- Online collaboration with other members
- Supporting membership opportunities
We are excited to share all of our hard work (and our team’s hard work) with you. Please take a moment to look around the site and give us some feedback on the new format. You can do that on the contact page, drop us a line to [email protected], or simply comment on this post below. We’d love to hear what you think, because this site is for you guys. We want it to be as useful and helpful to you as possible – your comments will help us get it there. Please keep in mind this is a new (and very large) website. We are counting on you guys to help us catch bugs and report any errors you see. If you come across a glitch, please report it here.
And now, the really fun part: A BIG giveaway!
The giveaway has closed, as of 3/12/12 – Thank you to all who entered
Le Creuset 5.5 qt French Oven ($265)- Le Creuset Roasting Pan ($250)
- 12.5″ Le Creuset Stainless Frying Pan ($140)
- $100 US Wellness Meats Gift Card
- Diane Sanfilippo’s book “Practical Paleo – A customized approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle” (winner will receive book late Summer 2012, $40 value)
- Nom Nom Paleo Pack: An app code to her forthcoming recipe app, a pair of NNP socks, and your choice of shirt from her spreadshirt store! ($50 value)
- 1L Kasandrinos Olive Oil ($30 value)
- Steve’s Original Seasonal Sampler, Steve’s Original Sampler, + $50 gift card ($115 value)
- A 1-year subscription to Chris Kresser’s Meal Plan Generator ($120 value)
- Register for this site (it’s in the top navigation, at the far right). It’s free, and takes 5 seconds.
- Share this contest with your friends. The sharing buttons appear if you are in the post itself, so click the title of the post to view the sharing icons.
- Like the pages that have contributed to this giveaway (including ours):
LOVE the new site, you guys rock! Off to check out the meal plan for some ideas! 🙂
Completed the steps and LOVE the site!!! Can’t wait to use it!!!!
So excited for your new website! I’ve already shared it with family and friends. Also looking forward to some great smoked paprika chicken that’s on the stove. Thanks for offering such a great give away, I have complete all the steps! You guys rock!
Like the new site! Completed all the steps
YAY!!! Signed up for the giveaway, love the new site!
THANK YOU!! Your new website is going to be amazing!! I can’t wait to dig into the new recipes & weekly meal plans!
I registered for your website, liked all of your recommendations, and shared this post on Facebook.
I completed all the steps and look forward to exploring the site more 🙂
I registered =}
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I am all registered and and completed all the steps!! Now please please pick my name to win that fabulous giveaway. :0)
All steps completed! The new site looks awesome!
This is such a great website! So informative, thank you! I also completed all the steps for the amazing giveaway.
I think I followed all the rules. Thanks for the contest.
LOoooOOVing the new site!! Congrats on all your success this past year. All steps completed for the giveaway– fingers crossed. Momma needs some new cookware!!
I completed all the steps. Great giveaway, thanks for the opportunity! I can’t wait to explore the site more!
completed all the steps!
Steps completed!
All steps completed. Great site you have. Just spend an insane amount of time browsing it. Thanks for your commitment to the paleo lifestyle!
Registered, liked and shared … thanks
great contest! i followed the steps — now looking forward to exploring your site!
What great prizes! I followed all the steps and look forward to finding out who the winner is 🙂
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All steps completed. Love the new site!
I love the new site, congrats!
Done… done… and done! Love the new site!
Thank you both for all that you do!! Love love your new site. Just registered, shared and liked…woohoo!!
Wow this site looks great! Can’t wait to explore all it’s features. Thanx for all your time and effort.
Yikes! Have to scroll all the way to the bottom to leave a comment?
I have completed all the steps. Looking forward to checking out the new site more.
DONE! Shared on Facebook and Twitter both plus retweeted your tweet on both!
Completed all the steps, thanks for such an amazing giveaway! Ive got my fingers & toes crossed for this one 🙂
So excited for you guys, this website is AWESOME!!! All of us at Whole Foodies on Facebook congratulate you on a job well done! Thank you for being a part of our journey of getting healthy!!! Many of us purchased your cookbook and now look forward to your new website. Thank you Thank you!!
All steps completed—awesome giveaway and site 🙂
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Registered, LIKED, and Shared on FB! Awesome site & wonderful giveaway, thanks!
I registered for the site and liked the FB pages…here’s hoping!
Registered, shared and liked. Thanks for the chance at a great giveaway!
Completed all steps! The new site looks great! Thanks for the opportunity to win some great goodies!
All steps are now completed. Crossing my fingers! 🙂
Completed all the steps. Agree – great job on the new site. I can’t wait to explore it further! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity. I dream of a Le Creuset French Oven! =)
Yay! I think I just did it 🙂 Liked all the pages already, registered successfully and shared it on FB! I can’t wait to WIN! This is fantastic!
Love the new site – Congrats!
Registered! 🙂
I liked all pages, registered and shared on FB. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity!
All steps done! Site looks wonderful! Excited to see all the new recipes!! 😀
Done and done! Love the new site–looks awesome. I got your cookbook for Xmas, butd I’m really excited to check out all your unpublished ones!
Registered, shared, and liked! Thanks for the contest!
Completed all the steps. It’s back to you to PICK ME!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
Site looks good – nice contest.
Wonderful giveaway
Did all steps
Looking forward to read more on the new website
I have used many of your recipes; loved them all. Thanks for sharing, and helping people get and stay healthy with real food. Great new site! Hopefully I followed the protocol to ensure my entry in the contest.