And Now Back to Paleo Food

I grew up in Kern County in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in California so I was raised on farm fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, and free-range beef. One of my fondest memories as a child was traipsing off to the fields with my two sisters and parents on a weekend morning right after the rains fell searching for mushrooms. Cool, musky smells. I'll never forget the story of my sister's great find. We were all busy going this way and that searching for those delicious mushrooms when my mom noticed that my sister's bag was quite full, but she discovered that it was full, not of mushrooms, but cow chips! I guess when you're a little kid sometimes the two get confusing. 

Anyway, after we'd harvested plenty of mushrooms, we would head home to saute them and grill great big beef steaks (something on the bone, but not sure what cut) to go along with the mushrooms.

I did not pick these mushrooms (and not sure I would today!), but I bought these at our local organic fresh produce grocery store. They are a variety of wild mushrooms and were just delicious! Paleo is good!

If you don't feel like eating steak, roast chicken goes mighty fine with "shrooms," too. This one is cooked on a spit on my Farberware cooker. So good rubbed with a little olive oil and lots of herbs.

Or you can roast a laid-back chicken with cioppino onions for some really full flavor from the carmelization on the onions.

Artichokes go very well as a side to the chicken and mushrooms. I cook mine in a big pot of water that's flavored with fresh garlic and lemons. A long, long time ago when I was very young, my parents and their friends, George and Doreen, would travel to the coast, somewhere around Pismo Beach, California, and pick artichokes right off the bushes. I don't think they were supposed to do that because I remember my mom telling me that Doreen was the spy who made sure no one was coming by watching in her compact mirror.

I can't believe all this delicious food is Paleo friendly, but it is... and it's all food that is good for you, too! So eat away!