Butter.

I always had a little bit of butter here and there, but I have learned to thoroughly enjoy my Kerrygold butter, even just by itself.

Dark Chocolate.

I've been a Milk Chocolate girl my whole life, so I had to inch my way up to the 90% dark I enjoy now. It's wonderful and a perfect end to my day with a cup of tea!

Heavy cream, of course. Whipped with some vanilla and berries, it doesn't get any better.

Macadamia nuts, little salty crunchy fatty balls of goodness. MMM. If only they weren't so expensive.

And Green and Black's 85. I do not eat other chocolates, only this kind. It is delicious. Awesome. Wonderful. Heavenly. Sweet. Slightly bitter. And oh so good.

Just noticed these are all fat based. So I guess the most delicious thing I have discovered on paleo is just how very good fat tastes.

man, where to start? not really "discovered" through Paleo, but certainly Paleo

-roast bone barrow with parsley or heck, just by itself with sea salt.

-hollandaise sauce. i am going to invent my own diet and call it "the Hollandaise Sauce Diet" because the stuff is too awesome when made properly.

-seared beef heart done according to Chris Cosentino's recipe from his Offal Good blog.

new recipes in the repertoire:

-thai pork sausage. recipe: one pound ground pork, salt and pepper, some crushed red pepper flakes, half teaspoon anchovy paste (to replace fish sauce and don't worry people its subtle), 1/4 cup or so chopped cilantro, a teaspoon tablespoon of green curry paste (i use the store bought "thai kitchen" stuff but you could use fresh lemongrass and galangal if you have it), 2 cloves chopped garlic (de-stem your garlic!), a little chili powder, the zest of one lemon and a tablespoon of coconut oil. Mix together well, make into patties and fry up in a pan. Throw a poached egg on top for good measure.

-This lamb kabob recipe from Jamie Oliver, which I do without pistachios (never have them around) and obviously without the "flatbread"or whatever. The sumac is a must though. Works equally well with ground beef http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/lamb-recipes/grilled-lamb-kofta-kebabs-with-pistachio

ooh i forgot something.... pork jowls! you think bacon is good? .......

I have a new-found appreciation for being slipped a little organ meat now and then.

/rimshot

Seriously, if you had told me a couple of years ago how much I would end up enjoying eating unconcealed offal I would have scoffed (and taken another bite out of my hot dog).

Oxtails! Loads of fat, gelatin, and beefy goodness.

Brussels sprouts roasted with bacon! I never enjoyed brussels sprouts because, well, my mom isn't the best at making vegetables; she just steams them all to hell. I went and got some sprouts a couple months ago, cut them in half, tossed with olive oil, chopped raw bacon, and some Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute, baked at 425 for about 35 minutes, and they have been my obsession ever since. I make them twice a week now, can't get enough!

Heavy Whipping Cream + Coffee

End of story.

I have always liked french food, and by discovering paleo i understand why its so healthy. Many things are more paleo than you would believe, foie grass is like having sex with twins, no, its better! It would be so easy to eat paleo in france, good ingredients, all the offal you could want, Èchire butter, Comte cheese etc. And noboby would give you strange looks for asking some tripe! :) My diet was quite paleo even before i discovered it, actually i only needed to drop the bread and rapeseedoil. And i only used rapeseed oil because couldnt afford more duck fat. :)

Now i use bone marrow alot, i dont use tallow so much anymore, bonemarrow is basic french bistro staple. I use marrow for flawor, i think it goes well with most green vegetables to the mild grassy aroma. Cabbageor broccoli braised in bone marrow is great, and cheap food. Top that with little comte etc and broil a moment.

Probably the best single dish I've come up with is simply grass fed ground beef, cooked in a skillet with bacon, onions, mushrooms, salt and pepper, and smothered in coconut milk.

Coconut Cream, hands down. Heaven on a spoon!!

This casserole. Seriously best EVER. And bacon. And bacon covered in dark chocolate. Shrimp, Sausage and Summer Squash Casserole

Ingredients

Tinned salmon fishcakes - either made with mashed potato, or with egg / almond flour. Flavoured with softened onion, lime juice, green coriander leaves (cilantro) OR parsley OR fresh dill - yum!

Kale sauteed in ghee or bacon grease with crushed garlic And sea salt. I always had kale steamed with lemon juice in my veggie past. I never knew I liked leafy veggies until paleo. I used to choke down fat free cabbage, broccoli, brussel Sprouts, etc. So I guess real animal fats are also on my list. I eat more veggies than I did as a vegetarian on paleo!

-beef heart -bone marrow -coconut oil & coconut milk

MMM' MMM' MMM'!!!

It seems like every week I'm finding a new most delicious food! This week I'm LOVING the carrot cake from the Primal Palate - I am seriously sad that the cake is almost gone.

We've been eating a lot of flank steak marinated (differently every time) and bbq'ed 5 minutes/side then cut on the bias - this makes a kinda 'undesirable' cut into absolute perfection!

BACON!

Definitely rediscovering butter after years of healthy sunflower spread. A slice of butter chopped into small pieces sprinkled onto a salad.

I've also become a dab hand at slicing an avocado - not something I really ate until a couple of months ago.

Coconut produce of all descriptions - always liked whole coconuts but again it was never something I had very often.

Being justified in eating nice crisp, salted pork crackling :)

The best food there is in my opinion are pork cracklings made from rendering cut up pieces of pork fat. The lard melts out (wonderful in its own right) and what's left are crunchy pieces of fat that both crunch and melt in your mouth. They just need some salt. Start with pastured pork fat of course. I used to render it in the oven but now use a crock pot.

Meal I made last night was my best so far.

Bacon Soup.

Chicken broth

Heavy cream

Bacon sausage

Bacon strips

Green onion (optional)

Potato (optional)

Kale (optional)

Bacon sausage is TOO healthy!

Slow roasted Beef Ribs!!!!!!! And Bacon of course.

slow smoked pork ribs...

Morcilla de Burgos. A Spanish blood sausage. Ingredients (in order): Onion, Lard, Blood, Rice.

Mascarpone cheesecake. AKA Fattygoodnessextraordinaire cheesecake. Is it paleo? It is for me.

I'm about to find out if chicken bone broth is worth the trouble.

Beyond that, I've recently discovered I don't mind 1) cooking a whole chicken, 2) ripping it apart with my hands, and 3) going for the legs and wings. It's brought a whole new appreciation for chicken. I used to hate eating it off the bone and not having it perfectly butchered for me. Now the taste is so awesome that I don't mind at all.

But yesterday I decided to take all the leftover carcass and throw it back in the crock pot. It's been filling my house with delicious smells for the last 14 hours.

Hate to answer again, but I've also recently discovered how delicious other cabbage-related veggies are, when properly cooked (i.e. steamed a little and then slathered with butter or other delicious fat) - broccoli and cauliflower. I used to turn my nose up at them but now will devour it like it's going out of style!

Rib roast. Oh. So. Yum.

Sure, I've had roast before, but I figured out the perfect way to cook this beautiful piece of meat b/c I wanted to host Christmas so that I could avoid the stuffed shells that usually come about. 8)

Let it sit at room temp for ~1 hour Cook @ 350 ~1 hour Turn off oven (do not open!) and leave the roast in there for 3 hours Turn oven back on @ 350 and cook for 30-45 minutes

Best hunk of meat I've cooked. Ever. I've made at least 5 more since Christmas. 8)

Maybe this is just because I've been in unintentional ketosis for the past week. but... PARSNIPS PARSNIPS PARSNIPS. A delicious carrot crunch raw... lightly boiled they are a caramel sweet of delicious.

Wild alligator + wild boar sausage. Incredible. I found it while searching for local places to buy grass fed beef.

Tallow...I eat it by the spoonful.

Coconut, in all its wonderful forms - butter, oil, flakes, milk...I am now in love with coconut.