I’m doing it. My very first giveaway. I’m so excited! I’ve never done one. But when the opportunity came up to spread the word about the Well Fed Cookbook by Melissa Joulwan of The Clothes Make the Girl, I couldn’t pass it up! If you haven’t seen her cookbook yet, which I’m guessing 96% of you have, you are missing out! Not only did Melissa self publish this book, but she did it incredibly well. The photography is magnificent, the recipes are different from what you’ll find in most paleo blogs, and her voice is wonderful. It’s an easy to read, easy to look at, and easy to love paleo cookbook, and there are definitely not enough of those out there…yet! The time and effort put into this cookbook shows and everyone should have it on their bookshelf OR sitting in the kitchen next to some bacon grease…like mine.
And one of the best things about this cookbook is that it is for all kinds of paleo eaters. If you are new to paleo and are looking to make something very simple, she has that. She talks about the importance of spices and easy ways to incorporate flavors into simple dishes. And if you are a paleo-pro, she has all kind of recipes and new ideas that will spark your interest. Ever heard of machacado? You have? Whatever. To me, it seems pretty fancy. But Melissa makes it so simple that a paleo-newb to a paleo-pro could enjoy every last bite of every recipe she has.
The Well Fed Cookbook brings the spirit of every culture into paleo cooking, and that is not something you find every day.
If there is one thing I love the most about this book, it’s that the author. Melissa is an incredibly good person. She is kind, caring, and incredibly thoughtful. When I emailed her asking a question about how she got started on the publishing train, she emailed me back within minutes. She cares for everyone and that’s a pretty amazing quality to have. I believe good things happen to good people and I hope that GREAT things happen to her.
But anyways, enough with the gushy stuff. Here is how to win the cookbook:
- Like The Clothes Make the Girl on Facebook!
- Follow Melissa on Twitter and tweet this to her: Win a FREE copy of #WellFed by @melicious11 with @paleOMG. Can’t wait to try out her recipes! #paleo #glutenfree http://bit.ly/MrP4aX
- Leave a comment on my blog (below) about why you would love to have this cookbook! Be sure that you enter in your email within the email “slot” when leaving the comment so I can contact you if needed.
Disclaimer (I like that word):
This giveaway will end Sunday August 12th at 11:59pm Mountain Time. I will be choosing the winner(s), well, because I can. It’s my blog.
I’m just dabbling in Paleo now so this cookbook would be very handy!
I (sadly) don’t have a single paleo cookbook yet. I find all my recipes online, which is great, but sometimes it’s just nice to have a book. I’ve heard this one is great! Would love to win!
Since I’m fairly new to this whole paleo/crossfit/awesome life I would love to have this! JB, here’s the real thing… i feel like we’re a lot alike. 1. i am forcing my roommate to do all of this sick bullshit with me and she is slowly learning to love it. score. 2. my gym is me and a bunch of dudes… and i love it. but i’m single… 3. probably single due to my extreme awkwardness, no sense of boundaries which results in word vomit, and my extremely awesome dance moves which puts the whole world to shame…. they can’t help but feel insecure around me.
i want to win! yay!
Pretty please pick me! First, I just got asked to be a weekly blogger for my crossfit box focusing mainly on nutrition and paleo recipes!!! (I’m kind of ecstatic and nervous about this!) Second, I need more ideas of new things to cook! Third, I’m poor from spending all of my money on almond flour, grass-fed beef, and nitrate-free bacon and offering the food to all of my workout buddies so I can’t afford to buy a cookbook! On top of all of that, you’re really awesome and inspiring and if you say this is a good cookbook, then I MUST HAVE IT! 🙂
I have tried paleo two times and need fresh ideas. I would love the cookbook. Thanks for the giveaway.
Well, I’d love to win this cookbook because who doesn’t love winning stuff? And beacuse I am starting Whole30 this week due to totally falling off the healthy eating wagon, so I need continuing ideas on what to make for meals for my family and me!
I don’t have any actual paleo cookbooks yet, this one sounds awesome and would love for it to be my first one!
I’ve been doing crossfit for a little over a month now and am absolutely obsessed. To the point where people at work think I have some major issues. Having more paleo recipes to bring to work will only make things that much more fun 😉
I would love to win this cookbook…as someone who is slowly easing into the Paleo lifestyle and Crossfit, it would be SOOOO helpful to have a book of wonderful receipes. I use a lot of the receipes you have on your site…just made the Buffalo Chicken meatloaf….YUM! I did my first Filthy Fifty yesterday and had a time of 39min…not the best, but I thought pretty good for my first time! I can only hope that by getting deeper into the Paleo lifestyle and crossfit my times, body and attitude will only grow stronger! So please please pick me! 🙂
I have liked and tweeted! I actually ran across Melissa’s blog via Pinterest a few months ago. And I have been following your blog for the last year or more and YOU made my transition into this lifestyle soo easy! Plus you’re flippin hilarious! I have a couple other Paleo cookbooks and my friends and family know how dedicated I am to this because of what its done for me. I would love to win Melissa’s book simply for the fact that I’ve given my other books away to the ones I love. My hope is to help them make a difference by changing their family trees in eliminating process junk and chemicals. It’s so wonderful to know you Juli, and Melissa are changing LIVES like you’ve specifically changed mine. Thank you for all the time and effort that goes into this. And congrats on the 1st giveaway! I would love to be the 1st winner!
Tomassina