What a terrible recipe name. Sorry. Not really.
I’m officially back to normal life after my book tour. Grocery shopping almost every day, working out almost every day, and cuddling with Jackson more than normal people do. It’s great. And thankfully, I’m back to cooking a little bit. It’s tough when you don’t cook for a while and then you have to get your mojo back. Especially if you don’t have a mojo. Or know what a mojo is.
Speaking of mojo, my friends think I need to get a little more cynicism in my life. Because I’ve lost some of my cynical mojo. I can agree with them. I get it. But what they don’t understand is the cynical attitude that builds up inside and I just keep locked down. Because most of the frustration comes from people’s remarks about my blog. It gets a bit annoying to write and share recipes on a daily basis when I am constantly criticized no matter what I post. D*cks.
More and more I keep hearing about how people are frustrated since I don’t eat strict paleo (I’ll eat gluten free breads or a gluten free dessert) but I run a paleo blog. I get it: I’m a fake, a fraud, a liar. Minus the liar part, since I talk all about it. But I think what they probably don’t understand is their own insecurities. Because I never hear complaints from paleo bloggers or paleo experts. Nope, they don’t give a f*ck. Because they have shit to do. They don’t have time to worry about what other people are doing. Or eating. Or instagramming.
No, it’s more of the people who are newbies to paleo and are trying to be paleo perfectionists. We’ve all been there. Being obsessive compulsive about what we ate, telling friends we can’t eat their food because it’s not paleo, telling our family they should switch to paleo. We’ve all been there. But what these newbies don’t understand is THEIR BODY is different than MY BODY. And what I put in MY BODY has absolutely nothing to do with them. Nope. The food I shove in my face changes absolutely nothing in their day. They get pissed, talk sh*t, crap their bed, all for nothing. Because I keep on eating my gluten free cupcakes when I travel and I keep eating my paleo desserts whenever I please. They complain, I eat. They voice their insecurities by putting me on blast, I write. They hate me for making recipes they don’t agree with, I help change people’s lives through meals.
So let’s get something straight you little negative Nancy’s. You’re uncomfortable that I don’t eat strict paleo all of the time? Why is that? Because you do? You little liar. Or is it because I’m honest and share ideas with people who can tolerate certain foods? Wait, is it because I’ve shared over 500 FREE paleo recipes on my blog that fit your strict diet criteria? Or do you think it’s just because you’re jealous that I’ve found something that works for my body and you haven’t? Jealousy really is a son of a b, ain’t it?
But I guess this blog post doesn’t really change much, huh? Insecure people still will hate me because I ate a gluten free muffin. I will keep eating, cooking, and writing. And now, my friends will be happy with my cynical post.
Zucchini Fritter Cups
- Yield: 7 1x
Ingredients
- 2 medium zucchinis, shredded (3 cups, shredded)
- 1/2 small yellow onion, minced
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- lots and lots of salt (don’t be shy)
- black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place zucchini and yellow onion in food processor using the shredding attachment and shred. Place in a couple paper towels and squeeze out all the excess liquid. So annoying, but you have to do it!
- Place zucchini and onion in a bowl, mix well with almond flour, egg, garlic cloves, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out the mixture and place into 7 muffin cups. I used silicone muffin liners, if you don’t, be sure to heavily grease each muffin tin to keep it from sticking.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Let cool before removing from muffin tin.
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for this post…don’t get all weird…but…I think I love you…thank you for taking the edge out of my journey to paleo living…my fiancee and I are starting August 1st (taking a bit of prep time to gather recipes and alter menus). You rock. your recipes rock and I had a completely inappropriate LOL at work..
I was just directed to your site from a friend, as I have started eating dairy / gluten / peanut free for health reasons. This was the first post I clicked on and OMG, I love you already!!! Hahahaha!!! Rock on! And these look amazing – making them today!!! Can’t wait to explore more – thank you :):):)
I made these tonight for breakfast tomorrow, and when I saw lots of salt, I put in 1 TB…it is way too much! Is there anything I can do with them (post-baking) before I toss the salty little gems away? 🙁 I’m trying to think of something to serve them with, or some way to re-create them that would temper it a little, but am having some trouble.
I have to say, I’m really new to the Paleo diet and I think your site is terrific! Following so strictly may work for some people, but doesn’t work for all. I like the leeway your recipes provide. Thank you so much for sending out free recipes and giving back to those of us who are trying to lose weight, be healthy, and have fun doing it. Bravo for you!
Just wanted to drop a comment to say I’m relatively new to paleo and every time I look to the Google for inspiration or clarification your blog pops up w something great. Thank you so much!
“Negative nancy” I love it. I mean, I hate those negative nellys too. 🙂
Juli! These are PURRRRRRRRFECTION! Seriously SO amazing! Just wondering the best way to store them them amazing?
Juli, your recipes continue to SAVE my sanity when it comes to meal planning. I love every recipe I’ve tried!
I noticed on the post for this recipe that you’re getting flack from some readers. You are candid , hysterically so in fact, and when a recipe is not strictly paleo you mention it, so a person can CHOOSE or not choose to make a recipe that contains non paleo ingredients. Since there is full disclosure and I doubt you are in people’s kitchens forcing them to eat recipes with a non-paleo ingredient I don’t see an issue.
I discovered your blog a year ago looking for gluten free and dairy free dessert ideas. I started trying paleo recipes by you as well since they looked healthy and YUmmy! Please keep doing what you do exactly the way you’ve been doing it!
So if haters don’t like it I agree, tell them to go pound sand! Maybe that will get their bitchy Betty’s out in a more healthy manner.
Regards,
Anne
just a quick tip. instead of using paper towels to squeeze out the excess zucchini juices, put the shredded zucchini in a potato ricer and squeeze it out that way. If you would like to use the juice for something else (not sure what?) you can squeeze it into container instead of the sink.
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