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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F@CK them. Enough said.
These look amazing!
Perfect! good for you! This post made me die laughing. It’s all true, you eat, you look good, you’re happy,and then there’s a group of miserable paleo police staring at a computer screen chomping on piece of broccoli miserably typing away. Let haters hate.
“You’re uncomfortable that I don’t eat strict paleo all of the time? Why is that? Because you do? You little liar.”
SO TRUE!!!
Juli you have way more fans than haters. Whatever, your real fans love you. Keep on doin!
Juli you are amazing and a great asset to the paleo community. Because of you (and a few others) people are learning what paleo is, and why it is beneficial. Unfortunately, there will always be critics out there and there is nothing you can do about that. Focus on the positives (your cookbook success, relationships, Jackson… those are the things that truly matter!)
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You absolutely crack me up. Who cares what you do if it works for you? It’s taken me YEARS to figure out what works for me and I guarantee it doesn’t work for my friends, coworkers, family members or even my husband. It only works for me – so it’s what I do. If I was creative enough to write and post recipes I would, but I’m not so I just make yours. 🙂
You are a real person living a real life and no one and nothing is perfect. Love reading your blog and your recipes are the go to in my home and everyone loves them paleo eater or not.
have tons of zucchini growing in the garden and this will be made for sure…yum!
I used to be one of those paleo perfectionists when I started and thanks to your blog and realizing perfection is overrated (and I love gluten free cupcakes) has made me so happy. Your blog set me free from the constraints I put on myself to be perfect and I could not be more thankful that you show the real you!!
I think by always posting about this you are “giving them legs” to keep doing this to you. I, personally, would ignore them. When I get an unkind comment on my blog, I just delete it. It’s obviously their s^&t that they are trying to put on me. I don’t want that. In fact, I just got a comment the other day reaming me out, saying that I shouldn’t be come a naturopathic doctor. It’s ridiculous, but it doesn’t affect me, because I DON’T LET IT. You are 100% right – it’s your body, it’s your life, and you can do what you want with it. There will always be people who want to tear you down because they have their own insecurities. It’s how we handle ourselves when it happens that matters. So if it were me, I’d give up the hate talk. They probably enjoy reading about you rant about it. But why give them that sort of satisfaction? 🙂 You don’t need me to tell you you’ve got some awesome recipes, and great wit, because YOU KNOW it’s true.
Oops, I meant well said, Meagan! I think I need a nap!!
“Say what you mean, mean what you say. Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind!” -Dr. Suess