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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Juli- Being one of those new to Paleo kinda people, please don’t lump us all into one group. I happened to find you and your blog when I was looking for a recipe for something and thus, my eating habits and Paleo lifestyle was born. That’s just one guys story.
You see, there are WAY more people that care for you than you can imagine. There will ALWAYS be holier than thou folks in life. Let them be their bitter, over opinionated selves.
You keep rocking! I know I am one of SO MANY people that admire you. Thanks for introducing me to my new lifestyle!
Dave
You ROCK!!! I LOVE you blog and instagram posts! Let the haters hate…..and the rest of us EAT!
I am pretty new to Paleo and just have to say that you are one of the reasons I think I jumped in and cleaned out my cupboards one Friday night and restocked on a Saturday after months of reading, debating and researching. You provide a level of sanity to this lifestyle choice and a wonderful dose of humor and reality. I was stressed out that I had to be perfect about it, then found your website and your reassurance and am 100% committed to being not so perfectly Paleo. Haters gonna hate. You just do you. 🙂
Hi, Julie – just forget about the dipsh*&#. You can’t please all of the people all of time – just carry on and be YOU!!!
Donna
You rock, Juli! I say eat your gluten free cupcakes and enjoy your life. There are plenty of us who don’t judge you. I for one find you refreshing- love your honesty. Obviously having some treats does not negatively affect you- you look awesome! I personally left a well known online Paleo community because one individual just made me MISERABLE critiquing everyone’s food. Come to find out, she wasn’t so perfect Paleo herself. With you, what you see is what you get and I love that. You are a true asset to the Paleo community. Keep doing what you do, girl.
YES! I bought zucchinis at the grocery for just this type of recipe- and here it is on a silver platter for me!
Thanks!
I am a new-ish reader of your blog and I just checked out The Paleo Kitchen from my library. I’ve made 2 things so far and have plans to make a bunch more recipes. I see these negative comments on your Instagram photos and I just shake my head. Thanks for all of the great recipes and inspiration!!
Reading your blog for the past several years has inspired me to start my hand at blogging recently. And not just because of your awesome recipes and fabulous commentary, but because you are outspoken and passionate about what you believe in, and you don’t let the haters silence you. Thank you for being open enough to share both your successes and struggles in life, and about the internet trolls/haters. It just makes you more real, and there more awesome and admirable. I have an ulterior motive in saying all of these – I want to read your blog for years to come and am sending happy vibes your way so that you keep doing what you do (and don’t write an FU I quit blog post like health-bent). Just sayin 😉
As long as the good outweighs the bad then keep writing. If the bad outweighs the good than all anyone can say is thank you so much for what you’ve contributed to the paleo world. Do what’s best for YOUUU!!
Go Juli!
You rock! Forget all the haters..you are beautiful, funny and a genius cook. I read your blog everyday and I love hearing about your non-paleo adventures. I am not strict paleo all of the time..in fact anybody who I know who eats Paleo is not either. I will keep enjoying the delicious things you post while the haters keep hating themselves!