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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Haha. I love your blog. Haters gonna hate. When people really think about it, we are all just trying to do the best we can. Sometimes people totally suck. Keep doin yo thang!
Totally agree with those in the “ignore them club”. People gush their love for you all the time. More and more, it seems. As your following grows, so will the haters/jealous folks.
I bet you’ll get better at letting it roll. I imagine it would be hard. You seem to have a knack for conquering whatever is in front of you.
People love to complain. The weird thing is you never post non-paleo recipes. It would be annoying if you called yourself a paleo recipe site then posted a bunch of regular cookie recipes, but you seem to only post paleo recipes. Why the hell do people care that you eat cupcakes? A diet as limited as paleo is really not sustainable long term. An attitude like yours- the occasional treat is so much healthier and realistic and a better role model for long term health than people who freak out over a corn tortilla or occasional cupcake.
I don’t think there will ever be time when things around us always go the way we want them to go. People disagree and say stupid things and sometimes seem to act like idiots. That’s internet. That’s life. There’s nothing we can do to change the way other people decide to think and act.
How boring would it be to always just get praise and compliments? And who cares anyway? When we our lives the way we want to live our lives it really doesn’t matter what kind of feedback we get. Unless we do things in order to get good feedback from others of course. Which to me seems quite silly.
I only come and read your blog because I find it entertaining and I like the recipes. I don’t read the comments and I don’t follow you on Instagram. So I wouldn’t even know about those complaints or the negativity. The only reason I know is because you bring it up. And I have to admit that as a blog reader of yours I’m not really interested in reading about those; it’s just hard for me to understand why other people’s views and comments matter so much.
If I were you – although obviously I’m not – I really couldn’t care less. None of us can change what happens outside us but if our own boat is rock solid a little storm does no harm. So maybe just keep sailing and doing your thing. Peace!
Juli I say this with all the respect and love I (and all your other loyal fans) have for you. You need to stop adding fuel to the fire with these posts about the bullies. You have 110K+ IG followers for a reason – we love everything you do. These idiots make up less than 0.1% of your fans and every time you write a post about it, it just feeds their idiocy. IGNORE them. And for goodness sake’s stop reading the comments, you’ll just drive yourself insane. Don’t give a shred of time or energy to these idiots.
Hey Juli,
Terrific post. Glad you found your cynicism!
Keep doing what you do so well (because it’s all about making ME laugh) … and thank you! 🙂
Hi, Juli!
I’m sorry that you have to deal with crappy people, but I think I’m more amazed that there are people out there who actually have nothing better to do than fret about what a total stranger is eating 2000 miles away AND THEN WRITE ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET. Seriously, they must have a very easy life. I’m kind of jealous.
Unrelated: these look great, do you think they would freeze ok? I don’t know that I’m ready to commit to eating 7 at once…although I’m not saying I won’t try!
Thank you so much.. I am only just beginning to find my feet after identifying the things that are causing me undue grief.. Your recipies help make it all that much easier for me to work through.. HOORAY!!
Personally, I follow your blog because I love that you are so real. NONE of us eats perfectly all the time. I love that you share with us some alternatives for those times that we crave something sweet but can’t/don’t eat gluten. The variety is wonderful, your posts are wonderful – I am usually laughing out loud reading your stuff!! Keep on doing what you do and being you!! There are too many of us out there that love reading your stuff and trying your recipes – paleo and non paleo!!
You rock, they suck, just keep doing what you’re doing