Give (or Take!) These Five Best on-line Paleo Gifts

December 2, 2018

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(Gerry Furth-Sides) Santa please feed me with these top-five online paleo favorites. each surprising inexpensive. Every one of these favorites are raised sustainably, humanely and with dedication, as reviewed on their websites.

(1) Piedmontese Beef is a tale the finer things. Let me take you there. It is my favorite gift to beef lovers, sold at wholesale prices with free delivery. It is a story of dark, densely textured meat, buttery as Kobe or Wagu and more textured. It is more flavorful than Black Angus although less sweet and less fatty. Lower in fat beef is also lower in calories, higher in protein and contains a higher percentage of the good Omega 3 Fatty Acid.Used nose to tail, the meat has the most wonderful hearty flavor and tooth to it because of its muscle mass.

The cattle both in Italy and the USA, gives a nod fleetingly to cousins, the Chianina in the Piedmont area. The story about how five of these prized animals were allowed into the United States decades ago (by way of Canada) and there are now about 34 ranches. The story and where to order is is on the website //www.piedmontese.com

The famous “Tomahawk cut” – Clint Eastwood’s favorite

The Piedmontese breed migrated to the Piedmont region of northwest Italy, where it was first discovered among the region’s robust history of fine wines and rich cuisines over 100 years ago.

Prized for its noticeably heavy musculature, the Piedmontese breed’s unique genetic composition means that these cattle naturally develop a significantly greater muscle mass compared to conventional cattle. At the same time, muscle fibers remain tender without the need for excess marbling. The result is consistently superior beef that is both lean and tender.

Piedmontese Beef Wellington (photo courtesy Of Piedmontese Beef)

(2) Greensbury salmon is the best of the best of the most popular and about the healthiest fish in the world. Greensbury delivers the healthiest as fresh as it can possibly be. I know. I cooked salmon on Tv for over two decades. Sockeye salmon turns out to spectacular and foolproof, sautéed, grilled, or baked with a bit of oil in a very hot skillet, seasoned with salt and pepper. We used flavorless, grapeseed oil for its high smoking point.

Greensbury’s Wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon is sourced from a fishery in Bristol Bay fishery, harvested sustainably and known to be the healthiest. Granbury fillets are boneless, skin on, and full of flavor. All of Greensbury’s seafood is sourced from oceans and fisheries that are certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or rated either “Green” or “Yellow” by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.

An extra perk is that Salmon is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. The tasty, versatile and popular fatty fish is loaded with nutrients and preventative ingredients as proven by research.//www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-benefits-of-salmon

Sockeye salmon

(3) Greensbury Market Beef (founded in 2007) (//www.greensbury.com) prepared simply in a skillet or broiled is so delicious and beautiful that we had to include it. The beef has the wonderously “clean” taste” of grass-fed animals humanely raised in a pasture, and fed easily digestible grass. For the full story and recipes, please see our post on it:

(localfoodeater.com/american-greensbury-beef-paleo-pocketbook-perfect/)

Greensbury Beef

(4) Brothers, Justin and Nick Mares, co-founders of Kettle & Fire (www.kettleandFire.com) , have updated to cutting-edge this latest darling of the Paleo world, prized for its powerful health and wellness characteristics. They produce the first and only shelf-stable bone broth made with 100% organic and grass-fed bones ($8 a box). So the broth became more intensely nutritious, as well as delicious. Just one cup of bone broth three times a week is enough to improve skin, joint and gut health and fewer aches, pains and digestive issues.

Basically, simple to prepare, and still cheap in the way that short rib was at one time, it is still a pain to make, from obtaining the bones at the butcher shop to cooking over a hot stove. Classic bone broth is prepared by slow simmering the bones of chicken, beef, or fish for a minimum of 12 hours.

So this makes Kettle & Fire’s handy, wax-lined container of broth a heaven-sent pantry gift, remaining fresh for two years, unopened and stored at room temperature! Once open, it can be stored in the fridge for 7 to 10 days. The packaging process allows this remarkable storage even though there are no preservatives, hormones or additional sodium in the broth.

The liquid broth is absolutely delicious on its own – rich, refined, light and yet substantial. That’s because Kettle & Fire adds vegetables and seasoning into the mix. This simmer also extracts amino acids, collagen, and minerals from the bones into the broth for a nutritious soup also high in protein.

Recipes and more information are available in our post. //localfoodeater.com/best-new-bone-broth-updates-ancient-paleo-magic/

(5) Smoke master, Kevin Mason and his sons at Honey Smoked Fish //www.honeysmokedfish.com, offer this lightly hot-smoked salmon, considered a prized delicacy because it involves the curing of a fine piece of fillet, plus the smoking. And do not confuse it with lox. Smoked salmon is cured or brined, then smoked. Lox is cured, but not smoking.

Today the Masons offer several versions including, Original Honey Smoked Salmon, their best seller and features a blend of all natural herbs and spices with a light hickory smoke. Lemon, Cajun, Cracked Pepper and Chipotle Lime — all of which would be frowned upon by purists, are also popular.

A very mild, savory flavor can be detected on the front end, followed by a delightful faint touch of lemon. Light with substance, not the least bit salty, the texture that makes the fish fall apart in your mouth in a wonderful way.