Pinterest and Whole 30 recipes a short rant

[SamBaux84]

Has anyone else noticed that when you search for Whole30 recipes on Pinterest a lot of those so called recipes come up with noncompliant ingredients?

Searching for a good meatloaf recipe is an exercise in patience.

I found a good one though, in The Frugal Paleo Cookbook. Has liver in it, but, organ meat is super good for you right?

[Higgles]

I completely understand. I'll see noncompliant ingredients, but I also see a lot of snacks or things that are compliant ingredients but off limits: Pancakes, smoothies, monkey salad, all that kind of stuff. I found that if I search for Paleo items, and I look through the ingredients before I pin, its easier to find items. Obviously not every paleo item is whole 30, but not every compliant recipe is labeled whole 30 on pinterest so it opens up a lot more possibilities.

[MTNan]

It's usually easy enough to modify a recipe and take out non-compliant ingredients, or make an easy compliant substitution. I look at recipes as a framework, or idea, for cooking. I rarely follow a recipe to the letter! And when I do, they seem to not work!

[Munkers]

Pinterest is hit or miss. A lot of people pin ideas that they think are compliant and tag those pins with "Whole30." Then, when you go to search for Whole30 ideas, your results include pins that were inappropriately labeled. There are a lot of people who only have second or third knowledge of the program. Someone told them that it's "clean eating" and so they assume that any clean-eating style x30 days is the same as a Whole30.

 

I use the same tricks that Higgles and MTNan already posted. Start by searching for paleo items (like searching "paleo meatloaf") and look through the results. If a recipe is non-compliant as written, are there substitutions that could make it compliant? For example, if your meatloaf calls for ketchup, could you make your own ketchup, sub tomato sauce, or just leave it out altogether? Most of the recipes that call for honey or other sweeteners can have the ingredient left out entirely and it really won't affect the recipe at all.

 

Even non-paleo recipes can be a good source of ideas. Maybe you find a pasta-bake with an interesting spice blend. So take those spices and add them to a stir-fry instead! Or use the non-pasta components as a salad topper or the filling for a baked potato. Or just eat them piled up on a plate.

[Rebe_J]

What some people call W30 can be very frustrating.

 

I've had (mostly) good luck at this site:

 

http://stalkerville.net/

 

It's a recipe sharing site full of links to "Paleo inspired" recipes. You can filter the search results to be Whole30 only. I have run across a few non compliant or SWYPO recipes, but overall, I think it's a decent resource. Many of the links are to familiar sites and blogs.

[Munkers]

Oh! I totally blanked on other good sites that are out there.

 

Check out The Foodee Project. http://www.thefoodee.com/ It's a paleo/primal-focused site and they have filters for Whole30 as well as the ability to search by recipe name or just a ingredient. It will also put together shopping lists for you based upon what recipes you decide to make that week.

[edgymama]

Oh! I totally blanked on other good sites that are out there.

 

Check out The Foodee Project. http://www.thefoodee.com/ It's a paleo/primal-focused site and they have filters for Whole30 as well as the ability to search by recipe name or just a ingredient. It will also put together shopping lists for you based upon what recipes you decide to make that week.

 

Oh my heck that site is amazing MUNKERS! Food porn for the win, THANK YOU

[SamBaux84]

Thanks for the tips! And Web sites. The Frugal Paleo Cookbook, has pretty much been my bible through my whole30. About all of the recipes are compliant, freaking delish!