div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pWe are a young family of hunter-gatherers living in south-eastern Ohio. In preparation for our Grokfeast, we undertook our usual Saturday morning outing to the farmer’s markets, natural food store, and the local butcher. On our way to the feast, we stopped by the orchard that has been in my mom’s family for almost a century to get our “daily apples”./p
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div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pLet’s just admit it. The kids are good foragers. They hunt and gather things that the rest of us don’t see. Like seasoned professionals, they rummage their surroundings for anything interesting. Unfortunately, these items are often dangerous and never elusive. Also unfortunate is the fact that they often end up in their mouths. (Why is it difficult to get my kids to eat kale, but not dirt?)/p
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pTaking a cue from our children, we were inspired to take their enthusiasm for foraging and turn it into an […]

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div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pOur Grokfeast celebration was a delightful celebration of all of the finer things in life! The preparation was simple. We wanted the preparation to be pretty simple because we also wanted to spend time together playing in the sunshine with our new-found friend a title=”Who is Grok?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/about-2/who-is-grok/”Grok/a. We spent a little over an hour getting our roast beast dish ready to cook in the morning (see recipe above) and we also cut up vegetables for a delicious green salad and a fruit dish. We then spent much of our day outside with Grok in […]

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div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pWe started out by picking up some produce from the local markets. Finding some delicious local and grass fed meat, fresh organic vegetables and local free range eggs. Then we headed to the shops to pick up the rest of the ingredients. Including my favourites, 85% Black amp; Green#8217;s organic chocolate, macadamias, bacon and butter. After packing up the car we set off on a 3 hour drive leaving Perth and heading down the west coast to Yallingup where we stayed for a Primal weekend of bliss./p
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div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pOur Grokfeast preparations started early on Saturday with a trip to the Sioux Falls Farmer#8217;s Market to get all of the vegetables fresh from local farmers. The 4 chickens also joined the party early as we began brining them at the Zahasky house on Saturday./p
pOn Sunday we congregated at the Esser’s at 2pm so we could begin preparing and cooking together as a community. Our Grokfeast lasted 7 hours! To kick it off we prepared the food between the indoor kitchen and the outdoor kitchen (a dug-in-the-ground fire pit we created in the back yard […]

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div class=”breakout”On September 11th I asked Mark#8217;s Daily apple readers to host a Grokfeast (a picnic/party celebrating the Primal lifestyle) and to send me the results. The following is one of 14 amazing submissions, the best of which will a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”win an entire cow/a courtesy of a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a./div
pMid-September in the heart of Washington Wine Country is the perfect setting for a Grokfeast. With our neighbors, best friends and a passel of kids, we celebrated our Grokfeast 1396-style./p
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pWe began the day with a bit of modern hunting/gathering; a jog with the empty stroller to the nearby Prosser Wine Park for some local wines. Our friends at Mercer Estates found our Grokfeast plans so enchanting that they donated four of […]

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pAt the start of this a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Begins Now” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-begins-now/”21-Day Challenge/a I put out a call for a title=”Contest: Primal Blueprint Fitness Videos” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”Primal Blueprint Workout Videos/a. And you responded with 23 top-notch clips. Boiling the submissions down to the top videos for this poll was no easy task. My crew and I discussed at length what made up a good fitness video. Was it fun and entertaining? Was the workout something we can see ourselves doing? Did it inspire and keep us watching? How well did it represent Primal Blueprint Fitness? On and on. In the end we held a blind vote and ended up with the following four picks. To everyone that didn’t make the cut, many, many thanks for taking the time to put together an amazing contribution to this year’s 21-Day Challenge. Honorable mentions go out to each and every one […]

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