Northern California eXposure

Michelle Smith is a foodie,blogger,photographer,Recipe develper and mother of two.Michelle is the creater and owner of thewholesmiths.com blog.Her philosphy is the following If I had to assign a label to the types of foods I cook, I'd have to say it was "paleo". Most of my recipes will follow paleo guidelines, but not all. I'm all about minimally processed and sustainable foods that are easy and taste great and make us feel good again. I'm not crazy about the term "paleo" as I think it invokes ideas of us sitting around a campfire and gnawing on a boar bone. That's not what we're all about and that's not the focus that I have. For me it's about removing the lower quality products that are damaging our bodies and replacing them with more nutrient dense foods that make our bodies happy. I do feel that as a society we've come to rely on too much sugar and grains in our diets and that's not where our bodies function at their highest levels. With that being said, you may see some sugar or grains sporadically as we