Book Signings, Birthdays, and a Costco List!

I was so grateful and honored to have my very first book signing at Lyon Books here in my hometown of Chico, California last week. It was so wonderful to see and meet so many people. The next book signing will be at 1pm on Saturday, November 24th at the Barnes and Noble in Reno, Nevada. This will be an extra special event as Robb Wolf author of The Paleo Solution will there signing books as well.

This weekend was jam packed full of super hero fun as we celebrated Kayden’s 4th birthday! This was the first time he had a few of his school buddies over and my first time hosting a gathering that involved non-paleo kids and parents. At his party we served carrot sticks, salami, cheese (for my dairy eating guests), sweet potato chips, and guacamole as our snacks and appetizers. For lunch we kept it really simple and had BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs (bun less of course) and fresh fruit. I only heard one kid ask where the buns were before diving in to his burger….I will count that as a success.

Kayden previously had requested cupcakes from the new Paleo Indulgences book that we have. It’s a vanilla cupcake with strawberry “twisty” (Kayden’s description) frosting on it. There was no getting around the “twisty” frosting…I tested the recipe about a week prior to the party and just spread the frosting on top of the cupcakes and they were delicious! Kayden told me “yes mom…this is what I want for my birthday, but it needs to have the twisty frosting. See look at the picture!” The picture in the book looks so perfect…and I have never used cake decorating tools before. My final product was not perfect, hence the Batman rings on the cupcakes…but not bad for my first try.

This week was a huge week! I also learned that Costco will be doing a test market of Paleo Slow Cooking. Below is a list of the Costco stores that will be carrying Paleo Slow Cooking.