Summer Grilling Swaps

Let’s talk about some grilling swaps to consider as you build balanced metabolically healthy plates this summer.

Protein 

• Hamburgers and hot dogs are often made with conventionally farmed beef and contain seed oils, corn syrup, and other additives.
  • Lanby Swap: Force of Nature or homemade from grass fed ground beef, Force of Nature Regenerative Beef Hot Dogs, Applegate Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dogs. 
• Hamburger or hot dog buns are often made with refined flours and sugars. 
  • Lanby Swap: Food for Life buns, Unbun Food buns or lettuce wraps. 

Sides

• Chips are often made with refined flours, seed oils, and other additives. 
  • Lanby Swap: Siete chips, Masa chips or Boulder Canyon chips. 
• Pasta salads are often made with refined flours and contain a bunch of unnecessary added ingredients. 
  • Lanby Swap: make your own pasta salad and use lentil or chickpea based pastas. We love this simple and delicious recipe. Or serve baked potatoes or grilled veggies instead. 

Condiments 

• Ketchup usually contains high fructose corn syrup. 
  • Lanby Swap: Primal Kitchen Unsweetened Ketchup. 
• Mayo usually contains seed oils, natural flavors and added sugars. 
  • Lanby Swap: Primal Kitchen or Chosen Foods Avocado Oil Mayo 
• BBQ sauce usually contains high fructose corn syrup and other additives. 
  • Lanby Swap: Primal Kitchen has a bunch of great options. 

*For all Primal Kitchen condiments use code LANBY10 for 10% off your order. We LOVE all of their sauces and marinades. 

Drinks 

• Sodas
  • Lanby Swap: Spindrift.
• Beer and wine
  • Lanby Swap: Athletic Brewing and Dry Farm Wines for lower sugar/alcohol content options.

Dessert 

• Popsicles are filled with corn syrup, natural flavors, and additives. 
  • Lanby Swap: make your own pops. We love this popsicle mold. 
• Ice cream
  • Lanby Swap: make your own “nice cream” 
• Cookies, brownies, and cakes are often packaged and made with refined flours and sugars. 
  • Lanby Swap: the ultimate "healthy" chocolate chip cookies.

Pro tip: add some organic pickles or sauerkraut to the table to get some fermented probiotics in the meal. 

It’s all about finding better alternatives for the foods you love. No need to sacrifice taste or fun.

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