Happy Friday from Charlotte! We got in on Wednesday night and since then it's been a whirlwind of seeing friends, recording a podcast episode, and teaching a SkillPop class. This morning was a little slower--I had breakfast with my friends Corri and Haley and then met Rob and our friend Paige at Hex for coffee, and now we're just lying around our Airbnb for a bit before heading Uptown for a late lunch. It's so nice to be back in Charlotte--this city still definitely feels like home.

I wanted to pop in before I go completely in vacation/weekend mode and tell you about a fun contest I'm doing to celebrate my book being available for preorder:

• Confirm your purchase order of The Big 10 Paleo Spiralizer Cookbook (send your receipt to giveaway@callistomedia.com) and receive 30% discount code to your first purchase with Farmbox Direct, an amazing organic fruit and veggie delivery service. They just sent me a huge box of produce to try and it was incredible. 
  • If you've already preordered the book, you can enter right away! Just forward your receipt.
• 10 winners will receive an extra copy of my first book, The Big 15 Paleo Cookbook.
• 1 lucky winner will receive a spiralizer!
• Contest runs until May 8, winners will be contacted directly on May 9. See official rules here.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! As always, you can catch up with me while I'm out of town on Instagram. 

Photo by Shannon Douglas for The Big 10 Paleo Cookbook.

Happy Friday! I feel like every week just gets busier and busier (that's a whole other post that I'm starting to put together to fill you guys in on some of the stuff that's been going on behind the scenes with me), and this week was no different--I'm so excited that my second book is coming out so soon, and we've been working on a few really fun things to help celebrate its launch on May 9th (although the e-book version will be available on April 25!).

To start things off, my marketing manager and I are assembling a team of readers to help launch the cookbook, and I'd love to have you! What does that mean, exactly? You'll be one of the first to get your hands on the book, have the opportunity to share it with your friends and family, and post a review on Amazon. We'll have a private Facebook group where you can ask me questions, and you'll receive a special thank you coupon code for my new favorite organic produce delivery service. If you think you'd be interested in joining, let me know right here! I can't wait to hear from you.

That's all for now! This weekend we're staying put and getting ready for our trip to Charlotte next week--we have some errands to run, some laundry to fold, and a dog training session to go to on Saturday. Then on Sunday I'm having lunch and doing a little shopping with some girlfriends, and hopefully cleaning the house a bit--I love coming home to a clean house after a trip!

What are you up to this weekend? 

PS To any Charlotte friends who might be interested, I'm teaching my favorite class with SkillPop on April 13!

Photo by Shannon Douglas for The Big 10 Paleo Spiralizer Cookbook.

I'm so incredibly excited to announce that my second book, The Big 10 Paleo Spiralizer Cookbook is live on Amazon and available for preorder! 

It's set up like my first book, with chapters based on main ingredients, except this time there are 10 and every recipe is based around a spiralized veggie--that's right, this book is full of noodle recipes and they're all Paleo! There are also a ton of vegetarian and raw recipes, so if you don't eat meat this book is still full of great recipes, and even if they do have meat in them they can all be modified. Like The Big 15 Paleo Cookbook, each Big 10 recipe has 2 variations, which means that the entire book actually has 300 dishes to choose from.

The book will be in stores on April 25, but you can preorder it now and Amazon will ship it for you then. I can't wait to hear what you think! As always, thank you so much for your support--I can't believe I got to write another book!