Veggie Frittata
Breakfast for dinner is a wonderful way to save money on your grocery bill from time to time. My favorite way to do this is with frittatas! Frittatas are a quick and …
Shrimp Pad Thai
Recipes for quick weeknight meals are so essential when following the Paleo diet. Knowing what you can quickly whip up when you get home late from work starving, or when the …
Nut-Free Paleo Chewy Granola Bars
Ask and ye shall receive. Well, if you’re my sister-in-law–who e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago with a plea for help. She needed a granola bar …
Zucchini Bread
At the Farmer’s Market over the weekend, I got very excited about this one enormous zucchini grown by one of my favorite local farmers, Fry Farm. It was a nostalgic …
Lemon-Dill Poached Salmon
Can you tell that I love salmon? I do. I love the flavor and how healthy it is! And wild caught pink salmon is especially easy to find inexpensively (check the …
Fig and Pistachio Salad
Are you seeing fresh figs in the stores and at Farmer’s markets? They are in season and we are getting some amazing local organic figs right now. I also love figs …
Orange-Strawberry (Nut-Free) Cut-Out Cookies
I seem to be on a nut-free cut-out cookie kick these days. Maybe it’s Valentine’s Day. Or maybe it’s knowing that my mother-in-law, who is allergic to nuts, will be …
Carob Ganache Mini Tortes
The Paleo Approach Cookbook has been on bookshelves for just over a week and people are loving it!!! WOOT! The Paleo Approach Cookbook is currently available from several popular …
Strawberry Mini-Spongecakes
There are two different styles of cake that are typically used to make Strawberry Shortcakes. The more traditional is a not-too-sweet biscuit. However, in recent years, the …
Paleo Nut-Free Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Valentines
The thought process behind these cookies: let’s take two delicious, sweet Paleo cut-out cookies and make it ridiculously decadent by making a cinnamon white chocolate ganache …
The Best Paleo Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie has always been my all-time favorite dessert (and breakfast, for that matter). And I have to admit that I am a bit of a pumpkin pie snob. In my pre-Paleo …
Classic Bread Stuffing and a Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup
Can you believe Thanksgiving is almost here? In less than a week, Americans will gather around the table for one of the most food-centered holidays in our annual calendar. …
Perfect Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes
I was first introduced to pumpkin pancakes at a Bed & Breakfast in Tucson, Arizona in the summer of 2005. Prior to that revelation, I wasn’t particularly fond of pancakes. …
Clementine Pumpkins and Halloween Recipe Roundup
When you first ditch junk food—refined and manufactured foods designed to be hyperpalatable, overiding your satiety signals to stimulate overeating, and full of unhealthy …
Almond Coconut Bars
This is the recipe that got me through Halloween this year without eating a single fun sized candy (for the first time since I had enough teeth to chew them!). It is a …
Halloween AIP Marshmallow Ghosts
Making your own marshmallows with clean nutrient-dense ingredients is surprisingly easy and quite fun! In fact, the two primary ingredients are honey (see Honey: The Sweet Truth …
Halloween AIP Monster Mouths
This quintessential Paleo snack turned edible craft has become a Halloween tradition in my home. And, while the Paleo version of these Monster Mouths is incredibly versatile, it …
Halloween AIP Monster Finger Cookies
Halloween, and indeed any food-centered holiday, can feel like a challenge for anyone with dietary restrictions. And speaking for Paleo moms like myself (and Paleo dads too!), I …
Caramel Apples (Dairy-Free, AIP-friendly)
Four ingredients (including the apples). Autoimmune protocol-friendly. No dairy. No refined sugar. Amazingly delicious. I know what you’re thinking… it’s …
Dark Chocolate Bark with Mushroom Extract
This recipe features gut health superfoods, and it’s my favorite way to sneak in medicinal mushroom extracts, whose earthy bitterness pairs so well with chocolate and nuts. …
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
I detested Brussels sprouts when I was a kid. We grew them in our garden and I have vivid memories of cutting a stalk down and brushing off the snow before bringing it into the …
Holiday Hermit Cookies
(created as a guest post for Kate’s Healthy Cupboard) Hermit cookies (also called fruitcake cookies) are a traditional cookie for any holiday cookie plate, mainly because …
Gingerbread Cut-Outs (Revisited)
We’re having a quiet Christmas this year: no company, no travel, no big events, just the four of us enjoying some much needed downtime. [insert sigh of relief] It’s a …
Perfect Pie Crust (AIP)
After seven years of cooking Paleo and AIP, I have finally perfected this pie crust recipe. I don’t know how many dozens of iterations I went through (three? four?), but …
Island Chicken with Melon Salad
Lately, I’ve been on a creative kick in the kitchen. This probably has something to do with all of the recipe development I’m doing for my new microbiome book (more …
Egg-Fried Broccoli Rice
Scientific studies demonstrate that the more vegetables we eat, the more protected we are. For example, for every serving of vegetables or fruit we consume, we reduce the risk of …
Salmon Tourtiere (meat pie)
Tourtiere is a French Canadian meat pie dish, and one that was a staple of my childhood. There are regional recipes (and much debate over which versions are the most authentic), …
Dairy-free Chocolate Ice Cream
There’s something so satisfying about a frozen treat when the weather heats up. This dairy-free chocolate ice cream is just a nice basic chocolate ice cream, and it’s …
Easy-Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs – Two Ways
One of the frustrating things about farm-fresh eggs is that, once hard-boiled, they’re so darned tough to peel! In fact, the fresher your eggs in general, the more the shell …
Avocado Mango Seaweed Salad
Seaweeds may be the most nutrient-dense vegetables out there. They are rich sources of a variety of essential minerals, including iodine, calcium, iron, copper, magnesium, …
Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake
My husband is a sucker for lemon desserts, so when his birthday rolled around this year, I challenged myself to create a new cake recipe just for him. I decided to try my hand at …
Pork Chops with Asian Pear and Caramelized Onion
The flavor combination of Asian pears, caramelized onions and pork chops is magical. Asian pears have an apple-meets-pear flavor with an apple-like crispness; they stay firm and …
Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Summertime always seems to be so rife with tempting treats, and in our family, one of the ways we stay on track is by occasionally making our own lower-sugar, grain-free, …
Cashew Freezer Fudge (with AIP variation!)
Mmm, fudge. Better yet, fudge that is indulgent but not cloyingly sweet, made with clean and nutrient-dense ingredients, that’s easy and quick to make, and that’s …
Mashed Sweet Potato
Mashed sweet potatoes are the ultimate alternative to traditional mashed potatoes, and definitely the most popular root vegetable in the Paleo template. Apart from being a great …
Ham and Sweet Potato Egg Muffins
Egg muffins are like a personal-sized frittata, a traditional Italian dish that is a cross between an omelet and a crustless quiche. What’s awesome about egg muffins …
Balsamic-Roasted Beets
Beets seem to be one of those veggies that people with love or hate, but they are so increadibly nutritious (including being a very rich source of vitamin B9 and manganese with …
Bacon-Braised Kale
Kale is a considered a “superfood” for a reason—it has the most nutrients per calorie than just about any vegetable! It’s packed with incredible amounts of …
Nana’s Rhubarb Coffee Cake
This family recipe dates back to my great-great-Grandmother, who was “Nana” to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren and something of a …
Pecan-Crusted Chicken Breast with Cauliflower Gravy
Decadent, delicious, nutrient-dense and, while it seems like crusted chicken breast would be a pain to prepare, this recipe is actually very straight-forward! I don’t have …
Cashew Chicken
The first time I made this dish, I was just throwing random ingredients into a wok, remembering a favorite cashew chicken dish from a Chinese restaurant I frequented as a graduate …
Baked Bengali Tandoori Chicken with Aloo Gobi (nightshade-free)
It’s hard to compete with the intense and just plain ol’ amazing flavor of Tandoori Chicken, a traditional South Asian dish where chicken is seasoned with yogurt and …
Bacon-Wrapped Spiced Pumpkin
I was honored to be invited to participate in this year’s Healthy Virtual Friendsgiving hosted by Sprout’s Farmer’s Market and running November 9th to 23rd, as …
AIP Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie is my absolute favorite Fall dessert. It’s one of those seasonal foods that I start craving around Canadian Thanksgiving in early October, and it’s a treat …
Balsamic Instant Pot Roast Beef
Recipe perfection for me is any recipe that doesn’t require much hands-on time, uses inexpensive ingredients, and provides a sophisticated and amazing flavor that my whole …
Korean Instant Pot Short Ribs
Short ribs are a traditional cut of meat in Asian cooking. They’re cheap and, thanks to all that collagen and cartilage (the good stuff in bone broth!) they’re super …
Green Salad with Italian Vinaigrette
This simple salad is the perfect addition to any dinner table, from a Paleo pizza night to a fancy roast chicken dinner. I love that the dressing comes together quickly with …
Beef and Mushroom Parsnip Risotto (AIP-friendly!)
Risotto is traditionally made with a high-starch rice that is first cooked in oil and then hot broth is slowly added with near constant stirring for approximately 20 minutes to …