The Paleo Mom
The Paleo Mom is a scientist turned health educator and advocate.
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Add my recipes to your weekly meal plan HERE. All my recipes 100% paleo, which also makes them gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, legume-free, and free of refined sugars and oils. Most are also top 8 allergen friendly.
I am so honored to be the US Wellness Meats’ Featured Chef for August, 2014!!! I have been a huge fan of US Wellness Meats for almost as long as I have eaten a Paleo diet! They …
I am so honored to be the US Wellness Meats’ Featured Chef for August, 2014!!! I have been a huge fan of US Wellness Meats for almost as long as I have eaten a Paleo …
I am SO excited to share this special sneak peek preview recipe from my new book, The Paleo Approach Cookbook! I know that many of you already know what this book is about and are …
I am SO excited to share this special sneak peek preview recipe from my new book, The Paleo Approach Cookbook! I know that many of you already know what this book is about and are …
Something about the summer heat just makes cold treats that more amazing. I’ve been wanting to work on a completely dairy-free, nut-free (and coconut-free), low-sugar ice …
If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or read my Newsletter, then you know that I recently started CrossFit. I didn’t jump in from nothing: I had been working …
The Paleo Approach Cookbook will feature more than 180 delicious autoimmune-friendly recipes, from breakfast staples to decadent desserts. This Breakfast Sausage is one of nine …
One of my husband’s favorite desserts before our Paleo journey began was cheesecake. I rarely made it at home (and if I did, it was the standard graham cracker crust with …
Curry lasagna. It’s actually a thing. I’ve spent the last few days thinking my idea to do a curry version of my popular pastelon recipe was all innovative and …
I owe a debt of gratitude to Paleo Parents for the 50/50 Burger. Their original recipe, featured on their blog and in their first book Eat Like a Dinosaur (read my review here), …
This recipe started out with the idea of creating a master cookie recipe that you could substitute whatever you have in your house (X amount of any kind of starch, Y amount of any …
I’ve always enjoyed pecan pie although also have always found it to be overly sweet, more like eating candy than eating a pie. Probably because it’s traditionally made …
This recipe was inspired by a “cream” sauce that I created for a recipe in The Paleo Approach Cookbook. Similar to this recipe, the sauce uses cauliflower blended …
One of the hallmarks of the Christmas season for me growing up was my mom’s baking. Butter tarts, shortbreads, chocolate truffles, molasses toffee, and orange-cranberry …
Fat, salt, green beans and heat… it’s a magical combination that turns a simple vegetable into something amazing. Looking for a simple side dish that can be thrown …
There are many different styles of potato leek soup, from the almost bisque like consistency of vichyssoise, to the more creamy thick pureed version most of us are familiar with (I …
I have a new favorite Paleo flour: chestnut flour. I bought some just to play with it and it’s amazing! It’s very fine (like all purpose flour fine) and yields a …
If you have never had olive oil ice cream, prepare yourself: it will change your life. I’m not one for making broad sweeping statements about recipes, but this discovery so …
I used to be quite famous (er, among my family members but I’m still sticking with the word “famous”) for my Yorkshire puddings. My father-in-law was British and …
I’ve been wanting to create a treat with a maple and walnut flavor for a while (inspired by childhood memories of maple-walnut ice cream) and it’s actually been a …
There’s something glorious about fall that makes me want cranberry sauce smothered chicken or turkey. Maybe it’s an association with Thanksgiving? Regardless of the …
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, which has us planning our annual apple orchard trip. This will be our third year to take a day to drive up to the foothills of the North Georgia …
My very fist summer job, almost two and a half decades ago, was at a Fish & Chips shop. It was a little hole in the wall, that served mostly take-out but had three tables for …
Several years ago, I was at a birthday party and the cupcakes were frosted chocolate zucchini muffins. I remember being impressed that you couldn’t taste the zucchini, but …
I have a secret. I have successfully reintroduced eggs back into my diet. Okay, it’s not a secret anymore! I seem to only be able to handle the soy-free organic …
Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert made with cherries. The texture is somewhere between that of a custard and that of a pancake and as typical for French desserts, it is …
This salmon is my family’s current favorite. The day a few weeks ago that I, on a whim, decided to throw a little truffle salt over our salmon fillets before broiling was …
It was my husband’s and my tenth wedding anniversary last Friday. Because the book print date is so rapidly approaching with such a crazy amount of work left to do, we opted …
My kids and husband eat a lot of bananas. I’m quite in the habit of picking up a bunch or two of bananas every time I’m anywhere that sells them. In my home, …
When I bought half a pig, I ended up with two ham roasts. I’ve never been the biggest fan of ham, so I wasn’t too thrilled about having to find a way to cook it that …
Over the past year and a half of my autoimmune protocol journey, I have frequently lamented over the fact that spaghetti and meatballs are not something I can enjoy anymore. Not …
I received an InstaPot for Christmas this year, which I am absolutely in love with. It’s a pressure-cooker and slow-cooker in one. It can sear, has a timer, can keep things …
Happy Fourth of July! I’m actually headed up to Virginia today to spend my evening with Matt and Stacy from www.PaleoParents.com and attend their Beyond Bacon Book Release …
My tarragon is going crazy in a pot in my backyard, which is a good thing because I happen to love tarragon. It’s delicious with pork, chicken, fish, mushrooms, and …
If you aren’t familiar with monkey bars, they are a brownie-like or coffee cake-like treat with the magical combination of peanut butter, banana and chocolate. Kind of like …
When I bought half of a pastured pig from my local farmer this winter, I was challenged with cooking some cuts of meat that not only had I never cooked before, but I had never …
These are the carrot cake version of brownie bites, with a similar cakey and slightly chewy texture. I don’t honestly know where the inspiration came from (maybe I was tired …
When I was a teenager, my Uncle Bill taught me how to make real cinnamon buns. You know, the kind with yeast-based bread? It was a revelation and became one of my favorite treats …
I love curry, but traditional curry powders contain nightshades which are a big problem for me. So, after a little experimentation, I found a great nightshade-free homemade curry …
These “ice cream” bars are so ridiculously simple to make (how much simpler can you get than four ingredients and a popsicle mold!?!) and so ridiculously delicious, it …
A good Paleo bread recipe is worth its weight in gold. I pride myself on my Paleo bread recipes, especially those that utilize yeast (check out my post Is Yeast Paleo?) since the …
I haven’t made these brownies in a very long time; but over the weekend, I found myself promising my kids that I would make them a treat. For them, that means something with …
This simple chicken dish is quick to put together and makes a perfect mid-week meal when time in the kitchen is not the easiest thing to find. It has a souvlaki-inspired flavor …
Who is Grug? He is the overprotective yet loving dad (voiced by Nicolas Cage) in the new DreamWorks Animation film, The Croods. The Croods is about a family of cavemen forced to …
Sometimes, there is just a need for a truly decadent dessert. And that’s where grain-free, dairy-free indulgences like this tiramisu come in! This was the dessert I made …
This recipe is a Paleo adaptation of one of my grandmother’s famous dishes, the steak and kidney pie that she made every year for New Year’s Eve. It is actually a …
Plantain lasagna? Really? Yes! And what a delicious and comforting meal! Perfect for this time of year! This is another recipe modified from one that Gloria sent me (thank you …
Okay, admission time: cauliflower is not my favorite. When I make mashed cauliflower or cauliflower rice, I have to season heavily with herbs and spices (and fat!) to make it …
