Between its abundance of gut-healing amino acids, its benefits for joints and skin, its awesome flavor, and its ability to warm us up on a cold winter …
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10 Nutrients that Can Help You Burn Fat
Two thirds of Americans are overweight with 40 percent of us being obese or extremely obese. It's no wonder that so many of us search for weight loss …
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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 …
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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 …
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Asparagus Soup
This simple soup achieves its rich creamy flavor by using the whole asparagus, yes even the tough ends that you normally snap off and discard, plus a …
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Broth: Hidden Dangers in a Healing Food?
It’s no secret that I’m a huge broth fan! Between its helpful mineral content and abundance of important amino acids (especially proline and glycine), …
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Why Broth is Awesome
Have I mentioned lately how much I love bone broth? There’s a reason it’s been prized across numerous cultures and traditional societies, and not just …
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Guest Post by Sophie Van Tiggelen – Roasted Bone Marrow
Sophie Van Tiggelen is an autoimmune warrior, foodie, self-trained paleo chef, and photographer. She blogs at A Squirrel in the Kitchen, where her …
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Lettuce Soup (aka The Most Amazing Soup Ever!)
Lettuce soup sounds like such a boring, bland, flavorless concoction. I mean Lettuce, turned to Soup, how good can that actually be? The answer is: …
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Guest Post by ChihYu – Daikon Radish Meatball Soup
ChihYu studied classical music and is a professional pianist. Her profound love for food and cooking come from a family tradition of cooking. She’s …
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Cauliflower Gravy
My first attempt at a Paleo-friendly gravy was way back on my very first Thanksgiving Dinner in 2011. I used coconut flour as a thickener for a …
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Guest Post by Sophie Van Tiggelen – Rustic Root Vegetable Soup with Meatballs (Autoimmune Protocol-Friendly)
Sophie Van Tiggelen is an autoimmune warrior, foodie, self-trained paleo chef, and photographer. She blogs at A Squirrel in the Kitchen, where her …
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Guest Post from Angela Privin – Plantain and Broccoli Soup (Autoimmune Protocol Friendly)
Angela Privin discovered the Paleo diet during a multi year effort to heal her severe irritable bowel syndrome. Thanks to Paleo she's has been …
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Guest Post by Glenn McElfresh of The Bos Creek – Grass-fed and Finished Beef vs Pasture-raised Beef
Glenn McElfresh is the CEO and co-founder of The Bos Creek, the first online subscription service for pasture-raised meats. He started The Bos Creek …
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Rabbit and Wild Mushroom Stew
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 …
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Autoimmune Protocol Friendly Beef Jerky – Guest Recipe by David Maren of Tendergrass Farms
David Maren is a husband, father, farmer, and co-founder of Tendergrass Farms. Tendergrass Farms is an online grass fed meat shop that exists as a …
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Chunky No-tato Leek Soup
There are many different styles of potato leek soup, from the almost bisque like consistency of vichyssoise, to the more creamy thick pureed version …
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Pastured Turkey Tenderloin Recipe — Guest Recipe by David of Tendergrass Farms
David Maren is a husband, father, farmer, and co-founder of Tendergrass Farms. Tendergrass Farms is a cooperative-style online grass fed meats shop …
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Rustic Bacon and Pumpkin Soup
There is something about cooler, shorter days and leaves starting to change colors that makes me want to cook and eat pumpkin. On my Facebook Page …
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The Importance of Fish in Our Diets
In my previous post, I discussed why the mercury content of fish is not worthy of concern for most fish species (see this post). My point isn’t just …
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The Mercury Content of Seafood: Should we worry?
We are often warned not to consume too much seafood over fears of the mercury contamination in these foods building up in our systems and leading to …
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Modifying Paleo for FODMAP-Intolerance (a.k.a. Fructose Malabsorption)
One of the many challenges that people face when adopting a paleo diet is dealing with the confounding factor of additional food sensitivities. …
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Why Aren’t Humans Adapted to Grains?
A paleo diet is often presented as “eating the foods that humans evolved over 2.5 million years to eat for optimum health”. I am guilty of presenting …
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Modifying Paleo for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (or SIBO) is one of those hot topics in the alternative medical community that is often misunderstood, so I …
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“Cream” of Broccoli Soup
This simple “Cream” of Broccoli Soup combines the health benefits of bone broth, the cruciferous broccoli with all of its vitamins, minerals and …
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My Experience with the AIP to Treat Lichen Planus
Many of you have expressed your frustration that you are not seeing improvement in your autoimmune disease despite following the Autoimmune Protocol. …
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Seafood Leek Soup
I was craving cioppino right when I was giving up nightshades. So, I improvised this seafood soup and it was so delicious I just had to share it with …
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Paleo Shrimp Chow Mein
I love Asian flavors and learned to cook simplified versions of my favorite dishes when I was still a teenager living at home. Some of these dishes …
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Chicken Bone Broth (Revisited)
I have been experimenting with the best way to maximize the nutritional content of my chicken bone broth (learn why bone broth is a superfood). …
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The Health Benefits of Bone Broth
Bone broth is a flavorful liquid made by boiling the bones of just about any vertebrate you can think of (typically poultry, beef, bison, lamb, or …
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The Stomach Acid Connection
If you are following a paleo diet and still having digestive issues, low stomach acid may be to blame.
When you eat, the cells that line your …
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Kale and Okra Soup (Callaloo)
This soup resembles a callaloo, which is typically made with taro leaves in place of the kale and with the addition of a hot pepper to add some kick. …
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Curry Cream of Carrot Soup
Sometimes being forced to improvise is a good thing. In the case of this soup, it’s a great thing! As I stared into my fridge hoping for …
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Roast Chicken and Chicken Bone Broth
You get two recipes for the price of one, today. I wanted to post a recipe for Chicken Bone Broth before we get too immersed in the flu season, but …
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