Lemon-Lime Bars
I have been working on this recipe on and off for years, going through dozens of iterations to get the perfect shortbread texture using combinations of grain-free flours and …
Almond Coconut Bars
This is the recipe that got me through Halloween in my early Paleo days without eating a single fun sized candy (for the first time since I had enough teeth to chew them!). These …
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 …
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. There are a few tricks to making candy (caramel is a …
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. …
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] …
Vanilla Layer Cake with Dark Chocolate Frosting (Nut-Free and Makes Great Cupcakes Too!)
Of all of my cake recipes, this is my favorite so far. The cake flavor and texture is fabulous and what better (or more classic) way to top a vanilla cake than with a light …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Carob Ganache Mini Tortes
Need a decadent chocolate fix or a beautiful but simple dessert to serve company? This recipe definitely fits the bill. The combination of carob powder, vanilla, coconut, and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Strawberries are one of those fabulously seasonal fruits that are best eaten during the warm summer months. Even more seasonal is the rhubarb—a terrifically tart stem that actually …
Berry Terrine
Summer berries set in a fragrant jiggly jelly make this a light and elegant dessert that also packs some compelling nutrition! Not only are mint and berries rich in antioxidant …
Caramel-Bacon Double Chocolate Brownies
Four and a half years into my Paleo journey, I don’t eat sweet treats very often. But, I do very, very, very much appreciate a decadent treat from time to time, and this …
AIP Vanilla Ice Cream
Whether it’s a treat for a hot summer’s day or the “a la mode” for a warm apple pie in the Fall, ice cream is a wonderful indulgence! However, between my …
Pineapple and Lychee Granita (AIP)
Granita is a frozen dessert originating from Sicily, made most typically made with water, sugar and various natural flavorings–it’s something like if a slushy and a …
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 …
Dinner Rolls
Ah, can you smell that? Well, maybe not yet, but when these are baking in the oven, you will! That smell of yeast-based bread. Hmmmm, there’s nothing like it. Perfect for …
Apple Pie (Two Variations, AIP and Standard Paleo)
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and I’m starting to think about new recipes that will cater to my mother-in-law’s nut allergy and my sensitivity to eggs. Hence 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 …
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 …
Guest Post by Vibrant Life Army Wife – Mini Rustic Apple Pies (Autoimmune Protocol Friendly)
Kiersten is a 20 something self proclaimed nutrition nerd with a love for real food, homemade beauty care, and natural healing. She is also an army wife living in Fort Hood, TX …
Dark Chocolate Gelato (dairy-free, nut-free, coconut-free)
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 …
Chocolate-Glazed Chocolate Doughnuts (nut-free!)
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 …
Lemon “Cheese” Cake
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 …
Chocolate Chip Cookies
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 …
Pecan Pie
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 …
Salted Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Bark
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 …
Olive Oil Ice Cream
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 …
Maple-Walnut Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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 …
Cinnamon-Apple 2-Minute Mug Cake
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 …
Chocolate Hazelnut (Zucchini) Cupcakes
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 …
Clafoutis
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 …
Meyer’s Lemon Custard Soufflé (Nut-Free)
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 …
Banana Cupcakes (nut-free) with Whipped White Chocolate Sesame Frosting
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, …
Paleo Monkey Bars
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 …
Carrot Cake Bites
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 …
Monkey’s Lunch Ice Cream Bars
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 …
Spinach Brownies Revisited (Now It’s Nut-Free!)
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 …
Genoise-Style Paleo Tiramisu
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 …