Nut-free, Coconut-free Paleo Blueberry Muffins (Basic Muffin Recipe)
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 …
Lemon-Tarragon Salmon
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 …
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 …
Mulled Apple-Braised Pork Shank
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 …
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 …
Paleo Cinnamon Buns
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 …
Nightshade-Free Curry-Baked Tilapia (or whitefish of choice)
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 …
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 …
Yeast-Based Paleo Bread — Revisited
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 …
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 …
Greek-Inspired Baked Chicken Breast
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 …
Grug’s Barbecued Stuffed Bananas—A Recipe Inspired by The Croods
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 …
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 …
Paleo Steak and Kidney Pie
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 …
Puerto Rican Plantain Lasagna (Pastelon)
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 …
Garlic and Lemon Roasted Cauliflower
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 …
Paleo Chocolate Éclairs
Yes, you read that right. Paleo Chocolate Éclairs. Éclairs were one of my childhood favorite treats. If you aren’t familiar with the éclairs, they are pastry cream-filled puff …
Orange-Cranberry Muffins
The inspiration for these muffins came from a coffee cake that my mom used to make every year during the holidays. Slices of orange-y yellow cake with bright red cranberries were …
Dark Chocolate Shortbread Cookies (Sandies or Meltaways)
These dark chocolate shortbread cookies were actually an accident. They were one of the variations that I came up with (#3 to be exact) while I was trying to create my Decadent …
White and Dark Paleo Mint Chocolate Bark
This recipe was inspired by a recipe I saw for grasshopper bark on pinterest. I immediately set to researching as many versions of dairy-free homemade white chocolate I could …
Paleo Gingerbread Cut-Outs
My husband and kids are in love with these gingerbread cut-out cookies. Out of the oven, they have a crisp outside with a soft chewy middle (unfortunately the crispy outside goes …
Middle Eastern-Inspired (Dukkah) Pepita-Crusted Lamb Chops
This is now one of our favorite meals. Just typing up this recipe is making my mouth water. I used pepitas to crust the lamb chops because I made these for the first time while …
Thanksgiving Frittata (Bacon, Red Pepper, Spinach and Black Olive)
My oldest daughter and I had the flu this Thanksgiving. I did not have the energy to cook and both of us were still on thin ice when it came to solid food. I ended up whipping up …
Puerto Rican-Inspired Green Plantain Mash (Mofongo)
Mofongo is a traditional fried plantain-based dish from Puerto Rico. It is typically made with fried green plantains mashed together in a wooden mortar and pestle, with broth, …
Nightshade-Free Paleo Lamb Curry
I have been experimenting with nightshade-free spice blends lately. Because my family all enjoys anything seasoned with curry powder, it became an important priority to recreate …
Simple Broiled Pork Chops
You just can’t beat simplicity when it comes to food. Well, unless that simple food also happens to be ridiculously delicious. Which this dish is! These pork …
Beet and Kohlrabi Greens Chips
When you buy beets and kohlrabi, don’t throw out the greens! And if you thought green smoothies and braised mixed greens were the only thing you could do with them, here’s another …
Decadent Double Chocolate Cookies (Nut-free, Coconut-free, Egg-free)
The inspiration for this cookie came from a double chocolate brownie cookie that I used to make for special treats in the “olden days”. It used to be a hit at potlucks or parties …
Butter-Poached Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi seems to be everywhere these days: at the Farmer’s Market, Whole Foods, the grocery store. I’m mostly seeing green kohlrabi but also some red (which is actually very …
Beef Tongue with Rosemary Mustard Reduction
If you haven’t tried beef tongue, you are missing out. It is the most tender and delicious meat and can be prepared in a variety of ways (tongue tacos being especially popular). …
Paleo Apple Crisp
I started playing with apple crisp recipes before I ever started the blog. It was actually the first dessert recipe I ever tried to adapt (and one of the successes that gave me …
Pomegranate Molasses-Glazed Salmon
Pomegranate molasses is an ingredient used in Lebanese cooking. It is made by simmering pomegranate juice until it’s concentrated enough to have a syrup consistency. It has a …
Spaghetti Squash with Sage and Brown Butter
Sage and brown butter is one of the classic simple pasta sauces and one that adapts extremely well to Paleo noodle substitutes. My favorite noddle substitute to use with this …
Lemon Parsley Cauliflower “Rice”
I have to admit that I’ve never really liked rice, not unless it was drenched in the sauce from several different Chinese food dishes from an authentic restaurant. When I first …
Braised Pork Neck (or Chops)
This recipe is great for a couple different cuts of meat! If you have a hog share or know a local farmer (I met mine at the farmer’s market!) who sells many different cuts, I …
Apple “Oat” Muffins
When our family went to pick apples at a local apple orchard this year, we made the same miscalculation we always make. Three pecks of apples doesn’t look like that many in the …
French-Inspired Hot Sorrel Salad
Sorrel and salmon are both in season now, which is great because they are an absolutely amazing pairing. Sorrel is a delightfully zingy green (some classify as an herb), with a …
Moroccan-Inspired Lamb (Heart) Stew
The recipe for this stew came out of my desire to create something really yummy out of a half dozen lamb hears that my local grass-fed beef and lamb farmer gave me. However, you …
Roasted Butternut Squash
This roasted butternut squash is so simple to prepare, it feels like cheating because it is so tasty! It gets this little bit of crisp on the outside, and sweet soft middle. And …
Sausage and Mushroom Frittata
This frittata is perfect for a weekend brunch or for “breakfast for dinner” night (a wonderful way to save money on your grocery bill is to have breakfast for dinner from time to …
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 last week, I shared this primal …
Paleo Crepes with “Nutella”
This is the recipe that accidentally led to my Perfect Paleo Pancake recipe. Creating a Paleo crepe was a long time goal, and I am so happy to finally be able to share a truly …
Japanese-Inspired Whitefish and Noodle Soup
Looking for delicious ways to get more iodine-rich seaweed into your diet? Look no further! This delicious soup is quick to make (you can even use frozen fish if you need to) and …
Cinnamon Butternut Squash and Plantain with Apple
This simple vegetable dish is so versatile. I find myself making a version of this often (I especially enjoy it beside pork!), in part because it’s quick to put together and bakes …
Cinnamon-Braised Beef Cheek
When my local farmer offered me 25 pounds of grass-fed beef cheek for a mere $2/lb, how could I refuse! It didn’t matter that I had never cooked beef cheek before! A quick scour …
Plantain Crackers (Nut-free, Egg-free)
One of the things that many people miss when they adopt a Paleo diet is crunch, especially the slightly salty crunch of crackers. There are a number of grain-free cracker recipes …
Stir-fried Turnip Greens with Mushrooms and Almonds
This is a great accompaniment to any dish with Asian flavors (such as my Asian-inspired chicken wings or teriyaki-inspired poached salmon). Turnip greens can be a bit sandy, so …
Paleo Marzipan
Marzipan (also known as almond paste) is an almond-based confection that originated in Persia and is now very common in European desserts. Growing up, we used to get the most …