Classic Bread Stuffing and a Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love everything about it: taking some time to reflect on what we can be grateful for, turkey dinner with all the trimmings, pumpkin pie, and …
Bacon-Basil Zucchini “Pasta”
My inexpensive mandoline slicer is one of my favorite kitchen tools! It makes so many jobs in the kitchen so much faster. There are some jobs that would take so …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Eggplant and Wild Mushroom Stuffing
When I think of big turkey dinners, I think of stuffing. It has always been my favorite part, the dish that I look forward to. And, while I have tried many different …
Japanese Turnips with Orange Rosemary Pan Sauce
Turnips are a root vegetable that make a great addition to soups and stews, particularly if you’re avoiding nightshades and can’t do potatoes (see my AIP Notato Salad …
Simple Fennel Salad
Fennel is one of my favorite vegetables. We ate it frequently when I was a kid, typically sauteed in olive oil, since my mom had it growing all over the garden. As an adult, …
Tostones
Tostones are simply twice-fried plantain slices, a traditional South American dish that can also be called tachinos, chatinos, fritos verde, bananes pesées and patacones, depending …
Roasted Broccoli
Sometimes the simplest recipes make all the difference to a meal. And this recipe is certainly simple, packed with flavor, and makes that extra serving of veggies on a plate …
Paleo French Fries (AIP)
One area of my health journey that’s adapted over my 4-year Paleo journey is my outlook on carbs. Many of you know that I initially lost 100+ pounds following a low-carb …
Citrus, Fig, and Walnut Salad
I came up with this citrus, fig, and walnut salad for a television appearance on Atlanta Plugged In this week. I was presenting a Paleo breakfast, lunch and dinner while trying to …
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 …
Root Vegetable Casserole
I cooked my first turkey and stuffing when I was 16 years old. From there, I added to my Thanksgiving Dinner responsibilities yearly by taking on more and more side dishes and …
Cassava Oven Fries
Cassava goes by many names, including yucca, yuca, manioc, tapioca and Brazilian arrowroot. This starchy tuberous root is native to South America, and now grown all over the …
Scalloped No-Tatoes
Scalloped potatoes were a special meal staple of my childhood. I remember my mom slicing the potatoes, making the roux, and layering it all together. It seemed to always go with …
Simple Roasted Green Beans
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Savory Roasted Taro
Do you miss roasted potatoes? I did, until I discovered taro. Taro is a nutrient-dense tuber native to Southeast Asia. It is considered a “safe starch” and is recommended as a …
Kitchen Tip: How to Braise Greens
One of our staple side dishes is braised leafy greens. This is a simple, quick, versatile and delicious way to prepare greens. You can use this cooking method for just about any …
Artichoke-Stuffed Artichoke
I love artichoke. As a kid, our standard way of eating it was to boil/steam the whole artichoke until cooked and serve with very garlicky melted butter to dip each leaf in and …
Ginger-Garlic 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 …
Kitchen Tip: My Favorite Sides for Bunless Burgers
We are quite in the habit of eating hamburgers without buns (even a Paleo version like this recipe). Our favorite side dishes are sautéed onion and mushrooms, grilled avocado, a …
Cold Coals Mashed Sweet Potato
We use a charcoal barbecue, which I love for the flavor it adds to our food. But often, when our meal is done cooking, the barbecue is still quite hot and it feels like a waste (I …
Bacon-Braised Cabbage
I love bacon but tend to find it too salty to eat very often (even the low sodium all natural kind). I find myself more and more using it as a flavoring for a cruciferous …
Mashed Cauliflower
Mashed cauliflower is the standard Paleo mashed potato substitute. It’s very satisfying and, since cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable, it’s also very healthy! …
Maple-Braised Butternut Squash
I discovered this wonderful way of cooking butternut squash one evening when my oven was too full to add a pan of squash for roasting (my old go-to cooking method for squash). …
Braised Cauliflower, Leeks and Artichoke Hearts
This combination might sound a little unusual, but I promise that the addition of bacon grease and garlic makes the flavors come together remarkably well! This simple vegetable …
Minted Zucchini
Minted zucchini is a lovely and simple vegetable side dish. I like it served with grilled lamb or fish for a Mediterranean-inspired meal. That pairing is especially great in the …
Braised Kale, Three Ways
Who knew? I LOVE kale! I remember eating it as a kid because it grew wild in our garden and we were quite poor. But now, as an adult, I actually choose to eat kale. It’s also a …
Bacon-Braised Brussel Sprouts
Prior to discovering to the Paleo diet, the only way I ate Brussels sprouts was smothered in cheese sauce. I actually like Brussels sprouts as long as the flavor isn’t too …
Curry-Braised Kale and Cabbage
One of my biggest challenges with eating Paleo is keeping variety in vegetable side dishes. I seem to crave more vegetable variety now, maybe because I’m eating vegetables at …
Baked Spiced Sweet Potatoes
This seems hardly fair, to create an entire recipe for just these little sweet potatoes. But these are such a tasty side dish to just about any meat and my kids love them (when …