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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m following a mostly carnivore diet right now. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease almost 14 years ago and functional medicine and the paleo diet have kept that disease in remission for a long time. But autoimmunity is …
I’ve been following a mostly carnivore diet for about a month now and feel amazing. I wish I were one of those people who could eat two or three items forever and not miss the treats of the “good old days,” but alas, I am …
This is one of my absolute favorite recipes of all time. I know that’s a pretty bold statement, but it’s true.
I love a tender beef roast, I love a flavorful broth or sauce and I do love bread and cheese, those last two just don’t get a place on my table very often.
The meat and broth alone are (in my opinion) way better than your typical pot roast. You could serve this the same way though – with your favorite roasted veggies, over mashed potatoes, in a bowl as a stew, however you like!
Or you could be indulgent and pile the shredded beef on your favorite gluten free roll, top with a slice of provolone cheese, pop under the broiler to melt the cheese and then serve the broth on the side for dipping.
If you’ve never tried tri-tip before, I encourage you to seek it out and give it a try. It’s a very tender, flavorful cut of beef. It’s now my go-to for a slow-cooked beef meal. My family absolutely loves this and I hope you will too!
The inspiration for this recipe came from a Costco shopping trip. They were sampling pineapple teriyaki meatballs and they smelled amazing! I picked up a package to read the ingredients and was, of course, disappointed. Not only did they contain gluten, which meant I couldn’t …
When most people start a new eating plan, they are so enthusiastic and motivated that they can be successful with very simple meals. But after a while, boredom starts to creep in. If you’re not careful, this is when that desired eating plan can go …
It’s the little things that you miss when you start eating Paleo. On the surface, it seems that if you give up gluten, peanuts, soy sauce and cheese, you’ll be all set. But if you dig into the details of the paleo diet, you’ll see that there really is much more to it.
Among the list of “no” foods for the paleo diet, there will certainly be some that are more bothersome to you than others. This is why it is highly recommended that you do an elimination type diet when you first begin. Take everything out and slowly add back in. You’ll learn where you can stretch the rules of the diet and where you can’t.
For example, I can handle a little dairy, but I do not tolerate legumes at all. I am fine with a small amount of grains, particularly white rice, but industrial seed oils send me reeling.
Which is how I came to this recipe for bacon mayonnaise, or baconnaise for short. Mayonnaise helps so many recipes come together. I did not want to live without it forever.
I have to give credit to Diane Sanfilippo and her baconnaise recipe in Practical Paleo because I would not have thought of this on my own. I have tweaked the recipe a bit to suit our tastes, but I got the idea from her. I think I’ve recommended her book about a zillion times, but I’ll do it again in a heartbeat. If you buy one paleo cookbook, buy this one.
The marketplace has changed a lot since my early paleo days when we had to make everything from scratch (and when I first created these recipes). There are now several good mayonnaises on the market that use non-inflammatory oils. Primal Kitchen brand, Chosen Foods, Sir Kensington’s and Thrive Market are just a few. If you decide to buy one of these mayos rather than make your own, just read the ingredients list carefully and make sure they are not mixing avocado oil with canola or some other inflammatory oil. The big manufacturers have been making “olive oil” mayo for years, but they are still primarily made of canola or soybean oil and so that doesn’t count.
My most frequent uses for this baconnaise are in my heavenly (deviled) eggs and bacon and egg salad, but I’ve used it to make salad dressings too when I’ve been out of my homemade avocado oil mayo. But don’t let these two little ideas hold you back. Use this baconnaise anyplace you would use mayonnaise: broccoli salad, turkey sandwiches, coleslaw, and on and on. The applications are endless!
For years and years, we ate strictly paleo in my house. Then we were all feeling so well (and the kids got older) and we started easing up a bit. We ate more dairy and we ate more gluten free foods like bread and pizza. …
I am not the originator of this idea so I’m going to refer you to other resources in this post, but I wanted to let you know about something I’ve been doing to help my gut heal. If you’re new here, a quick recap: I …
When the weather starts to warm, I want everything in my life to feel like spring! I want a fresh, bright color on my front door, a wreath with pretty flowers, pretty colors in my wardrobe and light and luscious foods on my table.
To me, lemon just screams spring and these lemon cookies will hit the spot if you’re craving a little taste of spring.
If you’re interested, here’s a little insight into the creation of this recipe…While we were traveling over Thanksgiving, I was cruising some of my favorite recipe websites looking for meal ideas. The internet wizards started showing me commercials for food items and Crumbl cookies kept popping up. Being entirely gluten free and mostly paleo, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about chain bakeries. But those cookies looked amazing! I found a copycat recipe for Crumbl lemon cookies and decided I would try to make those gluten free. But come mid-February, I was feeling really ready to get back to my paleo ways and even a gluten free cookie didn’t appeal. So instead of working to make a gluten free version of this cookie that very closely resembled the original, I opted to keep it paleo and just make a delicious lemon cookie suitable for those of us who really need to keep it paleo and still want a treat from time to time.
I hope you enjoy these cookies even if they don’t look just like the pretty fancy once you find in a bakery at the mall.
If you’re struggling with what to make for dinner, I hope this post (and the accompanying video) will help! I will confess right off the bat that I filmed this content last summer. Since some of you only read the blog and never watch my …