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Smoked Salmon Breakfast Potatoes

These smoked salmon breakfast potatoes are perfect for Spring and even better for an Easter brunch! You guys. I love smoked salmon. I love potatoes. I love sour cream, and you can bet your ass I love fresh herbs. This dish is screams spring time to me – fresh potatoes, bright herbs and seriously ideal for a brunch outside. Preferably paired with a green juice mimosa. Plus, it’s actually really, really healthy. I know keto is all the rage, and I’m not bashing keto. It works vert, very well for some people. But just because keto works well for some people, does not mean that carbs are unhealthy. Just like keto is not inherently unhealthy. What works for one person will not work for another. For me, as a woman in my fertile years who is active and works out and has a fairly stressful life – carbs are a…

Healthy Green Bean Casserole (Gluten-Free, Low-Carb)

This healthy green bean casserole is low carb, gluten-free and so easy to make with simple ingredients! Perfect for the holidays! Wow your guests with this Healthy Green Bean Casserole! It’s that time of year, ya’ll! November is here which to me means holiday season! And to be quite honest, I’d put up a Christmas tree right this second if it wouldn’t drive my husband crazy every time he saw it for the next two months. The lovely green bean casserole is often passed over for fancier side dishes on holidays, like sweet potato casserole or stuffing. But it’s always been one of my favorites. I can’t get enough of those crunchy onions on top – which, let’s face it, are basically just onion rings. Why you will love this Healthy Green Bean Casserole recipe: Good news, everyone.  I’ve found a way to make this classic Thanksgiving side dish healthier, more…

How to plan the perfect Paleo Christmas Dinner

Learn how to host the ultimate Paleo Christmas dinner party! It’s all about planning ahead and picking the right recipes. I’ve got you covered!  Entertaining this Christmas? Here’s how to plan and host the perfect Paleo Christmas Dinner: For most of us, the holiday period means lots of socializing over drinks and food, all that glorious food. The holiday season can be a little intimidating! Especially if you’ve offered to host the celebrations in your own home! Definitely, the best way to make sure you can stick to your paleo lifestyle and still enjoy a fabulous Christmas dinner. This recipe collection will help you eliminate the stress that accompanies trying to please guests, while offering healthier, tasty paleo Christmas recipes that will leave everyone satisfied. The foundation of a great paleo Christmas dinner menu is meat and vegetables, cooked in ways that bring out their natural flavors instead of hiding them.…

Asian Stir Fry Veggies (Paleo, Low-Carb)

You guys. Let’s talk about the importance of veggies. They really should be at every meal, taking up about half of your plate. I’ve found that people have this idea that paleo is a meat-heavy, super low-carb, super high-fat diet that is very meat-centric, and that’s just not the case. I obviously recommend eating ancestally, and that means eating a variety of plant and animal foods that our great, great, great grandmothers would recognize. Wild seafood, pastured eggs, organic/grass-fed meats right along with a plethora of organic, preferably local and in-season veggies. It’s not hard. We really do over-complicate food. But it’s incredibly simple to eat well. Just eat real, whole, foods that your ancestors would actually recognize as food. Not Lean Pockets or 100 calorie snack packs. I’m talking meat, veggies, eggs, nuts, fruit, etc. REAL FOOD. Real food is the best food. And it’s the food that is…

Green Beans Side Dish with Garlic and Tomatoes

An easy green beans side dish with garlic and tomatoes – healthy, low carb, paleo and seriously delicious. The secret? Garlic ghee!  Green Beans – my favorite healthy side dish! Growing up, my grandmother always made this simple delicious green beans side dish. Granted, they were from a can, but they were SO good. She added butter and sautéed onions and they were a cheap, delicious side dish. A common meal would have been ground beef and spices or roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and a side of green beans. For not having any idea about health or nutrition, this was a pretty healthy meal. We’ve complicated healthy eating so much over the years. Vegan, paleo, low-carb, vegetarian, pescetarian, etc. But our grandmothers knew something we didn’t: real, whole food is best. They didn’t worry about labeling the way they ate. They just ate. My grandmother grew up with a…

Broccoli Cheddar Mashed Yams

Let me set the scene for you. It’s like, a Wednesday night. We just put the baby down to sleep. I have a loose idea of what I want to make for dinner but it’s not complete. I’m leaning against the kitchen counter drinking tea (yep, still love hot tea in the summer – I balance it out with cold wine) and my husband is sitting at the kitchen island. “I’m making steak and green beans for dinner. What should I make with them?” I ask. “Mac and cheese.” “We don’t have mac and cheese. What else?” “MAC AND CHEESE.” “BABE, WE DON’T HAVE MAC AND CHEESE.” “FINE. Cheese then.” “Oh my God.” “I WANT CHEESE.” “We have potatoes?” I offer. “Okay. Cheesy potatoes.” “Cheese doesn’t go with potatoes.” Which actually isn’t true, I just didn’t feel like making something like scalloped potatoes. And I didn’t have all of the…

Asian Chicken Salad

Like I always do on Sunday, I make a bunch of food. I batch cook so that I’m not stuck trying to cook while simultaneously entertaining my son. Because frankly, I’m not that entertaining. I’m out after a couple rounds of peek-a-boo, and he’s over it before I am. Sometimes I feel like he’s already a teenager, he’s a master of the side-eye. So this past Sunday I made a bunch of chicken for lettuce wraps. I love me some lettuce wraps. My love affair with them started at PF Chang’s when I was 15. I’ve been a fiend ever since. I still love PF Chang’s, even though they use super questionable ingredients and maybe hurt my stomach a lot. Anyway, because I already made the chicken, this salad came together in under ten minutes. Seriously – batch cook on the weekends! It will save you so much time and…

Mexican Cauliflower Rice

I love me some Mexican rice. When I was younger and would go to Mexican restaurants, I’d often just eat rice tacos. I’d just put rice in some tortillas and go to town. No wonder I had so many issues with my skin, digestion, mood, hormones and blood sugar! Hello, refined carbohydrates – I love you. I needed to discover cauliflower rice. Now, when I make Mexican rice I often use white rice – and you can read my explanation for why I eat white rice and white it’s healthier than brown rice here. But now that I’m pregnant, I want to get all the nutrients I can. And let’s face it, cauliflower is a whole hell of a lot more nutrient dense than white rice. Cauliflower has vitamin C, vitamin K, folate and a whole bunch of minerals. It’s low in carbohydrates, so the blood sugar doesn’t spike but remains…

Buttery Maple Glazed Carrots

Buttery Maple Glazed Carrots are an easy healthy paleo side dish and seriously the best carrots you will ever eat! Make them as a simple side for a Sunday roast or Thanksgiving Turkey!  Buttery Maple Glazed Carrots – the best-tasting carrots you’ll ever put in your mouth. Seriously. I can’t exaggerate about this. These Buttery Maple Glazed Carrots are the bomb. And I know carrots! I’m one of those people that tries very hard to make vegetables delicious. Because if they’re not, how are we all going to eat them regularly?  So after a lot of experimentation, I came up with the easy recipe for these buttery maple glazed carrots. It has all the savory goodness of a lot of fall recipes, with a sweet edge. If you want a different way to look at veggies, this one’s for you. Why Maple Glazed Carrots will be your new favorite side…

Easy, Healthy Chili Recipe

An easy, healthy chili recipe made with grass-fed ground beef, bell peppers, tomatoes, bone broth and chili powder for some extra heat! This gluten-free and paleo chili recipe works for both stove top and crockpot!  This One-Pot Chili Recipe is the perfect addition to your meal prep routine! I’ve been craving chili like a madwoman for two weeks now, and only recently finally pulled all the ingredients together to make it. OMG it was so good! Hearty, umami-packed, a bit smoky and slightly spicy from the added chipotle chili powder! A hearty homecooked comfort food meal that you can enjoy any night of the week. Make sure to cook a huge pot – this healthy chili actually tasted better a day or two after cooking so go all out. It also freezes really well. Why you will love this easy healthy chili recipe: It is packed with lean protein from…