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Rosemary & Shallot Roasted Butternut Squash and a Review of The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook

UPDATE: Congratulations Lori L., you are the winner! Check your email and reply to confirm your address… I find it hard to believe now, but for the longest time I thought I hated squash. One of the delightful side effects of going on a diet that restricted most of the starchy foods I used to fill my […]

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Book Review: The Kitchen Ecosystem

Delightfully unique. That is my two word description of The Kitchen Ecosystem by Eugenia Bone. Unlike most cookbooks that organize recipes into courses or categories, or reference cookbooks that simply group by key ingredient, this book teaches you how to approach cooking and eating as an interconnected system. I was hooked when I read the very […]

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Creamy Coconut Chocolate Chip Macaroons and a review of Real Life Paleo

Before I tell you how much I love Real Life Paleo, the new book from Stacy Toth and Matthew McCary (also known as the Paleo Parents), I have to gush about these egg free macaroons. They are every thing you want in a paleo treat: easy to make, rich and creamy, just sweet enough, and […]

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Zesty Crab Cakes from Mediterranean Paleo Cooking, Review and Giveaway!

Every now and then, a cookbook comes along that changes everything you think you know about its particular niche. It presents something in a totally new way or it opens doors of a cuisine to a new audience. Mediterranean Paleo Cooking by popular blogger Caitlin Weeks, her chef husband Nabil Boumrar, and Diane Sanfilippo does both. Think […]

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Book Review: Meat and Potatoes

Have you heard? Potatoes are totally paleo now! So when I saw this new cookbook titled “Meat and Potatoes,” I knew I had to check it out. Potatoes are a key part of my personalized paleo diet, especially since discovering that I really feel my best when I increase my intake of healthy starches. I […]

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Book Review & Giveaway: Paleo To Go

UPDATE: Congratulations Michelle T. – you are the winner! Check your email and confirm your address. In a perfect “paleo” world, we would cook and eat all of our meals at home, preparing them exclusively from local, organic, ethically sourced whole foods. But I don’t live in that world and you probably don’t either. I […]

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GIVEAWAY! Win an autographed copy of The Paleo Approach Cookbook

UPDATE: Congratulations Dorca M.! Please check your email and reply with your mailing address. The Paleo Approach Cookbook, companion to Sarah Ballantyne’s ground breaking book The Paleo Approach, is releasing this week and I am excited to be able to offer a special autographed copy to one of my lucky readers! See below to enter […]

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Har Gow-Inspired Shrimp Balls – A Sneak Preview Recipe from The Paleo Approach

This is it! The Paleo Approach Cookbook: A Detailed Guide to Heal Your Body and Nourish Your Soul by Sarah Ballantyne (also known as The Paleo Mom) is finally in print! I was so excited to get a review copy this week and start cooking from it immediately. The first recipe I made was this one […]

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Book Review: My Paris Kitchen

Hello, my name is Jaime and I am a francophile. And a cookbook addict. Combine the two, and I couldn’t resist David Lebovitz’s new book My Paris Kitchen, even though I knew before even opening it that many of the recipes within would feature dairy, grains, or other foods not currently part of my paleo […]

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Book Review: Kombucha Revolution

“Kombucha. It’s been called the ‘elixer of life,’ a cure-all that detoxifies the body, aids digestion, reenergizes the mind, and even helps reverse the symptoms of cancer. Drink several glasses of this fermented tea a day and, according to some, its healing properties will lower cholesterol, help with weight loss, reduce hot flashes, and create […]