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Beef Main Dishes Recipes

Easy Garlic and Rosemary Roast Beef

This recipe for garlic and rosemary roast beef is dead simple to make and so tasty! I used grass-fed sirloin tip roast, but you could make this with any of the lean cuts that tend to be tough if not handled properly, including rump roast, cross-rib roasts, sirloin roasts, and top round. The basic template […]

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Book Reviews My Thoughts

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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My Thoughts Personal

My Visit to Polyface Farm

“The chickens keep the earth from getting indigestion,” explained Joel Salatin on our first stop of the hay wagon tour of Polyface Farm. “Excuse me,” asked someone a beat later. “Did you say the earth gets indigestion?” “Indeed it does!” Salatin boomed back with his trademark enthusiasm and grin. “The soil is the earth’s stomach!” […]

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Appetizers Book Reviews Fish My Thoughts Recipes

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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Appetizers Beef Breakfast Main Dishes Recipes Side Dishes Treats

15+ Paleo Yuca Recipes

Yuca. (Or is it “yucca”?) Also known as manioc, cassava, or tapioca. This root vegetable is a major staple food for more than half a billion people in the developing world – yet it was completely foreign to me until I began seeing paleo yuca recipes that used it for miraculous things like  crisp flatbreads and egg […]

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My Thoughts Personal

It is Gutsy By Nature’s ONE YEAR Anniversary!

UPDATE: Congratulations Michelle G.! You are the winner of the $25 Amazon gift card. Check your email and confirm your address to receive your prize! Gutsy By Nature turns one year old today! Though the idea had been percolating for a while and I had spent some time playing around with a name and setting up […]

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Fish Main Dishes Recipes

Paleo Tuna Cakes

These grain and dairy free paleo tuna cakes were my answer to a three-day work conference where I knew my food options would be limited to whatever the conference organizers saw fit to provide for a “gluten free” lunch. I froze them and packed in a cooler with ice and they provided a tasty and safe […]

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Book Reviews My Thoughts Personal

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 […]