The first time I made this recipe, I was still Zone-ing my paleo portions (at least in respect to the protein content), and I was amazed at how big a portion turned out to be. This soup is awesome on those cold winter days, and is one that does well simmering in the…
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Gingered butternut squash soup
Ah, butternut squash . . . fall comfort food, or baby food made acceptable for adults? Your choice. However, in the fall when squashes are abundant, this soup is a perfect start off to a dinner party. What I love about this soup is that it’s super easy to tweak the…
Tomato and orange salad
This recipe stems from my days working with Melanie and Taji of Simple Gourmet—way before I had ever heard of paleo. I think one summer we must have had close to fifty groups make a variation of this recipe for their culinary team-building events. Regardless of how…
Simple shrimp salad
Eating a hearty beef stew when it’s 90 degrees in the shade isn’t really my cup of tea. Summer is typically chock full of salads and things that have little to no heat required—save for grilled items. Shrimp salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, these are all great…
Cucumber & watermelon salad
Watermelon combined with the crunch of cucumber makes for a light, almost spa-like side salad, one that’s almost sweet enough to be classified as dessert. This salad is great for your summertime picnics and potluck brunches. It’s a little known fact that Cordele,…
Summertime tomato salad
I love tomatoes, and love that Charles and I both take great pride in our tomato crops. So much so that in the summer it became our ritual on Friday nights after work to go and pick fresh tomatoes out of our garden, and we would then go and make a fresh salad with the…
Creamy caesar salad
Yes, it is very random that the Caesar salad was reportedly first made in Tijuana, Mexico. Almost as random as the fact that I spent one New Year’s Eve eating really good Chinese food in Tijuana followed by seeing a Beatles cover band. I digress. As the story goes,…
Shada’s kale salad
My (Julie’s) sister-in-law, Shada, has a kitchen and cookbook collection I covet. Not to mention that she’s also the one who first introduced me to Donna Hay and the Australian cooking magazine, Delicious. Shada is Australian, but perhaps more like a sibling to me…
Chicken & grape salad
Great for picnics and tailgating, chicken salad is a Southern staple. There are a thousand different ways to make this stuff. This recipe is a bit chunkier than most folks are used to. Serve on sliced cucumber or zucchini as an appetizer or spoon into romaine lettuce…
Chicken stock
Yep, you can buy chicken stock off the grocery store shelf. You can buy lots of things off the shelf that don’t taste nearly as good as what you can make at home. This recipe will net about 16 cups (nearly 4 liters) of delicious stock. From the directions, you’ll see…
Steak Fajita Salad
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 1 to 24 hours | COOK TIME: 20 minutes Ingredients For the wet rub 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted juice of 1 lime 1 tablespoon smoked paprika ½ tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt…
Squash Medley Lavender Soup
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 15 minutes | COOK TIME: 1 hour Ingredients 3 to 4 tablespoons coconut oil, melted, divided 1 butternut squash (about 1¾ pounds/800 grams), cut in half lengthwise 1 acorn squash (about ¾ pound/340 grams), cut in half crosswise 1 delicata squash…












