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Paleo Thumbprint Cookies

Whether it’s a holiday treat, a special day, or just because you want to bake them, everyone will give a thumbs-up to Thumbprint cookies. These sweet, crunchy morsels will melt in your mouth. Thumbprint cookies are easy and fun for kids to make. They look and taste just like my Mom's, however this Paleo adapted recipe is far more nutritious, free of...

Vegan Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

This amazingly rich and creamy frosting is a snap to make. It tastes just like my mom's, except it has no cream cheese! Instead, it uses coconut butter and lemon. Yes, those are my teeth marks! This deceptively easy frosting came about by accident. When I was blending my Vegan Cream Cheese, I suddenly thought - OMG what if I add ...

Perfect Chocolate Coconut Pie Crust

If you like chocolate and toasted coconut, you'll LOVE this pie crust. Paleo, gluten-free, grain-free, and tree nut-free, it's great for gatherings when you need to accommodate diverse diets. Soft and flexible, you can press it into the pan with your fingers, or roll it out with a rolling pin! When it bakes, it gets crispy and irresistibly delicious. ...

Fermented Mango Pear Goji Chutney

Here's a tasty side for any meal that builds intestinal health. Traditional pickled chutneys have been enjoyed in Asian cultures for thousands of years. Chutneys come in every flavor imaginable and add distinctive taste to every meal. They also help to balance a healthy gut micro-biome, and preserve the fruit for months. This recipe is quite flexible. If you modify it, taste your mixture and adjust as you go. This recipe came about when my friend Teri gave me a huge basket of pears ...

Bewitched Apple Crisp

This easy seasonal favorite will warm your heart and fill your home with the scent of baked apples and cinnamon. Why bewitched? Well, it's spiked with a tantalizing Italian liqueur of herbs and spices called Strega, which means Witch! Think golden velvet, sweet mint, anise, juniper, fennel, and many other herbs. ...

Flourless Chocolate Pumpkin Cake

This fabulous one-step cake is an easy holiday dessert with a rich, old-fashioned flavor of chocolate spice cake. Just blend and bake! One of my new experiments in flourless sweets, this recipe uses rolled oats or any rolled whole grain. More than a yummy treat, it's a nutritious, high-fiber dessert or snack. A few months ago I would have used almond flour, but now it is very expensive, and like all flours it oxidizes quickly. ...

Jewish Apple Cake, Orange Caramel Glaze

There's nothing more traditional for Rosh Hashanah than apples and honey. However this is NOT your grandmother's apple cake. While enjoying familiar traditions, this gluten-free recipe integrates surprising methods and healthy ingredients, to yield a cake so moist and luscious, you'll never miss the sugar or flour. I love honey, but it sends my blood sugar ...

Instant Apple Honey Butter

Homemade apple butter tastes fantastic on toast or pancakes! This creamy butter is ridiculously easy to make - just blend and enjoy with toasted Flourless Blender Bread or any of my other healthy breads. The secret to it's luscious flavor and thick texture is pure coconut butter. Sadly, commercial jams contain sugars, GMO's and pesticides. ...

Yogurt Herb Dressing

This flavorful mélange will make any salad irresistible. It's so easy, just blend fresh lemon with herbs. I love this dressing with crispy Rainbow Salad. Pumpkin seeds contain free-radical scavenging phytosterols that - yes - make you sexy! Flaxseed oil adds Omega-3 nutrition. Raw garlic gives flavor and anti-bacterial properties. ...

Nutty Cauliflower Rice

This easy cauliflower rice is makes a tasty, low-carb breakfast or side dish, that won't go to your waistline. Make it in just 5 minutes, far quicker and much healthier than rice. Its deep, satisfying flavor tastes something like Cajun dirty rice, except it is milder and nightshade-free, Hooray! Try it with Cruciferous Veggie Stir-fry!...

Vegan Avocado Brownies

Everyone loves brownies! These are for folks who don’t do dairy, eggs, gluten, or grains. But you'll never notice the difference. ALL my taste-testers give them rave reviews. The secret to their irresistible taste and chewy texture of these grain-free flourless brownies is avocado, sweet potato, apple, and chia seeds, which help to bind the bars together. ...

Wild Salmon Cakes with Paleo Sour Cream

Whenever I find good quality wild salmon, I make these delectable salmon cakes! They're easy to prepare and super-tasty for breakfast, lunch or dinner, loaded with protein and omega-3 nutrition. You can make them with other wild fish such as sea bass, halibut, or true cod. I sometimes bake them in the oven, however if you're in a hurry they cook faster ...

Matcha Green Tea Superfood Smoothie

This invigorating, creamy milkshake is a great breakfast or energizing snack. Matcha green tea powder is a potent superfood with polyphenols and anti-oxidant catechins that improve brain function, bring mental clarity, and boost your entire immune system. Avocado makes it thick with a super-creamy richness. Well, after drinking the whole thing, I feel great! ...

Paleo Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings with Goji Berry Glaze

Tangy honey-mustard chicken wings are a perfect irresistible snack, hot & spicy with an exotic twist. How about a zesty superfood glaze with turmeric and goji berries? Oh yeah! This tasty sauce will rev your engines! Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory, ...

Chocolate Brazil Nut Crust

Heavenly and sublime, Brazil nuts make a super-easy crust for any raw dessert. This crust is perfect for Coconut Mango Goji Berry Cheesecake, Matcha Maca Green Tea Superfood Bars, Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake, Chocolate Cashew Swirl Fudge, Avocado Key Lime Bars, ...

Matcha Maca Green Tea Superfood Bars

Matcha green tea powder is a potent superfood with 137 times more antioxidants than brewed green tea. Matcha's antioxidants are called catechins, which are powerful disease-busters that exist in no other food. Avocado makes these bars rich and creamy. Coconut butter makes them totally irresistible! ...

Paleo Dark Chocolate Avocado Mango Brownies

Delicious and easy, super-chocolaty, chewy brownies, are filled with mango chunks and nuts. Yep, they're a tantalizing flavor combo with chocolate, mango, and avocado in every bite! These babies are Paleo, free of gluten, grains, dairy, flour, GMO's, and sugar. They won't even spike your blood sugar or cause weight gain if you use the suggested non-glycemic sweetener. Hooray! ...

Instant Egg-free Cashew Mayo

Quick to blend, this creamy vegan mayo is healthier and tastier than oil based store-bought mayonnaise. You’ll want to spread it on everything! It's non-GMO, Paleo, low-fat, with no stabilizers, canola, trans-fats, or sugar. And it tastes fabulicious. Cashews make a wonderfully smooth base for mayo. And cashews are low in fat compared to other nuts. Yay! ...

Mexican Chocolate Birthday Cake

Three layers of incredible flavor, I think I just died and went to heaven. Rich cacao with Paleo Orange Buttercream Frosting and Raspberry Sauce is deeply satisfying, titillating, and refreshing all at the same time. Avocado and apple make the cake incredibly moist so it melts in your mouth. Cinnamon, coffee, and cayenne give it an ¡Ay caramba! Latino flavor. Everybody loves this cake and never guess it is Paleo, ...

Paleo Orange Buttercream Frosting

This is the easiest and creamiest frosting you’ll ever make. No cooking, no thickeners, just five ingredients whipped in the food processor, and it is delicious beyond words. A favorite frosting for my Mexican Chocolate Birthday Cake, it also tastes yummy on Paleo Carrot Muffins. The secret to its creamy texture is pure coconut...

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