Every year my family serves Paleo prime rib for Christmas lunch. There used to just be 5 of us but now there is 12 in my family. We consume an unnatural amount of prime rib now! This year’s prime rib topped out at 18 pounds. Yes 18! I realize most people will not be cooking…
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Paleo Loaded Mashed Potato Bake
One of my favorite local restaurants makes this amazing loaded mashed potato bake. I am obsessed with it and order it any time I go there. I’ve been wanting to make it paleo for a while but kept going back and forth between making it with cauliflower or white sweet potatoes. I am so happy…
Chocolate Cashew Clusters
We are in the Christmas countdown. My small-ish family of 5 has grown over the years to 12! Yes 12. Twelve is a lot of people to buy presents for. I went the DIY route this year and made lash lengthening serum, headache salve and eye cream for the ladies of my family. I’m not…
Merry Christmas 2013
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! I’m spending the day with my family and gaggle of nieces and nephew. x vanessa
Paleo Christmas Breakfast Roundup
Yeah I’m so excited it is Christmas Eve! Christmas Eve is the main event at my house. We open all our presents on Christmas Eve except the things Santa brought us in our stockings. I have four very young nieces and nephews who are firm believers in Santa. I particularly liked last year when my…
Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole
When I first started eating paleo, I ate a ton of sweet potatoes. Before this I never ate sweet potatoes other than Thanksgiving. I am not sure why, but I always associated them as being sickly sweet. This probably stems from marshmallow covered sweet potato casserole. Now I cook sweet potatoes any variety of ways:…
Paleo Gingerbread Men and Decorating Frosting
I’m slightly convinced Amazon doesn’t want my family to receive their Christmas gifts. Maybe it is my punishment for ordering 75% of their presents online. I am not really sure. It is really a double punishment because my Nom Nom Paleo cookbook is also in the same package of goods! I’ve been checking my door…
Cranberry Pecan Brussels Sprouts
I love brussels sprouts. Seriously I could eat them every day. Sometimes I find this funny because until about two years ago I loathed brussels sprouts. You couldn’t pay me enough money to eat brussels sprouts. A couple years ago, everything changed. I didn’t realize I’d been eating them wrong. Steamed brussels sprouts are still…
Paleo Apple Butter Pecan Pie
So I posted this photo on my instagram before Thanksgiving promising the share the recipe for my apple butter pecan pie, and then I completely forgot to actually share it. I really wanted to make a pecan pie for Thanksgiving even though I have never really been a fan. I put a little twist on…
Holiday Gift Guide: My Wish List
For my final installment of holiday gift guides, I am sharing what is on my wish list! As I’ve gotten older, my Christmas wish list has become more and more practical needs and less useful wants. Last year I asked for almost all Paleo cooking ingredients! There are so many amazing Paleo cookbooks out, and…