Paleo Slow Cooker Red & Yellow Pepper Marinara Sauce

  So many people I speak with tell me about their love/hate relationship with pasta. They miss it since going Paleo. They go back and eat it from time to time, only to learn later that their body does not enjoy it as much as their mouth does. Then comes the point where they finally…

Slow Cooker Mexican Cauliflower Rice (no ricing required)

  If you are new to Paleo, you might not have noticed that we quite often use cauliflower as a substitute for rice. Cauliflower has a greater nutritional profile, a lower glycemic index, and most people just plain feel better when eating it opposed to rice. These are all positive things. The only negative about…

Paleo Slow Cooker Chicken Pad Thai with Veggie Noodles

  This recipe has been brewing in my head for a while now and I finally got around to trying it. I’ve long had a theory that if you nested veggie noodles on top of a liquid base in a slow cooker that they would steam cook nicely, without turning to mush. I can now…

Pulled Garlic Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

  After whipping up another killer pulled pork & sauce recipe this week, I decided to give pulled chicken with a sauce a try. This is the result. This is a flexible dish because the garlic chicken can be used in other applications (salads, wraps) without the sauce, in addition to smothering it with the…

Cinnamon & Cayenne Sweet Potatoes and Apples

This is a super easy slow cooker recipe for those of you that like to cook sweet potatoes in bulk. Apples and sweet potatoes, a dish full of carbs. This one works well for the athlete or weightlifter that wants a healthy dose of good carbs to fit into their post workout meals. You can…

Beef Shank Soup with Bok Choy

I love beef shanks. They are inexpensive and their high fat content yields a delicious broth with tender stew meat. When you don’t have time to make bone broth and want to make yourself a beefy soup to nourish yourself, they are king. I highly suggest you use a grass fed cut when cooking with…

Stupid Easy Paleo Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs

One of my most popular recipes, where I discovered that you can fully cook a spaghetti squash in your crock pot! If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly suggest you do so!     I had been playing with the idea of doing a spaghetti squash and meatballs dish in the slow cooker (at…

One-Pot: Creamy Paleo Cashew Curry Cauliflower

I’m cooking cauliflower again, in a one-pot recipe again. Cauliflower is quite versatile, and using it in different ways is good for keeping life interesting. This is a recipe where you have to hang in the kitchen for about 20 minutes to cook it, but at the same time it doesn’t require that much attention….

Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor (pineapple chile pork)

You’ll want to open your own taco truck… How can you go wrong with a marinade of pineapple and chili peppers? I’ve been craving this recipe ever since I had a taste from a taco truck years ago. I’m sorry for making you dirty up your food processor or blender to make this one, but…

Paleo Crock Pot Chicken Wings – 5 Different Flavor Recipes

Wings. That is all. Why should I cook my chicken wings in my slow cooker you may ask? Well, because they are fall of the bone good and different than crispy wings. Different is good sometimes. Chances are you don’t have a fryer at home, so that limits you to baking your wings in the…