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Kendra Benson

Kendra Benson is a master chef with experience in creating home meals, meal planning, and commercial kitchen food production. Her focus since 2013 is recipe creation in the Paleo, Keto, and Whole30 space. Kendra's passions include: her family, homesteading in Colorado, and eating food.

Dairy-Free Eggnog by Our Paleo Life

Dairy-Free Eggnog

Eggnog is a holiday season staple for most people, but for those of us with sensitivities to dairy, it’s not. There are plenty of dairy-free options in most grocery stores, but they are filled with thickeners like carrageenan which have other negative effects on the body. Why do that to yourself when making it it home is so easy and tastes better than anything store-bought?

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The Dark Side of Nuts by Nikki Jencen {for Our Paleo Life}

The Dark Side of Nuts {by Nikki Jencen}

When I first went Paleo, I went a bit heavy on the nuts. I was eating trail mix, making “Paleo” approved desserts with assorted raw nuts, I was eating cashew “cheese”, nut butters, and I was drinking almond milk as my “milk” substitute. Then I felt something wasn’t right, instead of losing weight, I was gaining weight, plus my hair was falling out, I was cold all the time, I was experiencing muscle weakness and I was fatigued in the morning and totally drained by 7pm.

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Brewed Butter Chocolate {A Primal Coffee Alternative} by Our Paleo Life

Brewed Butter Chocolate {primal}

For personal reasons, we don’t drink coffee, though we do enjoy the occasional mug of herbal tea (mmm, peppermint is our favorite). I kept hearing about butter coffee, but since coffee’s not my thing, I never tried it, even though I love me some butter. I’m also not wild about large amounts of caffeine, so when I heard about brewing chocolate, which is naturally low in caffeine, I perked up a bit {see what I did there?}.

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