Appetizer

Egg salad is such an easy recipe to make, and a great one to have in your emergency arsenal. This one includes dill pickles and smoked paprika for a change of pace from the standard egg salad.

Dairy-free yogurt options at the store have all sorts of strange and potentially dangerous ingredients (carrageenan, anybody?), and make a true dairy-free yogurt at home is expensive and time-consuming. This instant “yogurt” uses only 7 basic ingredients and is ready in under 5 minutes.

Get restaurant-style wings at home. Sticky, sweet, delicious wings. Sweet pomegranate juice and tangy ginger couple to make the perfect wings.

Sometimes you just need a little crunch in your life and these crackers fill that void. With just a handful ingredients and a half hour, you can have homemade grain-free crackers. Use them to scoop up your favorite dip or salsa, or eat them plain.

Bacon wrapped or meat-free, these spicy creamy jalapeño poppers use nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor without the dairy. Perfect for holiday parties.

What do you do with all the extra cucumbers from your garden or the local farmer’s market? Make a refined-sugar-free cucumber salad, of course.

There are two ways to make this dinner: paleo or primal. We are not hard and fast on the no-dairy rule in paleo. We avoid nearly all dairy, but on occasion we will eat some cheese or use butter in cooking. Feel free to leave out the cheese if dairy bothers you. It’s all good.

An often overlooked veggie due to it’s “weirdness”, Brussels sprouts are surprisingly delicious and the most-requested vegetable in our home. Why? Because I cook them in bacon and drizzle it with balsamic vinegar. Doesn’t get much better than that.

Most commercial tomato soups have added sugars and some pretty strange ingredients. I found this out the hard way when my kids had a craving and there was nothing I was okay buying them. Naturally, I created my own recipe with ingredients I felt good feeding my own kids.

This low carb egg drop soup recipe is not only easy and delicious but it’s also packed with incredible nutrients your body needs.