Top 5 Healthy Paleo Diet Recipes

Below you will find the HealthyLifestyleReviews Top 5 Healthy Paleo Diet Recipes. The Paleo diet is the diet of our ancestors. The Paleolithic era occurred during the period spanning from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago. During that time we were hunter-gatherers. Then things changed with the advent of the agricultural revolution.

Around 10,000 years ago grains were introduced into our diet. This has been a radical dietary shift for mankind. For 99% of our existence man has lived on a grain free diet. Therefore, grains are a “new food.” I believe that certain people such as myself are ill adapted to digest grains and that the consumption of grains can cause chronic “untreatable” health conditions.

Why? Grains contain certain anti-nutrients which prevent their absorption in the gut. The anti-nutrients in grains serve as an evolutionary strategy to protect the integrity of the grain so that it can survive. This same protection creates harm in the body of people such as myself. I have been grain free since 2001 and believe it has helped my health immeasurably.

Therefore I have composed this page with my Top 5 Healthy Paleo Diet recipes. You can also check out Sebastien Noel's excellent Paleo Recipe Book HERE (I suggest having a look at our full review on this blog first). As a lifelong athlete I have personally found that Paleo diet recipes provide superior nutrition for athletic performance.  So, without further delay...

Here are the Top 10 Healthy Paleo Diet Recipes: 

1. Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmas)

This yummy recipe comes from Mellissa Joulwan, paleo cookbook author and blogger.

Ingredients

1 8-oz. jar grape leaves (I used Mezzeta)
½ head raw cauliflower
2 tablespoons pine nuts (optional)
2 tablespoons raisins or currants (optional)
1 pound ground lamb (I like Lava Lake Lamb, which is 100 percent grass-fed)
½ medium raw onion
1 tablespoon dried mint
½ cup fresh parsley leaves
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 fresh lemons
1 egg   

Directions:  Visit theclothesmakethegirl.com to watch Mellissa's step-by-step video tutorial.


2. Chocolate Sunflower Butter Cups

This recipe is from professional snowboarder and fitness and health enthusiast, Iris Lazz. She's a member of the O'Neill Snow Team and loves to share recipes on her blog.

Ingredients
½-¾ cup raw honey to taste
1 cup sunflower seed butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon organic butter or ghee (if you use ghee, add a pinch of salt)
11 ounces of dark chocolate (I used 10 ounces of 65 percent and added about 1 ounce of 100 percent cocoa)

Directions:   Double boil the chocolate with the butter. Take spoonfuls of chocolate and put into silicone muffin cups. While the chocolate is still warm and mobile, hold up and tilt each cup while rotating a full 360 degrees, to lightly coat the sides about halfway up. Place in freezer to set.

Mix honey, sunflower seed butter, and vanilla until well-blended. Roll into balls and flatten to make little disks. Place disks into cups, cover with chocolate, and put in the freezer again to set.

Once set, about 10-15 minutes, pop out of the silicone, place candies into cute paper cups and enjoy!


3. Mosaic Artichoke Salad

Here is delicious and easy salad recipe for paleo enthusiasts.

Ingredients

  2 14-ounce cans of artichoke hearts (in water)
¼ cup pitted Kalamata olives
⅓ of a red, yellow, or orange bell pepper
⅓ of a green bell pepper
¼ of a red onion
2 tablespoons of Italian parsley, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, finely minced
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:  Drain artichoke hearts and quarter. Cut olives in half, julienne bell peppers, and thinly slice onions into half moons. Add ingredients to a medium-sized bowl and top with coarsely chopped parsley and drained garbanzo beans. Mix well. Add vinegar, oil, and pepper, and toss. Store in refrigerator.

4.  Spaghetti Squash Pasta and Garlicky Beef Bolognese

  This spaghetti recipe from women's lifestyle blogger Dannielle of Strangekitty is perfect for a Paleo and gluten-free diet.

Ingredients
2 pounds of ground beef
½ large spaghetti squash, de-seeded (scrape it out with a spoon)
1 small can tomato paste
Handful of fresh basil
1-2 heads of garlic

1 chopped white/yellow onion
Salt/pepper
Mozzarella cheese (optional)

Directions:  Preheat your oven to about 350 degrees. Place the squash half face down on a greased roasting pan. Stick it in the oven for about 30-45 minutes until fork tender. (You want to be able to shred it with a fork. Don't let it get mushy!)

While that's baking, brown your beef and onions. Crush all the garlic cloves and throw it in with the beef. Add tomato paste and the basil, salt, and pepper. Let it all simmer for about 20 minutes.

Shred the squash. (Let it cool down a bit. Blazingly hot squash leaves can leave burn scars!) Place a pile on each plate, serve with meat sauce over the top, and garnish with cheese and basil.


5.  Pumpkin Bread

I love FitViews for their awesome recipes! Here's one that's perfect for fall.

Ingredients
1 cup blanched almond meal
¼ cup coconut flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
¼ cup maple syrup
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon melted ghee (or coconut oil)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:  Combine dry ingredients. Beat eggs and add in. Add remaining wet ingredients. Grease a 9-inch loaf pan with coconut oil (or you can use cooking spray). Bake at 375 degrees for about 40 minutes.


There you have it paelo dieters!  Thanks for coming by and checking out our Top 5 Paleo Diet Recipes.  

And don't forget to check out Sebastien Noel's Paleo Recipe Book HERE.  It's full of some of the best paleo diet recipes around, and most of them are not online, so this is worth a look (just for something different!).  Here is the link to see OUR FULL REVIEW and find out more.