Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go: The Solution to Gluten-Free Eating All Day Long with Delicious, Easy and Portable Primal Meals Author: Diana Rodgers | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AW75UJM | Format: PDF
Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go: The Solution to Gluten-Free Eating All Day Long with Delicious, Easy and Portable Primal Meals Description
Lunch and breakfast are often the hardest meals to eat without busting your Paleo, gluten-free diet, especially when most recipes call for gluten, processed oils, sliced bread or sandwich buns.
Diana Rodgers, a nutritional therapist and Paleo community activist, solves the problem with 100 easy and delicious packable meals without bread. From lettuce-wrap sandwiches to egg muffins to creative uses for toothpicks and packaging, she takes the confusion out of how to make hand-friendly and fast Paleo meals. Recipes include her Chicken Salad with Fennel and Cranberries perfectly cradled by a leaf of romaine lettuce, the to-die for Cherry Tarragon Breakfast Sausages and even a Paleo-friendly Bubble and Squeak. These mouth-watering creations are perfect portable meals that are as healthy and easy to make as they are gourmet.
- File Size: 21414 KB
- Print Length: 192 pages
- Publisher: Page Street Publishing (August 6, 2013)
- Sold by: Macmillan
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AW75UJM
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Disclosures: I am a paleo author/blogger and own pretty much every Paleo-oriented book ever written. I received a copy of this book to review. I'm also a busy mom, gym owner, and a terrible green thumb (though my other half is not). Now that we have that out of the way...
Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go is a fantastic book for those new to the Paleo way of life, or those looking for creative takes on what to eat for breakfast and lunch. The fact that Diana holds her NTP designation (and is furthering her nutrition education in a Masters program), is a mom of 2 active kids, has been living with Celiac disease for years, and manages an organic farm operation with her husband adds something to this book that you won't find in others out there. It's her personal experiences and practice of not only what she feeds her own family but what has worked with her nutrition clients that translates beautifully into simple yet delicious recipes that are incredibly accessible to just about everyone.
Given, there are a lot more Paleo books on the market today than say when Robb Wolf's The Paleo Solution book came out in 2010 - and this is a great thing in that I think it now means there is something for just about everyone. Diana's book is focused solely on breakfasts and lunches and how to eat those on the run, with a busy family going 8 different directions and/or when time is not on your side.
Early in the book Diana explains her history, her definition of Paleo, tips for staying the Paleo path, and more.
And then of course there are the recipes, which are fantastic. The first recipe I tried was her Winter Beet Salad. I hate beets...usually (and fennel, another ingredient called for).
I am a busy mother of two young children, including an exclusively breastfed infant. I have done several Whole30s and am looking to return to eating paleo for a number of reasons. I try to do as much food prep and cooking as possible on the weekend, particularly as I am about to return to work and have very little time for meal preparation on weeknights. I am not new to paleo eating, but do need quick-to-prepare meals that will appeal to my starch-and-carb loving husband and 3 year old without breaking the budget, so I was optimistic about Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts on the Go.
I made and enjoyed several of the wrap recipes, including the Chicken and Peach Firecracker Wrap, Roast Beef and Beets Wrap, and Avocado, Orange, and Herb Chicken Wrap. None of them took TOO long to prepare (although I admit I used a precooked chicken and bought precooked beets among other shortcuts) and all could easily have been reworked as salads rather than wraps. I'm looking forward to trying some of the "cook and run" wraps and salads, too.
Most of the soups/chilis appear to take a lot of effort and time to prepare. The author specifically says that she doesn't like slow cookers, and a quick survey of the recipes in this section indicate that many can't really be modified for the crock pot. While this portion of the cookbook doesn't meet my needs, the recipes do sound and look appealing.
The Sweet Potato Apple Cinnamon pancakes were quite nice, although took an excessive amount of time to prepare. I made a double batch and between grating the apples and mashing the cooked sweet potato, then cooking the pancakes in a 10" skillet on the stove, it took well over an hour for one recipe.
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