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The Contest:
Every Saturday I publish a Primal Blueprint recipe, but this Saturday is different. This Saturday I want you to point the Mark’s Daily Apple community to a delicious, must-try recipe you’ve found in the interwebs. In other words, include a link in the comment board below to a Primal meal you recommend. The link needs to be to another site, not MDA, and the recipe needs to be decidedly Primal; no vegetable oil fried wheat cakes topped with sugary sugar. Also, please include the name and/or a brief description of the dish.
Feel free to link to your own blog if you’re a Primal foodie blogger.
By the end of this contest the comment board will be a resource for the community, with (hopefully!) hundreds of links to Primal bloggers around the world that are dishing out healthy meal ideas.
Note: All comments with links have to be manually approved by a moderator before they are published in the comment board. Your patience is appreciated.
The Deadline:
September 19, 10:00 a.m. PST. You’ve got the weekend to find and publish your favorite Primal recipe link in the comment board.
Who is Eligible:
Anyone in the world that knows how to copy and paste a Primal recipe link to a comment board.
How a Winner is Chosen:
A random drawing will be held among all entrants. Check back on Monday to see all the submissions!
WOW!!! Thank you SO much- I was just this morning going to search for a primal granola- you made my day
Keira
5 years 8 months ago
Ya beat me to it. I’ll have to come up with another recipe. This stuff is the bomb! I’ve made it many times & my husband will still eat it!(He’s picky sometimes)I’ve made it with macadamia nuts, pecans & coconut oil. The possibilities are endless. I’ve yet to try it with chocolate. It doesn’t need it.
Yum! Cereal is the one thing my daughters miss sooo much since we’ve made the leap to this lifestyle. I can’t wait to surprise them with this some morning!
My bread missing friend is so gonna love you for sharing this one! I don’t miss it so much, but she does. 😀
peggy
5 years 8 months ago
I’ve made another one of her breads that uses less egg & no coconut flour. (grain-free sandwich bread) so nice to see one of her recipes without agave nectar & grapeseed oil!
Curry Hot Pot found at http://paleofood.com/beef.htm (scroll down to the very bottom, its listed under ‘Other’. 1 1/2 lbs boned chuck 2 tbsp olive oil 2 med. onions, sliced 1 apple, peeled and cubed 1 tbsp curry powder 2 tomatoes, chopped 1/4 cup raisins 2 cups beef broth 1/4 tsp pepper 1 tbsp honey Cut chuck lengthwise into 1 1/2 inch strips and crosswise into thin slices. Brown in hot oil. Add onions, apple and curry, and sauté. Stir in the tomatoes, raisins, beef broth, pepper, and honey. Bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, for 40 minutes, or until the… Read more »
When I went gluten free years ago I learned that cucumber slices and green peppers make excellent “vehicles” for all kinds of yummy things, like egg salad, tuna salad, lunchmeat…etc.
dru185
5 years 8 months ago
My favorite primal meal is the Meatza: A pizza made from meat “crust” with whatever toppings you enjoy. I like to put olives, mushrooms and cheese on mine but I often mix it up.
Well I love this combination, broccoli and apple just seem to go well together for me… sometimes I throw in a little bit of kiwi, almost turning the salad into a dessert! It´s great, you MUST try it: http://mypaleokitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/broccoli-and-apple-salad.html
Grok on, I hope I win!
Suz
5 years 8 months ago
Last weekend I made the simplest quickest strawberry and coconut ice cream ever! Delicious and completely primal!
It’s a breakfast pizza!! A few variations that I typically do are: grass-fed beef or bison in place of the sausage, coconut oil instead of olive oil, and in lieu of the spaghetti sauce I’ll use some homemade pico de gallo. I love this recipe because it is really easy to change and scale up and down depending on how many you are feeding.
Except I swap around the meats by using 1lb grass-fed ground beef and 1lb of Italian chicken sausage. I also sub green chile powder for the red pepper flakes (my hubby is from New Mexico – if it has green chile, he’ll eat it!). I cook them up and store in the fridge. They are tasty cold when I need a little something, or great heated and topped with marinara when I have time for an actual meal.
Can you believe it, I could not find ONE primal recipe for a proper caesar salad? So I had to write my own (by which I mean, Alton Brown’s without the croutons).
This is seriously the best recipe I’ve found since going Primal, Latest in Paleo’s Pho or Vietnamese Beef Soup. How can you go wrong slow cooking a chuck roast, short ribs, AND beef bones in one pot?
Thank you so much April! Tom Yung soup is one of my favourites! especially in winter when feeling a bit under the weather, it makes me feel better (the chicken stock perhaps?) I love adding a ton of cabbage to mine. I never had a recipe before & always made a packaged version – so I’ve gone without for several years now. Thank you I’m gonna make this alot this winter…
A fantastic blend of South American spices and herbs mixed into a thick coconut milk based sauce and served over pan-seared chicken breast. Trust me, this is one of those recipes you will come back to many times! If you are really feeling primal, feel free to throw some quality grass-fed butter right into the sauce as well!
Abby
5 years 7 months ago
As someone who is venturing into paleo after spending close to two years as a vegeterian (I know, I know…), this chicken recipe looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it! Thanks for posting!
This is a recipe for a whole chicken cooked in coconut milk. It is really delicious. We often make it on sundays and eat the leftovers for lunch for the next few days. It suggests serving it on rice, but that is totally unnecessary.
http://www.janssushibar.com/?p=11683 These bacon wrapped chicken livers are amazing!! I found them through Chowstalker.com. I am a cook at a health food coop and I made these there to sell and I tell ya…they swayed even the “I-HATE-liver!-I will-never-eat-it” crowd. I literally saw some faces light up!! I am always looking for was to use the offal, because usually it gets thrown away (SHAMEFUL, I know) and I hate to see any animal food tossed. I have tried things in the past that I thought were great, (however, I like liver; I grew up eating offal) but NO GO for most… Read more »
W.J. Purifoy
5 years 7 months ago
In the recipe for these livers, just click on the ingredient “maple barbecue sauce” and it will take you to the recipe for the sauce.
Chris
5 years 8 months ago
Here’s one I’ve been making a lot lately. It’s easy and yummy!
this is the best, easiest primal pizza out there . . . buffalo chicken pizza. and the cave girl even makes a ranch sauce topping out of ghee (YEY for ghee!!!)
grok on!
kiss
5 years 8 months ago
There are so many good recipes out there it’s hard to pick. However, to me, this recipe tastes like Love and Happiness. Paleo Chicken Bastila — http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/08/02/paleo-chicken-bastila/ —
It does take a commitment of time, but it isn’t hard although the ingredient list is long and there are several steps to the process. Consider it a special occasion dish.
This is one of my favorite breakfasts, made of leftovers from one of my favorite, simple dinners. It’s an unusual omelette, sweet and Indian-spiced, packed with protein, fat -(including coconut!) and safe starch. Perfect for an active day!
I LOVE keema. I LOVE sweet potato. Never thought of putting them together in an omelet before. Sounds gorgeous! Of course… this means I need to make enough keema that we have leftovers. A rarity in our house!
Hey everybody, I am a french follower of MDA, and I’d say you’d be surprised to see how many traditional french recipes are actually primal, or very close to it. So my suggestions for today’s contest is a traditional recipe from my home region: not sure if a kidgoat is something easy to get on the other side of the atlantic, but I highly recommend it, especially if it she´s been fed 100% with her grassfed mumy’s milk. (my neighbor is a goatherd which helps). Here it goes: http://www.visit-poitou.com/article.php3?id_article=223 however this recipe says to serve with potatoes which is kind… Read more »
holly
5 years 8 months ago
I noticed this about French cooking recently myself! I just checked out several books on french cuisine from the library. 🙂
I love French cuisine, everything is all creamy and buttery, and its easy to substitute traditional breadcrumbs in breading (which is quite popular) with ground almonds or dessicated coconut, so bon appetit 🙂
I have made this once. I liked it. The “gravy” is delish.
Not a Primal site, but I first found some flax
“bread” and other low-carb Primal/Paleo friendly recipes here before I stumbled across MDA.
Margarita Pork Chops! I love this one! It was recently posted on a site I visit OFTEN, Purely Primal: Cooking with the Good Stuff. I like to sneak in primal meals when I cook for friends, just to show them how awesome the food is. My husband, father-in-law, and good buddy LOVED this one. But then again, they call pork “vitamin P”…so I’m pretty sure they would have liked anything with pork.
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Here’s a link for some primal granola/cereal(without, you know, the actual cereal)
http://is.gd/dIOiGn
WOW!!! Thank you SO much- I was just this morning going to search for a primal granola- you made my day
Ya beat me to it. I’ll have to come up with another recipe. This stuff is the bomb! I’ve made it many times & my husband will still eat it!(He’s picky sometimes)I’ve made it with macadamia nuts, pecans & coconut oil. The possibilities are endless. I’ve yet to try it with chocolate. It doesn’t need it.
OMG that looks SOOO good.
Agreed!!! I will make it this weekend.
Yum! Cereal is the one thing my daughters miss sooo much since we’ve made the leap to this lifestyle. I can’t wait to surprise them with this some morning!
http://www.elanaspantry.com/paleo-bread/ – Paleo Bread
This looks great Lara!
Looks yummy, Lara! I’m going to try making that.
Here’s one for Chocolate Mini-Cakes…
http://www.epicbeautyguide.com/2011/09/clear-skin-chocolate-mini-cakes/
I made this the week she posted it…it is so good and freezes well too!
My bread missing friend is so gonna love you for sharing this one! I don’t miss it so much, but she does. 😀
I’ve made another one of her breads that uses less egg & no coconut flour. (grain-free sandwich bread) so nice to see one of her recipes without agave nectar & grapeseed oil!
http://hansplum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&joscclean=1&comment_id=532&Itemid=8
Paleo Almost Chicken Parm.
http://fairflavors.blogspot.com/2011/09/stuffed-sardines.html – Stuffed Sardines
A great recipe, with an Italian twist, for lovely fatty sardines!
You can even add something extra to the primal experience, by gutting the fish yourself (like I did, for the first time :-))
Love,
Anna
Good one! Here’s another excellent fish dish: Tropical Tuna: http://theprimalchallenge.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/tropical-tuna/
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/05/08/paleo-pad-thai/
Paleo Pad Thai… delicious…
Oh I miss pad thai sooo much! Thank you!
ME TOO. For once, I can’t WAIT until we get spaghetti squash from our CSA.
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! Gonna make this tonight!
I’ve had this recipe bookmarked for ages. I really need to get make it.
http://stuffimakemyhusband.blogspot.com/2011/06/slow-cooked-carnitas.html – Pork Carnitas (slow cooker)
and pretty much everything else on her blog 🙂
I’ve made this one, and I liked it! It was actually a little sweet for me, but it was great as breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Primal Chicken Tacos with home-made Guacamole
http://theprimalchallenge.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/primal-alternatives-chicken-tacos/
A great substitute for the SAD mexican food that is filled with flour, beans, and preservatives.
http://www.primal-palate.com/2010/08/lazy-sunday-bacon-and-eggs.html – Easy bacon and eggs, goes great with sauteed mushrooms and avocado slices or a cup of blueberries.
Sausage, spinach, and tomato Frittata
http://theprimalchallenge.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/primal-cooking-sausage-spinach-and-tomato-frittata/
I LOVE fritattas!
Warning – recipes may be NSFW, there are profanities! They are also pretty good…..
http://www.modernpaleowarfare.com/2011/09/man-jam-aka-bacon-jam.html
How to make jam out of bacon – yes really!
And another – getting chocolate into your food – what’s not to like?
http://www.modernpaleowarfare.com/2011/09/chocolate-chicken-molemolemolemole.html
Man Jam!! My hubby Would love this!!
I don’t eat dairy so I don’t need to enter but I love this idea. I tried a new (simple) recipe this week that was absolutely amazing in a “why didn’t I think of that” way. Use cucumbers as a cracker substitute (hello, genious!) and try this spicy salmon spread. It is SO good. http://everydaypaleo.com/2011/09/08/introducing-paleo-comfort-foods-cookbook-by-julie-charles-mayfield/
When I went gluten free years ago I learned that cucumber slices and green peppers make excellent “vehicles” for all kinds of yummy things, like egg salad, tuna salad, lunchmeat…etc.
My favorite primal meal is the Meatza: A pizza made from meat “crust” with whatever toppings you enjoy. I like to put olives, mushrooms and cheese on mine but I often mix it up.
http://www.justinowings.com/meatza-meatza/
Well I love this combination, broccoli and apple just seem to go well together for me… sometimes I throw in a little bit of kiwi, almost turning the salad into a dessert! It´s great, you MUST try it:
http://mypaleokitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/broccoli-and-apple-salad.html
Grok on, I hope I win!
Last weekend I made the simplest quickest strawberry and coconut ice cream ever! Delicious and completely primal!
http://paleo.com.au/2011/09/the-easiest-strawberry-coconut-ice-cream-ever/
http://everydaypaleo.com/2010/09/07/cooking-demo-breakfast-paleo-pizza/
It’s a breakfast pizza!! A few variations that I typically do are: grass-fed beef or bison in place of the sausage, coconut oil instead of olive oil, and in lieu of the spaghetti sauce I’ll use some homemade pico de gallo. I love this recipe because it is really easy to change and scale up and down depending on how many you are feeding.
http://www.mommypotamus.com/copycat-whole-foods-salmon-dip/ – Smoked Salmon spread
Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes! A great fall morning treat!
http://cfscceat.blogspot.com/2011/01/pumpkin-paleo-pecan-pancakes.html
I tried this recipe this morning — wonderful pancakes!! Thx for sharing.
I make these a lot for what Nom Nom Paleo calls “emergency protein”:
http://www.sweetcheekshq.com/2010/05/another-tasty-ball.html
Except I swap around the meats by using 1lb grass-fed ground beef and 1lb of Italian chicken sausage. I also sub green chile powder for the red pepper flakes (my hubby is from New Mexico – if it has green chile, he’ll eat it!). I cook them up and store in the fridge. They are tasty cold when I need a little something, or great heated and topped with marinara when I have time for an actual meal.
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/04/29/stovetop-pork-carnitas/
Stove Top Pork Carnitas – Delicious!!!
Can you believe it, I could not find ONE primal recipe for a proper caesar salad? So I had to write my own (by which I mean, Alton Brown’s without the croutons).
http://primalbex.blogspot.com/2011/09/alton-browns-hail-caesar-salad-primal.html
I’ve memorized this recipe and make it all the time, the anchovy paste really is necessary. If you have a good Italian grocer, win!
http://www.health-bent.com/proteins/pork-fried-rice
Paleo Pork Fried “Rice”
This is seriously the best recipe I’ve found since going Primal, Latest in Paleo’s Pho or Vietnamese Beef Soup. How can you go wrong slow cooking a chuck roast, short ribs, AND beef bones in one pot?
http://www.latestinpaleo.com/blog/2011/3/22/latest-in-paleo-pho-recipe-vietnamese-beef-soup.html
With Fall approaching, it’s time to fire up those slow cookers!
http://www.cheeseslave.com/2011/09/16/tom-yung-goong/ Tom yung goong Thai soup
Thank you so much April! Tom Yung soup is one of my favourites! especially in winter when feeling a bit under the weather, it makes me feel better (the chicken stock perhaps?) I love adding a ton of cabbage to mine. I never had a recipe before & always made a packaged version – so I’ve gone without for several years now. Thank you I’m gonna make this alot this winter…
http://brokeassgourmet.com/articles/spicy-beef-stuffed-peppers
Here is an absolutely delicious recipe called: Brazilian Chicken with Coconut milk.
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/brazilian-chicken-with-coconut-milk/Detail.aspx
A fantastic blend of South American spices and herbs mixed into a thick coconut milk based sauce and served over pan-seared chicken breast. Trust me, this is one of those recipes you will come back to many times! If you are really feeling primal, feel free to throw some quality grass-fed butter right into the sauce as well!
As someone who is venturing into paleo after spending close to two years as a vegeterian (I know, I know…), this chicken recipe looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it! Thanks for posting!
http://www.primal-palate.com/2010/12/chocolate-chip-cookies.html Absolute BEST primal cookie recipe I’ve found so far. As always the Food Lovers blog is great.
http://cosmopolitanprimalgirl.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/best-paleo-ribs-ever/ – Best Paleo Ribs Ever
This is a recipe for a whole chicken cooked in coconut milk. It is really delicious. We often make it on sundays and eat the leftovers for lunch for the next few days. It suggests serving it on rice, but that is totally unnecessary.
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/main-dish/recipe-chicken-in-coconut-milk-081026
Curious: Do you remove the fat from the pot after browning the chicken, as the recipe calls for? I’d be tempted to leave it in…
In the recipe for these livers, just click on the ingredient “maple barbecue sauce” and it will take you to the recipe for the sauce.
Here’s one I’ve been making a lot lately. It’s easy and yummy!
http://www.paleoplan.com/2011/02-01/marinated-chicken-alla-griglia/
This is a recipe for Spicy Cauliflower Soup adapted from Alice Water’s “The Art of Simple Food” cookbook. Here’s the link to the blog post and the full recipe is on the recipe page under 12/15/10. http://www.foodforprimalthought.com/2010/12/spicy-cauliflower-soup-for-blustery-day.html
I found where they talk about this soup, but could not find the recipe. It sounds good, too. I was gonna try it.
Sorry, it’s called Marinated Chicken Alla Griglia.
http://www.paleoplan.com/2011/02-01/marinated-chicken-alla-griglia/
http://nourishedmeadow.com/2011/06/almond-butter-pancakes-daily-vlog/ – Almond Butter Pancakes… MmmMmmgoood (as super easy to make!)
http://www.thecavegirldish.com/2011/05/paleo-buffalo-chicken-pizza.html
this is the best, easiest primal pizza out there . . . buffalo chicken pizza. and the cave girl even makes a ranch sauce topping out of ghee (YEY for ghee!!!)
grok on!
There are so many good recipes out there it’s hard to pick. However, to me, this recipe tastes like Love and Happiness. Paleo Chicken Bastila — http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/08/02/paleo-chicken-bastila/ —
It does take a commitment of time, but it isn’t hard although the ingredient list is long and there are several steps to the process. Consider it a special occasion dish.
http://angiessuburbanoasis.blogspot.com/2011/09/paleoprimal-pizza.html – Primal Pizza!
http://balancedbites.com/2011/01/easy-recipe-simple-shrimp-ceviche-fresh-fries.html
easy, tasty fresh recipe! what more could you ask for?
Mmmm Jicama
http://angiessuburbanoasis.blogspot.com/2011/09/blackberry-muffins-paleoprimalgluten.html – Blackberry muffins
Acorn squash with eggs, sausage (your favorite will work)and…. BACON!!!!
http://www.paleotable.com/2011/01/acorn-squash-with-eggs-sausage-and.html
This is some good eating!
http://angiessuburbanoasis.blogspot.com/2011/09/red-velvet-chocolate-beet-cake.html – Red Velvet Chocolate Beet Cake
Keema & Sweet Potato Omelette
http://inthenightlife.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/keema-sweet-potato-omelette/
This is one of my favorite breakfasts, made of leftovers from one of my favorite, simple dinners. It’s an unusual omelette, sweet and Indian-spiced, packed with protein, fat -(including coconut!) and safe starch. Perfect for an active day!
I LOVE keema. I LOVE sweet potato. Never thought of putting them together in an omelet before. Sounds gorgeous! Of course… this means I need to make enough keema that we have leftovers. A rarity in our house!
Ropa Vieja inspired Flank Steak with Tomatoes, Olives, and Sweet Peppers… http://www.wholelifeeating.com/2011/03/flank-steak-with-tomatoes-olives-and-sweet-peppers/
We have been making this a lot lately.
http://ancientembrace.blogspot.com/2011/09/not-spaghetti-and-venison-meatballs.html
http://ancientembrace.blogspot.com/2011/06/old-fashioned-pot-roast.html
Garlicky Sesame-Cured Broccoli Salad
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E6DE1031F933A15751C0A96E9C8B63
I’m liking a lot of these recipes that have already been posted.
Here’s “Broiled Steelhead Trout with Rosemary, Lemon, and Garlic,” which I’ve made many times:
http://www.food.com/recipe/broiled-steelhead-trout-with-rosemary-lemon-and-garlic-109283
I noticed this about French cooking recently myself! I just checked out several books on french cuisine from the library. 🙂
I love French cuisine, everything is all creamy and buttery, and its easy to substitute traditional breadcrumbs in breading (which is quite popular) with ground almonds or dessicated coconut, so bon appetit 🙂
http://busycooks.about.com/od/beefroastrecipes/r/perfectpotroast.htm
Perfect Pot Roast by Linda Larsen, About.com Guide
I have made this once. I liked it. The “gravy” is delish.
Not a Primal site, but I first found some flax
“bread” and other low-carb Primal/Paleo friendly recipes here before I stumbled across MDA.
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/06/13/carmelized-coconut-chips/ – carmelized coconut chips
http://purelyprimal.com/2011/08/15/margarita-pork-chops/#more-5794
Margarita Pork Chops! I love this one! It was recently posted on a site I visit OFTEN, Purely Primal: Cooking with the Good Stuff. I like to sneak in primal meals when I cook for friends, just to show them how awesome the food is. My husband, father-in-law, and good buddy LOVED this one. But then again, they call pork “vitamin P”…so I’m pretty sure they would have liked anything with pork.