by Melody Spencer | Dec 14, 2017 | Health & Nutrition, Recipes & Videos
Seriously, the holiday season just isn’t complete without with a cookie jar filled with festive cut-out sugar cookies. Cookie Santas, candy canes, reindeer—you’ve got to have them! But the traditional sugar cookie recipe isn’t quite “paleo friendly,” so I had to have...
by Melody Spencer | Nov 19, 2017 | Health & Nutrition, Recipes & Videos
It’s that time of year again—pumpkin season! Who else loves this time of year?! Fall foods (especially the desserts) are all so delicious, but typically not very paleo-friendly. (BOO!) So of course, I had to make my own paleo twist on this Thanksgiving staple: pumpkin...
by Melody Spencer | Nov 12, 2017 | Health & Nutrition, Recipes & Videos
When you’re beginning a paleo diet, one of the harder things to give up is pasta… uhm, no more mac & cheese?! Seriously, who doesn’t love mac & cheese? But there are so many paleo-friendly pasta alternatives. You’ve got the infamous zoodles (zucchini...
by Kelsey Ale | Nov 10, 2017 | All Posts, Recipes & Videos
This recipe comes from page 97 in my desserts cookbook Paleo Sweets. I recently modified the recipe so that it’s paleo AND vegan-friendly, so everyone can enjoy their slice 🙂 This recipe makes 1 single pie crust, but you can easily double the recipe and either...
by Melody Spencer | Nov 8, 2017 | Health & Nutrition, Recipes & Videos, Vibrant Lifestyle
In my Paleo Sweets Cookbook, a lot of the recipes use a combination of different flours including almond flour, arrowroot starch, and coconut flour. And one of the biggest questions that I get from people about those recipes is “what is a good substitute for almond...
by Melody Spencer | Nov 4, 2017 | Health & Nutrition, Recipes & Videos, Vibrant Lifestyle
All foods in nature exist as a “complex,” meaning they come packaged together with many pieces, like vitamins and minerals. Your body uses these vitamins and minerals along with enzymes to digest the sugar. So, when you eat a natural sweetener, the need for enzymes...
