Italian inspired Paleo Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

• Chicken breasts – 500 g
• 1 box of organic chopped tomatoes
• Fresh basil (If you do not have these herbs in store then you could use an organic Italian herb mix)
• Fresh rosemary
• Fresh oregano
• 3 cloves of garlic
• ½ large onion

How to make:

1. Chop the onion and the garlic and the herbs
2. Place the chicken breasts in an ovenproof dish
3. Mix the tomatoes, onions, garlic and the herbs together and pour it over the chicken
4. Put it in the oven for about 30 min on 392 f (200 c)
5. Make a salad with vegetables of your desire
6. Salt to taste with sea salt

Chicken breasts with Dijon Mustard Recipe

Ingredients:

• Chicken breasts – 500 g
• A large teaspoon of organic raw honey
• 5 tablespoons of Dijon mustard

How to make:

1. Mix the honey and the mustard together in a bow
2. Place the chicken breasts in a oven proof dish
3. Pour the mustard mix over the Chicken
4. Put it in the oven for about 30 min on 392 f (200 c)
5. Make a salad with vegetables of your desire
6. Salt to taste with sea salt

Paleo Chicken Sandwich

You can make Paleo bread rolls and then you will have a chicken sandwich.

Indian Paleo Chicken Recipes

Indian food is packed with proteins, healthy vegetables and delicious spices. Additionally it does not take that long to make the food either, at least not the recipes that I am making.

The paleo korma

Ingredients:

• Chicken breasts – 500 g
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 thumb sized fresh ginger
• 2 fresh green chilies
• 1/3 of a fresh red chili
• 1/2 of a fresh tomato
• 1 small bunch of fresh cilantro
• ½ tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp. garam masala
• 2 tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• ½ tsp. sea salt
• 2 tbs neutral cold pressed oil

How to make:

1. Chop the garlic, chilies, tomatoes, cilantro and ginger in semi small pieces (You are going to blend this later on)
2. Put all the stuff you chopped in a bowl. Then add the rest of the spices. Now you blend this with a hand blender until you obtain a paste like texture
3. Chop the chicken and fry it in a pan. Preferably in a pan with high edges
4. When the chicken is done add the korma paste. Then you go on and add the coconut milk. Stir it and let it boil for 2 minutes and you are good to go
5. As a rice substitute you could use chickpeas or chop a zucchini in small pieces

You might also like: Hot Chicken Salad

Paleo Chicken Garam Masala

Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts
• ½ red chili
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 bell peppers
• 12 oz of coconut milk
• A box of chick peas
• 2 tbs of garam masala

How to Make:

1. Chop the bell peppers in long slices
2. Chop the garlic and chilli
3. Chop the chicken
4. Cook the chicken in a large pan with high edges (you could use a pot too)
5. Phase in the coconut milk and the garam masala. Pour some of it in the pan and stir around. Then add some more.
6. About half way through this process add the garlic and chilli
7. At last add the chickpeas.
8. Serve it with bell pepper slices on the side.

You should with your best effort try to include all the ingredients for the Indian recipes. I actually learned that what is so unique with Indian dishes is that the different ingredients are not similar in flavor. Whereas, the western cuisine has much more flavor combinations with similar flavors.

Paleo General TSO Chicken

General Tso Chicken is a crowd pleasing favorite, this delicious paleo version will leave you wanting more. This recipe is great main dish for the entire family, especially those who are gluten intolerant. This sweet and spicy yet wonderfully savory chicken dish is easy to make and will satisfy those cravings for Asian cuisine.

Ingredients:

• 2 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
• 3/4 cup chicken broth, low-sodium
• 3 Tbsp raw honey
• 2 Tbsp arrowroot powder
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• 1/2 tsp ginger, grated
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 scallion, chopped
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil
• Sea salt and ground pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. In a sauté pan, heat up coconut oil over medium-low heat.
2. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and then cut into strips or cubes. Add to the sauté pan and brown on all sides, 7-8 minutes
3. Add in the arrowroot powder and then the rest of the ingredients and bring to a simmer for 10-15 minutes until it begins to thicken.

Baked Coconut Chicken Fingers

Paleo cooking seems to get a bad rep, although healthy eating habits are great and a new lifestyle of clean eating is far better choice, at times we can start to miss our old faithful favorite comfort foods. For us chicken fingers are the holy grail of comfort food, they are the one food growing up every restaurant made and a restaurants to make chicken fingers were the measurement of how good the joint was. A life without chicken fingers would be a sad life indeed and this delicious paleo chicken finger recipe that is available in the Paleo Recipe Book is definitely worth making whether you follow a Paleo lifestyle or not.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup almond meal
• 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/4 tsp. smoked paprika
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 egg
• coconut oil

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a bowl combine almond meal, shredded coconut, paprika, sea salt, and black pepper.
3. In a separate bowl beat egg, then dip chicken breasts in egg until coated.
4. Roll chicken breast in dry mixture until thoroughly covered.
5. Place chicken breasts in pan coated with coconut oil and bake for 25 minutes.
6. Optional: If added crunchiness is desired, broil chicken for an additional 2-3 minutes.

Savory Chicken Casserole

Ingredients:

• 2 c cooked shredded chicken
• 5 c butternut squash, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 c coconut cream (skimmed off of the top of a can of coconut milk)
• 1/4 c coconut oil, melted
• 25 c green peas (if using frozen, thaw prior to adding to recipe)
• 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1/2 tsp onion powder

Preparation:

1. If you have not pre-prepared your chicken, place chicken in an additional pot of boiling water for 40 minutes. Remove from heat, strain and shred chicken using forks or a stand mixer.
2. Meanwhile, soften cubed and peeled butternut squash in a large pot of boiling water for approximately 40 minutes. Remove butternut squash from pot using a strainer and place in a large bowl. Using a potato masher, mash butternut squash to a smooth, but somewhat chunky texture.
3. Add apple cider vinegar, sea salt, garlic powder, black pepper, oregano, thyme and onion powder to the mashed butternut squash and stir to combine.
4. Add coconut creme and oil, stirring to combine.
5. Stir in coconut oil, coconut creme, shredded chicken and green peas.
6. Place mixture in a large skillet and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes on medium heat.

Recipe makes 4 servings.

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Will the Paleo diet get you the body that you are looking for? Sure, after all the results speak for themselves and thousands of people swear by eating Paleo. But let’s face it, most of us don’t want to see the amazing results that other people have had, we want to see our results and we want to see them fast.

If you are looking to supercharge your Paleo diet results, then it is time to start doing some easy workouts that will supercharge the fat burning process. But how will you know which exercises you should be doing?

The good news is that the Paleo diet does not require lots of special equipment or hard training. There is not going to be any expensive gym memberships or special dvds that you will need to buy in order to see a difference. Remember, the Paleo diet is all about living the way that the hunter-gatherers used to live, so to figure out which exercises you should be doing, you should think about what exercises they would have done.

Your workouts don’t have to be hard, just think about what kinds of muscles a caveman would have been used to using. For instance, a caveman would have been forced to hunt their own food, what skills would that require? The ability to run? The ability to lift a heavy carcass?

Okay, now think of what you would need to do to mimic those abilities. First, you would need cardio so that you could build up your running abilities. And second, you would need to incorporate weights into your exercise routine so that you would be able to lift heavy objects whenever possible.

This is just one example of how you can easily craft a Paleo diet workout that is right for you. Just start by really thinking about what skills you would need if you were a hunter-gatherer and then find workouts that compliment those skills.

And the good news is if you are eating a diet rich in Paleo foods, you are giving yourself the vitamins and protein to get through these workouts with ease.

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But if we are really honest, all of those before and after pictures are really just that, pictures. How are you supposed to really be able to tell what changes have happened to a person through pictures? At the end of the day, just looking at pictures does not give you any real clue about the results that these Paleo dieters have gotten.

So what are the real benefits of the Paleo diet? What are the results that you will be able to see and feel for yourself? And most importantly, if you have been mislead by diets for so long, how are you supposed to believe that the Paleo diet will really make a difference in your life?

One of the biggest things people talk about when it comes to the Paleo lifestyle is the amount of energy that they have and how quickly they see results. Now if you think about it, most diets and exercise programs claim that you will have a lot of energy and fast results. But the difference between those programs and the Paleo diet is very simple. The Paleo diet makes sure that your body is getting enough protein to get you through the day.

So many of us are deficient in protein and we don’t even realize it. We go through our day thinking that eating that banana or having that protein shake will be enough for us. But the truth is when you have enough protein in your body, you will quickly start to see changes in your life. Not only does protein work to make you feel fuller, but it will also help you to lose weight at an incredible speed. One of the biggest reasons people see so many changes on the Paleo diet is because this is one of the only diets out there that makes sure your body has enough protein.

But protein alone is only one of the reason behind the success of Paleo. The other reason is that you will stop eating processed foods. Foods that don’t come straight from the earth are not only unhealthy for your body, but these processed foods can literally store up in your body and lead to illness, disease, or death. But when you are eating a Paleo diet, you are eating foods as they were meant to be eaten, in the purest form possible.

Isn’t it time you started looking into Paleo?

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People who have used the Paleo diet look amazing, feel great, and claim that they have more energy than they have ever had in their entire life. But what is the Paleo diet really? And is it really a good diet choice for everyone?

The basic theory behind the Paleo diet is ‘eating like a caveman’. After all, if you really look at it, the caveman must have been incredibly strong, and amazingly healthy. After all, there were no drive through windows or cars in the day when the caveman was alive. Instead, they were forced to get all of their needs met the way that nature intended, by living off of the land.

Think about it, think about what a day in the life of a caveman would really have been like. First, they constantly had to defend themselves from predators. Whether they were hunting or sleeping they always had to be prepared for an attack from a large hungry animal. This meant that the caveman had to be ready to win a life and death battle in a moments notice.

Secondly, a caveman was responsible for hunting and preparing food. This meant that they either had to fashion weapons or use their hands to take down their prey. Once they found and killed their prey they then had to prepare it as a meal and gather fruits and vegetables to have further sustenance.

And finally, the caveman had to figure out how to protect themselves from the elements.  Whether it was brutal winter snows or harsh summer heat the caveman had to figure out how to survive these extreme conditions.

The point is that all of these things require an enormous amount of strength, skill, and mental alertness. And since the caveman had nothing to eat except for the things that nature provided, their diet must have played a strong role in helping them to survive.

Many people who have started a Paleo diet have claimed to experience more energy, less illness, and a dramatic weight loss. When you eat a diet that follows the rules of Paleo you are eating for strength, fuel, and health.

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