Chronic lower back pain … who doesn’t struggle with this? My own experience with lower back pain started when I was 19. It was not surprising to me though. I actually sort of expected it — after all, my dad had back pain for as long as I can remember. The doctors who examined me could find no structural issues in there — by all accounts, my lower back was not injured. After years of not getting any satisfying answers, it was suggested that I might have to just accept the fact that, thanks to genetics, it was simply my lot…
Fun news here! We’re partnering up with the good peeps at PaleoHacks to bring you some new recipes, workouts, tips, and more! PaleoHacks is a top source for amazing Paleo recipes, fitness tips, and wellness advice to help you live life to the fullest. Read on for a delicious immunity-boosting soup — and stay tuned for more healthy content from them in the coming weeks. Staying away from cold and flu germs during the winter can be an impossible task, so it’s important to arm your immune system with plenty of vitamins and minerals that can help ward off these…
These Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls, filled with shredded boneless chicken breast, carrots, scallions, hot sauce and blue cheese make the perfect appetizer! Bake them in the oven or air fryer!
Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls
For the filling, I took inspiration from my Buffalo Chicken Dip and added some cream cheese to the mix to make them creamy, moist and flavorful! You can see more Super Bowl Recipeshere.
It’s just not something you ever expect. Not after a total six years of infertility. Not two years after a failed IUI — when you didn’t even actually get to do the IUI because your body didn’t even respond enough to attempt it. And definitely not after you’re staring down your 38th birthday like a big ol’ blinking fertility warning light on your life’s dashboard. It’s just not something you ever expect. One More Try I’d never actually thought it possible to have three kids. Honestly, I thought two kids might be pushing it. After all, we felt beyond blessed to…
Jalapeno Poppers meet Nachos in this fun, low-carb twist on two classic appetizers, perfect for sharing with your friends this SUPERBOWL!
Inspire by my Loaded Mini Bell Pepper Nachos, I spiced things up using jalapeno peppers filled with cream cheese and cheddar instead, before loading on all the toppings!
So you want to be a gravel cyclist? I don’t blame you! This cross between a road bike and mountain bike is quickly gaining popularity, but before you start shopping, there are a few things you probably should know. What the Heck Is a Gravel Bike? As mentioned, a gravel bike is basically a cross between a road bike and a mountain bike. With clearance for fatter tires and disc brakes, they handle well off the pavement. Coupled with a more upright riding position and a lower bottom bracket, they are more stable than a typical skinny tire road bike.…
A whole roasted chicken is a simple, quick, and economical Whole30-friendly weeknight main dish. What I love best about whole roasted chicken is that it doesn’t take a lot of hands-on time to prep it for the oven, which means you can work on a simple vegetable side dish as you’re waiting for the chicken to finish cooking!
By stocking up whenever whole chickens go on sale, I can always keep a couple of birds in my freezer. When I’m ready to cook, I’ll take one out and pop it in the fridge before the start of the workweek. That way, it’s thawed and ready to cook mid-week—right when the temptation to order takeout is greatest!
You can roast a chicken the traditional way or you can spatchcock it (i.e., remove the backbone) and cook it flat. Either way, you’ll end up with a succulent roasted chicken that’ll make your house smell amazing!
My Favorite Whole30 Whole Roasted Chicken Recipes
Spatchcocked Chicken with Herb Ghee: This method for butterflying and roasting a whole chicken is far and away my FAVORITE way to prepare an entire bird. Don’t be intimidated by spatchcocking—I’ve got step-by-step pictures to show you how to do it!
Weeknight Roast Chicken: This fool-proof recipe for Weeknight Roast Chicken from the folks at America’s Test Kitchen is a great way to cook chicken. Just make sure to use ghee in the pan sauce to keep it Whole30-compliant!
Julia Child’s Classic Roast Chicken: Julia Child is the last word on how to roast a chicken, so if she says you should roast two at a time, do as the queen says.
What Side Dish Should I Serve With This?
There are so many options! The simplest and easiest vegetable side dish is a giant green salad, but if you’re craving some other ideas, check out the delicious vegetable dishes below:
A note to my Nomsters: This is one of a series of daily blog posts I’m writing in the month of January 2019 to help those doing a Whole30 to kick off the New Year. Not sure what the Whole30 is, or want info on how to get started? Read my Whole30 prep post—and then come back to Nom Nom Paleo every single day for recipes to inspire, delight, and sustain you on your Whole30!
I’m beyond thrilled to give you a sneak peak of my fourth cookbook, The Skinnytaste Air Fryer Cookbook: The 75 Best Healthy Recipes for Your Air Fryer.(more…)
Hope everyone’s enjoying the weekend. I am back on Weight Watchers tracking everything I eat (I go back to tracking anytime I need to lose a few pounds, like after a vacation or the holidays) and I’ve been sharing my daily routing on Instagram stories, if you are interested you can follow along, here is my Instagram. It’s also a year since my Dad passed, so it’s fitting to add his Czech Crepes with Berries and Cream to the meal plan this week, I grew up making them with my Dad.
And if you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.
There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.
Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!
Also, if you don’t have the Skinnytaste Meal Planner, now would be a great time to get one to get organized for 2019! There was a print error last year, but it’s perfect now! You can order it here!
THE DETAILS:
Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!
The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.
And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them!
*This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.
You’re in the home stretch of your Whole30, and I think it’s time to celebrate with a comforting bowl of Whole30 beef stew! I’ve got a whole bunch of beef stews recipes inspired by different cuisines, so take a gander at my list and make one tonight. Bonus: All of these stews freeze well, so these leftovers are sure to save the day sometime in the future!
My Favorite Whole30 Beef Stews
Korean Short Ribs: These Korean-inspired melt-off-the bone short ribs are a Nom Nom Paleo classic! You can make them in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot. Serve this dish with Asian Cauliflower Fried “Rice”!
Mexican Beef Stew: This easy-peasy Mexican beef stew only requires a few ingredients and you probably already have them in your pantry! You can make it in the oven or in the Instant Pot and then pile it on Mexi-Cauli Rice for Do-It-Yourself Whole30 Burrito Bowls!
Instant Pot Bo Kho: Love Vietnamese food? Make this flavorful beef stew seasoned with lemongrass and curry!
Instant Pot Pot Yankee Roast: You can’t improve on a classic—unless you can set it and forget it in an electric pressure cooker!
Want more inspiration from my past January Whole30s? Check out my Day 25 post from 2018!
A note to my Nomsters: This is one of a series of daily blog posts I’m writing in the month of January 2019 to help those doing a Whole30 to kick off the New Year. Not sure what the Whole30 is, or want info on how to get started? Read my Whole30 prep post—and then come back to Nom Nom Paleo every single day for recipes to inspire, delight, and sustain you on your Whole30!
We’re all seeking connection. Humans are social creatures — yes, even those of us who truly enjoy spending time alone. via GIPHY Strong social connections make life better, but forging those social connections isn’t always the easiest thing in the world. via GIPHY One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that, to have better friends (and therefore stronger connections — the type where you feel heard and understood and supported for being exactly who you are), I need to be a better friend. And that’s not so hard, right? When I make an effort to treat my friends…
There’s no hiding it: I’m a huge chicken thigh fan, which means almost all of my Whole30 chicken recipes call for dark meat. Although I used to go for chicken breast when offered a choice between white or dark meat, I never really liked eating it. I just thought it was the healthier way to go and begrudgingly choked down bland, dry, and chalky chicken.
Once I went paleo and discovered that I didn’t have to obsessively count calories and eat low fat stuff to be healthy, chicken thighs quickly made their way back onto my menu. Good thing, too. Hands down, chicken thighs are my favorite part of the bird—they’re way more flavorful, easier to cook, and cheaper than chicken breast, too. Even if you think you don’t like thighs, give one of my crispy-skinned thigh recipes a try and you might decide to join the dark side with me!
Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken: This recipe won best paleo recipe of 2015 in Paleo Magazine and it does not disappoint! Find yourself some lemongrass and make this dish ASAP.
Cantonese Crispy Chicken Thighs: This fab crispy chicken thigh dish is a mash up of Ollie’s Cracklin’ Chicken and one of my mom’s home-style dishes. Yes, that means it’s a winner!
If I haven’t convinced you to switch over to dark meat, check out my favorite Whole30 Chicken Breast recipes here!
A note to my Nomsters: This is one of a series of daily blog posts I’m writing in the month of January 2019 to help those doing a Whole30 to kick off the New Year. Not sure what the Whole30 is, or want info on how to get started? Read my Whole30 prep post—and then come back to Nom Nom Paleo every single day for recipes to inspire, delight, and sustain you on your Whole30!
I lightened up this popular French chicken dish known as Poulet Au Vinaigre, which is made with chicken thighs and shallots cooked in red wine vinegar and white white.
Red wine vinegar gives it an intense, tangy flavor, that mellows as it simmers. Shallots are similar to onions, and are always a staple in my house along with onions and garlic. They can transform any ordinary dish and make it extraordinary. The ease of this dish makes it perfect for a busy weeknight dinner.
Remember that time we talked taco salads with Bob Harper? And we both went on and on about how delicious and amazing taco salads are? Well, my love for the taco salad is true, long-lasting, and well-documented. Taco salad isn’t just the best of salads — it’s one of the best foods, period, in my opinion. Maybe you feel the same way. Maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ve never even had a really good taco salad (so sad). That’s exactly why I wanted to write this post. Because there are okay taco salads, good taco salads, and then GREAT taco salads.…
If you’ve been following us on Instagram (come check us out! @FitBottomedMama), you may seen a few posts or Insta stories about my daughter’s experience at Goldfish Swim School. (Spoiler: They let her try a few months of swim lessons on the house, and it’s been awesome!) Today, in addition to those behind-the-scenes glimpses, we’re sharing tips for your child’s first swim lesson, straight from Nicole Salmeto, general manager of Goldfish Swim School in Overland Park, Kan. 1. Get excited. Get your child fired up for their first swim lesson. Talk it up with them and express to them how much fun they…
If you loved the first half of our interview with Patricia Moreno, creator of IntenSati, then Part 2 is gonna rock your socks, because none of us — Patricia included — hold anything back. Patricia was, at one point, the highest paid instructor in New York City and consistently rated as “best instructor” year after year by top media outlets — but secretly, she was depressed and pursuing the notion of “thin at any cost.” Part 1 of this interview gets into how she shed her “fat-phobic” mentality and changed her life for the healthier, and in Part 2, we get into how…
There’s nothing I love better than tossing veggies, protein, and flavor boosters onto a sheet pan, throwing it all in the oven, and calling it supper: Whole30 Sheet Pan Dinners to the rescue!
Whether you love chicken, fish, pork, or meatballs, I’ve got you covered. And if you feel like adding extra veggies to your dinner, just cobble together a big green salad while your sheet pan dinner cooks in the oven. Your weeknight suppers have never been easier!
Sheet Pan Salmon Supper: This all-in-one seafood dinner combines some my favorite ingredients: buttery salmon, asparagus, and zesty pesto!
Sheet Pan Pork Chop Supper: Nothing goes better with pork chops than apples. Except maybe Brussels sprouts. Oh, and sweet red onions. And olive oil and lemon juice, too. Don’t forget some nice aged balsamic vinegar!
A note to my Nomsters: This is one of a series of daily blog posts I’m writing in the month of January 2019 to help those doing a Whole30 to kick off the New Year. Not sure what the Whole30 is, or want info on how to get started? Read my Whole30 prep post—and then come back to Nom Nom Paleo every single day for recipes to inspire, delight, and sustain you on your Whole30!
We’ve been writing a lot more about diet culture these days. And while a lot of us are on the fad-diets-don’t-work-and-aren’t-worth-it train (choo, choo — and yay, yay!), it’s important to be aware that diet culture is sneaky. And it’s everywhere. And there are loads of ways for it to work its way into our lives (and heads) without us even knowing it — and that’s what we want to dive deeper into right now. Because, not to be dramatic, but this is the stuff that affects our daily lives, choices, and even our self confidence (not to mention our ability…
This easy Fish Florentine recipe, made with a pan seared firm white fish served on a creamy bed of spinach feels like something you would order out in a fancy restaurant!
This recipe takes under 30 minutes to make, the creamy spinach is what makes the whole dish, made with a little cream cheese, half & half cream and Parmesan cheese. It’s dreamy, delicious and the perfect pairing for the simple white fish.
A whole roasted chicken is a simple, quick, and economical Whole30-friendly weeknight main dish. What I love best about whole roasted chicken is that it doesn’t take a lot of hands-on time to prep it for the oven, which means you can work on a simple vegetable side dish as you’re waiting for the chicken to finish cooking!
