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Best Paleo Cookbooks for Your Diet

Eat healthy, tasty food while still having fun in the kitchen by adding some great paleo cookbooks to your bookshelf.

By Julie BarnesPublished 5 years ago 6 min read
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The paleo diet is based upon what our ancestors would have eaten in the Paleolithic era. Some people refer to it as the caveman diet, but it's more than that. Anyone looking to participate in the paleo lifestyle is probably looking for a diet that is free from the processed foods and saturated fats that seem to dominate much of today’s traditional diet. Those of you looking to eat this way will find there are plenty of paleo cookbooks that will give you the best paleo recipes you've ever tasted that you can buy on Amazon.

Just remember, this diet is based on foods that would have been available during a time when hunting and gathering was the law of the land. The diet is for anyone who is looking for a way to lose weight or just keep themselves eating healthy, unprocessed foods. There are some limitations to the diet as well, since the diet doesn’t include foods like grains and dairy that came about after the start of modern farming practices. That’s why it is important to get a good paleo cookbook that will help you with your ability to meal plan and make good choices when shopping.

Author Danielle Walker suffered from an autoimmune disease for many years. She tried more traditional methods of dealing with the disease, and was met with little success. She found her cure, though, through a change in her diet. After she was able to refine her diet choices, she created this book to help others benefit from her experience.

She is considered the ambassador for all things grain-, gluten-, and dairy-free. The beauty of this book is that Walker is able to recreate traditional recipe favorites, with a little twist, in order to incorporate delicious ways to replace carbs into your regular culinary routine.

The first edition of this book was such a success that it was named the Paleo Bible by fans of the book. This paleo cookbook helped to explain the benefits that can be found by eating whole foods while trying to avoid anything processed. The second edition of the book has the same information as the first, but with updated information and two brand new chapters. The new chapters address how to get started eating a paleo diet, and how to live a paleo lifestyle in a world that seems to celebrate processed foods.

It seems like many paleo cookbooks brag about how easy and time saving it is to eat on this diet, and the beauty of this book is found in the simplicity of the recipes, as these recipes use only five ingredients each. The book sells itself as being geared towards busy people who want to take advantage of the paleo diet without spending a lot of time meal-prepping or shopping. It looks to simplify the process of creating meals when you don’t have a lot of time, so all you need is a few necessities and a couple of spices you probably already have in your kitchen, and you'll have a good tasting, easy to prepare meal in a matter of moments!

For those of you who have an air fryer (or who want to buy one), this is the cookbook for you. This book combines the paleo recipes with the health conscious method of air frying. If you like fried foods, but don’t want to deal with the issues associated with traditional frying, then this is your book. There are some great recipes in this book, from fried chicken to calamari, there are over 80 recipes for you to enjoy.

This cookbook has been on the New York Times bestseller list, and is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to begin a paleo diet. The book goes into the history of the paleo diet, and explains that this diet is the one that human bodies were supposed to eat. This recipe book helps you with your meal prep by giving you a step-by-step guide to plan a week’s worth of meals. It also give you a list of over 145 paleo food and 114 recipes to make you paleo friendly in a short amount of time.

This simple cookbook gives you over 300 recipes that cover all your meals. It draws on recipes from different regions of the world, places where processed foods aren’t as much of a staple as they are in other countries. Like all paleo cookbooks, this book gives you recipes that use lean meats, healthy fats, fruits, and vegetables. As a result, you get a wide variety of recipes in this book. It has a variety of recipes, from banana pancakes to eggplant steaks, that will help you get past the caveman stigma associated with diet. There are so many good recipes in this recipe book, you’ll sometimes forget that the cookbook is based on the paleo diet concepts.

This is a very entertaining paleo cookbook for people looking to take on a paleo diet. The book was nominated for the James Beard Award, and had a stint on the New York Times bestseller list. The book actually began as a website where they offered free recipes for curious readers who were interested in what being paleo really meant. The recipe book really takes shape through the recipes themselves. Considered a blend between Asian-inspired food with a health conscious theme, Nom Nom Paleo has 100 recipes with step-by-step photos and illustrations to help you recreate these unique and flavorful recipes.

This is the paleo cookbook for all the slow cooker recipe fans out there. Author Jennifer Robins teaches readers how to shop for ingredients that aren’t as pricey as the normal prices people on the paleo diet typically pay. The book offers a variety of recipes for all sorts of different health needs, and there are some great crossover recipes within its pages. There are recipes for people who are doubling up with the keto diet or who are vegetarians. From Mixed Citrus Pulled Pork to Crustless Chicken Pot Pie, this must have slow cooker cookbook will definitely have a paleo recipe for everyone.

Food blogger Cristina Curp wrote one of the best paleo cookbooks for people looking to eat healthy and maximize their desire to live a healthy lifestyle. Made Whole combines the Paleo diet from a ketogenic perspective by eating natural and unprocessed foods, a mainstay of both the Paleo and Keto diets. Each of the 145 recipes are devoid of gluten, sugar, and dairy, and can be easily made in a slow cooker. One of the best features of this book is that she helps you create your own personal nutrition plan, and provides readers with a shopping list of all the foods needed to create each of these recipes that you can find at your local grocery store.

Sure, you’re completely on board with trying out a new diet, but you have kids. Kids are known to be picky eaters, so this is one of those paleo cookbooks that are a must have for parents looking for easy cookbooks for kids or to take the whole family paleo. Just like the other paleo cookbooks, the food is based on lean protein, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. However, the recipes within the book is what sets it apart from some of the others. Geared more towards some of the traditional kids’ comfort foods, like french toast sticks and pizza pockets, the book will help parents get their kids on board with the healthy choices included in a paleo diet.

With so many different choices available, it’s natural to want to educate yourself on the best paleo cookbooks for your diet. These books will help you to be creative with your choices while you learn how to make the paleo diet work for you.

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Julie Barnes

Learning to laugh at life while feeding a family of five. Finding unique, unusual recipes on a budget.

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