Shelby Law Ruttan - The One-Pot Paleo Cookbook: 100 + Effortless Meals for Your Slow Cooker, Skillet, Sheet Pan, and More

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ISBN: Print 978-1-64152-759-0 | eBook 978-1-64152-760-6 R0 To Phillip, a.k.a. Grumpy, who encourages me to achieve my goals and told me a long time ago I should be writing a cookbook.CONTENTS I spent most of my adult life on the other side of 200on the scale, that is. Once I had given birth to my two children, the weight did not fall off as easily as I had put it on during pregnancy. I spent the majority of my childrens time at home as the overweight mom. Then, in 2006, after my weight skyrocketed to 264 pounds, I opted for weight-loss surgery. I did great for the first five years, then the honeymoon was over.

Even though I couldnt eat a lot of food in one sitting, I hadnt really changed my habits. Processed foods continued to be a part of my daily life, and I was on the upward path on the scale yet again. I developed vitamin deficiencies, partly due to the surgery I had and partly due to a lack of the right kind of foods in my diet. By October 2017 I changed my diet. I needed to get back to healthier eating and my husband was now dealing with pre-diabetes. Thanks to the Paleo diet, Ive been able to maintain a healthy weight, but getting here involved another journey.

We initially started following the Keto diet. But I quickly realized we were also following many of the Paleo guidelines. Our lifestyle allows our diets to be very close to the way cave dwellers lived and ate. In a way, we eat like hunters and homesteaders. We consume a lot of game meat due to our hunting activities and always have plenty of garden produce on hand. Its no wonder that Paleo became even more interesting to me.

By following Paleo a little more than Keto when it came to fruits and vegetables, we were able to bring the variety from the garden back into our meal plan. Part of our success with this plan was understanding the food we were eating. I researched what foods we could eat and learned how to prepare them. I started creating recipes with short prep times, minimal ingredients, all cooked in one pot. This freed up my time tremendously, and we felt better in the process. A busy lifestyle will no longer be the reason you cant follow the Paleo diet.

It is my hope that these recipes will encourage you to stick to the diet and not fall back into your old ways of eating. Think of this cookbook as a tool to help you succeed. Following the Paleo diet can be challenging, to say the least. Whether you are eating dinner out or cooking at home, sticking to the diet can feel overwhelming. With our busy lives, having recipes on hand that are quick to prepare, delicious, and nutritious all at the same time is another challenge. Most of us dont have the time to spend 30 minutes preparing ingredients, not to mention the time it takes to cook those ingredients.

This is why I wrote this bookto share the basics of whats needed to start creating delicious meals with a prep time of 15 minutes or less. To make it even easier, these meals are made in one pot. So, you not only have quick prep time but also quick cleanup afterward! Paleo Basics The Paleo diet is based on the idea of eating the way our prehistoric ancestors ate during the Paleolithic period when humans lived in caves and roamed the earth as hunters and gatherers, and a time when it is believed that farming didnt exist. Based on this assumption, grains, legumes, and dairy products are not included in the Paleo diet. The one exception regarding legumes is green beans, which are a nutrient-dense food. And, the exception among dairy products is ghee, which is clarified butter with the milk solids removed.

Nut flours can be used in place of flours made from grain. Any plants consumed would also be in their natural state, as they were harvested. These so-called cavemen are assumed to have lived off the land consuming animal protein, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. The animals that were consumed lived off the land, too, eating a grass-fed diet. Its fair to say this was organic, in the most general sense, because the animals were not fed nor raised by humans for consumption. Embracing a Paleo diet, in todays world, is really about eating natural, whole, and organic as much as possible.

Following in these cave ancestors footsteps requires removing processed foods from our diets, while adding whole foods to replace them. And although that may sound daunting to some, I promise the payoffin terms of your improved healthis worth it. HEALTH BENEFITS People follow the Paleo diet for a variety of reasonsthe most common being better health. The main idea of this diet is to eat unprocessed foods. That means no added preservatives, artificial flavorings, or other food additives. Basically, if it is in a box or can, it is likely processed.