Instant Pot Tips We love making this ropa vieja in our Instant Pot, and one of the best tips we have for making really juicy, tender meat is to use the “sauté” function. Pressure cooking can easily result in a dried out roast when you just throw it in and cook. So, we like to cut up our roast into large cubes (about 2 inch cubes), and then brown it with the “sauté” function before adding the rest of the ingredients and pressure cooking....

If you like this recipe, check out all of our healthy instant pot recipes! Two of our most popular recipes are instant pot honey garlic chicken and instant pot pork carnitas. How to make instant pot chicken fajitas It’s really easy to make fajitas in the instant pot! Here’s how: For an oven-baked, sheet pan version of chicken fajitas, check out our chicken fajita bake recipe. Common questions about this recipe Don’t I need 1 full cup of liquid in the instant pot?...

The Ingredients We like cod because it cooks really fast, like 4-6 minutes, and it is also affordable. It is also pretty mild in flavor and will take on the flavors of whatever you cook it with. What is your favorite fish to cook? Paired with the tomatoes, onions and fresh basil in this recipe, the cod is aromatic and slightly sweet. We love pan frying cod with grass-fed butter, but you could also use ghee or coconut oil for dairy-free....

Summer must be our favorite season for fresh produce. While we are definitely missing our garden and fresh berries this summer, we have had great access to fresh and local fruits and veggies at the farmer’s markets here in town. I do really miss having blueberries in our yard though. Luckily, between the farmer’s markets and Justin’s mom’s garden we have plenty! They are the perfect topper for this fabulous dessert!...

If you like this recipe, you have to try our dairy free chicken recipe with mustard sauce, our dairy free creamy tuscan chicken recipe and this creamy dairy-free chicken thigh recipe. They’re all dairy free and full of creamy deliciousness! How do you make dairy-free alfredo sauce? We used cashews as the base for the sauce in the creamy chicken alfredo. Originally, we planned to make this one of those recipes where you have to soak the cashews for several hours to overnight to soften them up....

Smoothie making tips We actually created a full blog post about How to Make Healthy Smoothies. You can read the full post to get some extra tips and ideas. Essentially you want to layer your smoothie with 6 key components, and we always load them up in our blender in the order listed below. A Liquid Base – we love coconut milk, coconut water and nut milks for this.Fruit – we like to use frozen fruit to help with texture....

Also, be sure to check out our 10 easy DIY spice blends and these 5 easy and healthy homemade marinades. Why you need easy sauce recipes As expert home cooks, we know that a simple sauce can take a basic meal to the next level. A boring stir-fry becomes bowl-licking good with an easy stir-fry sauce and a basic protein and side turns into a gourmet meal when slathered with some pesto sauce....

How to cook ham in the Instant Pot This method of cooking ham is actually really easy! Here are the steps: A simple honey glaze This recipe has an optional honey glaze that you definitely want to make if you enjoy a little sweet glaze on your ham. If you make it here are some tips: Use apple or pineapple juice when cooking the ham.Adjust the amount of honey used based on your desired sweetness....

Make Breakfast In Advance One of the main premises of our approach to meal planning, and our RSG Paleo Meal Plans subscription service, is the concept of make ahead breakfasts. When you make a large breakfast over the weekend to have on hand in the fridge during the busy work week, you make a healthy breakfast an automatic thing. All you have to do is re-heat your breakfast in the morning, and call it good....

Perfect for a busy weeknight When you’ve got a busy weeknight ahead of you, want something not boring to eat for dinner, but just don’t want to spend much time….make this healthy lemon chicken piccata! With minimal prep, it’s an easy way to enjoy chicken that tastes way fancier than it is. Throw this chicken over some zoodles or cauliflower rice and call it good! Done and done. How do you keep this lemon chicken piccata Whole30?...

You’ll also love our pan seared cod with garlicky brussels and our paleo fish taco bowls – both are also gluten free. Ingredients for Gluten Free Fish and Chips This recipe uses basic gluten free staple ingredients that you’ll likely have in your kitchen. Here’s what you’ll need for the fish and chips. Russet potatoesCod fillets (or another flaky white fish like haddock or halibut)Eggs or coconut milkAlmond flourCassava flourGarlic powderOnion powderPaprikaSea salt & pepper...

Why You’ll Love This Creamy Coconut Milk Shrimp A thick and creamy coconut sauce with tangy lemon juice and curry is a sauce you’ll eat with a spoon.One pan and on the table in 20 minutes – easy peasy!The perfect mix of sweet and savory. You can add a little spice with red chili flakes. Serve it with pasta, zoodles, rice or cauliflower rice. That sauce! Oh so creamy and delicious....

Ok – all innuendos aside, this simple snack is completely addicting. These herb roasted almonds are roasted quickly in the oven which provides some crunch and allows the herbs to crisp up into a finger-lickin’ state. We made a large batch because we knew they would store well, but they didn’t end up lasting very long. These make a great snack to have with some drinks, to munch on before dinner, or just about anytime....

It’s nice to have a different option other than our regular ground beef burgers to mix in when we want something fresh. Ground lamb typically has a little more fat than the ground beef we eat, so the lamb burgers are kind of like a rich, flavorful alternative to ground beef. We decided to spice these burgers up with a rosemary pesto sauce because, well – why the hell not?...

Italian Sausage A clean Italian sausage can be a tougher item to find, and we’ve done our best to find a clean and readily available one. We use Isernio’s spicy Italian sausage, which we purchase regularly at Trader Joe’s. You can use their store locator to find a location that sells it near you. It comes in big links, but we remove the casing and then use it as if it were simply ground sausage....

Slow And Low Does The Trick While the Instant Pot is a convenient tool (and we provide Instant Pot instructions for this recipe in the notes below), there is something comforting about using the slow cooker. I love being able to throw a big beef roast in the slow cooker and let it cook all day. The slow cooker not only breaks down the roast into tender and fall apart pieces, it also fills your house with the delicious smells of BBQ beef....

It’s Keto but not Paleo We’re just going to get this out of the way early – this recipe is NOT Paleo. I know…we pretty much never do that. Typically when we post a recipe with dairy in it, it is optional and just as delicious omitted. However, this Keto loaded mashed cauliflower really wouldn’t be the same without the cheese, and therefore, we decided to not make it Paleo and dairy-free....

Since we always have raw cashews in the cupboard (we buy a bag from Trader Joe’s almost every week) and a jar of our homemade ranch seasoning on hand, making these was a breeze. We just mixed everything together and popped the cashews in the oven to roast for about 15 minutes. The result? Oh wow, you have to try these ranch roasted cashews! Be warned – these are really addicting so you’ll have to exercise some self-control so you don’t over-indulge....