Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing; 1 edition (August 18, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1628600772
ISBN-13: 978-1628600773
Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.7 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (297 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #2,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Fat #12 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Allergies #19 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Paleo
Buy it. I can't recommend this book (or her first book, OMG, That's Paleo?) enough. First and foremost, I'm totally anti-clutter so a cookbook doesn't make it onto my bookshelf unless I've vetted it through the library first (thanks Prospector!). That said, this was the ONLY cookbook I didn't vett prior to buying. In fact, Juli's paleo cooking prowess wooed me into pre-ordering via . Booyah! Zero regrets. Just sayin'.Lemme preface this review with this "warning:" If you're gonna get your undies in a bundle over an occasional expletive, then you may wanna stop right here and look for another cookbook. Like The Joy of Cooking. It's pretty straight and narrow and I can't imagine it offending anyone. But I may drop a swear word/swear word censored with asterisks and you'll also see them in Juli's cookbook.We all good? K. Moving on then.Not gonna lie. The first recipe I tried was the basil, mint, and cuke g&t (pg 267). In my defense, although I received the book on August 18, I didn't have time to even look at the book until August 29th, which fell on a Saturday, so yeahhhh, I wanted a cocktail. And it was phenom. PHENOM.My husband and I ADORED the chicken carbonara casserole (pg. 94). The greatest thing is that there's no coconut milk in it!!!!!! I'm not anti-coconut milk by any means, but SO many paleo sauces use this as the base and frankly, I get sick of it. Furthermore, the buffalo chicken casserole (pg. 80) is also outta this world. If you're questioning whether to try a paleo cookbook and/or this cookbook in particular, have you taken a gander at The Perfect Pizza (pg. 136)? Get! Outta! Town! I'll readily admit, it's no substitute for LaPorte pizza, but it's the best paleo pizza we've eaten. Dead. Serious.
I own Juli's previous book, The Paleo Kitchen, that she co-authored with George Bryant. I am a HUGE Juli fan (I've been reading her blog since back in the day when she used to cuss and was unapologetic about it.), but I didn't like the recipes in The Paleo Kitchen one bit--and I tried a bunch of them. I was hopeful that The Paleo Cookbook would be better. Well guess what? It does NOT disappoint! I got it in the mail yesterday and went out to buy the ingredients for the Maple Bacon Pork Loin, Spiced Sweet Potatoes, and the Basil, Mint, & Cucumber Gin & Tonic. We were in Paleo heaven last night! Even my 15-year-old son who said he wasn't "into" pork wolfed down about 1/2 a loin saying, "Wow, pork loin is actually good when it's cooked right!" He even swore some sort of an oath by the maple bacon sauce that he loved so much, but I was ignoring him and didn't catch all of it.For lunch today I made the tortillas and was SUPER pleased with how they turned out. We ended up eating them with everything for the next three days--even the picky teen was eating them straight off of the pan. For lunch, I threw in some leftover pork and sweet potatoes from the night before, topped it with a little white cheddar, chopped spinach, and Sir Kensington's Chipotle Mayo--oh WOW! As I write this, I am drinking the Chunky Monkey breakfast shake (delish!) post workout and planning to make the Prosciutto Herb Frittata with hash brown patties for BFD (breakfast for dinner) tonight. I made the dirty chai chocolate muffins...which my 15-year-old scarfed down. Usually he won't touch my "healthy" foods, but you should have seen his eyes light up when he saw that I had packed him a muffin for his "to-go" breakfast.
This book is nothing short of amazing. Whenever I get a new cookbook, I thumb through it and rip up newspaper pieces to add as crude bookmarks so I can remember where the recipe I want to try first is. With THIS book, nearly half of them were marked as being so delectable sounding that I wanted to try it first. This is a problem, especially since we just moved and my house is undergoing a kitchen remodel and everything is still boxed up. I have approximately one skillet, two bowls and a set of spoons at my disposal. Thankfully, Juli's book is entertaining enough to just read straight through, and I was able to find a few recipes that would work with the limited equipment I could find.The Mu Shu Pork (which I made with chicken because it's what I had on hand) was SO delicious, that I even ate a bunch cold as leftovers. And I've always been of the mindset that there's enough brand new food to eat out there that you shouldn't recycle your meals and eat what wasn't good enough to finish in the first place... the only reason we didn't finish the whole batch for dinner is because I doubled it. Because I have foresight and it's hot and cooking is tough without equipment, so I figured the fewer times I have to do it, the better.The Parsnip Potato Hashbrowns are awesome (shredded in my cuisinart, which I unearthed just for the recipe), and would be lovely accompanied by applesauce or sour cream (not paleo), or a garlic aioli (heck, who am I kidding; They're fantastic on their own).I meant to make the Slow Cooker Short Ribs Tostadas today, but I still can't find my crockpot, so I guess I'll have to do some digging around as soon as it's cool enough to venture into the garage.
Juli Bauer's Paleo Cookbook: Over 100 Gluten-Free Recipes to Help You Shine from Within Paleo Diet: 365 Days of Paleo Diet Recipes (Paleo Diet, Paleo Diet For Beginners, Paleo Diet Cookbook, Paleo Diet Recipes, Paleo, Paleo Cookbook, Paleo Slow Cooker, Paleo For Beginner, Paleo Recipes) Gluten Free: Gluten-Free Baking Cookbook: Delicious and Healthy, 100% Gluten-Free Cake & Bake Recipes You Will Love (Gluten Free Diet Cookbook, Gluten Intolerance Book 2) Paleo: Paleo Diet for beginners: TOP 100 Paleo Recipes for Weight Loss & Healthy Recipes for Paleo Snacks, Paleo Lunches, Paleo Desserts, Paleo Breakfast, ... Healthy Books, Paleo Slow Cooker Book 9) Paleo Free: Diet Guide for Beginners - Over 50 Paleo Free Diet Recipes for Optimal Health & Fast Weight Loss (gluten free, lose belly fat, paleo beginners, ... paleo desserts, paleo diet, wheat free) Paleo Diet: Paleo Slow Cooker COMBO 2 IN 1 SET - Paleo Diet for Beginners, Paleo Slow Cooker Cookbook, Paleo Diet Recipes and Paleo Slow Cooker Recipes, ... (Paleo Diet Paleo Slow Cooker COMBO SET 1) Paleo: A Simple Start To The 14-Day Paleo Diet Plan For Beginners(paleo books, Paleo Diet, Paleo Diet For Beginners, Paleo Diet Cookbook, Paleo Diet Recipes, ... Slow Cooker) (Cookbook delicious recipes 3) Gluten Free: Gluten Free Quick-start Guide To Living A Gluten-Free and Wheat-Free Diet (Over 100 Gluten-Free Recipes) Paleo Diet: 200 Delicious Paleo Diet Recipes (Paleo Slow Cooker, Paleo For Beginners, Paleo Diet Recipes, Paleo Recipes, Paleo Diet Cookbook,) Gluten Free: Vegan Cookbook: Nutritious and Delicious, 100% Vegan + Gluten Free Recipes to Improve Your Health, Lose Weight, and Feel Amazing (Gluten Free Diet Cookbook, Gluten Intolerance Book 3) Paleo: Paleo Slow Cooker Cookbook: Top 80 Paleo Recipes - Easy, Delicious and Nutritious Paleo Diet Cooking (FREE BONUS) (Paleo Crockpot, Paleo Baking, Whole Food) Gluten Free Recipes: 39 Gluten Free Recipes With Rice, Polenta, Beans And Quinoa Plus Delicious Vegetable Side Dishes To Complete Your Gluten Free Meal-Discover ... Gluten Free Recipes On a Budget Book 6) Paleo For Beginners: Paleo Diet - The Complete Guide To Paleo - Paleo Cookbook, Paleo Recipes, Paleo Weight Loss (Clean Eating) Paleo: 30-Day Paleo Challenge - Change Your Life and Lose 15 Pounds with Paleo Diet, Paleo Slow Cooker Cookbook - Top 80 Paleo Recipes (Paleo Series) GLUTEN FREE COOKBOOK: Gluten Free Slow Cooker Recipes: 50 Gut Friendly Wheat Free Meals That Are Ready When You Are (Gluten Free Diet) (Health Wealth & Happiness Book 57) The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook: Over 350 Natural Foods Recipes, Free of All Common Food Allergens: wheat-free, milk-free, egg-free, corn-free, sugar-free, yeast-free The Gluten-Free Diet Cookbook: 101 Delicious Wheat-Free Recipes Inspired by the Mediterranean Diet (Gluten-free, Gluten-free Cooking) Paleo:Ultimate Pale Diet Cook Book For Beginners-MELT 10 POUNDS IN 14 DAYS MEAL PLAN +100 Recipes,(FREE BONUS INCLUDED),Paleo Diet Plan, Paleo Diet cookbook: Paleo Diet Cook Book For Beginners Asian Paleo: 30 Minute Paleo! Your Complete Guide to Delicious, Healthy, and Gluten Free Asian Paleo in 30 Minutes or Less (Asian Paleo Guide - Thai, Japanese, ... Korean, Filipino, and Vietnamese Recipes) WHEAT BELLY DIET FOR BEGINNERS: Grain-Free, Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Cookbooks and Recipes For Weight Loss Plans and Solutions Included! (Wheat Free Grain Free Gluten Free Weight Loss Diet Book 1)