Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat is not a brand new book, it came out in 2011. I’d heard a lot about it and finally got my hands on a copy several months ago.

It read like a novel. I found a lot of similarities in our approaches. What I call a Sunday Start-up in my book, Melissa called The Weekly Cook-up. I like her focus on stocking up, being organized, and offering additional ideas for each recipe (theme and variation). I liked her formula recipes that focused on technique and on mixing and matching ingredients to turn cold ingredients into delicious meals in less than 10 minutes.

I liked the bold flavors I found in her recipes I’m a big fan of herbs and spices and of taking a single recipe and then making ethnic variations on it. Melissa’s book gave me more ideas and it can give you more ideas for taking a favorite recipe (of hers or any other) and then making delicious twists on it.

Some of my favorite recipes in her book include her Hot Plates (this one is more of a formula) with ten ethnic options, each with three to eight ideas for inspiration and her cool salads and her date sweetened Peach Almond Crisp. I want to make the peach crisp again but with apples or pears.

I also liked her Moroccan Meatballs (I made them less spicy), Citrus Carnitas, Bora Bora Fireballs (with much less spice), and Cauliflower Rice Pilaf. All were enjoyed by the friends I shared them with a few months ago.

Now that I’m writing up my review, I’m noticing some of the recipes I flagged earlier, some of which I want to make next weekend or next week:
— Chocolate Chili
— Thai Salad Platter with Sunshine Sauce
— Sesame Garlic Nori Chips
— Jicama Home Fries

The book is compact, easy to navigate, full of mouthwatering photos, and great ideas for getting healthy produce and protein rich meals on the table pronto!

The sequel to this book just came out, Well Fed2. I haven’t seen it yet but I expect another great go to book. If you already have the first one, you’ll surely want the next one in the series. Well Fed will satisfy your hunger for delicious food without grain, sugar, legumes, or dairy.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to make healthy primal meals in less time and with easy to find ingredients.

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