Paleo Indulgences: Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes to Satisfy Your Primal Cravings

by Tammy Credicott

Whether you're living a Paleo, primal, or gluten-free lifestyle, or you simply want to take steps toward a healthier you, Paleo Indulgences can help you curb cravings for daily treats without completely undoing your progress. Life is about balance, and, let's face it, special occasions happen, holidays happen, celebrations happen. If you make great choices for nutrition 80 percent of the time, then 20 percent of the time it's OK to treat yourself with mindful, quality foods that still have nutritional value and won't make you start over at square one.

In Paleo Indulgences , Tammy Credicott shows you how easy it is to treat yourself and still maintain good health. Paleo-friendly versions of your favorite “off limits” treats offer tasty alternatives to help satisfy cravings without eating gluten-filled, sugar-laden, processed junk. All the recipes in Paleo Indulgences are Paleo/primal friendly, gluten-free, grain-free, legume-free, and soy-free, and they are made with real, whole foods with no added cane sugars. With more than 85 recipes and a quick and easy thumbnail index for fast recipe searches, giving in to your primal cravings has never been easier!

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction, Cooking

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2012

Reviews

[Casseroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures. Very readable layout of recipes. Tall book. One recipe per page and a picture of the recipe on the opposite page.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

checked out from Washington Co. Cooperative Library Services, 11/13 list.

from the library



pages I want to read again:52,56,66,70, 94,120, 132,134, 146





Table of Contents


Thumbnail Recipe Table of Contents 7 (4)
Acknowledgments 11 (1)
Introduction 12 (18)

About the Book
14 (2)

What's Paleo/Primal?
16 (1)

Get to Know Paleo
16 (2)

The Do's and Don'ts
18 (1)

Gray Areas
18 (1)

The 80/20 Philosophy
19 (1)

Ingredients
20 (6)

Freedom to Choose
26 (1)

Here's the Deal
27 (3)

Recipes


The Bakery
30 (66)

Today's Specials
96 (16)

Restaurant Recreations
112 (62)

The Candy Counter
174 (24)

The Ice Cream Shop
198 (18)

Shopping Resources
214 (1)

Farm and Information Resources
215 (1)
Ingredient Index 216 (3)
About the Author 219

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could give this gorgeous cookbook 10 stars, I would. After having tried at least a dozen recipes from Paleo Indulgences (more than I've tried from any other cookbook, and I own over 40), I can honestly say each recipe tastes as good as it looks. And the photography is beautiful!

The recipes are not just for sweets, as you might expect with a title like Paleo Indulgences. I contains a lot of savory dishes, as well. My husband loves it as much as I do because I sometimes treat it as a coffee table book and every browsing session results in a new recipe tried.

[Polina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Made more than half of the recipes from this book, definitely a personal record of any other cookbooks I own. And absolutely love the thumbnail table of contents - never fails to have me salivating at the pictures. I found some proportions to be way out of whack though so had to improvise a lot, but as far as inspiration value (which is my primary cookbook reading goal) - it is as good as it gets!

[Wysterria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had a ton of recipes I want to try. So far, I have made the blueberry lemon muffins (awesome), zucchini pizza boats (delicious and makes a great supply of homemade pizza sauce) and the mint chip coconut bark (ridiculously easy and so tasty!). Of course, many Paleo people would shun this book, as it provides delicious recipes for desserts, which include things like, gasp!, raw honey or maple syrup. I think it's a great book though! :)

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been my favorite paleo cookbook yet but how can it not be with a title Paleo Indulgences. The recipes are easy and the couple I tried were amazing in taste. Plus she has a recipe for all of my favorite foods. I also like that there is a picture that corresponds to each recipe. This is huge to me when using a cookbook. I am a visual learner and really enjoyed this book. Would highly recommend.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat disappointed in the amount of sugars in the recipes. Not for the LCHF crowds. Also, nothing in here that you can't find on the net for free under another name and with small tweaking of ingredients. But great pictures and nice presentation all the same - perfect for beginners to a Paleo lifestyle,

[Elizabeth Meadows · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good source for recipes for 'cheating with wisdom' when following a diet (most of the time) without grains and sugar. Can also use it for converting traditional recipes to a healthier version, as these recipes provide a framework for using alternative flours and sweeteners, which are usually not 1:1 substitutes.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some really good recipes in this book. The ideas on how the make the sweet treats you crave while staying on the Paleo lifestyle help calm the cravings alot. This book is good for anyone who's trying to stay gluten free.

[Cinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I personally shouldn't have a lot of indulgences, it sure has helped to indulge my tween boys while transitioning our home to a paleo diet. Of the many paleo books I checked out from our library, this was one of the three I had to buy.

[Tim whitlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might have gone a bit overboard when i got this, but I love it, most of the recipes are great, and when you are eating a paleo diet, cheating with something from this vs something from the SAD foods is always better. I highly recommend!!!

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great cookbook in the Paleo Lifestyle arsenal. Fun & simple! Some recipes I can't wait to try? Zucchini Pizza Boats, Sweet Potato Thyme Biscuits, Decadent Brownies, and Gingerbread Mini-Loaves with Cinnamon Maple Frosting.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best cookbook, especially for desserts, that I've found, yet. The Macadamia Nut/Date Macaroons are to die for, and so easy. The Banana Pecan Pancakes have become a staple in this house.
An easy to use and read cookbook!

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are a lot of great recipes here! The sweet potato biscuits are great and will be our new Thanksgiving staple.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

love the writing style and sense of humor. It's a relief to find a book with some healthier alternatives that won't male me feel sick.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! Tammy has lots of odd or unusual ingredients, but you can usually find them at the health food store, or whole foods.

[Sparkledaisy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! The recipes are so yummy!

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

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