Posts in Proteins
Braised Grass-Fed Beef Shanks

Braising meats is a delicious and healthy way to prepare a one pot meal that’ll last for days and give you multiple uses. My healthy Braised Beef Shank recipe is easy and doesn’t require all day to cook. Most braising recipes call for dredging the meat in flour, searing both sides and then braising. We know that grains can cause a leaky gut, when molecules leach out of our gut and intestines through perforated holes in the endothelial lining caused by certain pro-inflammatory foods. In my nutritious recipe, searing the meat on both sides in ghee, grass-fed butter or tallow, creates a crispy outer crust prior to adding in the bone broth. Simmering for just three hours produces a tender, very flavorful meat that can be used shredded in scrambled eggs, used in a soup, tacos or plain with a dollop of your favorite plain yogurt of choice. The bone marrow in the bones are just an added bonus of healthy fats that’ll keep you satiated and nourished for hours.

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Easy Slow Cooker Ribs

You don’t need a fancy grill or smoker to make delicious BBQ ribs. If you’re a city dweller like me, with zero outdoor space, you improvise the way you cook meats. This healthy, slow-cooker rib recipe is easy and nutritious. Using pasture-raised pork is important to keep your food toxins too a minimum. Toxins are stored in the animals fat and who wants to give up eating that melt-in-your-mouth fat? Try this rib recipe dry (just sea salt or seasonings) or wet (add your favorite sugar-free BBQ sauce) and enjoy knowing that you stayed clear of rubs with rancid seed oils, hidden sugars and conventionally-raised pork by cooking them at home.

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Oven Roasted Pork Belly

Pork belly cooked anyway is a decadent treat. This pork belly recipe is easy, delicious and a healthy fat powerhouse. Make sure to purchase pasture-raised pork belly leaving the toxins behind. Toxins are stored in the fat of the animal, so supporting conventionally raised animal products supports the continued use of hormones and antibiotics. Conventional pork is also full of omega-6 fatty acids due to the corn and soy feed. Whatever is in that animal gets transferred to your gut where inflammation starts. This healthy, roasted pork belly recipe gets a nice crusty outside while staying buttery soft inside. Chop up the leftovers and throw them in your morning omelet.

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Braised Beef Cheeks

Beef cheeks are not the prettiest meat to look at, but they are a decadent and nutritious cut of beef that will become you're go-to once you try them. My Beef Cheek recipe is easy to make, full of collagen, healthy fat, vitamins and minerals. Beef cheeks are a muscle meat and therefore need a lot of time to cook and breakdown the connective tissue, which gives you their amazing sticky texture.

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Paleo Buffalo Wings

Super Bowl Sunday, or any night, means making my healthy buffalo wings recipe. I keep them paleo and nutritious by using organic, pasture-raised chicken, sugar-free buffalo sauce and by baking instead of deep frying in cheap, rancid seed oils. Using pasture-raised chicken for this Buffalo Wing recipe ensures you taking in less pro-inflammatory toxins that wreak havoc on your cellular health.

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Thai Almond Butter Chicken

My Thai Almond Butter Chicken recipe is both warming and nutritious. Swapping almond butter (or sunflower seed butter for a nut-free version) in place of traditional peanut butter reduces incoming mold toxins, lowers the omega-6 fatty acid level, yet provides you with protein, fiber and heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Using coco aminos, made from coconut, keeps this healthy recipe soy-free.

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ProteinsKristin Smith
Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Thighs

Living a healthy lifestyle means avoiding fried foods. Fried foods are most often cooked in rancid seed oils, such as canola, grapeseed, safflower and sunflower oils. Before these even hit your plate, they’ve undergone multiple industrial manufacturing processes that create an unstable food product that is detrimental to our cellular health. My Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Thigh recipe is the solve to that. Allowing your skin-on chicken thighs to air out, uncovered in the fridge overnight, you will obtain a crispier outside and moist inside finished dish. Chicken thighs are a better option than white meat chicken due to the healthy fat in the skin and meat. More omega-3 fatty acids for you mean more flavor, satiety, gut and brain healing benefits and increased sex hormone production due to the saturated fat. Don’t fear the healthy fats- we need them to reach optimal health. Enjoy my Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Thigh recipe over a fresh salad of greens, mixed in with your favorite grain-free pasta or wrapped in a low-carb wrap.

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Bolognese Sauce

My Bolognese Sauce recipe is nutritious, delicious and has multiple uses. Starting with clean proteins, such as pastured-raised, antibiotic free pork, is important so that you eliminate toxins such as additives, hormones, antibiotics and herbicides that are used in the feed. The fat on animals is where the toxins are stored so buying clean proteins is one way to ensure the integrity of the product. The fat on clean animal proteins is also where healthy omega-3 fatty acids are. Our body, gut and brain, need healthy fats for optimal human health. Supporting farmers that raise their animals responsibly also aids in regenerative farming practices - good for the environment, good for you. This Bolognese recipe is delicious over your noodles of choice, but it can also be enjoyed over scrambled eggs, roasted veggies and in a bowl topped with chopped fresh herbs and ricotta cheese.

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Korean Street Tacos

Flavorful Korean Street Taco recipe with nourishing ingredients that will keep you satiated. I favor grass-fed cuts of beef for their higher omega-3 fatty acid content (nearly three times more than industrial beef). Our body cannot make omega 3’s so we need to obtain these from our diet and our optimal brain function and our heart health depends on these. In industrial-raised cattle, the toxic load (antibiotics, hormones and chemicals from the feed) are mostly found in the fat of the beef- the best part. If you cannot find grass-fed, cut the fat out and reduce your toxic load. The Korean spices give the meat a huge pop of flavor for these tacos- chop up any leftovers and put into your scrambled eggs the next morning for a protein packed breakfast or post-workout meal.

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ProteinsKristin Smith
Thai Red Curry with Poached Chicken

Warming spices, steaming bone broths and healthy proteins and veggies mean fall to me. My red curry recipe is not only easy, but nutritious and satisfying. Using full-fat coconut milk lends a creamy, dairy-free base mixed with gut healing bone broth. I layer in fresh ginger and lemongrass for bright red curry flavors and to aid in digestion and add in anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant benefits.

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ProteinsKristin Smith
Honey Sesame Salmon

Diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids are vital to overall wellness and this baked salmon recipe is easy, nutritious and delicious. Purchasing wild-caught salmon gives you a clean piece of protein packed with essential nutrients such as heart and brain healthy DHA and EPA, specific forms of omega-3 fatty acids. These fats found in fatty salmon help lower triglycerides, stabilize blood sugar levels, fight against heart disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s and more. Because salmon contains naturally healthy fats, you will feel fuller, longer, helping you maintain your weight. The sauce is light, sugar-free (if not using pure honey, and pairs deliciously over the crunchy sesame layered baked salmon.

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ProteinsKristin Smith
Oven Texas Baked Brisket

There’s always room for a juicy, Texas oven baked brisket at the table. This healthy, and easy, recipe is a fool-proof way to cook a nutritious brisket all year around. Brisket is a fattier cut of beef (even healthier if grass-fed or bison) with a generous amount of healthy, saturated fat which keeps the meat moist, flavorful and nutrient dense. Grass-fed beef contains three times more omega 3-fatty acids than grain-fed cattle which are crucial for optimal functioning of the neurons, cell protection, is anti-inflammatory and satiating, keeping you fuller for longer.

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ProteinsKristin Smith
Buffalo Turkey Burgers

Looking for a healthy, lower saturated fat burger filled with nutrients? Dark meat turkey burgers are even more moist and tasty with added avocado mayo and avocado. Grilled or seared, these healthy turkey burgers make a great meal for the family. Double the recipe for healthy leftovers the next day.

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ProteinsKristin Smith