Paleo/Primal in 5 Ingredients or Less

Cut out processed foods with this collection of healthy, quick, and inexpensive Paleo recipes.

The Paleo or Primal diet—also known as the “Caveman Diet” —is an eating plan based on evolutionary biology and backed up by medical research. Unlike other diets that can incorporate fake, processed foods and artificial sweeteners, the Paleo diet is based on what our ancestors ate: meats and fish, nuts and seeds, and naturally grown fruits and vegetables.

Although some cookbooks embrace the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, the modern Paleolithic family needs healthy and delicious recipes without all the actual hunting and gathering—not dozens of expensive, hard-to-find ingredients. Bestselling author Dana Carpender helps you remove processed convenience foods (like frozen entrees and takeout meals) from the dinner table and instead create healthy, fast, easy meals that everyone loves. Enjoy a whole chapter on make-ahead foods that can be quickly put together and pulled out and served in no time when you come home from work. There’s also a convenient chapter of slow cooker recipes that require a bare minimum of precious morning minutes and are ready to serve when you get home—even if your family gets home in shifts.

Paleo/Primal in 5 Ingredients or Less gives the modern caveman more than two hundred recipes that can be made from five or fewer ingredients. All recipes are also sugar-free, grain-free, and gluten-free. This is just what today’s caveman needs to cook fast and healthy meals.

“As usual, Dana Carpenter has produced another winner! She’s an established master when it comes to making low-carb programs easy, fun, and delicious. This fresh take on Paleo/primal belongs on every kitchen shelf!” —Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., author of The Great Cholesterol Myth and Living Low Carb