Mango & Avocado Salsa Halibut (AIP, Paleo)

Mango & Avocado Salsa Halibut (AIP, Paleo)

Halibut with Mango & Avocado Salsa is a fresh and delicious fish dish! Perfect for the warmer months when you’re craving something light and fresh on the palate. Feel free to use any fish (or chicken) with this flavourful mango & avocado salsa. AIP friendly, paleo & low-carb.

DID YOU KNOW? Avocados are rich in fiber — half an avocado (roughly 100g) packs 7 grams of fiber, which is 27% of the RDA. Fiber has been shown to have important benefits for weight loss, metabolic health and gut health.

Roughly 25% of the fiber in avocado is soluble, which is known for feeding the friendly gut bacteria in your intestine. The number and type of bacteria is very important for optimal gut health and overall health.

So, if you’re dealing with IBS or weight loss resistance, I recommend replacing grain-based foods with high-fiber whole foods like avocados, vegetables and other fruits.

Here are a few way to incorporate avocados in your diet:

wild halibut with avocado and mango salsa

What you need for Halibut with Mango & Avocado Salsa:

  • Wild Pacific halibut (or other fish of choice)
  • Avocado
  • Mango
  • Red onion
  • Cilantro, basil or parsley
  • Lime
  • Avocado oil

Healthy sides to pair with this fish dish …

Halibut with Avocado & Mango Salsa (AIP, Paleo)

Halibut with Mango & Avocado Salsa

Halibut with Mango & Avocado Salsa is a fresh and delicious fish dish! Perfect for the warmer months when you're craving something light and fresh on the palate. Feel free to use any fish with this flavourful mango & avocado salsa. AIP friendly, paleo & low-carb.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: AIP, Low-Carb, Paleo
Servings: 2

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb wild Pacific halibut, or other fish of choice
  • 1 avocado, chopped into small chunks
  • 1 small mango, chopped into small chunks
  • 1 tsp red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp cilantro, basil or parsley, finely chopped
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Sea salt & black pepper to taste, omit black pepper for AIP version
  • Avocado oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F and grease or line baking dish with parchment paper.
  • Coat halibut with avocado oil and season with sea salt and black pepper.
  • Place halibut in oven and cook for 10-15-minutes (more time may be needed for thicker pieces of fish). Halibut should be opaque and flake when cut with a fork.
  • While halibut is cooking, combine mango, avocado, red onion, fresh herbs, lime juice and seasoning in a bowl and mix until well combined.
  • When halibut is done, let rest for a few minutes then top with fresh mango & avocado salsa and serve.

Notes

  • If you can't find wild Pacific halibut or it's too expensive, try wild cod or another similar fish. If you're not a fan of fish, this salsa works great with chicken too!
  • Omit black pepper for AIP version.
Keyword avocado, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, herbs, mango, soy free, wild fish
Mediterranean Tuna Salad (Paleo, Keto, AIP version)

Mediterranean Tuna Salad (Paleo, Keto, AIP version)

Mediterranean Tuna Salad is the perfect quick and healthy lunch recipe! It’s super easy to prepare with just 6 simple ingredients needed and zero cooking time. This delicious salad recipe is paleo, low-carb, keto and can be made AIP by substituting tomatoes for cucumbers, olives or avocado.

DID YOU KNOW? Tuna fish is right up there with other healthy types of fish, such as salmon, when it comes to nutrition — it packs a good amount of protein and heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.

Tuna’s high protein content makes it an excellent addition to a weight loss diet since it can help reduce your appetite, prevent cravings and keep you feeling fuller for longer.

In addition, protein makes up the foundation of your hair, skin, nails and muscles; is crucial for the synthesis of certain enzymes and hormones; and is used for the growth and repair of tissues.

So, including more tuna fish in your diet can help provide your body with the protein that you need.

Lastly, tuna is rich in omega-3 fatty acids (a.k.a. fish oil), which may be able to alleviate inflammation and reduce the risk of disease. Fish oil has potent anti-inflammatory properties, and multiple studies have shown that it could be therapeutic for autoimmune conditions like Crohn’s disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

NOTE: Stick to wild types of tuna that are caught using the Pacific troll or pole and line methods. Also, avoid Atlantic bluefin tuna, which may have a negative impact on both the environment and your health because it is over-fished and often farm-raised.

Mediterranean Tuna Salad Paleo Keto

What you need for Mediterranean Tuna Salad:

  • Wild skipjack tuna
  • Mixed greens salad
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • Oregano

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Mediterranean Tuna Salad Paleo Keto

Mediterranean Tuna Salad

Mediterranean Tuna Salad is the perfect quick and healthy lunch recipe! It's super easy to prepare with just 6 simple ingredients needed and zero cooking time. This delicious salad recipe is paleo, low-carb, keto and can be made AIP by substituting tomatoes for cucumbers, olives or avocado.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: AIP, Keto, Low-Carb, Mediterranean, Paleo
Servings: 1

Ingredients
 

  • 1 can wild skipjack tuna, drained
  • 3-4 cups mixed greens
  • 6 cherry tomatoes, halved, (replace with olives, cucumbers or avocado for AIP version)
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl or container, add greens, tuna, tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper.
  • If you're eating right away, drizzle with olive oil and vinegar and toss. If you're taking it to go in a container, drizzle with olive oil and vinegar then shake container right before you eat to coat ingredients.

Notes

Replace tomatoes with olives, cucumbers or avocado for AIP version.
Keyword balsamic vinegar, canned tuna, dairy free, extra virgin olive oil, gluten free, grain free, healthy salad, leafy greens, soy free, tomatoes
Shrimp Pad Thai (Paleo, Low-Carb, Keto)

Shrimp Pad Thai (Paleo, Low-Carb, Keto)

Shrimp Pad Thai is absolutely delicious and will soon be one of your favourite weekly dishes! This recipe combines shrimp with spaghetti squash noodles, vegetables for texture and flavor, and is coated with the most delicious creamy lime almond butter sauce! It’s gluten & grain free, paleo and low-carb.

Quick fact about me … I had a BIG crush on Pad Thai during my university days–and since I lived in Toronto at that time, I always gravitated towards Thai restaurants when I ate out. To this date, there’s just something about the combo of spices and flavours in Thai cuisine that I find magical!

Unfortunately, when I changed my diet to better serve my body, Pad Thai was one of the dishes I had to give up (teardrop).

Luckily, I eventually realized that I didn’t really need to give up my favourite dishes in order to feel good, I just needed to get creative and modify them. Ergo, I created this flavourful paleo version of Pad Thai that I could easily make whenever a craving hits–and let me tell you, I’ve made this recipe way more times than I can count!

Typical take-out Pad Thai can be loaded with lots of unwanted ingredients – crappy oils, sugar, MSG, and lots of sodium. However, this healthy Shrimp Pad Thai is made with shrimp, eggs, veggies, and uses spaghetti squash noodles instead of rice noodles to keep it lower carb & paleo.

Check out this delicious Shrimp Pad Thai with simple and clean ingredients. It’s one of my favourite recipes to date!

Shrimp Pad Thai Paleo Low-Carb

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What you need for Shrimp Pad Thai:

  • Spaghetti squash
  • Shrimp
  • Eggs
  • Enoki mushrooms
  • Carrots
  • Green onion
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Avocado oil
  • Lime
  • Almond butter
  • Coconut aminos
  • Cilantro
  • Pine nuts or crushed almonds
Shrimp Pad Thai Paleo

Shrimp Pad Thai

Shrimp Pad Thai is absolutely delicious and will soon be one of your favourite weekly dishes! This recipe combines shrimp with spaghetti squash noodles, vegetables for texture and flavor, and is coated with the most delicious creamy lime almond butter sauce! It's gluten & grain free, paleo and low-carb.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo, Thai
Servings: 2

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb wild shrimp*
  • 2 pastured eggs
  • 1 spaghetti squash
  • 1 pack enoki mushrooms (remove ends & separate), or regular mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 green onions
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 inch fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 tbsp. avocado oil
  • Sea salt & black pepper , to taste

Pad Thai Sauce:

  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp. almond butter
  • 3 tbsp. coconut aminos

Garnish:

  • 4 sprigs cilantro, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp. pine nuts or crushed almonds, lightly toasted

Instructions
 

  • Cut spaghetti squash lengthwise and remove seeds. Bake at 400 for 30-40 min. Fork should pierce skin easily when squash is cooked. Use a fork to scrape out the strands of squash. Set aside. (I suggest preparing the other ingredients as the squash cooks).
  • Finely chop carrots and green onion by hand or in a food processor. Set aside.
  • Using a large pan over medium heat, sauté garlic and ginger in 1 tbsp. avocado oil until fragrant. Add carrots, onion and enoki mushrooms and continue to cook until carrots are tender. Season with salt.
  • Create a space in the middle of the pan, add eggs and scramble with fork. Mix in with vegetables and let cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, combine all sauce ingredients until smooth and creamy.
  • Turn heat to low, add cooked spaghetti squash and sauce into pan and mix all ingredients together until sauce coats everything.
  • Add in cooked shrimp (see instructions below) and gently combine all ingredients until warm.
  • Plate the Pad Thai and garnish with nuts and cilantro.

Shrimp: (can be cooked at the same time as Pad Thai)

  • In a separate pan, cook shrimp in 1 tbsp avocado oil over medium heat. Season with salt and black pepper. Turn shrimp halfway through cooking.
  • Once shrimp are cooked, set aside until ready to add to the other pan.

Notes

*You can easily replace shrimp with chicken if you'd like. Just cut 1lb of chicken breasts or thighs (boneless, skinless) into bite-sized pieces and cook as you would the shrimp.
Keyword almond butter, asian, coconut aminos, gluten free, grain free, healthy take-out recipes, lime, soy free, spaghetti squash
“Spaghetti” alla Puttanesca (Gluten Free, Low-Carb, Paleo)

“Spaghetti” alla Puttanesca (Gluten Free, Low-Carb, Paleo)

“Spaghetti” alla Puttanesca is absolutely delicious and super quick & easy to prepare! It’s a great go-to meal during the busy work week since most ingredients (like olives, capers, tomatoes and anchovies) can be easily stored. You’ll fall in love with this gluten free & paleo spin on a classic Italian dish!

So, I was going to talk about the health benefits of this flavourful Italian dish, BUT got sidetracked by some other interesting facts when I was doing recipe research …

DID YOU KNOW? Spaghetti alla puttanesca literally means prostitute’s spaghetti!

And that’s why we’re not talking about health today – and instead learning about how this dish got its name.

Some believe this was the easiest dish prostitutes could prepare between customers because the low cost, easily stored ingredients required little shopping or preparation.

Others believe it was was created by Sandro Petti, the co-owner of the restaurant Rangio Felon. The story goes that some customers arrived late to eat and because the restaurant had run out of many fresh ingredients, they asked Petti to prepare ‘una puttanata qualsiasi’, which literally translates as ‘a whore’s any’ but means any rubbish/ garbage. So Petti created a dish with what he had left in the kitchen. The resulting pasta dish was liked so much by the customers that Petti put it on the restaurant menu calling it ‘spaghetti all puttanesca’.

Moral of the story (whichever story you choose to believe): Spaghetti alla puttanesca is not only quick and easy to whip up, but it’s also a great go-to meal during the busy work week since most ingredients (like olives, capers, tomatoes and anchovies) can be easily stored in your kitchen.

Now check out my gluten free & paleo spin on a classic spaghetti alla puttanesca.

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What you need for “Spaghetti” alla Puttanesca

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca Gluten Free Paleo

"Spaghetti" alla Puttanesca

"Spaghetti" alla Puttanesca is absolutely delicious and super quick & easy to prepare! It's a great go-to meal during the busy work week since most ingredients (like olives, capers, tomatoes and anchovies) can be easily stored. You'll fall in love with this gluten free & paleo spin on a classic Italian dish!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian, Keto, Low-Carb, Mediterranean, Paleo
Servings: 2

Ingredients
 

  • 1 large spaghetti squash
  • 6 anchovy fillets, canned in olive oil
  • 1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes, drained
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted
  • 2 tbsp. capers
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled & smashed
  • 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
  • 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh parsley , for garnish
  • Sea salt, to taste

Instructions
 

Spaghetti Squash

  • Cut spaghetti squash lengthwise and remove seeds with spoon.
  • Bake at 400F for 30-40 min (first 10 min bake with flesh down, then turn so skin is down for remaining time). Fork should pierce skin easily when squash is cooked.
  • Use a fork to scrape out the strands of squash.

Puttanesca Sauce

  • In a large pan, sauté garlic, anchovies and red pepper flakes in 2 tbsp. olive oil over medium-low heat. Break apart anchovies.
  • Once garlic is lightly golden, add tomatoes and crush with a fork.  Add some salt and cook at medium heat until tomatoes break down, roughly 10-minutes.
  • Add in olives and capers and let simmer on low heat for another 10-minutes.
  • Add cooked spaghetti squash into the puttanesca pan with 1 tbsp. olive oil and coat noodles with sauce.
  • Garnish with finely chopped parsley and serve!

Notes

  • For spaghetti squash: Cooking time varies depending on the size of the squash. Check regularly to avoid overcooking the squash. You want the noodles to be ‘al dente’. Time your spaghetti squash so that it’s done cooking around the same time as your sauce.
  • Not a fan of anchovies? Try tuna or chicken instead.
  • Make this dish plant-based by replacing anchovies with beans.
Keyword anchovies, dairy free, fish, gluten free, grain free, olives, spaghetti, tomatoes
Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap (Gluten Free, Paleo, Keto)

Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap (Gluten Free, Paleo, Keto)

Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap is the perfect quick and healthy lunch recipe! It’s super easy to prepare with just 6 simple ingredients needed and zero cooking time. This delicious gluten & grain free wrap is also paleo, low-carb & keto.

DID YOU KNOW? Sauerkraut’s live and active probiotics have beneficial effects on the health of your digestive tract — and therefore the rest of your body too.

That’s because a very large portion of your immune system actually lives within your gut and is run by bacteria that live within your intestinal flora.

Imbalances in gut bacteria have been associated with a long list of health related problems and increased risks of disease, but luckily obtaining good bacteria from probiotic foods has repeatedly demonstrated health benefits in clinical settings.

Probiotic foods can be beneficial for reducing symptoms like IBS, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, food sensitives and other digestive disorders since they can help lower the presence of toxins, inflammation and bad bacteria living within your gut.

In the process, sauerkraut and other fermented foods help you better absorb nutrients from the food you’re eating and even help manage your appetite, since they have an effect on hormones.

Sauerkraut with live bacterial cultures can be found in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Read the label to make sure it contains live cultures.

Give this gluten free Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap a try! It makes for a great lunch or dinner when you want healthy & probiotic-rich food.

Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap (Paleo, Keto)

What you need for Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap:

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Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap (Paleo, Keto)

Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap

Tuna & Sauerkraut Wrap is the perfect quick and healthy lunch recipe! It’s super easy to prepare with just 6 simple ingredients needed and zero cooking time. This delicious gluten & grain free wrap is also paleo, low-carb & keto.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo
Servings: 1

Ingredients
 

  • 1 can wild albacore tuna
  • 3 tbsp sauerkraut
  • 1/4 cup sprouts of choice
  • 1 tbsp avocado oil mayo , or unsweetened coconut yogurt
  • 1 tsp yellow mustard
  • 1 coconut wrap, I use NUCO organic coconut wraps

Instructions
 

  • Mix all ingredients (except for coconut wrap) together in a bowl.
  • Place mixture in the center of the coconut wrap, fold and enjoy!
Keyword coconut, dairy free, easy meal, gluten free, grain free, healthy lunch, sauerkraut, wrap
Wild Salmon with Pesto (Paleo, Keto)

Wild Salmon with Pesto (Paleo, Keto)

Wild Salmon with Pesto is the not only super healthy, but real quick and easy to make! All you need is fresh wild salmon, dairy free pesto and 20-minutes. Paleo, low-carb & keto.

DID YOU KNOW? Wild salmon is high in Vitamin D.

On average, wild-caught salmon contains 988 IU of vitamin D per 3.5-ounce or 165% of the RDI. Some studies have found even higher levels in wild salmon — up to 1,300 IU per serving!

Up to 50% of the world’s population may not get enough sun causing many people to be deficient in vitamin D. This is partly because people spend more time indoors, wear sunblock outside and eat a Western diet low in good sources of this vitamin.

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to everything from skin problems to weight gain to autoimmune disease to cancer and heart disease.

This stresses the need for all of us to get plenty of sun exposure, and supplement or eat vitamin D-rich foods, such as wild salmon, on a regular basis.

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Dairy Free Pesto (Plant-Based, Paleo, Keto)

What you need for Wild Salmon with Pesto:

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Wild Salmon with Pesto (Paleo, Keto)

Wild Salmon with Pesto

Wild Salmon with Pesto is the not only super healthy, but real quick and easy to make! All you need is fresh wild salmon, dairy free pesto and 20-minutes. Paleo, low-carb & keto.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Course: Dinner, Entree
Cuisine: Italian, Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo
Servings: 2

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb wild sockeye salmon fillet, or other wild salmon
  • 3 tbsp Dairy Free Pesto, recipe link in notes
  • Sea salt , to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425F.
  • Wash and pat dry salmon with a paper towel. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with sea salt.
  • Bake salmon for 10-minutes then remove from oven, spread pesto onto salmon fillet and bake for 5 more minutes. Remove from oven and serve.
Keyword dairy free, gluten free, grain free, pesto, salmon, soy free, wild fish