Real Food Recipe: Guilt-free Choc-Banana-Chia Cakelets

Thrive Primal - paleo chocolate banana chia cake recipe

Ok, not gonna lie friends, I’ve been coming up with some winners lately. The zucchini pancakes were delightful, and the easy 5-ingredient pork & pea soup was out of this world. Today we have reached new heights in the easy quick paleo/primal-friendly dessert category. These paleo banana chocolate chip chia seed cakelets are pretty freakin scrumpsh. […]

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How to Make Sauerkraut in 3 Steps: DIY Probiotic!

Thrive Primal - how to make sauerkraut

Eating fermented foods is a must if you want to optimally digest and absorb everything you eat. Our ancestors ate cultured and fermented foods constantly, so we would have a steady stream of friendly bacteria coming into our system. Nowadays these traditional foods have mostly fallen by the wayside, along with their plentiful benefits. Everyone […]

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Real Food Recipe: Easy Healthy Plantains in a Pan

Thrive Primal - easy healthy plantain recipe

Have you ever seen those oversized weird-looking bananas at the supermarket? They’re plantains! A staple in traditional island diets, they’re a bit of a wildcard here in North America. They’re worth learning how to cook, because they have some great nutritional benefits. One of my favourite Paleo/Ancestral practitioners, Chris Kresser, talks about plantains a lot […]

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Real Food Recipe: Natural Hangover Remedy Juice

I concocted this quick & easy natural hangover remedy juice for Will and I the morning after an office party recently when we weren’t feelin so hot. It definitely made me feel a little less “eugh” – a little lighter and cleaner. Are you hungover today? Or anticipating potentially being so tomorrow? TIP: collect the ingredients […]

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