Sweet potato salad is my newest obsession!  If you are tired of your routine potato salad you have to give this a try!  It is literally the best of both worlds and is such a great addition to your summer cookout!!!

Ingredients:

4 large sweet potatoes (cut into 1 in pieces)

2 Tbsp capers

1 Tbsp parsley

1 -1 1/2 cups paleo mayo depending on how coated you want it

2 green onions chopped

1 Tbsp chives

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Roast potatoes for 20 min or until tender. Let cool for 5 min.

2.  Transfer potatoes into a bowl and add in capers, parsley, mayo, green onions, chives and salt and pepper.

3.  Serve a little warm or put in refrigerator for 1 hr to serve chilled.

If you never have made anything I have posted let this soup be your first! It was a party in my mouth and all these different flavors were invited!  I felt pretty proud of myself and it inspires me to come up with different dishes and really switch up our rotation of recipes!

Ingredients:

8 cups chicken stock 

1 pkg turkey bacon (sliced into 1/4 in)

1/3 cup sundried tomato pesto or any pesto will do (recipe for sundried tomato pesto... See below)

1 can white beans

1/2 bunch of kale

1 can diced tomatoes 

2 garlic cloves diced

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1.  Add bacon to pot and cook on medium heat till browned, add in garlic and sauté for 2-3 min.

2.  Add in the chicken stock, diced tomatoes, and sundried tomato pesto, bring to a boil and simmer for 20-30 min.

3.  Add in beans and kale and simmer another 15 min.

4.  Serve by itself or with a crostini.

Sundried Tomato pesto:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup sundried tomatoes

3/4 cup olive oil

8-9 basil leaves

2 garlic cloves

2 Tbsp nutritional yeast 

Salt and pepper to taste

Throw into food processor and pulse till combined thoroughly... Now this is something I make all the time and don't really measure out ingredients so it's a rough estimate of how much I use of everything.



Yes!  You heard that right!!!! I always love a good Gyro but am always so bummed when I can't have the Tzatziki sauce because it has dairy in it!!!!  So I made my own dairy free version and trust me you will want to slather this on everything!!!

Ingredients:

1 cup raw cashews ( soak 2 hrs)

1/2 cup water

1 cup cucumber (grated)

1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp lemon juice

2 cloves of garlic

1/2 tsp of fresh dill

1 tsp of chives

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1.  Place already soaked cashews, water, olive oil, lemon juice, dill, chives and garlic in a food processor.  Combine until smooth.

2.  Add in grated cucumber, and pulse a few times to combine.

3. Pour into bowl and Serve!