Date reviewed: September 25, 2020

When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the second wave is upon us,  superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today.

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

Clean Paleo One-Pot Meals makes living the paleo lifestyle quick and delicious with 100 mouth-watering and family-friendly recipes that are uncomplicated in both time and preparation. 

Do you want to cook healthy meals but feel overwhelmed in actually accomplishing it? You start with good intentions but by dinnertime you are tired, out of time, uninspired, and just ready to be done with the day. All of your big Instagram-worthy meal plans have flown out the window. Who has time to spend two hours in a hot kitchen chopping, simmering, and then cleaning up?

Fast food doesn't have to be junk food. Healthy food doesn't have to be complicated or weird. Christina Shoemaker of the beloved blog The Whole Cook proves both in this gorgeous cookbook. You'll find immense satisfaction in tossing meat and vegetables on a sheet pan and letting it roast or simply throwing all your ingredients into a soup pot to simmer and serve in 30 minutes. 

Clean Paleo One-Pot Meals will help you live the paleo lifestyle without living in your kitchen. Enjoy these and more mouthwatering recipes free of grains, gluten, legumes, dairy, soy, and artificial ingredients:
Fiesta Pineapple Chicken
Maple Salmon with Sweet Potatoes
Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas
Lemon Shrimp Stir Fry
No Bean 30 Minute Chili
Paleo Pad Thai
Herby Lemon Chicken Soup
Beef Burrito Bowl
Enchilada Breakfast Casserole
Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice
Easy Paleo Chocolate Muffins

These are some great recipes but there are so many with carbs through the roof which does not work for me - I also question the description of "CLEAN" and the lack of fibre-filled grains on Paleo.  Grains grew wild so why did not be approved as "paleo" - but those are my opinions and I am sticking to them. (DItto dairy as there were things to milk then!!!) 

Nonetheless, there are some wonderful yummy recipes here begging to be made: the recipes are well written and understandable by cooks of all levels and the photos make the food very appealing to myself and other lovers of food out there.

What I love about the book is that it uses whole ingredients instead of pre-prepared and packaged foods. I do draw the line at making my own cheese, and canning tomatoes but the more "ingredients" you use the better.  My one nephew says that I never have any food in my house, only ingredients --- that is why I cook so much. I also refuse to eat or cook with "chick'n" and its 88 ingredients vs. 🐔chicken🐔 having one!)

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube  Millionaires/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 🥘🥘🥘🥘

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