Posted: Jan 3, 2016 Updated: Mar 30, 2023

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Weekly Meal Plan Week 1 of 2016 and every recipe is not only a healthy family friendly recipe, but each recipe is also paleo friendly as well as gluten free. Each featured recipe includes link to complete recipe.

So you have decided to eat Paleo, or maybe you have been and you need some new delicious recipes to try out. Here are seven paleo friendly recipes that are perfect for the home cook. All the recipes that I have included are easy to make and are family friendly.

What is Paleo? In a nutshell, the Paleo diet is based on the notion that for optimal health, modern humans should go back to eating real, whole unprocessed foods that are more healthful than harmful to our bodies. I have eaten a mostly paleo version diet for over fifteen years and can attest based on my own personal experience to the effects it has on your mind and body.

Each recipe listed below includes a link to the full recipe and a complete shopping list that includes the ingredients for all the recipes can be found at the end of this post.

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Paleo Meal Plan

Week #1

Macadamia Coconut Crusted Chicken Tenders

{total cook time 30m}

Macadamia Coconut Crusted Chicken Tenders are a healthy flavorful alternative to fried chicken. Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Paleo friendly and loaded with protein and healthy fats to ignite your metabolism. The crust is light and crunchy, with tons of flavor that helps to keep the chicken moist while baking.

Grilled Cuban Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

{total cook time: 27m}

Grilled Cuban Steak with Chimichurri Sauce is packed with protein and tons of fresh herbs. The health benefits of fresh herbs are often overlooked when discussing the world’s healthiest foods, however they can be just as essential to a healthy diet as fruits and vegetables because of their high antioxidant capacities. So enjoy your Chimichurri.

Paleo Salmon Teriyaki

{total cook time 20m}

Paleo Salmon Teriyaki is a delicious wholesome clean gluten free recipe that I can’t tell you how easy it is to prepare, and it is done from start to finish in 20 minutes. You heard me right, 20 minutes. Look at it, it is gorgeous and ridiculously delicious. The homemade teriyaki sauce is simple to make and WAY better than anything you can buy at the store.

Baked Lemon Chicken

{total cook time 25m}

Baked Lemon Chicken is short on ingredients and full of clean healthy ingredients that allow you to make a moist chicken in 30 minutes. Great for a weeknight family dinner but fancy enough to serve to guests. Not only do you have a lean protein in this dish but lemon delivers antibacterial, antiviral, and immune-boosting powers and their use as a weight loss aid because lemon juice is a digestive aid and liver cleanser.

Sweet Potato Curry Shrimp Soup

{total cook time 40m}

Sweet Potato Curry Shrimp Soup is super simple to make, healthy, thick soup that is loaded with a sweet creamy flavor. Paleo friendly, Gluten Free and Dairy Free. The shrimp adds a great source of protein, the sweet potatoes complex carbohydrates to supply fiber, and potassium. Curry is made up of numerous spices, one being turmeric which is a huge anti inflammatory.