The Functional Rd

I have been challenged recently by several clients who wanted to know what my favorite health food snacks and extras are. There are so many things out there dubbed “paleo,” “low-carb,” “AIP,” that it can be difficult muddling through the options to find things that are good quality and actually taste good. Now, let me begin this list by saying that I am a bit of a lazy shopper. I am not about to go to multiple stores to get a few items at each. I am all about convenience and

I am always in a hurry. I drive fast, talk fast, and cook fast. This pretty much sums up everyone I know and have ever talked to in America. So I wanted to talk about fast food, and not the McDonald’s type. I’m talking food that is healthy, nutritious, and fast to prepare. Stir-fries are some of my weeknight go-to’s when I’m feeling busy, tired, or lazy (so most nights!) They are quick, easy, and do not require much patience. Here are my 3 favorite 20-minute stir fry recipes

It excites me to announce that this blog was featured in the online Posh Paleo magazine, January edition (page 26 if you want to look it up!) Check out more info on the Posh Paleo magazine here. OKAY! Now onto the solid information for which you came here for! Grocery shopping can be one of life’s most tedious tasks. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, you get home only to realize you’ve forgotten the prime ingredient for tonight’s pot roast. Even worse is when

The holidays are here, y’all! People are either excited or really annoyed. I consider myself to be a glass is half-full kind of girl so I have learned to fully embrace all things holiday-related. To help you spread a little more holiday cheer, and less holiday fear, I wanted to give you all a gift. The gift of food! Now, unfortunately I cannot give you food via the internet, but I can give you some delicious recipes that you can take with you to any potluck in town AND BE PRA

Read any blog, article, magazine out there and they are all pushing ways to make yourself thinner, prettier, shinier, whatever. Some tips are decent and some involve putting some smelly gunk on your face in order to have perfect skin. Well, I have my own tips that I used, but not to be prettier or thinner, but to be truly healthy. I am all about doing whatever I can to optimize my health. I start with diet, but truly there are so many things that you can do to make yourself j

Welcome to October, the month where the weather starts to finally cool down in Texas (it’s in the 80’s ya’ll!) and the month where everyone starts getting more festive in anticipation of all the holiday cheer! In the spirit of keeping everything joyfully Halloween-centered, I wanted to go super basic and get some pumpkin on the menu! Because there is NOTHING more October than pumpkins! The thing I love most about Paleo is taking some sort of dessert and pumping up the health

Dining out. One of the small pleasures in life that we tend to take a little too much advantage of. Having food sensitivities typically makes dining out a little less pleasurable, though, and a lot more anxiety-riddled. Fortunately, that anxiety can be lessened when you learn these tips and are adequately prepared. 1. Do a little pre-game research. Before I go any where new I always pull up the menu online. Thankfully, we live in a world where you have easy access to probabl

Those of us with food sensitivities know that if we keep the offending foods in our diets then we struggle to get better or even just to feel normal. The problem is, though, that eliminating multiple food sensitivities from our diets is TOUGH WORK! There are periods where I thrive and I can go months without taking one single bite of a food that causes the influx of inflammation that I get from my food sensitivities. However, there are plenty of times where I dig myself into

I love pot roast so much I think it deserves its own food group. It was always the top of my request for my birthday dinner growing up (with a side of bread and brownies for dessert – I had a serious love for the carbs!) Surprisingly, as an adult I have never felt overwhelmed with the urge to cook pot roast. I’ve craved it plenty of times, but I suppose I never thought that I could make it like mama does. So, after I went home this weekend and got some good, home-cooked food