Real Life Paleo

You've heard great things, you've read the success stories, and you're ready to try the Paleo lifestyle--but in a world filled with bread, pizza, and cookies, it can be hard to get started and easy to fall off the wagon. What you need is a guide to help you transition, a three-step plan for sticking with Paleo, and a cookbook with easy, everyday Paleo recipes. What you need is Real Life Paleo.

Real Life Paleo takes a practical approach to going Paleo with three simple steps that Stacy Toth and Matt McCarry, creators of the popular blog Paleo Parents, used to lose a combined 200 pounds and improve the health of their whole family. The "Swap, Remove, Heal" method is easy for anyone to follow, no matter where you are in your journey: first, swap healthier versions of the worst offenders; then remove unhealthy foods entirely; and finally, add healing, nutritious foods to your diet.

Stacy and Matt also provide you with all the tools you need to make the switch to a Paleo lifestyle for good:

Over 175 Delicious Recipes: With so many Paleo-friendly recipes, figuring out what to eat will never be a problem. Plus, the fully photographed meal plans and ideas help you turn the individual recipes into balanced meals for your Paleo table. From holiday menu ideas to on-the-go snack ideas, Real Life Paleo ensures that every food choice can be a delicious, healthy one.

Handy How-To Section: With practical tips aimed at providing real-life solutions to common concerns, the how-tos make it easy to replace allergens in recipes, find substitutes for unhealthy staples such as pasta and bread, and make everyday cooking quick, easy, and affordable.

3-Phased Approach: Overhauling your diet and giving up foods you love might seem like an impossible feat. Rather than ask you to make the leap all at once, Real Life Paleo offers a three-phased approach: first swap in healthier alternatives to processed foods, then remove unhealthy foods entirely, and finally add healing, nutrient-dense foods to your diet.

Guides to Long-Term Success: Informative guides to stocking a Paleo pantry, ordering in restaurants, pursuing better health as a family, and much more help you stick with your new Paleo lifestyle.

Recipe Indexes: Looking for a dish you can make in under 30 minutes? Or a one-pot recipe?  Or maybe a recipe with fewer than 5 ingredients? The recipe indexes have you covered. Real Life Paleo will give you the confidence and tools to set your table with delicious and healthy foods to nourish those you love.

Real Life Paleo will give you the confidence and tools to set your table with delicious and healthy foods to nourish those you love.

Stacy Toth and Matthew McCarry are the couple behind the popular blog PaleoParents.com. Well known for their award-winning recipes and their successes with the Paleo diet, they have been featured in national publications, live speaking events, on radio shows and videos, and television news programs. You can also find them on their top rated podcast, The Paleo View.

Their success story of drastically improving the health of the whole family and losing over 200 pounds as a couple is a testament to the power of this lifestyle. As of today the family has experienced health changes they never thought were even possible. They feel their dietary changes have saved their family.

Focusing on an accessible, sustainable, and delicious recreations of "regular" food, Matt and Stacy have authored 3 family-friendly cookbooks: Eat Like a Dinosaur, Recipe & Guidebook for Gluten-free Kids; Beyond Bacon, Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog; and, Real Life Paleo, 175 Gluten-free Recipes, Meal Ideas, and an Easy 3-Phased Approach to Lose Weight & Gain Health. The entire family loves to recreate old standard favorites in inventive and more healthful ways.

About the Blog
With 3 children now unable to eat "normal" foods, Matt & Stacy began creating recipes for children with food allergies in mind. Both Eat Like a Dinosaur and Real Life Paleo highlight the top allergens and offer ideas on how to further eliminate tree nuts and eggs from their grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, legume-free recipes. Most recipes are appropriate for those with nearly any food allergies, including those following the Paleo, Primal, SCD, GAPS, and gluten-free lifestyles.

After years of successfully living this lifestyle, Matt and Stacy now love to share their knowledge through tips and tricks on the blog and books.

Matt, Stacy, Cole, Finian, and Wesley live in the suburbs of Washington, DC.