Holistically Engineered

Grain Free Paleo Recipes and Healthy Living

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipe Index
  • My Cookbooks
    • Awaken
    • Squeaky Clean Paleo
    • 5 Ingredient Grain Free Desserts
  • More Than Lemonade
  • Essential Oils
    • Essential Oil Classes & Webinars

Italian Noodle Soup (Paleo and Gluten Free)

March 5, 2015 By Karen Sorenson

In the last year or two my Dad had been trying to eat better and lose some weight.  I had asked him several times to try going gluten/grain free for 30 days to see what effect it would have on his psoriasis.  He eventually got on board and started to notice his skin was clearing… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Paleo, Pork, Whole30 Tagged With: bone broth, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, grain free, health, nut free, paleo, primal, soup, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Glazed Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (Paleo and Low Carb)

July 14, 2014 By Karen Sorenson

Zucchini is starting to show up in my CSA each week and although it’s one of my favorite vegetables I wanted to use it in a sweet recipe.  As you may know, I’ve been trying to implement a low histamine diet (in addition to my usual low carb paleo diet).  So what’s the hardest part… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Desserts, Paleo Tagged With: Atkins, chocolate, coconut, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, health, low carb, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, summer, Swerve, zucchini

Creamy Zucchini Noodles with Bacon (Dairy Free)

April 21, 2014 By Karen Sorenson

So lately I’ve had an obsession with mashed cauliflower since it’s such an easy side dish.  I usually steam some frozen organic cauliflower (or fresh if I have some hand), add some ghee, salt, and pepper.  Then I just buzz it with my immersion blender until it’s smooth.  So perfectly easy and delicious!  Well, I… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Paleo, Sides, Whole30 Tagged With: Atkins, cauliflower, egg free, gluten free, grain free, health, low carb, paleo, primal, side dish, special diet, special diets, summer, Veggies, zucchini

30+ of The BEST Grain Free Pizza Recipes

February 12, 2014 By Karen Sorenson

Everywhere I look on social media lately people are talking about pizza.  It must be that time of year when people are craving pizza or are looking for a little excitement out of the diet changes they made at the start of the new year.  I wanted to put together a resources of the BEST… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Misc Tagged With: Atkins, gameday, gluten free, grain free, health, low carb, mushrooms, nut free, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, Veggies, zucchini

October Giveaway: Spiral Vegetable Slicer

October 1, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

___________________________ And the winner is….. #6295: Linda K. Not the winner?  Pick up your spiral vegetable slicer here (while it’s on sale) ___________________________________ Who’s ready for the October GIVEAWAY??? I wanted to share a great prize that will hopefully help you on your low carb or paleo journey.  I use my Spiral Vegetable Slicer all… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Misc Tagged With: Atkins, dairy free, egg free, giveaway, gluten free, grain free, health, low carb, nightshade free, nut free, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, Veggies, zucchini

Five Ingredient Friday: Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles

September 13, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

The Five Ingredient Friday recipe this week is an easy Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles (aka Zucchini Noodles).  I used my Spiral Slicer to make the Zoodles.  It makes a large batch of noodles in seconds and it’s easy to clean afterwards. I used to use a julienne peeler, but it would take so much longer… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Paleo, Seafood, Whole30 Tagged With: 5if, Atkins, egg free, gameday, gluten free, health, low carb, nut free, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Savory Zucchini Bread

September 10, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

Today’s post is a guest post over at Empowered Sustenance.  Because my diet doesn’t include grains I often get asked if I miss regular bread.  For me eating grain-free is helping to heal my digestive issues and for that alone it would be totally worth it to miss out on bread.  The good news about… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Misc, Paleo Tagged With: Atkins, dairy free, gluten free, health, low carb, nut free, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Cheesy Zucchini “Rice”

August 26, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

Me and dairy haven’t gotten along in many years.  I used to fill the void by downing tons of those Lactaid pills or by eating fake dairy.  Eventually I had to add more and more of those pills for it to even be effective.  One day I decided that it was ridiculous to take so… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Sides Tagged With: Atkins, cauliflower, egg free, gluten free, health, low carb, nightshade free, primal, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Zucchini Lasagna (Low Carb and Dairy Free)

April 10, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

I’ve been lactose intolerant for about 10 years now and most of the time I don’t really feel like I’m missing out on anything because I can’t eat cheese, cream, etc.  But every once in awhile I get the urge to to revamp dishes that contain dairy into dairy free versions.  I made dairy free… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Beef, Misc, Pork Tagged With: Atkins, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, health, Italian, low carb, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Days 26-28 and #Whole30 Lemon Dill Salmon in Parchment

February 4, 2013 By Karen Sorenson

Almost there!  Two days away from completing the Whole30. I know it’s really bad, but I can’t help but flip through this ebook: Indulge: 70 Grain Free Desserts and pick out the recipes I want to make once this is over.  I’m going to blame it on the fact that Valentine’s Day is almost here. … 

Read More »

Filed Under: Paleo, Seafood, Whole30 Tagged With: Atkins, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, health, low carb, nightshade free, nut free, paleo, primal, special diet, special diets, zucchini

Comforting Low Carb Dijon Chicken “Noodle” Soup (Gluten Free and Paleo)

November 5, 2012 By Karen Sorenson

The temperature is starting to drop and that usually means sickness is around the corner.  My fiancé wasn’t feeling well this week so I decided to make him an updated Chicken “Noodle” Soup. Chicken Noodle Soup is always comforting when you are under the weather so it was nice to have a low carb version… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Chicken, Paleo Tagged With: dijon mustard, fall, gluten free, health, low carb, primal, soup, special diet, winter, zucchini

Cod with Tomato and Caper Sauce (Low Carb and Gluten Free)

July 11, 2012 By Karen Sorenson

My latest cooking adventure was Low Carb Cod with Tomato and Caper Sauce. As requested, I’ve been looking at expanding my fish horizons.  I have a lot of Cod recipes before, but never tried any of them.  When I was at the store I noticed that the Cod was on sale so I decided to… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Seafood Tagged With: dairy free, gluten free, health, low carb, special diet, zucchini

Stewed Summer Vegetables with Chicken (Low Carb and Gluten Free)

May 29, 2012 By Karen Sorenson

My latest cooking adventure was Low Carb Stewed Summer Vegetables with Chicken. I had some zucchini and yellow squash around the house that I wanted to use up so I decided to stew them with chicken.  I used the following ingredients for Stewed Summer Vegetables with Chicken: 2 cups of cooked chicken, shredded  (dark or white)1/2 cup… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Chicken Tagged With: dairy free, eggplant, gluten free, low carb, squash, tomatoes, zucchini

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Welcome


Hi, I'm Karen! I follow a low carb and paleo diet as I try and reach my goal of losing 100 lbs. I'm also interested in all things healthy and healing my body through food and lifestyle. Read More

My Latest Cookbook!

Newsletter

Stay connected! Sign up for my FREE newsletter!

Check out my eCookbooks

Essential Oils

Get Blog Post Updates in Your Inbox

Popular Posts

Low-Carbing Among Friends Cookbooks

Newsletter

Sign up for my FREE newsletter!

Featured Posts

Copyright © 2023 Holistically Engineered