Forget the endives and buy some napa cabbage instead for an easy, fun, veggie-dipping lunch! Or appetizer or main…
Below you’ll find vegan, paleo and vegan-paleo toppings with all the flavor you want.
Continue Reading…Forget the endives and buy some napa cabbage instead for an easy, fun, veggie-dipping lunch! Or appetizer or main…
Below you’ll find vegan, paleo and vegan-paleo toppings with all the flavor you want.
Continue Reading…For the paleo folk that need a quick and affordable lunch you can prepare ahead and make in minutes day-of.
$ – SAVVY: If you haven’t checked out our “Detailed Paleo Week” (or our “Detailed Week“) posts, you’re missing out. We spell out step-by-step how to create an A grade week of food in only 2 to 2.5 hours! Calendar, menu, play-by-play cooking process, pricing, Calories, you name it! This recipe is included: nourishing, cheap and easy to bulk prep and quick to build at meal time.
Continue Reading…When life gives you cold air, make something to warm that air. – Dana
I created this soup for all y’all looking for a nourishing, soothing, low-FODMAP, GI Gentle, Paleo soup.
Yes, it can be made into a vegetarian or vegan version and homemade bread is involved. #SavvyAlternatesTable
Continue Reading…Our recipes are inherently wheat and gluten free, peanut free, mostly nightshade free, corn and soy free, largely diary and lactose free, mostly vegetarian, easily made vegan, and several are grain-free and paleo!
Dana is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Personal Trainer. Josh is a former CPA, CFO. Together we create budget-friendly nourishing solutions to otherwise expensive good food. Dig deep into the top menu bar tab “A SOLUTION“. There you will find a plethora of detailed WHAT, HOW & WHY:
Very seriously, read or at least skim through those. We already did the ground work for you!
If you skip those pages, you likely won’t understand our mission, how we fixed our budget, or where to begin.
READ this quick guide and you’ll maximize your budget savings and mealtime nourishment on-the-fly.

For many people, creating an “A” meal from a single recipe is ideal because there is less work required.
That said, there are occasions when we need the liberty of going gourmet but don’t want to break the bread-budget doing it: hosting for a gourmet dinner party, mixing up the menu for a special occasion, just because I want yummy fancy food…
< your reason here >
That’s why I created a separate section in the majority of the recipe posts you’ll find on our site. It’s called: Savvy Alternates. Hello food budget buddy.
Here’s an example from our Tangy Beet Salad recipe post:
Continue Reading…Continue Reading…You might call this a slaw… although my husband distinctly said “I can’t even taste the cabbage” and then the words “this tastes amazing” came out of his purple mouth.