Paleo resources

I've had a few friends ask for W30 tips and recipes, so I figured I'd put them all in one place. I'm sure I'll do it again soon too, so it'll be helpful to have everything in one place. Please add comments with any great finds, and I'll update this post.

General resources
Whole30 program
Whole30 daily e-mails - very helpful for your first time through the program
Success stories and motivation - weight loss and overall health improvements

Recommended recipes
First a disclaimer. I do not follow recipes exactly very often. I look at them for ideas, and usually improvise. I do a lot of adjusting and substituting and will try a "normal" recipe and just leave out the sugar or flour. It usually turns out tasty. Also substitute oil (olive oil, coconut oil...) for butter.

MEAT

• Shepherd's Pie - love this. I use a combination of these two recipes: one and two. 
• Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Stew - this is one of my all-time favorite recipes. I have the cookbook it's from. I've made it as written, have paleo modified it, and have also just thrown all ingredients into the crock pot. It always turns out great. Full recipe here (WSJ subscription required) and paleo version here. (note 9/3/14 - I just made this again this weekend using the paleo recipe and just throwing everything in the crock pot. I asked the butcher for something less expensive and delicious to slow cook and they gave me beef calf - like the calf muscle - SO GOOD. Better than what the recipe calls for. If you can get it, try it.)
• South Indian Beef Curry
• Merguez Meatballs
• Asian Braised Pork Shoulder: requires a few substitutions or omissions to paleo-ize, but still turns out great. Also can make in crock pot. 
• My Mushroom Meatloaf - scroll to the bottom of the post. I invented this one. 
• (added 9/25/14) Lamb Vindaloo - I made this with lamb chops, so didn't cook as long as you would with a tougher cut of meat. Followed the recipe through browning the meat, then put everything in the crock pot for two hours on low, then added carrots and cauliflower and cooked for an hour on high. It was really good. (edit 12/28/14)I just made this again - got a pressure cooker for a present, so tried it out on this, using lamb stew meat - it took 15 minutes and turned out great. 
• (added 12/24/14) Asian Meatballs - tastes like potsticker filling. 
• (added 12/24/14) Indian Spareribs - the recipe is written for a pressure cooker, which is the one gadget I don't have, so I cooked at 300 for about 1:45. Delicious. 

POULTRY

• Sous vide Chicken in Ancho Chile Paste - I have a Sous Vide Supreme. It's fun. You could just marinate the chicken in this paste and grill or roast. But it's really good in the SV. 
• Turkey Breast in Mole - I made this in the crock pot. It was good. 
• Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
• Chicken Butternut Tangine
• Balinese Grilled Chicken
• Chicken Pallard with Curried Oyster Mushrooms
• Turkey (and/or pork) breakfast patties - this is my recipe - it's at the bottom of a post from my last W30.
• Chicken cooking techniques - breasts (just don't use the flour), whole roast chicken (this is amazing, especially if you use a really good chicken. I swear by Gunthorp chickens that I get at Butcher and Larder. 
• Moroccan-style Chicken and Root Vegetable Stew - this is so good. Make a huge batch. It'll freeze. 
• (added 9/7/14) - Jerk Chicken - I used a date instead of the sugar, and just used boneless, skinless chicken breasts (what I had in the freezer). Spicy. Tasty. (update 9/25/14) Used the remaining marinade on goat (our CSA gives us a lot of goat) - can't remember what cut it was, but I put it in the crock w/onions and it was delicious. 
• (added 4/8/15) - Apple-Braised Turkey Thigh - The meat CSA gave me turkey thighs. I had no idea what to do with them. Martha to the rescue. This was really good. 

FISH

• Fish tacos - eat in cabbage leaves instead of tortillas. 
• Mushroom Smothered Trout
• Tirado de Mahi Mahi - omit the honey if you're avoiding honey. I'm allergic to mango so used pineapple in the salsa - delicious. 
• Coconut Fish Stew - good base for experimentation
• (added 7/22/14) Smoked Trout Salad - great for a hot summer night. Really tasty. 
• (added 10/5/14)  How to Sear Salmon - simple technique tips for crispy skin.

EGGS + VEGGIES

• Big Ass Breakfast Pancake
• Shakshuka - I haven't used this specific recipe - but this is one of those recipes where you just take the basic idea and throw in what you've got on hand. 
• Baked Cauliflower Fritata
• Sweet Potato and Kale Pancakes - I've just made the cakes, not the sauce. They're good. 
• Butternut Squash Soup
• Curried Broccoli Soup
• (added 9/7/14) Baked Sweet Potato Fries - I used both regular and Japanese sweet potatoes, and seasoned with cayenne pepper and cinnamon. And they actually turned out crispy and tasty. 
• (added 10/5/14) Ultra-crispy Roast Potatoes - now that potatoes are W30 legal. 
• (added 12/24/14)Aloo Gobi - had this with the Indian Lamb Spare Ribs for Christmas Eve dinner. We used to go out for Indian food as a Christmas Eve tradition, but now that I won't eat anything at the place we used to go (not my kinda meat), I figured I'd make us a substitute feast. 
• (added 4/8/15) Parsnip Pear Soup

CONDIMENTS 

• Paleo mayo - make this. It's worth it. And all store mayo is full of crap. 
• Ranch dressing - amazing. Very ranchy. 
• 'Peanut' sauce - I invented this. It's good. 

My W30 pantry basics and favorite tips: 

• Dried mushrooms - this is huge, and something I invented and haven't seen elsewhere. Pulverize them into powder and use in meatloaf and meatballs instead of flour. Use as breading on pan-fried chicken or chops. I found giant bags of dried mushrooms for a few dollars at the Asian market. 
• Nori wraps - you can get them for cheap at Asian markets, or pay a ton for them at Whole Foods. I use them to make "sandwiches".  Egg salad, smoked salmon, turkey... just put them on a nori sheet with some onions, lettuce, tomato, paleo mayo... and roll up. Favorite quick lunch.
• Nut butters - almond or sunbutter - eat on apple slices or celery. I like the Trader Joe's raw almond butter. 
• Larabars - I know they're not 100% Whole30, but I eat them when I'm doing W30. I need something I can grab and eat, and something I can digest before a workout
• Coconut milk - makes everything creamy and delicious. Mix with Thai chili paste, throw in some veggies and chicken or shrimp and make a quick, tasty curry. Whip the solid part (drain the can) and eat with berries when you need a treat. 
• Cauliflower - I love cauliflower. Roast it and it turns into popcorn. Mash it and it turns into potatoes. 
• Kale (or chard, or mustard green) chips - sometimes you just need crunchy. Easy to make. 
• Crock pot: get one. Use it. Just throw tough cuts of meat, onion, carrots and spices in and slow cook. We call it meat mush, and it's always tasty and easy. (edit 4/8/15 - get a pressure cooker instead - see below) 
• Farm CSA: if you can, try this. We do one with Mint Creek Farm. We get 10lbs of meat per month, and I've learned to cook all different kinds of meat. And learned that goat is tasty and healthy. 
• Coconut aminos - soy sauce substitute
• Red Boat fish sauce - most other fish sauce brands have sugar
• Trader Joe's jalepeno hot sauce doesn't have sugar or other crap in it. 
• Use your freezer. Make large batches of everything and freeze some to eat later when you don't feel like cooking. 
• Grilling cheat sheet
• Buy yourself some fancy teas. Have a cup after dinner. Enjoy. 
• (added 4/8/15) Get an Instapot. It's amazing. Anything you'd make in a crock pot you can make in the pressure cooker in under an hour. And you can brown meat and sautee onions in it first, and reduce the cooking liquid after - so much easier to clean than the crock. And things get less dried out. 

(added 8/12/15) More recipes HERE