112 Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes
During the hot summer months, it can be a hassle to have to do any cooking. So here are some super easy Paleo no-cook dinner recipes for you to enjoy without heating up the house.
We’ve split up this giant list of Paleo recipes into 8 different categories to make it easier for you to navigate through them and pick the best recipe for your evening. Take a look at the categories below to see what suits your fancy.
You may want to pair some of them together for a whole dinner – like a salad with a cold soup to start. Or a guacamole and salsa topped on some zucchini noodles. A few of the recipes ask for blanching or using leftover meats, and we’ve noted those requirements in the descriptions.
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Table Of Contents For Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Salads
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Salsas
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Coleslaw
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Guacamole
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Pates
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Cold Soups
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Zucchini Noodle Recipes
- Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Other No Cook Recipes
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Salads
Antipasto Salad
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: romaine, prosciutto, salami or pepperoni, artichoke hearts, olives, hot or sweet peppers, Italian dressing.
This easy to throw together salad makes a hearty meal on those nights that you don’t want to cook. The best part is it is easily adaptable to different veggies or pre-cooked meats. So you can have it several nights in a row without it becoming boring. And if you’re wondering if deli meats are Paleo, then check out this post here.
Easy Tomato Cucumber Salad
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: onion, cucumbers, red wine vinegar, tomatoes, olive oil, fresh basil, sea salt, ground pepper.
This delightful and tasty salad is really easy to throw together. With onion, cucumbers, tomatoes, and sea salt, pepper, basil and olive, it makes an easy side dish to any meal. If preferred, some meats can be added for a one stop meal.
Copycat Costco Asian Cashew Chopped Salad
– That Paleo Couple
Ingredients: green cabbage, savoy cabbage, carrots, celery stalks, cilantro leaves, raw cashews, almond, sesame seeds, sesame seed oil, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, roasted sesame seeds, salt.
This recipe takes salads to a whole new level. A copycat version of the Asian Cashew Chopped Salad sold at Costco, this salad adds loads of flavor in one bowl. With green and savoy cabbage, carrots, celery, cilantro, raw cashews, almonds, sesame seeds, and roasted sesame seeds, there is nothing lacking from this bowl of goodness.
My Kind Of Greek Salad
– Paleo on a Budget
Ingredients: cucumber, cherry tomatoes, onion, avocado, dried basil, dried oregano, garlic powder, salt, pepper, lemon juice, olive oil, feta cheese (optional).
This scrumptious Paleo salad recipe uses avocado, cherry tomatoes, onion and cucumber with basil, oregano, garlic powder, lemon juice, olive oil and feta cheese (which is optional) to make a wonderful Greek style salad. Easy to make and delicious to eat.
Paleo Avocado Tuna Salad
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: avocado, lemon juice, onion, cooked or canned wild tuna, sea salt, pepper.
Tuna and avocado make a great tasty pair. Mixed up with lemon juice, onion, sea salt, and pepper and you have an excellent salad with all of your nutrients and minerals in one bowl.
Chopped Broccoli and Carrot Salad
– A Girl Worth Saving
Photo Credit: Kelly Bejelly from A Girl Worth Saving
Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, carrots, black olives, red onion, walnuts, mushrooms, broccoli.
Chopped broccoli and carrots with mushrooms, black olives, red onion and walnuts topped with dressing made with extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. This makes a delicious and very colorful salad that will light up the table.
Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Avocado
– Oh Snap Let’s Eat
Ingredients: zucchinis, roma tomatoes, cilantro, red onions, avocado, lemon or lime juice, olive oil, sea salt, pepper.
This beautiful and delicious salad is not only eye-appealing, but refreshingly tasty. With zucchini ribbons, roma tomatoes, avocado, lemon or lime juice, cilantro and olive oil, this beauty will impress anyone with its flavor and looks.
Curried Broccoli Salad
– Swiss Paleo
Ingredients: almond butter (or nut/seed butter of your choice), apple cider vinegar, honey, yellow curry powder, coconut milk, olive oil, salt.
Broccoli and carrot salad with curry, honey, apple cider vinegar, almond butter and coconut oil sauce make a scrumptious and beautiful salad to give new life to salads.
Black Friday Digestive Salad
– The Nourished Caveman
Photo Credit: Vivica from The Nourished Caveman
Ingredients: Mizuna greens, Tatsoi greens, red cabbage, apple, lemon, clove garlic, ginger, oilve oil, Celtic Sea Salt, pink peppercorn.
A delicious salad that helps soothe your body, mind, and soul. Mizuna greens and Tatsoi greens (also known as spinach mustard) may be a bit harder to find so you can use other salad greens that are readily available.
Creamy Zucchini Salad with Green Apples And Almonds
– Strictly Paleoish
Photo Credit: Peter from Strictly Paleoish
Ingredients: zucchini, green apples, mayonnaise, almonds, fresh parsley, black pepper.
This tasty and creamy salad uses loads of yummy foods such as zucchini, green apples, almonds, parsley and black pepper all mixed with mayonnaise for a wonderful side dish to almost any meal. You can make your own mayo for the recipe (there’s one included in the recipe) or you can buy Paleo avocado oil mayo in the US.
Leftovers love: Smoked chicken, Avocado and Arugula Salad
– Meatified
Photo Credit: Rach from Meatified
Ingredients: left over smoked chicken, avocado, arugula, cucumber, carrots, salsa, olive oil.
This recipe makes a delicious salad from leftover smoked chicken. Add in avocado, cucumber, carrots, salsa and olive oil for wonderful main dish. If you don’t have leftover smoked chicken, then you can use other leftover meats or some deli chicken, turkey, or ham.
Fresh and Easy Salad
– The Coconut Mama
Photo Credit: Tiffany from The Coconut Mama
Ingredients: baby greens, butter leaf lettuce, apricots, green apple, blueberries, raspberries, salted pistachios.
A simple yet tasty salad with both fruits and veggies. Using baby greens, better leaf lettuce, apricots, green apple, blueberries, raspberries and salted pistachios, this recipe is an amazing no-cook salad for any time you can find fresh salad greens and fruits.
Easy Cauliflower Salad
– Delicious Obsessions
Ingredients: cauliflower, onion, mayonnaise, extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, black pepper, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds.
This easy to make and easier to eat Paleo cauliflower salad is not only super tasty, it is chocked full of good stuff. With onion, mayo, dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds, there’s a crunch as well as a tart sweetness to the dish.
Melon Salad
– Jan’s Sushi Bar
Ingredients: tomatoes, cantaloupe, cucumber, red onion, fresh basil, white wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, ground black pepper.
This salad is so easy to throw together it might be wise to make extra. With such a delightful taste, this tomato, cantaloupe and cucumber mix is a great dish to make in the summer or early fall for a refreshing and wonderful flavor.
Pineapple Kale Salad
– Primally Inspired
Ingredients: kale, avocado, pineapple, macadamia nuts, unsweetened coconut chips, full fat coconut milk, lime zest, lime juice, pure raw honey.
Avocado, pineapple, macadamia nuts, and unsweetened coconut chips gives this Paleo salad a nice tropical flavor. Make it even more tropical and creamy by topping the salad with a simple dressing made from coconut milk, lime zest and juice and raw honey.
Dinosaur Kale Salad
– Tri Holistic Nutrition
Ingredients: Dinosaur kale, carrots, red bell peppers, red cabbage, pumpkin seeds, extra virgin olive oil, unsweetened brown organic rice vinegar, sesame oil, palm sugar, sesame seeds, sea salt.
This colorful and delicious salad is loaded with vitamins and nutrients. If you’re not familiar with dinosaur kale, it’s a variety of kale often used in Italian cuisine. If you have trouble finding dinosaur kale, then use whatever kale you can find.
Asian Avocado Salad
– My Heart Beets
Photo Credit: Ashley from My Heart Beets
Ingredients: avocado, sunbutter or almond butter, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar (or rice wine vinegar), salt, black pepper, sesame seeds.
This simple avocado salad is loaded with Asian flavors – the sesame seeds along with the coconut aminos give it a fantastic flavor and the sunbutter or almond butter and a nice creaminess to the texture.
AIP Tuna Salad
– How We Flourish
Ingredients: tuna fish, AIP mayo, celery, carrot, shallot, dill, lemon juice, brine from fermented veggies.
If you’re looking for a delicious tuna salad that sticks to AIP (Paleo autoimmune protocol), then look no further. The recipe provides 2 different options for AIP mayo or you can use a simple coconut cream instead as the salad recipe also includes some lemon juice.
1 Minute Asian Chicken Salad
– I Heart Umami
Ingredients: rotisserie chicken, carrots, cucumbers, scallion, cilantro, rice vinegar, coconut aminos, sesame oil.
Have left over rotisserie chicken in the fridge? This super fast 1-minute Paleo salad recipe with easy to find ingredients will help you use it up. If you don’t have precooked chicken, then this recipe will take more than 1-minute and will require you to either buy a rotisserie chicken or cook a chicken or some chicken breast yourself.
Strawberry Cobb Salad with Tangy Poppyseed Dressing
– Plaid and Paleo
Ingredients: baby spinach, strawberries, cooked bacon, avocado, lemon juice, lemon zest, red wine vinegar, extra light olive oil, red onion, dijon mustard, poppy seeds.
Strawberries are in abundance most of the summer. And they taste delicious in many dishes. This salad recipe uses them with baby spinach, bacon, avocado, red onions and a dressing made from lemon juice and zest, red wine vinegar, extra light olive oil, Dijon mustard and poppy seeds to make a wonderfully tasty summer salad.
Tomato Garlic Salad
– The Primal Desire
Ingredients: cucumber, onion, tomatoes, clove garlic, olive oil, salt, basil leaf.
Tomatoes are a salad’s best friend. This simple yet delicious salad pairs them with cucumber, onion, clove garlic, olive oil, salt and a basil leaf for a quick and easy Paleo side dish to any meal.
Asian Noodle Salad
– Fresh Planet Flavor
Ingredients: purple cabbage, bell pepper, shirataki noodles, green onions, radicchio, sesame seeds, chili flakes, coconut aminos, sesame oil, ginger juice, fish sauce, honey, salt.
Here’s a Paleo salad recipe that uses shirataki noodles (they’re a low calorie and Paleo pasta you can find in many stores or online). Mixed in with lots of great raw vegetables and Asian seasonings like sesame seeds, coconut aminos, sesame oil, fish sauce, and ginger juice, this makes for a super delicious and colorful salad.
Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
– Joyful Healthy Eats
Ingredients: spinach, strawberries, apple, almonds, avocados, mustard, raw honey, white vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper.
Strawberries with avocados and spinach make a beautiful and so delicious salad. The avocados and almonds add lots of great fats to help keep you full and the strawberries and apples add a touch of color and sweetness to the salad.
Tuna Coriander and Pumpkin Seed Salad
– Comfort Bites
Ingredients: salad leaves, tuna, coriander leaves, pumpkin seeds, extra virgin olive oil, salt.
This super easy Paleo tuna salad uses pumpkin seeds to add some extra crunch. And the coriander leaves add a ton of flavor to this dish as well as a touch of green color.
Thai Kale Salad with Ginger-Lemongrass Vinaigrette
– The Real Food RDS
Ingredients: olive or avocado oil, coconut aminos, raw apple cider vinegar, fish sauce (optional), ginger, garlic, lemongrass paste, sea salt, kale, carrots, red cabbage, bell pepper, sugar snap peas, green onions, cilantro leaves, cashews, lime wedges.
This amazing salad has a ton of great Thai flavors from the lemongrass and fish sauce. There’s also a lot of crunch in this flavorful salad from the cashews, sugar snap peas, carrots, cabbage, and bell peppers. Enjoy as a light meal or as a side dish with some other Thai inspired Paleo dishes.
Simple Summer Carrot Salad
– Delicious Obsessions
Ingredients: carrots, pineapple, shredded coconut, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds, coconut milk, avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, sea salt.
This simple recipe is not as simple tasting as the name implies. It is loaded with lots of great flavors like pineapples and dried cranberries. The dressing is creamy and there’s also a good crunch from the nuts. And if you’re sticking to an AIP diet, then there’s an option for that too.
Simple Grapefruit & Avocado Salad
– A Clean Bake
Ingredients: grapefruit, avocados, parsley or cilantro, lime juice, olive oil, salt.
This grapefruit avocado salad is perfect for summer, even as a breakfast. With grapefruits, avocado, cucumbers, asparagus, cashews, Paleo mayo, sea salt, pepper, dried dill and garlic powder, it is a delicious bowl full of yumminess. You can make your own Paleo mayo or you can use a premade one like this Paleo avocado mayo.
Tomato, Cucumber & Avocado Salad
– Simple Roots Wellness
Ingredients: cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, avocados, parmesan cheese (optional), olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried oregano, dried basil leaf, salt, pepper.
All the ingredients in this recipe are easy to find in most grocery stores, and the cheese is optional in this recipe.
Refreshing Kohlrabi and Japanese Turnip Salad
– The Curious Coconut
Ingredients: kohlrabi root, cucumbers, Japanese turnips, shallots, fresh cilantro, coconut aminos, lemon juice, ginger powder, kelp flakes.
This recipe is AIP-friendly with kohlrabi root, cucumbers, Japanese turnips, shallots, cilantro, coconut aminos, lemon juice, ginger powder and kelp flakes. Totally delicious and also completely nightshade free!
Broccoli Apple Salad
– She Cooks He Cleans
Ingredients: broccoli florets, apple, walnuts, dried cranberries, cooked bacon, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt, pepper.
Broccoli and apples make a wonderful flavor pairing. Add in some dried cranberries, bacon, mayo, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt and pepper and you have a bowl of delicious salad that serves well during any season. (Note – this recipe does ask that you cook the broccoli by blanching it in hot water.)
Fennel and Orange Salad
– And Here We Are
Ingredients: fennel, oranges, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, parsley.
We love how simple this recipe is – the main ingredients are just fennel and orange with a very simple dressing. You can whip this up in just a few minutes and enjoy as a side dish or as a snack.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Salsas
Watermelon Blueberry Salsa
– The Healthy Foodie
Photo Credit: Sonia from The Healthy Foodie
Ingredients: watermelon, large papaya, blueberries, cucumbers, green onions, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, rosemary, parsley, fresh ginger, lime juice, Himalayan salt, black pepper.
Salsa can be a wonderful addition to many meals and they’re so easy to make. While we typically think of tomatoes when we think of salsa, but this recipe features refreshing watermelon, papaya, and blueberries instead. Cucumbers and bell peppers add a ton of crunch to the recipe. All combined, this makes a delicious colorful salsa that will flip your taste buds.
Mom’s Kitchen Sink Salsa
– That Paleo Couple
Ingredients: tomatoes, white onion, tomatillos, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, jalapeños, cilantro, hot peppers, cloves garlic, lime juice.
A simple, yet spicy salsa for those who like it hot. Tomatoes, tomatillos, white onions, red and green bell peppers, jalapenos, cilantro, hot peppers, garlic and lime juice make this bright red and green salsa. Spicy and delicious.
Fresh Peach Basil Salsa
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: sweet onion, lime juice, sea salt, fresh peaches, fresh basil.
Peaches and basil are used to make this flavorful salsa. With sweet onion, lime juice and sea salt, it makes a delicious salsa that tastes great yet is simple to make.
Mango-Avocado Salsa
– Jan’s Sushi Bar
Ingredients: mango, avocado, red onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, lime juice, salt, pepper.
Mango and avocado make an excellent taste combination and this recipe proves it. This is another delicious salsa recipe that doesn’t even use tomatoes.
Fresh Poblano Salsa
– The Fit Cookie
Ingredients: tomatoes, poblano peppers, yellow squash or zucchini, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime, lime juice, hot sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper.
Poblano peppers are a mild chili pepper originally from Puebla, Mexico. While they’re typically quite mild, they can sometimes be spicy so watch out if you’re not a fan of spicy food. The extra hot sauce in the recipe will also make this dish even more spicy. And the cilantro, garlic, and lime juice all help to enhance the flavors.
Rainbow Pepper Salsa
– Life as a Plate
Ingredients: tomatoes, red onion, red bell pepper, yellow pepper, orange pepper, banana pepper, green chili peppers, jalapeno, garlic, salt, lime juice, cilantro.
Talk about colors being delicious, this rainbow salsa will be just as appeasing to the eyes as to the taste buds. With tomatoes, red onion, red, yellow and orange bell peppers, banana peppers, green chili peppers, jalapeno, garlic, lime juice and cilantro, almost every color of the rainbow is added to this tasty salsa.
Avocado with Strawberry Salsa
– Meatified
Photo Credit: Rach from Meatified
Ingredients: strawberries, lime juice, fresh mint leaves, green onions, jalapeño, avocados.
Mint leaves with strawberries is a wonderfully refreshing taste combination. Add in some lime juice, green onions, jalapenos and avocado, and you have an excellent salsa to accompany your fish or meat dish.
Peach Salsa
– Primally Inspired
Ingredients: peaches, tomatoes, cloves garlic, red onion, jalapeno, lime juice, cilantro, sea salt.
This chunky and delicious salsa uses peaches with jalapeno, tomatoes, garlic, red onion, lime juice, cilantro and sea salt to make a beautiful and oh so tasty salsa that will taste good on anything.
Mango Salsa
– Fed and Fit
Ingredients: mango, purple onion, jalapeno diced, fresh cilantro, lime juice, sea salt, black pepper.
Mangoes make wonderful salsa – it’s flavorful and juicy! There’s a touch of spiciness in this recipe from the chili peppers and the black pepper so watch out if you’re not into spicy food.
Simple Strawberry Salsa
– The Prime Pursuit
Ingredients: strawberries, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, avocado oil, lime juice, sea salt, pepper.
This super simple strawberry salsa is so easy to make and so yummy that you will want to make plenty to last a while. Only strawberries, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, avocado oil, lime juice and salt and pepper needed.
Habanero Salsa
– My Heart Beets
Photo Credit: Ashley by My Heart Beets
Ingredients: tomatoes, yellow onion, cilantro, habanero, garlic, lime juice, sea salt, cumin powder, smoked paprika, chili powder, ground black peppercorns.
This recipe is definitely a bit different from your typical salsa recipe. Fermenting it for a couple of days on the counter makes it last longer, improves the taste (sort of like marinating), and improves the health benefits. Tomatoes, yellow onion, cilantro, habanero, garlic, lime juice and seasonings are all that is needed.
5 Minute Homemade Salsa
– Once a Month Meals
Ingredients: tomatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, lime juice, onion, garlic, salt.
This salsa recipe takes only a couple of minutes to make and even less time to eat. In fact, it’s only got 7 ingredients total.
Strawberry Salsa
– Fit and Fresh
Ingredients: strawberries, cucumber, kiwis, red onion, jalapenos, garlic, limes, lemon, basil, cilantro.
Kiwi fruits are a rare addition to a salsa recipe, but they give a green color and a unique flavor to this Paleo salsa recipe. This goes especially well with grilled or baked fish, but tastes great on its own as a snack too.
Avocado Peach Salsa
– Real Food for Ager
Ingredients: avocado, peaches, tomatoes, pickle + brine (optional), lemon or lime juice, scallion, onion, garlic, cilantro or parsley, salt, pepper.
6Sweet and spicy and always a great combination, especially in salsa. With avocados, peaches, tomatoes, fermented pickle and brine, lemon or lime juice, scallion, onion, garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper, this little number is just the right amount of sweet with spicy.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Coleslaw
Easy Coleslaw Recipe
– A Girl Worth Saving
Photo Credit: Kelly Bejelly from A Girl Worth Saving
Ingredients: lime juice, mayo, sea salt, black pepper, B grade maple syrup, red cabbage, carrots, apple.
This simple coleslaw recipe provides a nice twist on the traditional coleslaw we’re used to having. The carrots and apples along with the maple syrup all help to give a sweetness to the recipe while the lime juice and mayo balances that sweetness out.
Colonel Cole Slaw
– That Paleo Couple
Ingredients: cabbage, carrot, salt, pepper, coconut milk, mayonnaise, egg, mustard, salt, pepper, coconut oil, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice.
Love the coleslaw from KFC but don’t want all that excess sugar that comes in it? This recipe recreates the famous Colonel’s slaw into a healthier version without losing the flavor.
Squeaky Clean Coleslaw
– The Healthy Foodie
Photo Credit: Sonia from The Healthy Foodie
Ingredients: cabbage, carrots, rutabaga, parsley, pineapple, white wine vinegar, paleo mayo, cayenne pepper, Chinese 5 spice, Himalayan salt.
For a sweet coleslaw without adding any type of sugar, try this flavorful recipe. It uses pineapple with the cabbage, rutabaga, parsley and the sauce is made from Himalayan salt, Chinese 5 spice, cayenne pepper, paleo mayo and white wine vinegar. The pineapple compliments the cabbage and rutabaga nicely.
Zucchini Apple Slaw
– Plaid and Paleo
Ingredients: zucchini, apple, coconut milk, orange zest, white wine vinegar, currants, sunflower seeds, salt.
Don’t like cabbages in your coleslaw? Then check out this recipe which uses zucchini instead. There’s also a nice creamy coconut sauce that goes with this recipe.
Low Carb Red Cabbage, Mint, and Granny Smith Apple Slaw
– I Breathe I’m Hungry
Photo Credit: Melissa from I Breathe I’m Hungry
Ingredients: apples, lemon juice, red cabbage, fresh mint, avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, honey.
Red cabbage, apples and fresh mint are the main ingredients in this recipe. The yummy sauce is made from avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, and honey for a sweet and satisfying coleslaw that changes the game.
Zucchini Coleslaw
– Delicious Obsessions
Ingredients: zucchini, green onions, sea salt, carrots, coconut yogurt, lemon juice, raw honey.
This is another Paleo coleslaw recipe that omits the cabbage. In this recipe, zucchini, green onions, and carrots are the main features and the sauce is made from coconut yogurt, lemon juice and raw honey.
Beet and Carrot Creamy Slaw
– The Nourished Caveman
Photo Credit: Vivica from The Nourished Caveman
Ingredients: carrots, beet, coconut cream or full fat coconut milk, lemon juice, cayenne powder, cumin powder, Celtic sea salt.
Instead of replacing cabbage with zucchini, this little number uses carrots and beets to make a delicious coleslaw recipe doused with a creamy coconut sauce.
Cran-Apple Coleslaw (AIP)
– The Paleo Mom
Photo Credit: Sarah from The Paleo Mom
Ingredients: red cabbage, extra-virgin olive oil, coconut water vinegar or white wine vinegar, salt, apple, cranberries.
Cranberries are such a versatile fruit. They can be added to almost anything for a wonderful flavor boost. Here, they are mixed with apples, red cabbage, extra virgin olive oil, coconut water vinegar and salt for a delicious and satisfying slaw.
Indian Sauerkraut
– My Heart Beets
Photo Credit: Ashley by My Heart Beets
Ingredients: red cabbage, sea salt, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, black peppercorns, cardamom pods, onion, garlic, turmeric powder.
Just take a look at the spices in this recipe! While some of the spices may be a bit hard to find, it will be worth the effort. The recipe itself is very easy to make and is a super flavorful spin on traditional sauerkraut.
Collard Slaw
– Everyday Maven
Ingredients: collard greens, scallions, green cabbage, carrots, light mayonnaise, lemon juice, coconut palm sugar, kosher salt, black pepper, celery seeds.
This spin on coleslaw is sure to become a favorite. Using collard greens, scallions, green cabbage, light mayo, lemon juice, coconut palm sugar, kosher salt, black pepper and celery seeds, it adds those leafy greens into your diet in a delicious way.
Paleo Coleslaw Recipe
– My Natural Family
Ingredients: Paleo mayonnaise, cider vinegar, honey, ground mustard, salt, pepper, green cabbage, red cabbage, carrot, parsley.
A simple but tasty coleslaw recipe, this ones uses red and green cabbage for a great color.
Degrassi Coleslaw
– Frisky Lemon
Ingredients: cabbage, carrots, mayonnaise, spicy mustard, apple cider vinegar, cayenne pepper, coriander, sea salt.
There is no end on variations of coleslaw that are healthy for you and still taste amazing. This recipe uses spicy mustard, and cayenne pepper for a spicy flavored coleslaw.
Creamy Red Curry Slaw
– Life Made Full
Ingredients: broccoli slaw, homemade mayo, Thai Kitchen red curry paste, bell pepper, avocado.
Coleslaw doesn’t have to use cabbage as this recipe shows – instead you can get more broccoli into your diet with this broccoli slaw instead. There are only 5 ingredients in this recipe and it’s Whole30 approved as well!
Asian Broccoli Slaw
– Primal Palate
Ingredients: red cabbage, broccoli, green onion, sesame ginger dressing.
Want to keep cabbage in your coleslaw? Then try this red cabbage and broccoli combo. With green onion, garlic, ginger, black pepper, and red pepper flakes, it has just the right amount of spicy to be Asian without setting you on fire.
Thai Slaw with Coconut Mango Dressing
– Get Inspired Everyday
Ingredients: green cabbage, red bell pepper, mango, cashews, coconut milk, mango chunks, chili paste, sea salt, lime juice, fresh cilantro.
The coconut mango dressing is what makes this coleslaw recipe so unique. If you haven’t given this combination a try yet, then you definitely should soon.
Golden Beet Slaw
– Raising Generation Nourished
Ingredients: beets, cabbage, green onions, cherry tomatoes, avocado oil or olive oil, coconut milk yogurt, lemon juice, honey, garlic powder, mild paprika, sea salt, pepper, cayenne pepper.
Golden beets, cabbage, cherry tomatoes and green onions are the main ingredients for this wonderfully delicious summer slaw. Topped with sauce made from avocado oil or olive oil, coconut milk yogurt, lemon juice, honey, garlic powder, mild paprika, sea salt, pepper and cayenne pepper, this bowl of goodness is just the thing to give your body a good cleanse.
Ginger Apple Coleslaw Recipe
– Glue and Glitter
Ingredients: cabbage, green apple, ginger, onions, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, avocado, cashews, hot sauce.
This recipe is so easy to make and gives coleslaw a twist with the addition of avocado, green apples and ginger added to the cabbage. Toss in some balsamic vinegar, olive oil, cashews and hot sauce and you have a base for a meal or a delicious side dish.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Guacamole
Easy Guacamole Recipe
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: avocados, onion, lime juice, sea salt.
Four simple ingredients are all that’s required for this tasty homemade guacamole recipe. Make it as a quick side dish or snack. Avocados are high in fat so they’re filling as well as delicious.
Guacamole But Not As You Know It (Leeks Got Involved)
– Eat Drink Paleo
Ingredients: avocados, leek, jalapeño slices, sea salt, lime juice, cilantro/coriander.
This guacamole recipe adds leek into the equation to put a twist on the traditional recipe. With jalapeno, sea salt, lime juice and cilantro, this unique guacamole makes a perfect side dish to your meal.
Cavegirl Guacamole
– Cavegirl Cuisine
Ingredients: lime juice, avocados, garlic cloves, sriracha, roma tomato, sea salt, cilantro.
If you love sriracha sauce then you’ll love this recipe! You can make your own Paleo sriracha to keep this recipe very Paleo and low in sugar. .
Perfect Guacamole Recipe
– Primally Inspired
Ingredients: avocados, lime juice, red onion, hot pepper, cilantro, sea salt, pepper.
This perfect guacamole recipe adds in hot peppers to give it that kick. If you don’t have red onions, then you can use yellow onions, but the red onions relly help add flavor as well as color so don’t skip it unless you have to.
Ranch Guacamole
– Meatified
Photo Credit: Rach from Meatified
Ingredients: avocado, avocado oil, lemon juice, dairy free ranch seasoning, white wine vinegar, sea salt.
If you make your own Paleo ranch dressing in advance, then this recipe is a breeze to make! And the ranch dressing will add creaminess as well as a unique flavor to this guacamole recipe.
Secret Recipe Guacamole
– Real Food with Dana
Ingredients: avocados, cherry or grape tomatoes, cilantro, onion, lime juice, garlic, salt, ground black pepper.
This colorful bowl of guacamole is just delicious, especially with plantain chips. Just avocados, cherry or grape tomatoes, cilantro, onion, lime juice, garlic, salt and ground black pepper. And to make this guacamole recipe AIP-friendly, omit the tomatoes and black pepper.
Spicy Mango Guacamole
– Real Food with Dana
Ingredients: avocados, mango, cilantro, onion, lime juice, garlic, salt, pepper, chili powder
This sweet and spicy version of guacamole is absolutely delicious. With mango and chili powder added to avocados, cilantro, onion, lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper, it’s just the right combination of flavors.
Easy Guacamole
– Small Bites Wellness
Ingredients: avocado, lime juice, garlic powder.
Super simple and easy to make, this guacamole recipe calls for only three ingredients, avocado, lime juice and garlic powder. Takes less than a minute to make and is super tasty.
Grapefruit Guacamole
– Perchance to Cook
Ingredients: avocados, grapefruit, red onion, garlic, cilantro, salt, lime juice, cayenne pepper, tomato.
If you love avocados, then try this twist on guacamole. Add grapefruit, cayenne pepper and tomatoes to your avocados, red onion, cilantro, salt and lime juice for a tangy and spicy flavor combo.
Super Bowl Snack Ideas and Everyday Guacamole
– Everyday Maven
Ingredients: avocados, sweet white onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime juice, kosher salt.
This simple and easy to make Paleo no-cook recipe can be ready in just a few minutes. Avocados, sweet onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime juice and kosher salt is all that’s needed, plus a few minutes to whip it together.
Never Browns Guacamole
– Zen Belly
Ingredients: avocados, cilantro, lime juice, scallions, jalapeno.
Guacamole tends to brown pretty fast if not eaten quickly. However, this recipe has a secret way to make it that prevents that from happening.
Kale Guacamole
– Savory Lotus
Photo Credit: Katja from Savory Lotus
Ingredients: kale, red onion, avocados, cilantro, garlic, sea salt, lime juice, cumin.
Kale is an uncommon addition to guacamole, but it tastes delicious in this recipe. The addition of cumin to this recipe also gives it a different flavor to traditional recipes. (Note – this recipe does call for steaming or boiling the kale.)
Pomegranate Guacamole
– Paleoly
Ingredients: avocados, pomegranate seeds, lime juice, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, sea salt.
A sweet twist on guacamole, pomegranate seeds mixed with the heat of jalapeno are used in this recipe. A new meaning to sweet and spicy for sure.
Holy Moly Guacamole
– The Primalist
Ingredients: avocadoes, red onion, garlic cloves, cilantro, jalapeno, chipotle chili, tomato, lime juice, salt, pumpkin seeds.
Jalapeno and chipotle chili are added to this hot little dish. Throw in some pumpkin seeds with the regular ingredients and you have a spicy dish for anything you can dip.
Mango-Habanero Guacamole
– Delicious By Dre
Ingredients: avocados, roma tomato, onion, jalapeno, habanero, mango, lime, salt, pepper.
Another sweet and spicy guacamole, this one uses jalapeno, habanero for heat and mango for sweetness.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Pates
Smoked Salmon Pate (Contains Dairy)
– Cooking in Sens
Ingredients: smoked salmon, parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, cream cheese, cress, celery.
This recipe also uses cream cheese to give it a creamy texture, so skip this if you’re dairy-free.
Ginger Kraut Pecan Pate
– Craving 4 More
Ingredients: pecans, carrots, onions, sea salt, extra virgin olive oil.
This Paleo pate takes three wonderful flavors and mixes them together. You’ll be able to taste the pecans, carrots, and caramelized onions in this recipe.
Sardine Pate
– The Primalist
Ingredients: butter, sardines, shallot, green onion, parsley, lemon juice, Dijon-style mustard, salt, pepper, parsley.
Sardines are some of the healthiest as well as easiest foods you can find. Get them pre-packed in cans so you can pop one open whenever you need a quick and easy snack. Just make sure to buy the sardines packed in olive oil rather than sunflower or canola oil.
Creamy Raw Almond and Pumpkin seed Pate
– Ricki Heller
Ingredients: almonds, pumpkin seeds, garlic, carrot, zucchini, leafy herbs, avocado, sea salt, tahini, lemon juice, water.
This is another vegan as well as Paleo friendly pate – there’s vegetables, nuts and seeds, as well as tahini and avocado to create a wonderful creamy as well as flavor-filled pate.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Cold Soups
Cold Cucumber Soup [Contains Dairy]
– The Healthy Foodie
Photo Credit: Sonia from The Healthy Foodie
Ingredients: seedless cucumber, water, plain Greek yogurt, green onion, Dijon mustard, dill, parsley, salted herbs.
Cold soups are uncommon in the US; most usually enjoy them hot and in the cold months. But in the summer, no one wants to eat hot foods. This cold cucumber soup is the perfect and tasty solution to that problem. Note that this recipe contains dairy so avoid unless you’re on the Primal diet.
Chilled Sorrel Soup
– Seasonal and Savory
Ingredients: cashew, water, sorrel, avocado, lemon juice and zest, ground white pepper, salt.
During this hot summer, no one wants to eat hot soup so give this chilled, no cook soup a try. If you’re not familiar with sorrel, it’s a common plant used in many cultures as a herb to flavor soups, sauces, and salads.
Watermelon Gazpacho
– My Heart Beets
Photo Credit: Ashley by My Heart Beets
Ingredients: watermelon, cup watermelon rind, red onion, tomato, jalapeno pepper, fresh basil leaves, garlic clove, apple cider vinegar, extra virgin avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, paprika, ground black peppercorns.
Cold soup with watermelon? Yes, and it’s super yummy. Not only does it have sweet watermelon in it, but uses watermelon rind too. This soup is perfect for the middle of an extremely hot summer.
Raw Garden Vegetable Soup Recipe
– Confessions of an Overworked Mom
Ingredients: cucumber, onion, peppermint leaves, parsley leaves, tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper.
Raw vegetables are an excellent source of nutrition, but sometimes you want to eat your food with a spoon. This no cook cold soup recipe is the perfect solution.
Chilled Avocado Citrus Soup
– Running to the Kitchen
Photo Credit: Gina Matsoukas from Running to the Kitchen
Ingredients: avocado, green chili pepper, coconut milk, vegetable broth, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, salt, pepper, water.
Citrus and avocado go hand in hand in this delicious Paleo cold soup recipe. The peppers add a nice bit of spiciness and the coconut milk helps to add extra creaminess.
Paleo Strawberry Soup
– The Paleo Effect
Photo Credit: Meghan & Angel from The Paleo Effect
Ingredients: strawberries, orange juice, coconut milk, vanilla bean, mint leaves.
Fresh fruit is a wonderful idea for smoothies, but what about cold soups? Strawberries, orange juice, coconut milk, vanilla bean and mint leaves answer that question in this recipe. A cold soup for those hot months, this one is absolutely delicious.
Easy Gazpacho Andaluz
– Rubies and Radishes
Photo Credit: Arsy Vartanian from Rubies and Radishes
Ingredients: tomatoes, Italian pepper, onion, cucumber, green apple, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, salt.
This easy and yummy recipe only has a few easy to find ingredients. It’s quick to make and really tasty – it’s sure to impress your family and friends.
Chilled Avocado Soup
– Ricki Heller
Ingredients: cucumber, ripe avocados, green onions, apples, almond milk, coconut milk, mild curry powder, lemon juice, cilantro.
There’s a lot of green-goodness in this recipe – from cucumbers to avocados to green onions. Then it’s mixed with creamy coconut milk and spiced with curry powder.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Zucchini Noodle Recipes
Zucchini Pasta Pesto
– Cook Eat Paleo
Photo Credit: Lisa from Cook Eat Paleo
Ingredients: zucchini, roasted garlic walnut pesto, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, sea salt.
This simple yet elegant recipe uses roasted garlic walnut pesto on top of zucchini noodles for a refreshing meal that won’t leave you feeling stuffed.
Zucchini Noodles with Caper Olive Sauce and Fresh Tomatoes
– Gourmande in the Kitchen
Ingredients: clove garlic, capers, sea salt, red pepper flakes, kalamata olives , extra-virgin olive oil, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, zucchini, lemon juice.
Another excellent use of zucchini noodles, this sauce is made with clove garlic, capers, sea salt, red pepper flakes, kalamata olives, extra-virgin olive oil, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, zucchini and lemon juice. Extra delicious and easy to make, this cold meal is wonderful for those summer months when the temps are flying high.
Cold Zucchini Noodle Salad with Tomato and Olives Recipe
– Steph Gaudreau
Ingredients: zucchini, sea salt, olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, cherry tomatoes, black olives.
Zucchini noodles taste absolutely delicious with this tomato and olive topping. Add in sea salt, olive oil and white balsamic vinegar, and you have a wonderfully colorful and tasty dish.
Zucchini Noodles Salad With Parmesan & Walnuts [Contains Dairy]
– I Breathe I’m Hungry
Photo Credit: Melissa from I Breathe I’m Hungry
Ingredients: zucchini noodles, radicchio, parsley, parmesan cheese, walnuts, avocado oil, fresh lemon juice, fresh garlic, granulated sugar substitute, Kosher salt, pepper.
This zucchini noodles salad recipe can be made for dinner or lunch with little fuss. And if you’re staying dairy-free, then you can omit the parmesan cheese from this recipe.
Paleo Smoked Salmon Salad with Zucchini Noodles
– A Squirrel in the Kitchen
Ingredients: smoked salmon, zucchini noodles, cucumber, scallions, cilantro, full fat coconut milk, lemon juice, sea salt.
This smoked salmon recipe calls for zucchini noodles, cucumber, scallions, coconut milk, lemon juice and sea salt to make a filling and refreshing dish that is sure to please anyone that enjoys fish.
Sesame Zucchini Noodles
– Zen Belly
Ingredients: zucchini,sea salt, tahini, ginger, coconut aminos, sesame oil, fish sauce, red pepper flakes, scallions, sesame seeds.
This delicious zucchini noodle dish is filled with Asian flavors – the fish sauce in particular add tons of flavor!
Zucchini Pasta With Avocado Cream Sauce
– Running to the Kitchen
Photo Credit: Gina Matsoukas from Running to the Kitchen
Ingredients: zucchini, avocado, cucumber, lemon juice, garlic, coconut milk, basil, salt, pepper, cherry tomatoes.
Creamy avocado sauce is used to top this zucchini pasta. Made from cucumber, avocado, lemon juice, coconut milk, basil, salt, pepper and cherry tomatoes, this tasty dish is very easy to put together. It makes a great lunch or dinner.
Zucchini Noodles with Pesto [Contains Dairy]
– Two Peas and their Pod
Ingredients: zucchini, fresh basil leaves, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, parmesan cheese, kosher salt, ground black pepper, cherry or grape tomatoes.
This easy zucchini noodle recipe uses a freshly made pesto recipe, and you can omit the parmesan cheese from this recipe.
Zucchini “Pasta” with Coriander and Cashew Pesto [Contains Dairy]
– Wholesome Cook
Ingredients: coriander, garlic, red long chilli, raw cashews, parmesan cheese, macadamia oil, sea salt, black pepper.
If you’re not familiar with zucchini noodles, it’s a great way to enjoy “pasta” without all the carbs and all the gluten. And this zucchini noodle recipe adds a touch of spiciness with some red long chilies in the coriander pesto. An option to replace the parmesan cheese with nutritional yeast for a dairy-free meal is recommended.
10-Minute Raw Vegan Curry over Zucchini Noodles
– The Fitchen
Ingredients: coconut water, raw cashews, garlic clove, avocado, curry powder, red chili paste, cayenne, sea salt, zucchinis.
Now you can enjoy the delicious flavors of curry with zucchini noodles instead.
Black Walnut Kale Pesto with Zucchini Fettuccine
– Sue Nutrition Buzz
Ingredients: kale, basil leaves, black walnut, olive oil, peppercorn, cumin seeds, sea salt, lemon juice, garlic, water (optional), zucchini, carrot.
This recipe does not disappoint the taste buds one bit and it’s a delicious way to get all of those nutrients from veggies and leafy greens.
Paleo No Cook Dinner Recipes – Other No Cook Recipes
Ahi Tuna Ceviche with Sesame and Mint
– Meatified
Photo Credit: Rach from Meatified
Ingredients: Ahi Tuna, scallions, fresh mint leaves, coconut aminos, sesame seeds, dried orange zest, sesame seed oil, gluten free fish sauce, fresh lime juice.
This super simple-to-make ceviche is totally delicious and will leave you wanting to eat it every day. With ingredients like fresh mint leaves and dried orange zest, it makes a wonderfully refreshing dinner or lunch.
Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Nori Wraps
– Rubies and Radishes
Ingredients: nori wraps, smoked wild salmon, cucumber, avocado, basil, coconut aminos.
These simple wraps are easy to make with only 5 ingredients plus the nori wraps. Nori is a type of Japanese seaweed that are typically pressed into paper-thin flat sheets and are often used to make sushi.
Shrimp Ceviche with Peppers and Avocado
– Meatified
Photo Credit: Rach from Meatified
Ingredients: shrimp, lime juice, bell pepper, onion, jalapeno, avocado, cilantro, salt, pepper.
Shrimp lovers beware; this delicious recipe is will change the way you eat shrimp. So easy to make and so tasty with light crunchiness and creaminess in one bowl. (Note – this recipe does ask that you cook the shrimp by blanching it.)
Paleo Poke
– Rubies and Radishes
Ingredients: tuna, green onions, serrano pepper, ginger, cucumber, sea salt, coconut aminos, fish sauce, macadamia nut oil, garlic, sesame seeds, macadamia nuts, lime juice.
Super easy and extra healthy, this raw fish poke is delicious and soy free. Poke is the name for a raw fish salad that’s often served in Hawaiian cuisine. Poke typically include soy sauce and other Asian seasonings. For a soy-free version, this recipe uses coconut aminos instead.
Rainbow Veggie Salad Rolls with No-Peanut Sauce
– Forest and Fauna
Ingredients: avocado, carrot, purple cabbage, microgreens or sprouts, cucumber, green apple, mint leaves, coconut wraps or lettuce leaves, tahini, coconut aminos, maple syrup, lime juice, water, toasted sesame oil, ginger & garlic (optional).
These colorful little veggie rolls are absolutely delicious and super easy to make. Plus, they’re loaded with amazing raw veggies. They can even be served in a bowl if you want to forego the wrap.
AIP Paleo Tuna Cucumber and Basil Bites
– Comfort Bites
Ingredients: tuna, avocado, basil leaves, lemon, cucumber.
These tiny and delicious little tuna bites are easy to make and well worth it. They make great snacks and are AIP-friendly too.
Raw Paleo Pad Thai
– Paleo Polly
Ingredients: yellow and green courgettes, onions, carrots, white cabbage, Brussels sprouts, radishes, mango, chili, lime juice.
This wonderfully delicious dish is too good to pass over. With a mango sauce made with mangoes, white onion, chili, and lime poured over yellow and green courgettes (zucchini), carrots, onions, brussels sprouts and radishes, this tasty dish will become a new favorite.
Tuna Poke Avocado Boats
– Anya’s Eats
Ingredients: tuna, coconut aminos, toasted sesame oil, cucumber, macadamia nuts, black sesame seeds (optional), avocados.
Avocados are perfect for using as boats to hold delicious foods like this tuna poke. This recipe makes a lot as it calls for 8 avocados. However, it can be halved or even quartered to make a smaller meal.
Halibut Ceviche
– Anya’s Eats
Ingredients: halibut, lime juice, lemon juice, avocado, tomato, red onion, jicama, fresh cilantro, jalapeño, ground sea salt.
This fancy restaurant style appetizer is really simple to make and full of flavor. Make this as an appetizer and really impress your guests. It’s even got some jicama in the dish to add a juicy and refreshing crunch.
Raw Lasagna Rolls
– Naked Avocado
Ingredients: zucchinis, macadamia nuts, lemon juice, salt, herbs de provence, water, tomato, sundried tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, date, sea salt, basil, cayenne.
While this recipe is not super simple, it is well worth the little extra hassle.
Turkey Cucumber Roll Ups
– Plaid and Paleo
Ingredients: cucumber, veggie dip, turkey deli meat.
For a wonderfully tasty and filling dinner, try this turkey and cucumber roll up. Just add some veggie dip to sliced turkey deli meat and cucumbers and roll. Quick and easy to make.
Simple Spiralized Jicama Snack
– Cavegirl Cuisine
Ingredients: jicama, sea salt, smoked paprika.
Jicamas are a root vegetable with a crunchy and watery interior. Enjoy making this easy recipe as a simple side to go with your dinner.