During planning of my Paleo Thanksgiving, I’ve come across two parts of the meal that is more difficult to create paleo-friendly than the others:  Stuffing and Dessert.  And by “difficult”, I mean I actually have to think about about this one, because the other parts such as turkey and veggies are already pretty paleo-friendly. So upon research, there’s different types of stuffing we can go with –  bread based and meat based.  Since I’m ridiculously lazy and don’t care for the bread part, I liked the meat based ones I found more.  But here’s what I found:

Bread based

Both of these bread based stuffing actually have coconut-based bread.  Other than that similarity the rest of the ingredients are quite different.

Real Food Forager

Real Food Forager’s Grain-Free Thanksgiving Stuffing

This is a stuffing with paleo bread, onion, celery, mushrooms, cashews, sunflower seeds, and raisins.

A Girl Worth Saving

A Girl Worth Saving’s Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffing

This stuffing consists of paleo cornbread, jícama, onion, celery, with a hint of cumin.

Meat based

Meat based stuffing is probably the method I’m going to go with.  It’ll be easy and if I actually stuff the turkey I am going to love the mix of Turkey juice among with whatever meat stuffing I make!

Primal Palate – The Food Lover’s Kitchen

Primal Palate’s Pork Stuffing

This stuffing is ground pork based with onion, green bell peppers, celery, and mushrooms.

I Dream Of Protein

I Dream Of Protein’s Paleo Stuffing

This one is a lamb or beef based stuffing (up to you) with figs and hazelnuts.  (Probably my favorite recipe I’ve found!  Or maybe it’s the next one…)

PaleOMG

PaleOMG’s Thanksgiving Stuffing

This pork sausage based stuffing is filed with yummy ingredients like bacon, sweet potato, and cranberries!  (Maybe this one is my favorite stuffing recipe I’ve found… I can’t choose!)

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• Looking for Paleo Thanksgiving Recipes? Look no more! (ohsnapletseat.com)
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• Paleo Thanksgiving Desserts: Make one, make all! (ohsnapletseat.com)

If you are planning to have a Paleo or Primal Thanksgiving meal, you might find that desserts are the most difficult part to make paleo-friendly.  (Desserts, and also stuffing.)  So like the last post about Paleo Thanksgiving recipes I’ve found, I thought I’d concentrate on just desserts this time.

Primal Palate’s Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

Primal Palate’s Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

My favorite type of Thanksgiving dessert is probably the Pumpkin Pie.  This pumpkin pie is Almond Flour based.  Primal Palate’s recipes all look pretty great, and The Food Lover’s Kitchen, which holds a lot of paleo/primal recipes!

Forty Cakes Carrot Cake with Honey Frosting

Forty Cake’s Paleo Carrot Cake

This almond flour based carrot cake looks delicious, and though the honey cream cheese frosting isn’t really paleo-friendly, Forty Cake’s recommends a paleo coconut frosting you can use from Elana’s Pantry.

Paleo Spirit’s Paleo Pecan Pie

Paleo Spirit’s Paleo Pecan Pie

This Coconut Flour crusted pecan pie is sweetened naturally!  By dates, applesauce, pure maple syrup and molasses… and there might be a little rum too! (But as the author points out, that’s optional!)

PaleOMG’s Chewy Pecan Pie Brittle

PaleOMG’s Chewy Pecan Pie Brittle

I’ve never thought about making a Pecan Pie Brittle before, and definitely didn’t think about how to make it paleo friendly, but PaleOMG’s Pecan Pie Brittle definitely has me thinking.  This Pecan Pie Brittle is sweetened by honey and maple syrup and lots of pecan.

A Girl Worth Saving’s Paleo Apple Galette

A Girl Worth Saving’s Apple Galette

What is a Galette?  It’s basically “a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes.”  See the picture and recipes for more information! I have personally never made a Galette before, and have never been the biggest fan of apple pies, but this one, I think I will give a try!

Oh Snap Let’s Eat’s One Ingredient Ice Cream

One Ingredient Ice Cream

Shameless plug, of course… but here’s another idea for your Thanksgiving dessert!  Obviously, this is not a real ice “cream”, but even people that don’t eat paleo-style can’t tell!  That’s how good it is.  To make it more “Thanksgiving” I recommend adding some pumpkin puree in to the mix!  Go check out how easy it is to make, I posted step by step directions!

Related Articles:

• Looking for Paleo Thanksgiving Recipes? Look no more! (ohsnapletseat.com)
• My Semi Paleo Thanksgiving with Recommended Recipes (ohsnapletseat.com)
• Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffings: The different ways you can go with!  (ohsnapletseat.com)