The Paleo Holiday Recipe Contest – over 130 new, festive paleo recipes for you!
The submissions are in for our Paleo Holiday Recipe Contest, and the results look totally and utterly scrumptious. There were over 130 recipes submitted for the contest – and now’s your chance to check them out. Voting commences at 1pm Eastern time on Monday and lasts 24 hours, and we’ll have another special post telling you how to vote for your favorite, but for now, browse and decide on your favorite recipe for each category.
Just as a reminder, the top 3 popular votes from each category will be given to our celebrity judges for a final test-tasting and to pick a winner for each category. Our 5 winners will be up for a “reader’s choice” award as well (another round of voting will happen for that one).
The prizes
The winner for each category will receive:
- A $25 gift certificate to Paleo Brands
- A $25 Amazon.com gift card
- A copy of Paleo Comfort Foods
And one overall Reader’s Choice winner will receive:
Le awesome, le infamous, LE CREUSET enameled cast iron French oven!
So here’s your chance – look these over and get your voting fingers ready to go. A post will go up Monday explaining what to do to vote. Shameless self-promotion is strongly encouraged. Thank you to all our participants, and I would like to come to your house for dinner, please and thanks!
Without further ado, here are our contestants for the Paleo Holiday Recipe Contest! Which is your favorite? Tell us in the comments!
Best Main Dish
- Saffron Salmon
- Smokey Turkey Chilli
- Roasted Turkey Breast with Herb Bacon Salt
- Triple S
- Apple Omelet
- Chicken, Pomegranate, and Walnut Stew
- Breakfast MEATZA
- Garlic Basil Chicken Spaghetti
- Pumpkin Chicken Chili
- Pumpkin Spice Chicken Cacciatore
- Turbaconducken
- Slow-Cook Barbeque Pork Loin
- Coconutty Cod in a Creamy Sea of Veg
- Salmon Chowder
- Paleo Pro Pancakes
- PJF Beef Wellington
- Fool Your Momma Southern Chicken and Dressing
- Beef Tenderloin with Prunes and Cherries
- Rib Eye Steak with Wild Mushroom Bacon Ragout
- The Bacon Chicken
- Bacon and Apple Stuffed Pork Chops
- Paleo Beef Stew in slow cooker
- Bottarga Squash
- Chicken Cacciatore alla Siciliano
- Cinnamon Chili Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Apple Salsa
- Sweet Potato Curry
- Cranberry Orange Crockpot Chicken
- Chicken Curry with Pumpkin Coconut Chapati
- Breakfast Bread Pudding
- Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Bacon-Crusted Quiche
- Kale & Hearty Eggs
- Paleo Swedish Meatballs
- New Mexico Paleo Pork or If Cavemen Had Crock Pots
- Apple Cider Braised, Tender Pork Shanks
- Pumpkin Chili
- Shepard’s Pie Paleo Style
- Chipotle Chili
- Bacon
- AOT Paleo Pancakes
- Banska kapama
Best Side Dish
- Cauliflower Puree
- Brussels sprouts
- Brussels Sprout Bacon and Hazelnut
- Mushroom Potato Hash
- Wild Alaskan salmon ceviche
- Sweet potato and Apple casserole
- Smoked ham on vegetables
- Celery Root Bisque
- Kale, Squash, Pomegranate and Spiced Walnuts Salad
- These Brussel Sprouts are Really Good!
- Rum Raisin Carrots with Roasted Almonds
- B’s please with my kale
- Cauliflower Rice with Toasted Almonds and Golden Raisins
- MexIIali Sweet Potatoes
- Greek Style Herb-Roasted Potatoes with Lemon Juice
- Eggplant and Wild Mushroom Stuffing
- Rosemary Citrus Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Roasted Roots
- Holiday Stuffing Muffins
- Holiday Brussels
Best Party Dish
- Indulgent Paleo Dip
- Easy Paleo Chicken Wings
- Paleo Shrimp Cocktail
- Smoked salmon fish cakes
- Almond Garlic Crackers
- Paleo Power Crunch
- Fig & Pear Appetizer
- Seared Tuna Salad with Lime-Basil Dressing
- Beef Bacon and Sweet Potato Brunch Casserole
- Mini Egg Pizzas
- Chilled Mango Soup
- Duck Egg Appetizer
- Roasted Pepper Chicken Salad in Avocado Cup
- Spicy Lime Shrimp with Fruity Pico De Gallo
- Chilled Gazpacho with Crabmeat Salad
- Paleo Poppers with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
- Tangy-Sweet Guacamole with Grilled Shrimp
- Warm Pear Salad
- Shrimp/Guacamole Rounds
- Fig & Pear Appetizer
- Country Terrine with Drunken Figs
- Spiced Nuts
Best Dessert
- Chocolate Almond Cups
- Pumpkin Cranberry Scones
- Chocolate Mousse
- Thin Mint Cookie Balls
- Paleo Pumpkin Bread
- Cranberry sorbet
- Chilled Chocolate Torte
- Pumpkin Brownies with Pumpkin Pie Frosting
- Coconutty Bon-Bons
- Paleo Apple Crisp
- Cocoa Loco Nutty Bites
- Primal Pumpkin Pie
- Sauteed Pear Gingerbread Loaf
- Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Frozen Chocolate-Mint Meltaways
- Dragon’s tail
- Monkey Bread
- Pumpkin Bread Pudding
- Snickerdoodle Whoopie Pies
- Pumpkin Pucks (or cupcakes)
- Apple Delight
- Apple Macadamia Nut Crisp
- Apple Pear Crisp
- Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes
- mini chocolate coconut cream pies
- Bittersweet Chocolate Coconut Fudge
- Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
- French Silk Pie, aka Fat Bomb Pie
- Holiday Trifle
- Pumpkin Pie-Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes
- Rosemary Pecan Cookies
- Coconut Tapioca Yam “Soup” with Walnuts and Chocolate Chips
- Paleo Banana “Cream” Pie
- Sugarless matcha lemon cookies
- Mexican Chocolate Coffee Cake
- Slow Cooker Apple Pecan Crisp
- Sublime Key Lime Pie
Should we comment on the item we like or vote via comments on this post. Sorry to be dense!
Nevermind, I’m an imbecile. You were saying to indicate favorite, not vote, via comments.
Mushroom Potato Hash sounds really good.
I am curious as to where the photos went. I submitted my photos with the recipe but one has it one does not. Please let me know if you would like me to email you the photo for my pumpkin cranberry scones
Oops probably my fault. Shoot it to me amber.karnes at gmail and I’ll post it!!
This is the perfect post for this time of year!! Thanks everyone for submitting your best recipes
Can’t wait to try them ALL and vote.
I think the Bottarga Squash sounds good – unfortunately alot of these recipes don’t have pictures
Nice prize, but Le Creuset is not infamous. I’ve noticed this word being misused a lot lately. May the best man win.
infamous
[in-fuh-muhs] Origin
in·fa·mous
[in-fuh-muhs] Show IPA
adjective
1.
having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
2.
deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable: an infamous deed.
Some really good sounding/looking recipes in here, can’t wait to see who wins.
I submitted a recipe for raw hot chocolate (may be under PJF Mudd– can’t remember what I called it) to the best beverage category, but it’s not there. Help?
That Beef Wellington looks mah-velous!
How do we vote?
I want to vote but don’t see how. . .
I want to vote for:
pumpkin pie stuffed chocolate cupcakes AND
Country Terrine with Drunken Figs
AND Brussels Sprout Bacon and Hazelnut
AND Banska kapama