The Blog

an archive containing hundreds of articles, recipes and other resources for implementing AIP and living well with autoimmune disease

The Blog

an archive containing hundreds of articles, recipes and other resources for implementing AIP and living well with autoimmune disease

Spinach Salad with Orange-Avocado Dressing

  This isn’t your usual spinach salad! The creamy orange and avocado dressing adds a lot of flavor to an otherwise everyday lunch. Feel free to mix up the veggies to include whatever you have got at the moment — the dressing is really the star of this one and will taste great on just about everything. 5.0 from 2 reviews Spinach Salad with Orange-Avocado ...

Perfect Pressure-Cooked Beef

  The day I purchased a pressure cooker it became incredibly more feasible to do the Autoimmune Protocol. All of a sudden I was making bone broth in a few hours (instead of 12) and roast beef in 40 minutes (instead of 2 hours). I went from feeling like I was scrambling to keep up with this diet to really getting into the groove and ...

Chicken Soup with Acorn Squash

  Of course, as soon as fall hits not far off in the distance is the first cold of the season. At first signs of illness, I always make soup; its healing broth and spices are sure to pull me through a sick spell. I use this recipe to cook large whole stewing hens or roosters I get from my local farm, since they are ...

Three-Herb Beef Breakfast Patties

  The first question people often ask when they hear about the Autoimmune Protocol is, “What do I eat for breakfast?”. Since most of the traditional breakfast foods have been removed from the diet, there are not too many options left for quick, nutritious morning meals. These patties are easy to make in bulk to be frozen for a quick reheat in the morning. I usually ...

The Paleo Autoimmune Protocol – An Elimination Diet for Autoimmune Disease

Disclaimer: Before we delve into the specifics of the autoimmune protocol (or AIP), I would like to make a couple of things clear: First, I am not the creator of this protocol. I originally came across the idea of it as Dr. Kharrazian’s autoimmune hypothyroidism diet as well as through the work of Robb Wolf and Chris Kresser. Second, Sarah Ballantyne, PhD and author of The Paleo ...

Beef and Butternut Stew with Pear and Thyme

Not too many things feel quite as fall-like as the appearance of butternut squash at the market. Here I use it to give heartiness and texture to a beef stew, adding a little pear for sweetness and some cinnamon and thyme for flavor. It is hard not to make a lot of this considering the size of an average butternut squash is quite large – ...