AIP Paleo

Best ever broiled fish:
1 whole fish gutted
1 lemon
2 tbsp kosher salt
2 tbsp fat of choice
Herbs/spices of your choice (I like to do an Italian mix with lots of garlic!)

Directions:
1. Move oven rack to the top and set oven to broil.
2. Place a large baking sheet under the broiler with fat smeared in the area the fish will go.
3. Make 3 vertical incisions on each side of the fish, about 1 inch apart.
4. Mix herbs and salt, then rub on the outside and inside of the fish.
5. Make 1/4 inch slices out of the lemon and insert into the fish, leaving a few garnish wedges.
6. Baking sheet should be really hot now. Place the fish right in the butter, it should sizzle.
7. Return baking sheet under the broiler for 4-8 minutes. 4 if it's a small fish, 8 for really thick ones.
8. Flip fish and return for 2-4 minutes.
9. Let stand for 2 minutes.
10. Garnish and dig in.

Killer Braised Lamb:
2 Lamb shanks
2tbsp fat of choice
1 onion
2 carrots or sweet potatoes
2 cloves garlic
5tbsp vinegar of choice
1tbsp kosher salt
Herbs & spices of choice

Directions:
1. Heat 1 tbsp fat in a large cast iron skillet on medium high heat and preheat oven to 350f.
2. Season shanks with salt.
3. Once pan is at full heat and the fat is bubbly, add shanks.
4. Sear each side for 2-3 minutes or until well browned.
5. Chop onions and carrots/taters into rings.
5. Remove shanks and let stand. Add last tbsp of fat to skillet.
6. Add veggies to the pan when hot.
7. Pan fry for 8-12 minutes.
8. Chop garlic and add to pan. Cook until fragrant.
9. Turn off burner and make a little hole for both shanks in the veggies.
10. Add shanks back to pan. Add seasonings and vinegar of choice.
11. Cover with a lid and place in the oven for 35-45 minutes depending on thickness.
12. Remove from oven and stuff pie hole.

I have many many more and they're all fantastic.

The Paleo Mom posts a lot of AIP friendly recipes on her website, you should check her out.

Veslus wrote: »

The Paleo Mom posts a lot of AIP friendly recipes on her website, you should check her out.

I was going to recommend this. I think she (Sarah Ballantyne) has a cookbook too.

Also the Bulletproof diet is really good. Little more strict than paleo

Turmeric capsules help..besides that..salads, fruit, meat..there is variety of different recipes..I usually go on Pintrest if I need ideas...tonight I had chicken hearts, AIP cheese, on spinach with a half an orange.

A nice sweet potato dish I've enjoyed: Bake, peel and mash a sweet potato or two. Juice oranges or lemons to get about 1/4-1/3 cup juice, then boil it down until it's about 1/2 the volume or less. Mix it with the sweet potato. It can be baked again, or just left as is. It adds a tartness to the sweet potato and also cuts down on the kind of earthy taste of it.

mamapeach910 wrote: »

desbri3 wrote: »

looking for others following this diet. I just started this week as an attempt
To help heal my fibro or atleast greatly help it. Hoping I can get some idea for
Meals. So far I've eaten a lot of broccoli, roasted sweet potatoes and then mostly beef. But I don't want to get bored. Thanks for your help

I'm not here to start a flame war at ALL, and do hope you find some relief and good suggestions.

I will just share my personal experience. I've tried dietary approaches to dealing with fibro.

None of them helped. You think they help for a time, because fibro by its nature has good periods and bad periods. When your first bad period comes back and bites you, you wonder what you did wrong.

The real eye-opener for me was getting diagnosed with yet another chronic condition while I was still eating on one of those good-for-me-and-my-chronic-disease eating plans.

Yet there are people that claim that the AIP paleo has helped them:
https://www.facebook.com/autoimmunepaleo/posts/471498449629279
Yes, the AIP is very restrictive, but I think it is worth at least to try. She can come back to eating normal any time if it doesn't work for her.

I don't follow AIP as my food sensitivies strangely enough aren't all in their list.

However, I have quite a few of the cookbooks and read quite a few of the blogs because they're easier for me to cook from without having to change 15 different ingredients.

Sarah Ballantyne's The Paleo Approach is one of the best books. Mickey Trescott has a cookbook that's pretty good. Diane SanFilippo's Practical Paleo has an AIP meal plan in it, and the recipes I've tried from there have been awesome. Not all her recipes are AIP, but they always have notes on how to adjust them.

Sarah Ballantyne's AIP recipes: http://www.thepaleomom.com/category/recipes/aip-friendly
Good place to start looking for resources: http://empoweredsustenance.com/autoimmune-paleo-getting-started/
Another good resource page: http://www.phoenixhelix.com/paleo-autoimmune-protocol/
He Won't Know It's Paleo Recipes: http://hewontknowitspaleo.com/