This one-pan meal from the new resource 30 Minute Meals for the Paleo AIP incorporates ingredients rich in therapeutic phytonutrients, rendering it a free radical-busting antioxidant powerhouse. Ingredients: • 2 small green apples • 1/4 purple or red onion •⅛ cup fresh parsley • 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon garlic powder • 1 teaspoon onion powder • coconut oil • 2 medium sweet potatoes • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/4 cup dried cranberri

The following is the next installment in my guest blogger series: a low-maintenance, nut-free recipe by Sarah Simkin from My Mindful Table. They are even AIP-friendly if you tolerate or have successfully reintroduced eggs! This is a recipe I created to make a life a bit easier with a toddler, and could also feed my husband, since he has a nut allergy. I typically make my chicken tenders with almond meal but when I experimented with plantain chips, it was a game changer. Way l

Despite depictions of healthy eating by popular media, an anti-inflammatory diet does not mean deprivation, calorie counting, flavor-less food, and a life devoid of occasional treats. An integral part of the human story, interwoven throughout the fabric of time, is that food does not only represent nourishment and sustenance, but it is also a tool for social unity and solidarity-making, for forging bonds of community, for pleasure-seeking and satiation. Eating paleo does not

Think the autoimmune paleo protocol (AIP) is limiting, tasteless, and just sad? Not so! These AIP Sausage Burgers are juicy and flavorful with just a handful of staple ingredients. Success on a protocol like AIP is dependent on your commitment, sure, but it would not be sustainable without easy-to-prepare meals. Once you have all the ingredients, get cooking! An AIP cooking hack is to cook extra during any time you are already cooking. There is going to be a day you thank you

Victoria's recipe arrives just in time for Valentine's day! These berry crisp bars contain maple syrup as a sweetener, a nutrient-dense option rich in organic acids, minerals, amino acids, vitamins, phenolics, and oligosaccharides. Studies indicate that antioxidant activity is directly proportional to the richness and darkness of the maple syrup (Legault et al., 2010). Moreover, polyphenolic extracts from maple syrup have been shown reduces biofilm formation by pathogenic bac

If you have a chronic illness, lowering your inflammatory potential is fundamental to recovery. A simple way to do this is by incorporating more preformed, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids into your diet: namely, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and its long chain omega-3 precursor, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Compared to traditional hunter-gatherer societies, which boast an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of 1:1, the Standard American Diet, laden in processed, refined, irradiated, and gen

Did you know that cucumber, or Cucumis sativus, is considered a medicinal food for the treatment of dyslipidemia (high cholesterol)? In fact, in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of hyperlipidemic patients, cucumber administered daily for six weeks significantly reduced total cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), while increasing levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) (Soltani et al., 2016). In effect

Acorn squash, along with the other varieties, is a nutritious gift provided to us by the fall bounty. Acorn squash is named after its appearance resembling an acorn and has an outer green skin that is edible and full of fiber. This hearty vegetable packs quite the nutrition punch! Acorn squash has antioxidants for fighting free radicals that cause disease. Beta-carotene, vitamin C, magnesium, manganese, potassium, vitamin B1 and vitamin B6 are some of the most abundant micron

Turmeric is the venerated rockstar of all the culinary spices and a staple of traditional Ayurvedic medicine. A member of the Zingaberaceae family and a relative of ginger, turmeric contains various active constituents called curcuminoids (Chainani, 2003). Six human trials have demonstrated that curcumin in particular, a diferuloylmethane in turmeric, elicits significant anti-inflammatory activity, and is safe at doses up to 8000 mg (8 grams) a day for up to three months with