The Hashimoto's AIP Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Thyroid Healing on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol Paperback – August 13, 2019

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's last year, successfully gave up gluten and thought I'd be good, but my symptoms persisted. This year, I decided to be more serious about lessening my inflammation and bought this cookbook. I've never been much of a cook (girl dinner girl here), but this book has been a wonderful guide into anti-inflammatory healthy eating. I've made quite a few of the recipes over the last month and followed the AIP plan. I find it easy to follow and appreciate the few kitchen staples that are needed to get started. I've liked everything I've made so far and have actually found some satisfaction and enjoyment in cooking! My inflammation is down at the moment, which I credit mostly to cutting out dairy (sad about that realization). I'm grateful, when so often cookbooks feel more like a barrier with far too many varied ingredients, this book made everything feel achievable--and quite yummy, too.

In the book’s introduction, Emily Kyle writes, “Those who are truly suffering from an autoimmune condition triggered by hidden food sensitivities find the most relief the quickest.” How does less than 24 hours sound? It sounds unlikely but it is true. Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s by my dermatologist in 2012, I was urged to go GF early on. Luckily, new processed GF products were popping up all the time so I availed myself to the bread and the muffins and the rolls and the cookies and the cakes and the pies and the prepared frozen meals. It happened so covertly that I didn’t correlate my condition, (growing depression, fatigue, joint and other body pain including severe sciatica that neither chiropractor I saw could resolve) with my diet. I had educated myself about the GF, AIP and Paleo diets years ago and decided that I didn’t need to go all drastic because with the GF diet my antibodies dropped dramatically to normal range. Eventually, cracks started to form. I noticed food sensitivities that I had not before: tomatoes, dairy, lettuces, spicy food, and finally my husband’s homemade chicken soup!😩 Nothing was agreeing with me anymore! About one week ago and I decided to go on a GF BRAT diet. That didn’t agree with me either. I felt like my guts were on fire! From BRAT? I was done. I stopped eating and drank water only for two days. During that time I discovered this cookbook and bought the Kindle version so I could have it immediately. The recipes looked and sounded so yummy I couldn’t wait to be done with my fast! So yesterday I used the food list and ate AIP food that I had on hand all day. No gut disturbances whatsoever, in fact great improvement!! Today I went shopping for ingredients and made the chimichurri sauce over filet and the garlic lemon kale. Both were yummy!! I would eat that chimichurri sauce with a spoon and put it on anything. It is one of those haunting flavors that will remind itself to me randomly and I will crave it. My sciatica is nearly pain free, my digestion is better that it has been for a long long while and my energy is off the chart! I am a bit hesitant to get my hopes up for a new lease on life, but if I have anything to do with it, and I do, I will stick to the AIP as a foundation and try off-list food as I feel comfortable and confident doing so. I am so grateful for this amazing change in my physical, mental, and emotional condition. Thank you Emily Kyle! You changed my life! And I get to eat delicious food that won’t harm me anytime I want!☺️

I have Hashimoto’s and I’ve been struggling with inflammation, despite eating a strict GF/DF diet. My doctor recommended the AIP diet, and it looked pretty daunting at first. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to enjoy cooking or eating anything. Then I found this book, and it’s made the AIP diet SO much easier!Before you start, just know that it requires a decent amount of food prep - but once you get into a routine, it’s not too bad. I can’t say every recipe is a banger, but most of them are really good. I plan to keep several of them in my regular meal rotation once I’m finished with the elimination diet.Another thing I love about the book is how many ingredients I’d never thought to combine (or had just never used before)! Beet & cauliflower smoothie? Surprisingly delicious. Tiger nut flour? I’d never heard of it, and it’s actually pretty good.I’ve learned a ton from this book. I would recommend it to anyone who’s serious about trying an elimination diet or even just looking for simple paleo anti-inflammatory recipes.

I am a newbie to this way of eating to heal my body. Love the recipes. My only problem is I didn’t know coconut milk in the can needed to be stirred or shaken harder. So my baked coconut macaroon bites came out to wet. I wish the authors had explained things in a little more detail. But I will keep plugging along and trying different recipes.

creative recipes with normal ingredients. fabulous educational section in the beginning. I really enjoyed the meal plans as well. There is a lack of photos of each dish so it is not as pretty to the eye as it could have been but overall I think this is 100% worth the money for all the information in this book.