Get excited about eating again with this essential Autoimmune protocol reference and cookbook featuring diet guidelines, simple strategies for success, and 100 enticing AIP-compliant recipes.

Starting an AIP diet can be overwhelming! Written by popular AIP blogger Sophie Van Tiggelen of A Squirrel in the Kitchen, The Autoimmune Protocol Made Simple Cookbook makes the AIP clear and understandable with short, succinct explanations of the different AIP approaches and 100 AIP-compliant recipes that take you from feeling restricted to being amazed at the diet's delicious possibilities. Mouthwatering color photography provides inspiration throughout.

Along with a wide variety of nourishing recipes, this valuable resource provides a concise introduction to the AIP and its benefits, tips on transitioning your diet, happy gut guidelines, a list of items to stock in your kitchen, time-saving techniques, foods-to-eat and foods-to-avoid lists, a one-week meal plan, and advice on reintroducing foods.

You'll start with basics and staples and continue with breakfasts, small bites, soups and salads, vegetables, meat-based mains, seafood dishes, desserts, and drinks. Among the healing food you and your family will love:

• Rosemary and Thyme Focaccia
• Fluffy Plantain Pancakes
• Pork-Veggie Breakfast Skillet
• Dairy-Free Vanilla-Maple Creamer
• Lemongrass Chicken Soup
• Honey-Lime Chicken with Peach Salsa
• Versatile Pulled Pork Carnitas
• Gut-Healing Turmeric Gummies
• Mini Raspberry Cheesecakes

Sophie Van Tiggelen (Boulder, CO) is an autoimmune warrior, passionate foodie, author, and avid photographer and author of The Autoimmune Protocol Made Simple Cookbook. The author's self-published book Simple French Paleo was nominated for the "Best of 2016" award by Paleo Magazine. Diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease in 2009, Sophie regained her health and vitality by eating tasty and nutritious food on the Autoimmune Protocol. Her food blog, A Squirrel in the Kitchen, has a large and growing audience thanks to her successful mission to demonstrate how very possible it is to eat satisfying and flavorful meals while on the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP). Sophie's French heritage shines through in her simple, yet creative cooking style. Her recipes are achievable, even for those new to cooking.