New Beginnings...

Yesterday, I started my AIP diet!

I'd say that, overall, yesterday went pretty 'okay.' Having no carbs wasn't horrible and I didn't even realize that I didn't have any dairy at all. However, I do realize that it was only the first day and that the real test of willpower is yet to come. Hooray?

Food Prep!

For this week's starch replacement vegetable, I prepped some sweet potatoes....it felt like it took forever! I bought 4 medium-large sweet potatoes and plan to eat them with breakfast and dinner just about everyday this week. I peeled and sliced them, and then cooked them in a skillet with coconut oil and some salt and rosemary. [I've never cooked with coconut oil before, I still am undecided on how I feel about it...]

In addition to prepping the sweet potatoes, I cut up and caramelized 4 onions for the week. Caramelized onions compliment sweet potato excellently! [I know there are more than 4 onions in my picture...I kept one raw to use later in the week and ended up throwing one of the smaller onions away] For future meal prep, I think I'd need to almost double the amount of onions...there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot once they've cooked down!

Finally, I made some maple and sage turkey sausage [there isn't a picture of this, but you can see it in my assembled breakfast bowl]. I really like having a batch of this made and kind of just hanging out in the fridge...I'm hoping I made enough for all of this week's breakfasts and maybe even some if I need it for lunch, but I'll likely need to make bigger batches of this in the future!

I don't have a picture of it, but over the weekend, I had some split chicken breasts that I seasoned with olive oil, garlic, rosemary, and thyme and then baked in the oven. For lunch, I've been having a little bit of this chicken on top of a kale and spinach salad. Yesterday, I realized that store bought salad dressings aren't allowed on the AIP diet....so today, I made a small batch of balsamic vinaigrette. 

I'll be sure to write another post later this week, updating on how the diet is going. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!