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Week Five's Meal Plan

It's crazy that four weeks of following the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) has flown by, but here I am getting ready to begin week five. I feel amazing & ready to continue this journey. I truly feel that this is the answer I've been desperately seeking for so many years.

This week I'm only including meals for five nights, because ultimately we end up eating leftovers at least twice a week. For instance, this week's carnitas recipe makes enough for two or more nights. If for some reason we didn't have enough for leftovers, I always just resort to a simple protein & veggies. I also left out the veggie for each night, because I've found that I'm extremely limited to the veggies I can eat right now. I've been reacting to so many veggies & I'm limiting all veggies that are high inhistamines. So, as far as side dishes go, I'm pretty boring. 😉

Breakfast & lunches will include chicken breast, sausage patty (recipe in last week's post), veggies & salad. 

*As with all of the links I post, I omit/replace any items that are restricted. For example, if the recipe calls for cream, I use canned coconut milk, because it's thicker. I'll just omit tomatoes or pepper. 

Monday-

Carnitas topped with red cabbage, avocado, cilantro (wrap on lettuce leaf if you want a "taco")
Veggies

Tuesday-



Wednesday-

Cilantro Lime Shrimp omit cayenne & use olive or coconut oil instead of butter
Cauliflower rice
Veggies

Thursday-

Veggies

Friday-

Veggies

I'll be posting in a few days about a few of the changes I've been making to reduce exposing myself to toxins. I'm still experimenting with shampoos, & I wanted to try one more recipe before I posted. 

Have a great week!!
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