My AIP Table - The Journal

Earlier I posted a quickie blog just stating what my word for last year was.  I can't believe I didn't write about it last year ... and for the life of me,  I cannot remember why I didn't.  But, here we are.  My word for  2024  was  STRONG. I'm not exactly sure why I chose that, besides the obvious ...  At 51 years old, I am  more aware of my need for building and maintaining strength.  Strong was  a  good word that I feel went beyond just physical strength this past year.   Sure, I started back to Pilates and can see gains in my abilities  which is exciting.  But, I think 2024 was also about building  mental and emotional strength.  This wasn't anything  I set out to do ... but as usually happens with  my word of the year, it was something  that occurred naturally through  life circumstances. In the weeks  leading up to the  end of each year, my  mind starts to ...

Well, tomorrow is the last day of 2024 and I came in here to write my word of the year for 2025 post and see that I never wrote a post for 2024.  I'm kinda bummed about that because I love coming back at the end of the year and reading what I wrote at the beginning of the year - then reflecting on how the year played out. I'm not going to try to write something of what I was thinking at the beginning of this year because I'm about to write a post reflecting on the year and looking forward to the next but I felt I needed to have this 2024 post to at least mark the word I had chosen. That word was STRONG. K.  Bye. See you in the next post ...

This is my third reintroduction - cacao.  ** I did have a flare last week that was quite discouraging  but I am pretty sure that is was caused by going overboard with  dried fruit! I was eating dried apricots and raisins by the bowl full, as well as dates on too high of a quantity!  The sugar content in dried fruit is high  and I think certain sugars really set me off.  I have stopped consuming  dried fruit all together and have seen a reduction and healing  in the flare already so am confident that it was that and am happy to continue on with more reintros. Cacao is another one that I had previously has success in reintroducing so let's do it again! I posted this to my instagram   last night and a few  people said they would like the recipe so here it is! I found a recipe for Raw Bounty Bars a while back  and have been tweaking it or sometime now. This is my tweaked version .....

I was at the fish store the other day buying our fish for the week. I always buy salmon and then I try to buy something different. This week I bought Red Emperor.  The man in the fish shop  gave me the suggestion to steam it ... he said he wife has done it that way, with Asian flavours.  So, I found a  recipe online that I could modify.  This is what I came up with.  I didn't have a bamboo steamer but I do now!  What fun! You could use any method  to steam that you want. The fish: Ingredients: 2 pieces of Red Emperor 4 spring onions biggish chunk of ginger small handful of cilantro (fresh coriander) 3 tablespoons coconut amionos 1 tsp honey 3 tablespoons water avocado oil Method: Mix coconut aminos, water and honey.  Set aside. Chop the cilantro. Set aside. Julienne the spring onions and ginger. Set aside. Get the steamer ready. I used a bamboo steamer set on top of a frying pan...

I haven't had a chance to sit and write about my mustard seed reintroduction before now. I actually had forgotten that mustard is supposed to be eliminated and had been  making the  Mustard Pretzel Brussels Sprouts over at AIPooja . Whooops! ** I had no reaction to that mustard nor to the mustard seeds I ate last week. I had no previous reaction to mustard the first time I reintroduced it either so I think it's ok. The thing to be careful with when reintroducing mustard is that there isn't anything else in the mustard that is non-compliant.  Like sugar. ** 11 February Roasted Sweet Potato with Yellow and Black Mustard Seeds The first night I reintroduced mustard seeds, I just added them to some sweet potatoes that I was roasting. So easy ... I just did thick slices of sweet potato.  Tossed them through some avocado oil with a mixture of mustard seeds, garlic powder, dried onion flakes and sea salt. Into a hot oven ...

Today I did my first reintroduction ... well, my first one this time around. I have done reintroductions before.  But I got a little ahead of myself and didn't do them properly. So, from January 1st of this year, I've been back on strict AIP elimination phase. I did have one weekend where I went a little less strict because I was away for a girls weekend with a friend.  I did stick to only things  I had previously reintroduced and still made wise choices.   I didn't suffer any obvious setbacks and none of  my HS symptoms returned which was  both encouraging and exciting! My body is healing! There is a great guide for doing reintroductions on the Autoimmune Wellness website. I followed that guide last time. But because I already have some idea of my triggers, I'm adding things back in a different  order this time.  I'm doing it more out of what is most useful to have in my diet.  Chia seeds a...

If you don't like cinnamon, stop reading! I loooooove cinnamon.  And I especially love those little red hot cinnamon candies. Of course, I'm not eating candy anymore so these are the closest I can get! If you have successfully reintroduced nuts, you can add 1.5 cups of slivered almonds to this recipe. If you are still in the AIP elimination phase, leave the nuts out. (the one in the photo is nut free) Ingredients: 2 cups shredded coconut 4 Tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 cup Medjool dates - pitted 4 Tablespoons cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg pinch of salt Method: Put all ingredients into a food processor - I use my Thermomix. Process til desired consistency. Roll into balls - big, small, whatever takes your fancy. Store in fridge. xx

I signed up for a free trial of Amazon Prime the  other day. When I went in to look around at what was available, this book caught my eye. I downloaded it to my kindle and started reading. It took me less than an hour to finish and  was so full of great information!  I cannot wait to sit and do the exercises  included in the book!  Many of the things I already do but there were a few new thoughts, everything else was a great reminder and I will be  doing a refresher of my morning and evening rhythms (previously called routines) but I love her explanation of rhythms and am for sure going to adopt that new terminology!  I'd be happy to share some of what I come  up with if you guys would be interested  in reading about it.  Let me know  in the comments ... although,  I'll probably share anyway, ha ha!  That's just me ...  I'll leave you for  n...

AIP  is not just a diet.   It's a lifestyle. It isn't just about the food. It's also about sleep , reducing stress ,  movement and connection. Beach walking with a friend ticks  three of those boxes for me! The obvious one ... movement.  Walking on the beach doesn't feel like exercise. It feels like sand in my toes, water splashing my feet, sea breezes and sunshine vying for my attention. It's the sound of crashing waves. It's crabs and birds and jellyfish on the shore. It's salty.  It's fresh.   It's my favourite! These things all also work towards reducing my stress levels.  The minute my feet hit the sand, I can feel my shoulders let down and my  brain shut out the noise of the "to do" list that  can be constant if not managed. The stress melts away.   I can almost FEEL it go! Pair the beach walk with a friend and all of a sudden we have movement,  ...

Hi, I'm Bonnie. This is my journal. ** Let me tell you about my journey ... **  There is a quote that says : "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle  you know nothing about. Be Kind. Always."  That quote has resonated with me since the  first time I heard it ...because  I believe it to be completely true.  Everyone has a battle. (and so many of them secret.)  I'm about to share mine with you.  Let me give you a short introduction to the video below, an introduction in how it pertains to me.  I have Hidradenitis Suppurativa. (HS)   I didn't know it was called that until a handful  of years ago. I always just called it "my bumps" ... and only to my husband because he was  the only other person who knew the extent of it  (until a few years ago). He was ... and is still ... the only person (apart from doctors) who have ever seen it in it's entirety.  Unlike Jackson, who shares so ...

Hello! Welcome to My AIP Table - The Journal. I have been on a journey for a few years ... a journey I will tell you all about in my next post. For now though, I want to share a few of my thoughts and the reason for this blog. Like I said, I have been on a journey.   It's a journey of healing. Healing through diet and lifestyle.  It's not a diet to lose weight.  It's not an on again off again thing. It's a diet to reverse symptoms, find healing and then live in and maintain health. I started in April 2017 and I haven't looked back. I have an instagram account called My AIP Table where I share mostly photos of food. I enjoy that platform but I want to do something a little more for 2020. I want to write an online journal of sorts ... that is what you have stumbled upon here! I want a place where I can write notes about what I am learning.  Notes with links to various websites and blogs and podcasts that I find helpful. ...