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Best IBD-AID cookbooks


There are no IBD-AID recipe books. At the time I write this, you cannot purchase a book and know it’s 100% IBD-AID as-written.

Recall that SCD is kind-of a “subset” within IBD-AID; the food list under IBD-AID is broader than under SCD. That means that about 95% of SCD recipes will work for IBD-AID. There are a few SCD cookbooks, and I’ve read nearly all of them, but I only enjoy two of them.

    • Kerwien, Erica, Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet ... I have the 2013 original, but she updated it in 2021

    • Conrad, Kendall, Eat Well, Feel Well: Specific-Carbohydrate-Diet compliant recipes (2006) 

That said, all other cookbooks require some adaptation in order to meet IBD-AID. Here are some cookbooks which are “a good start.” They aren't necessarily "diet" books, but they have 5 or more recipes which qualify as-written, or they contain recipes which can be adapted to IBD-AID without a ton of inconvenience.

    • Barbieri, Cindy, Paleo Italian Cooking (2015)

    • Braun, Pamela, Frozen Paleo: Dairy-free ice cream, pops, pies, granitas, sorbets, and more (2016)

    • Gallucci, Laurel and Claire Thomas, Sweet Laurel: Recipes for whole-food, grain-free desserts (2018) … uses a lot of arrowroot and tapioca

    • Gallucci, Laurel and Claire Thomas, Sweet Laurel Savory: Everyday decadence for whole-food, grain-free meals (2021) … uses a lot of arrowroot, tapioca, sorghum and cassava

    • Goyoaga, Aran, Cannelle Et Vanille Bakes Simple (2021) ... uses a lot of uses a lot of arrowroot, tapioca, sorghum and cassava

    • Jaffrey, Madhur, Spice Kitchen (1993) … many recipes qualify

    • Joulwan, Melissa, Well Fed 2: More Paleo recipes for people who love to eat (2013) … many recipes qualify

    • Joulwan, Melissa, Well Fed Weeknights: Complete Paleo meals in 45 minutes or less (2016) … many recipes qualify

    • Kimball, Christopher, Milk Street Vegetables (2021) … many recipes qualify

    • Mayfield, Julie and Charles, Weeknight Paleo (2017)

    • Pathak, Meena, Indian Cooking for family and friends (2003) … many recipes qualify

    • Roden, Claudia, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food … many recipes qualify

    • Smith, ChiYu, Asian Paleo (2019) … many recipes qualify

    • Vairavan, Alamelu and Margaret Pfeiffer, Indian-inspired Gluten-Free Cooking (2013) … many recipes qualify

    • Walker, Danielle, Against all Grain: Gluten-free, dairy-free and grain-free recipes (2013) ... note that Walker’s other books use lots of arrowroot and tapioca

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