Recipes for Repair: The Expanded and Updated Second Edition: A 10-Week Program to Combat Chronic Inflammation and Identify Food Sensitivities

by Gail Piazza, Laura Piazza, Kenneth B. Singleton MD MPH

Now back in an updated and expanded second edition, Recipes for Repair is your go-to guide for adopting the highly acclaimed Lyme Inflammation Diet. Allowable foods are gradually introduced over the first 10 weeks, which will help you to combat inflammation, discover any unidentified food sensitivities and ultimately provide you with an individualized nutrition plan. This 312-page book features more than 180 recipes that - developed by Gail Piazza, a professional food stylist and recipe developer, with taste and ease in mind - free of cane sugar, refined and artificial ingredients - labeled with icons for quick identification of the many meals appropriate for vegetarian (155), dairy-free (161), egg-free (136) and/or Paleo (111) Additionally, the - Features a foreword by Dr. Singleton, author of The Lyme Disease Solution - Explains Dr. Singleton s anti-inflammation diet including how to incorporate it into your life

Genres: Cookbooks

312 pages, Paperback

Published June 8, 2016

About the author

Gail Piazza started her love affair with drawing when she was a little girl. She has illustrated more than 30 children's books and countless other projects. She lives in Maryland.

Reviews

[Sandra Noel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so excited to be given the opportunity to review this cookbook!! I do not have Lyme's disease or any chronic inflammation diseases, but I have two sisters diagnosed with Lyme's and know how they struggle with the disease, so I'm very happy to review this with them in mind. Now I cannot talk about how this has really helped me as I don't have the disease, and haven't been able to actually do the 10-week program. I can, however, talk about the food itself.

There is tons of information here--the recipes don't start until page 73. Also, I like that the authors have thought about the little things. For instance, if a recipe calls for half a head of cauliflower, then another dish FROM THE SAME WEEK will call for the other half. That may sound like a small thing, but I hate when cookbooks like this that give you a menu to follow call for parts of ingredients, but no way to use the rest, so you end up going off plan or wasting food.

Let's start with breakfast. Phase I has a lovely Herb Scrambled Eggs with Shiitake Mushrooms, or how about a smoothie to start your day right? For snacks there's everything from Deviled Eggs to Savory Vegetable and Herb Biscotti (I haven't tried these yet, but I can't wait to make them!) and more. Entrees include such delectables as Brown and Wild Rice Cauliflower and Mushroom Curry or Sauteed Salmon Cakes. For that sweet tooth there is Berry Frozen Dessert (a Phase I version of ice cream using coconut milk) or Chewy Coconut Almond Clusters. All that is just Phase I which is the strictest!

I'm not going to fill pages with the recipes from the other three phases, but suffice it to say that they get better and better! To top it off, recipes for major ingredients are included. From broths to milks, Homemade baking powder, spicy rub, croutons, and more are included to make your cooking that much easier. Sauces and Condiments are included as well. Ditch the junk and make your own mayo, syrups, pasta sauces, dressings, ketchup, tartar sauce and so much more.

I think this is an amazing book that will not only help Lyme sufferers, but anyone trying to create a healthier lifestyle for themselves. I highly recommend it.

I received a copy of this book from Recipes for Repair for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Libby Beyreis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started using this book due to excessive joint pain, and I've got to say, it's been helping. After about a month, I'm still not pain-free, but I'm at the point where only joints that are injured are hurting - the healthy joints that had been having stiffness and pain no longer hurt, and even the injured joints are feeling much better.

Now, full disclosure, there's a fair degree of nonsense in the anti-inflammatory diet world, and this cookbook is no exception. So I do take their advice with a grain of (iodized table) salt. I'm also not crazy about their approach to food safety on a couple of recipes (raw eggs in mayonnaise, reusing meat marinades for sauces without boiling them first) so I've made my own adjustments when it's come to those items.

What I really like about this cookbook/plan is twofold.

One, it is an elimination diet, where you start from foods that are the least likely to cause inflammation, and slowly add foods back in, keeping track to see if each new food causes more pain. It's a little slow and tedious, but it's giving me some good data on which foods I can eat freely and which I need to be careful about (or avoid altogether).

Two, the recipes are *actually good*. I've tried anti-inflammatory diets before, and I always quit because the recipes are terrible. But this one - well, let's just say that there are a few recipes that my husband asked, "when are you going to make that again?" And that's literally never happened before with other anti-inflammatory diets I've tried. There have been one or two dud recipes, but that's the exception, not the rule. I even had a couple of dinner parties using recipes from this book, and everyone seemed to really enjoy their food.

Is it a magic cure? No, at least not for me. But it's been a good way to find out what works for me and what doesn't without making us miserable about what we're eating while I do the research.