After a Crohn’s disease diagnosis and years of unsuccessful pharmaceutical treatments, Emily Maxson landed upon a solution that brought her back to the kitchen: the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. The Medina cookbook author developed recipes in keeping with the grain-free, low-lactose and low-sugar diet that restored her gut health and started her on her healing journey.
“Increasing fiber in your diet helps foster a healthy gut microbiome, and that was one thing I worked on with healing from Crohn’s disease,” Maxson says.“Increasing fiber in your diet helps foster a healthy gut microbiome, and that was one thing I worked on with healing from Crohn’s disease,” Maxson says.
Now, her new cookbook picks up where Emily’s Fresh Kitchen left off, with 134 easy-to-follow recipes made with whole foods, this time with an emphasis on fiber. To this end, most of the main dishes in Real Food. Every Day. cover two different methods to make them: animal-based or plant-based. Examples include Greek Lamb or White Bean Quinoa Meatballs, Pork or Jackfruit Carnitas and Chicken or Mushroom Lettuce Wraps.
Food for Thought
Something else that Maxson was eager to include in her second cookbook was a closer look at how to read nutrition labels. “When I followed the Specific Carbohydrate Diet to heal my gut, there were so many ingredients that I couldn’t have,” she says. “When I started reading labels, I was shocked at the stuff that’s added to packaged food that you wouldn’t think would be there based on the name of the food.” This section educates readers on how to make better choices for their families and themselves when picking out packaged foods.
Real Food. Every Day. comes out on October 21 and can be found at The Fox and Pantry, Five Swans in Wayzata, GRAY Home + Lifestyle in Excelsior and online at emilysfreshkitchen.com or amazon.com.
(These statements are for informational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Consult your doctor or a qualified health care provider before making changes to your diet or nutrition routine.)
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