Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
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Strawberry shortcake is a quintessential American dessert. It’s the perfect summer sweet! It’s light, fruity, spongy, and brings thoughts of long summer days, BBQing, and catching fireflies at sunset. This shortcake is “melt in your mouth delicious!” With all that glorious coconut cream and ghee though, these cakes are on the delicate and decadent side. … Read more
Being diagnosed, and living with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) can be challenging. Not only do you now have an incurable and unpredictable chronic illness to deal with, you have pain, fatigue, bleeding, doctors, medications, and all the thoughts that come with chronic illness. Speaking from personal experience, when disease is active, your quality of life … Read more
IBD is associated with many complications. However, for Ulcerative Colitis in particular there are five that are considered to be the most common. While medications will target the colon and immune system, complications tend to target extraintestinal, occurring outside the intestines, instead. This can make UC difficult to manage, as you are not only dealing … Read more
Granola bars were a childhood favorite of mine, and I’m sure many of you feel the same way! It was my go-to after school snack, and I always packed one when I was the one who made my lunch. When I first started the SCD diet, and learned that grains were not allowed, I was … Read more
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate today with this frozen, tropical, and sweet treat! This is a fun take on the classic frozen margarita but with an exotic twist. You guessed it, mango! While traditional margaritas have tequila and usually Cointreau, I have chosen to keep this version alcohol free. On the SCD diet, after all … Read more
With the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, many studies have started to emerge on their effectiveness. However, only now are we seeing studies on the vaccine effectiveness for those with a weakened immune response. In particular, a large study of over 3,000 transplant patient volunteers were examined after receiving either Pizer or Moderna’s vaccine. These transplant … Read more
This mango guacamole will rock your world! Creamy, cool, crunchy, and tropical it will transport you to your happy place. Mango gives this guacamole an extra layer of fresh and fruity flavor that compliments the citrusy lime and creamy avocado wonderfully. The red onion and spices give it just enough zest and heat to wake … Read more
This chilled pea soup is perfect for spring, and one of my favorite appetizers for entertaining. This soup is cold, refreshing, slightly sweet, and creamy with a hint of bright lemon. I enjoy this recipe for entertaining because it is designed to be made ahead and gives you more time to focus on making the … Read more
While these two words may sound similar, they are in fact different. Prebiotics are mostly fiber that humans cannot digest. They provide food for the bacteria in probiotics. Probiotics are live good bacteria that can be found in food and supplements and help balance the gut flora. This gut microbiome is teaming with life, and … Read more
If you are new to a Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis diagnosis, or have tried the common first medications without success, you may be wondering what other treatment options are available. Biologics are an ever-growing group of medications, commonly given through IV or self-injection shots for many autoimmune diseases. For IBD in particular, Remicade, Stelara, Humira, … Read more