Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
I love filling the house with the bright orange and sweet almond notes of these stunningly scrumptious muffins on a Sunday afternoon. This recipe is a variation of Elaine Gottshall’s recipe in Breaking the Vicious Cycle. I have made many versions of her original recipe and after lots of trial and error, I finally found … Read more
I love having this chicken over Cauliflower Fried ‘Rice’ or steamed vegetables for an Asian takeout feel. This easy pulled chicken is always in my rotation of weeknight meals. It’s quick, delicious, and I can usually make it with ingredients I already have in the house. It’s also great for entertaining in a pinch! If … Read more
I have always loved Asian takeout, in fact there was a small family owned and operated Asain takeout place about ten minutes from my childhood home. It’s safe to say we would frequent the joint. This is an homage to their fried rice in my mind, although it could represent fried rice from any local … Read more
Mint ice cream is one of my all-time favorites! Traditional mint ice cream not only has green food coloring, but loads of refined sugar. Both things that are not allowed on the SCD diet. This gut friendly version is free of refined sugar and food coloring! The avocado not only colors the ‘ice cream’ green, … Read more
What exactly is a compote? Essentially, it’s a fancy word for the cousin to preserves. You may be asking yourself; how does this vary from a jam? Well it’s really just a small technicality separating them. A jam uses pureed fruit and is typically cooked down with sugar. A compote, on the other hand, is … Read more
Let’s have brunch! Three words that will have any girl in the palm of your hand. Kidding, well sort of… Anyway, brunch would not be complete for me without pancakes. Pancakes hold a special place in my heart, and was always my favorite breakfast food growing up. I even have pancakes every morning on my … Read more